The shortest runway (for airplanes) in the world is located on Saba,
an island in the Caribbean.
Research: ✈️
Where are runways located on your island? Tell us where they are
and give us the measurements of each.
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The shortest runway (for airplanes) in the world is located on Saba, an island in the Caribbean. Research: ✈️ Where are runways located on your island? Tell us where they are and give us the measurements of each. More than 4.3 million tourists visit the Dominican Republic each year, making it
the most popular with tourists. Approximately 3.7 million visit Puerto Rico each year, and 2.7 million visit Cuba each year. Research: Is your island home visited by tourist? If so, how many tourists visit your homeland each month/year? Where do they people come from? Show us the data on a bar graph. The most populated islands in the Caribbean are Haiti and Dominican Republic, and Cuba.
Question: Is your island populated? How many people live on the island? How would you describe the population? Create a graphic organizer to show us. 🌋 The Caribbean Islands may have evolved after volcanoes erupted
under the sea several billions of years ago, according to geologists. Question: Has there been any volcanic eruption on your island? If so, name the volcano, tell how many eruptions there were, and where the eruption took place on the island. . How do the islanders feel about this natural phenomena? ⛰ 🌎 ⛵️The islands in the Caribbean are also sometimes referred to as
the West Indies. Christopher Columbus thought he had reached the Indies (Asia) on his voyage to find another route there. Instead he had reached the Caribbean. The Caribbean was named the West Indies to account for Columbus' mistake. Questions: When did history say Christopher Columbus discovered your island home? How do people on the island feel about the mistake he made and how history has recorded it? Share your findings. 🔠 📞 Some of the common languages spoken in the Caribbean include English, French,
Spanish, Dutch, Creole, and Papiamento. Name the different languages spoken on your island. Which one(s) do you speak fluently? Write something in one of those languages and post it on www.bluemountainrhythms.com. 🛶 🏖 Approximately 2% of the islands in the Caribbean
are inhabited by people. What percentage of your island home is inhabited by people? Who or what inhabits the other parts? Do a graph to show that information. 🌴 There are countries that border the Caribbean, including Panama, Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and several others. Which countries border your island home? Name them in alphabetical order then identify them on a map.  The Leeward Antilles include Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire. Which of the Winward Islands is the smallest? Create a graph to show its size as compared to the others.  The Windward Islands include Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos. Question: Which of the Windward Islands is the largest? Create a graph to show its size compared to the others. |
