N is for New Jersey

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By Demetrius Moody, Lily Chan, Somaiya Hassan,

Richard Shorter, and Camryn Wilson


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A is for Atlantic City. Atlantic City has a population of 39,504 people. Atlantic City has inspiredthe original version of monopoly. Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey is a resortcity known for it's casinos and the boardwalk. Atlantic City is on Absecon island the coast ofAtlantic Ocean.


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B is for the Atlantic City Boardwalk.The Atlantic City Boardwalk was built in 1870. Several timesin subsequent years the Boardwalk was expanded.Today more than Thirty million visitors walkalong the boardwalk each year. The boardwalk allows people to stay out of sand. People shop,eat, and ride in amusement rides.


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C is for Cape May. Cape May is a city at Peninsula in Cape May County, New Jersey. Cape May'spopulation expands as many as forty thousand to fifty thousand visitors. Cape May wasrecognized as one of the top ten beaches of America. It was ranked in fifth place.


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s or e aware ver. e r ver o e an c oas o e . . s wa ers edrains an area of fourteen thousand one hundred and nineteen square miles infive U.S states - New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware.The Delaware river rises in two main branches that descend from the westernflank of the Catskills mountain in New York. The west branch begins near mountJefferson in the town of Jefferson in Schoharie county.

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E is for Eastern goldfinch. Theeastern goldfinch is New Jerseysstate bird. Females are darkyellow. Many eastern goldfincheslive in New Jersey. Also bothfemale and male goldfinches

have Black wings with white onthe edges.


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F is for Factories.Factories make allkinds of goods. Forexample rice, chickenand many more.Theyeven make yourfavorite candy.New

Jersey has over15,000 factories.Nowthat's a lot!


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G is for Garden State. Much of the Atlantic Coastal Plain is made up offarm land. The plains and rich soil help New Jersey make up it'snickname "The Garden State". The farmers grow fruits andvegetables, including blueberries, cranberries and the famous NewJersey tomato. The Atlantic coastal plain is home to the Pinelands.


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H is for honeybees. Honeybees are New Jersey's state insect. New Jerseyschoolchildren wanted honeybees as the state insect. The governor made thechoice official in 1974. Honeybees carry pollen from plant to plant. Without pollenNew Jersey farmers would not be able to grow crops. Also there wouldn't be any

honey.


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I is for inventions in New Jersey. Michael Frances Tompsett made the first thermal andcharged couple image patent. He invented it in 2010. There are many more inventions thatwere made in New Jersey. For instance, the x ray , the x ray was patented by ThomasJefferson. There are many inventions that were patented in New Jersey.


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J is for joeflacco. JoeFlacco'sbirthday is

on January16 1985.Joescurrentteam isBaltimoreravens. Joe

flacco wenttouniversityofDelaware.Joe flaccowas born inAuclubon,NJ. He is #5and he is aquarterback .


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K is forKnobbed Whelk.The KnobbedWhelk is apredator (sea

snail). Thescientific namefor the KnobbedWhelk is Busycon carica. Theshell is found onthe shore of

New Jersey.The KnobbedWhelk iscommonlyknown as aconch shell. TheKnobbed Whelk

is yellowish graycolor withbrownish purplestreaks.


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L is for liberty state park. Liberty states park is a green oasis in the middle of metropolitan NewJersey. Liberty state park is one of the most dramatic parks of the state. Liberty state park onlyhas fenny service to Ellis island and Statue of Liberty. The park has 1,212 acres.


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M is for MerylStreep. Merylwas born June22,1949Summit, NewJersey. Now

she is 65. Shewas in lots ofmovies suchas: Kramer vsKramer, IronLady and manymore. Becauseshe is anactress she gotan Academyaward forbeing bestactress. Shealso got agolden globeaward for bestmotion picture.She also got alot moreawards.


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N is for Newark. Newark is New Jersey's largest city with a population of approx. 275,000 and itis also the third oldest city in the United States. Newark is located 13 miles Southwest of MidtownManhattan. The Newark Museum or Washington Street hosts world-famous collections. For fastfood in Downtown. The food Court located at McCarter Hwy. and Raymond Blvd. is good bet.


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O is for oaktree. Oak treesare large trees.Oak trees growup to be sixty toeighty feet tall.

Their trunksgrow 2 to 4 feetwide. Darkbrown bark withwide deepcracks coveredthe trunks.


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P is for Pinelands. The Pinelands reserver is home to many plants. Also plants including theendangered Pine Barren trees. Hundreds of years ago people began burning some of theseforests to create open areas for hunting. It's about 1.1mil. Acres. The Pinelands are in15springfield Rd, Pumberton.


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Q is Queen Latifah. Queen Latifah wasborn in March 18 1970 in Newark,NJ.She currently lives in Hollywood blvd.Also Queen Latifah is an Americansinger. She is a song writer, rapper and

actress. Lastly, she is a televisionproducer.


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R is for Rutgers.Rutgers is a collage in

Garden State. Themascot is the scarletknight. Rutgers colorsis red. Rutgers is anAmerican publicresearch universityand the largest

institution for highereducation in NewJersey. Rutgerscollage was namedQueen Collage.Queen Collage wasrenamed Rutgers

Collage.


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S is for schools. New Jersey has 2,492 schools. The number of full time classrooms teachersare 117,803. There are 117,750 principles. The total number of elementary schools are 2,001.The number of charter schools are 87. New Jersey has a lot of schools


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T is for Trenton. Trenton is the capital of New Jersey. Trenton is also thecounty seat of Mercer County. Trenton is surrounded by rivers likeMillstone river and Toms River. Trenton is next to the Delaware River.Trenton is next to the


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U is for United (third state). New Jersey became a state onDecember 18,1787. New Jersey became the third state to ratifythe U.S constitution. Also it became the first state to sign the billof rights.


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V is for violets.Violets is the state

flower. More than100 kinds ofviolets grow inNorth America.Most violets growin the easternUnited States.

New Jerseyswoodlands are fullof purple violets.


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W is forWoodrowWilson. He was

an educatorand a politician.His connectionto New Jerseybegan in 1875when heattended

PrincetonUniversity. In1890 hebecame aprofessor atPrinceton

He becamepresident ofuniversity in 1902.

Wilson was electedgovernor of NewJersey in 1910Wilson's success inthe state to NewJersey brought himnational attention.

Wilson was electedpresident of UnitedState in 1912 and1916


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X is for X-Ray. In the 1890's Thomas Edison tested with the X-Ray.Thomas found out that calcium and tungstate was the most effectivesubstance. X-Rays help a lot of people out. Though Thomas Edisonstopped reserving X-Rays around 1903. Thomas is still rememberedtoday.


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Y is for YMCA.The YMCA is a very bigthing.The YMCA helps strengthencommunities. They do this by youthdevelopment.they make communities healthyand safe so people can learn and grow.TheYMCA has over 2600 locations with over 21million helpers.


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Z is for Zinc.Zinc is veryimportant.It's used inlots of stuff.Sterling Hillis one theoldest minesin U.S.A. It ismore than265 years

old. SterlingHill Zincminesproducedmore than11 milliontons of Zinc

ore and itwas veryrich. It's ahistoric site.


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