Fire Prevention Week October 9-15, 2011
Fire Safety Videos
http://www.sproutonline.com/sprout/characters/?preset=firemansam
http://www.dangerrangers.com/
“Practice Your Escape Plan!” is the theme of Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 7-13. NFPA has all of the info, tools, and products you need to make FPW a success in your community.
http://www.nfpa.org/index.asp
http://www.nfpa.org/categoryList.asp?categoryID=2017&URL=Safety%20Information/Fire%20Prevention%20Week
Fire Prevention Week (October 7-13) is the perfect time to help your students and their families create a home fire-escape plan and teach valuable lessons about fire and fire prevention. A well-practiced home fire-escape plan is essential to providing guidance for every family in the event of fire. Use these activities during Fire Prevention Week to keep fire safety in your student’s minds throughout the year!
http://www.scholastic.com/browse/unitplan.jsp?id=271
FireSafety.gov for Kids
Great site with parents / teachers info
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/kids/flash.shtm
London Fire Brigade
Note: This is a UK site. Do not call 999 (unless you’re in the UK).
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/EducationAndGames.asp
Misc Fire Safety Links
http://www.kinderteacher.com/FireSafetyIdeas.htm
http://www.alphabet-soup.net/firesafety/firesafety.html
http://www.makingfriends.com/firemans_hat.htm
http://tinyurl.com/64xovac (takes you to the American Red Cross educators module for downloads)
http://www.sparky.org/
The Museum of Vision provides educational material for physicians, teachers and parents interested in teaching children about the eye, vision and ophthalmology. The museum’s materials are suitable for ages 11 and up, but can be adapted for other age groups. Choose from Eye Openers: Exploring Optical Illusions, Art and Vision: Seeing in 3-D, and Animal Eyes.
http://www.aaofoundation.org/what/heritage/learn.cfm
Columbus Museum Permanent Collection Educator Guide designed for grades K-12, this guide is an excellent tool for teachers in explaining the Museum’s art collection in terms of themes, artists, resources and more.
http://www.columbusmuseum.com/education/educator_serv.html
When was the last time you loaned a neighbor your shovel or had a block party? OhSoWe is a website to help save you money, save resources and establish neighborhood friendships.
Math Concentration is a resource that not only provides free math homework help but is a community aimed to building strong parental support and and healthy relationships between learners and educators. They offer free homework help via forum, chat, and virtual whiteboard.
Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere. Discover thousands of organisms from around the world. Document nature with your mobile phone. Help scientists with ongoing research.
It’s important to protect the environment for future generations. National Geographic Society’s collection of Think Green resources has been designed for families to support learning together about environmental-education topics. Explore activities, articles, maps, and multimedia about the Earth’s physical features and human imprint on the planet.
You’ll also find stories about inspiring conservationists and a book list with picks from National Geographic Education staff. Get even more materials from their partners in the Thinkfinity Consortium. Think green!
Molly The Owl has won a GOLD medal from Nautilus Book Awards!
The enchanting book chronicling the true story of this unforgettable event has been honored with the Gold Award in the category of Children’s Nonfiction.
For 11 years, the Nautilus Books Awards recognizes books that promote spiritual growth, conscious living and positive social change as they stimulate the imagination and inspire the reader to new possibilities for a better world.
To learn more about Molly the Owl, view beautiful pictures and learning links for the kids view Molly’s Blog
Kids read any 8 books and record them in the Reading Journal that you can download from their website. Kids then choose a Free Book from Barnes & Noble’s list when they turn in their completed journal to their local B&N. You can also download activities and get teacing tips in their exclusive activity kits. For the reading journal and more info, check out Barnes & Nobles special section on their website to Imagination’s Destination at http://www.barnesandnoble.com/summerreading/index.asp
Don’t forget your discounts! As a homeschool educator, you do receive discounts on books used in the ‘classroom’. For more info visit http://www.homeschoolingonashoestring.com/educatordiscount.html
Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 8. Get FREE STAMPS when you use promo code FREESTAMPS at checkout.
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