1. By: Haylee Seville

2.  The State I Picked Is Called Rhode Island,  Like Many Other States Rhode Island Has A Special Nick-Name..Well Actually Two Nick-Name’s, The First One Is L’il Rhodie, And The Second One Is The Ocean state. The State is Called L’il Rhodie Because Rhodie, Or Rhode Is The Traditional State Name For “Rhode” Island And The L’il Comes From The States Small Size Because It Is the Smallest Of Fifty States. The Nickname “The Ocean State” Was Mainly Created To Attract Tourism.

3.  The State Flower Is The, Violet  This State Became A state, On May 29, 1790 It was the Thirteenth State.  The State Bird Is The, Rhode Island Red  According To, http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9- 12/nation/index.html, http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/us/A0841728.html, http://www.stateanimals.com/states/rhodeisland/ind ex.html,http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9- 12/nation/index.html http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/us/A0841728.html http://www.stateanimals.com/states/rhodeisland/ind ex.html  My State Does Not have A State Animal Only A state Fish, And Bird.

4.  Famous People From My State Are, Billy Almon Baseball, Mike Cloud Football Player, Aldo Tatengelo Business-Man And Politician, William Vernon Trader, James Woods Actor, Desiree Washington Model, Walter Mossberg Columnist, Irving R. Levine Journalist, Cormac McCarthy Novelist, Bobby Hackett Jazz Musician, William Henry Allen U.s Navy Officer, Timothy Bush Continental Army Officer, William West American-Revolution General,Lieutenant Governor, Rhode Island Supreme Court Justice, Anti-Federalist Leader, William H. Sullivan U.S Ambassador, Edwards Amasa Parks Theologian, Stephen Wilcox Inventor, Wilfred Harold Munro Historian, Thomas Alexander Tefft Architect.  Below Is A Link To Help You Understand More About A Particular Man (Stephen Wilcox)  http://poster.4teachers.org/view/poster.php?poster_id=267610 http://poster.4teachers.org/view/poster.php?poster_id=267610,

5.  Below Is A Link that Will Take You To A Very persuasive Brochure That Explains Some Wonderful Things That You Should Find When Visiting/Living In Rhode Island Rhode Island Brochure Haylee.pub

6.  Rhode Island Isn’t All “Wonderful” All The Time Like Just About Everything Else This State Has “Problems”. And One Of The MAJOR Problems In Rhode Island Is…  Gambling…  Gambling Is A HUGE! Problem In Rhode Island With All The Tourist Attractions That Allow Gambling, And Selling Lottery Tickets That Almost Always Have Winning Numbers. So This Encourages The People That Live There To keep Spending There Money On Lottery Tickets One Way They Could Solve This Problem Is To Stop Selling Lottery Tickets Or Have A Different State Activity That Does Not Involve Gambling NEWS BULLETIN Do You Know What’s Happening RIGHT NOW! In Rhode Island? One Thing That’s HAPPENING RIGHT NOW! At This Very Moment Is Street Violence, Street Violence Is Becoming A Big Problem To People Around The neighborhoods Of Rhode Island And It’s Happening Today, RIGHT NOW! Below Is A Link That Will Lead To A Microsoft Word Document This Document Contains A letter That I Have Written To The Governor Of Rhode island Letter To the Governor Of Rhode Island.doc

7.  The Distance From Dunedin to Providence The State Capital Of Rhode Island Is 1341.71 Mi.  The Mean Age Of the Population In Rhode Island Is 88  Florida Has 16,976,681 More People Living There, Than Rhode Island  There Are 619,300 More People In Florida’s Largest City, Than In Rhode Island’s Largest City.  In Comparison Of Rhode Island’s Highest Elevation (Jerimoth Hill), And Lowest Elevation (The Atlantic Ocean). Jerimoth Hill Is 812 Ft. Higher Than The Atlantic Ocean.  Florida Has the Fourth Largest Economy In The United States. And Rhode Island Has 45 th Largest Economy. Rhode Island’s Largest Industry Is Health Services. Florida’s Is Tourism.

8.  One Biome That You Will Find In Rhode Island Is, The Temperate Rainforest, The Temperate Forest is located in many places in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The soil in the Temperate Forest is very rocky, sandy, and is known to be mostly poor quality. The first layer of the soil is the organic layer where decomposition of plants and animals makes it the richest. The second layer is the topsoil, third is the Elvval layer, the fourth is the Ilvvial layer, fifth is the subsoil layer, and the sixth is the bedrock layers. All of these layers help to determine what types of trees, plants, and flowers can survive in this biome.  One Food Chain That Exists In This Biome Is. Bark, White-Tailed Deer, Bobcat, Snow Leopard.  The Snow Leopard, Is Able To Live In This Biome Because Of It’s Sharp Claws, And Teeth these help It To Catch Its Prey And Rip The Flesh Apart.  Another Animal That Lives I The Temperate Rainforest Is The White-Tailed deer This Little Deer Has Long Legs, That Allow It To Run Fast And Eventually Escape From It’s Predator, The Bobcat!  The Bobcat Also Has A Specialized trait That Helps It Survive This Trait Is, It’s Ability To Jump At High lengths Because It can Do This, It can Hide In Trees And Look Down Upon Its Prey.. Then It Waits High In the Branches And when The Prey Least Expects It the Bobcat Strikes!

9.  More Things You Should Know About Rhode island is, The Man Who created The Popular Show(s) Family Guy, And American Dad. Is From Providence Rhode island! Also Rhode island Was the Last Of 13 Colonies To Be Admitted To The Union.

10.  Sites That Helped Me Out Were.  http://www.ri.net/schools/West_Warwick/m anateeproject/Temperateforest/welcome.htm http://www.ri.net/schools/West_Warwick/m anateeproject/Temperateforest/welcome.htm  http://wikipedia.org/ http://wikipedia.org/  http://www.askkids.com/ http://www.askkids.com/  http://kids.yahoo.com/ http://kids.yahoo.com/  http://www.live.com/ http://www.live.com/ I Hope You Enjoyed My presentation!