New Mexico

1. Your Text Here New Mexico New Mexico New Mexico By Izzy New Mexico New Mexico Power Point By: Izzy #3 Pictures and Facts will be recognized from founders. From The Class of Mrs. Tuomi New Mexico New Mexico

2. State Slide New Mexico’s state bird is: The Roadrunner. Picture from Google images. New Mexico’s state flower is: The Yucca flower. Picture from Google images. New Mexico’s state tree is: The Pinon. Picture from Google images. New Mexico’s Electoral College votes are: 5. Picture from Google images. And here is the state flag: Picture from Google images. The state Motto is: Cresit Fundo, That is Latin for “It Grows As It Goes” Facts are from the book by: Patricia K. Kummer.

3. Capital Slide New Mexico’s state capital is called Roundhouse. New Mexico’s state capital is called roundhouse because its round and was built to be in the shape of the sun. New Mexico’s state capital is in Santa Fe, New Mexico. New Mexico’s state capital costs: 4,676,860.

4. Tourist Attraction Slide #1 White Sands National Monument, The White sands is one of the worlds great Natural Wonders. The White sands holds the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Location is: 19955 Alamogordo, NM 88310. The White Sands National Monument holds the great activities of Dune Climbing.

5. Tourist Attraction Slide #2 Rio Grande Gorge, The Rio Grande Gorge is a spectacular attraction to visit in Northern New Mexico. Visitors can explore and enjoy the beautiful canyon in tons of ways! Hiking, biking, horse-back riding, white-water rafting and hot air ballooning. The location is: Llamo Quemado, New Mexico.

6. Historic Event Slide Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, a Spanish explorer searching for gold, traveled the region that became New Mexico in 1540–1542. In 1598 the first Spanish settlement was established on the Rio Grande River by Juan de Onate; in 1610 Santa Fe was founded and made the capital of New Mexico. This is an important part of history because Santa Fe, New Mexico is the capital. The date of the event that when Santa Fe was founded was in 1610.

7. University Slide The Logo of the University of New Mexico is UNM. The Location Is: Albuquerque, NM 87106. Web address is: http://iss.UNM.edu The square footage of the Central campus is: 5,828,048 square footage. The areas of study is UNM school of law (Basically Law school).

8. Interesting Facts Slide State Abbreviation: NM State Capital: Santa Fe Largest City: Albuquerque Area: 121,593 Square miles Population: 1,819,046 Name for residents: New Mexicans Major Industries: Mining (potash, copper, sliver, uranium), oil, natural gas, tourism. Major Rivers: Rio Grande, Pecos River Major Lakes: Elephant Butte Reservoir, Conchas Lake, Navajo Reservoir Highest Point: Wheeler’s Point 13,161 feet high (above sea level). Lowest Point: Red Bluff Lake 2,817 feet high (859 m) (above sea level)

9. Conclusion Slide I liked working on the power point about New Mexico (NM). I learned all about New Mexico like I learned this that back in the day New Mexico used to build their villages on cliffs, did you know that? That also New Mexico’s highest temp is 122 F., and the lowest is -50 C.. And that the state grass is Blue Gramma. Once again I really liked doing my power point on New Mexico.

10. Bibliography Slide Some Facts from the book called New Mexico By: Patricia K. Kummer (The State slide facts all of them) and some facts from the book called Welcome To The U.S.A. New Mexico By: Ann Hennricks ( the facts are the highest temp and lowest, Some facts found (for the tourism slide #1) from the website called “Go New Mexico”, and the facts from the university slide was from UNM.edu.

11. Credits State Slide Info from the book Called New Mexico By Patricia K. Kummer. Tourism slide #1 facts from a website called “Go New Mexico” Tourism slide #2 facts from a website called “New Mexico Tourism” Historic Event slide facts from a website called “New Mexico history” University slide from a website called UNM.edu Thank you for watching

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