Our Study Of The State Of Florida

Today marked the beginning of our study on the state of Florida. Both 6th and 7th grade students will participate in this study. We learned about many of the state symbols today and had some of us had our very first quiz. The scores ranged from 110% to 20%. If you were on the lower end of the scale, don't worry because if you studied your notes as instructed you will excel on your test tomorrow (August 27).
In case you want to double check your notes I have listed them below:

Florida's nickname is the Sunshine State. This name was adopted by the 1970 legislature. 

Florida's Flag is the Great Seal Of Florida and was approved by state legislature in 1899 and by the citizens of Florida in 1900.

The state seal of Florida shows the sun, a steamboat sailing, a Sabal Palm tree, and a Native American Seminole woman scattering flowers. 

The state tree is the Sabal Palm. In 1953, the state legislature named the Sabal Palmas the state tree. 

The panther is the official state animal of Florida. In 1982 Florida students chose the panther over the key deer, the manatee, and the alligator as the state animal. Panthers are among the rarest and most endangered animals in the world.

The state flower is the orange blossom. These fragrant white flowers grow on theorange tree. This became the state flower in1909.

State Day: April 2

In 1953 the state legislature designated April 2 as the state day. Ponce De Leon first sightedFlorida on or about that date in 1513.

 Wildflower: Coreopsis

The state legislature designated the coreopsis as the state wildflower in 1991. The wildflower is used widely in roadside planting and state beautification programs. 

There are 67 counties in the state of Florida. Each city has a county. Out of the 67 cities that we have in Florida there are 10 that are larger than all others. Those are: 1. Jacksonville 735,617 2. Miami 362,470 3, Tampa 303,447 4. St Pete 248,232

5. Hialeah 226,419 6. Orlando 185,951 7. Ft. Lauderdale 152,397 8. Tallahassee 150,624 9. Hollywood 139,357

10. Pembroke Pines 137,427

Florida's Population

According to the U.S Census Bureau in 2000 Florida's population was 15,982,378. 8 years later is was 18,328,340! 

Florida is the 4th largest state in the U.S after California, Texas, and New York.

Where do Floridians Work?

17% of Florida residents work in the Educational , health, and social service industry.  

13% work in retail trade.Surprising only 8% work in construction and manufacturing.

Surprising only 8% work in construction and manufacturing.

Florida Crops 

$1,387.Million dollars was made in orange crops.Strawberries was the least profitable crop

making only $168 Million. As expensive as milk is it only made $384 million