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Virtual school

19-Aug-10

Virtual school? read here and here. All I’m saying is be careful.

Design a Willy Wonka Board Game

11-Aug-10

Create a board game based on the play, Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka. This could actually be used for either children or adults to help create any type of board game. Includes assessment rubric and prompt.

Banned Books Week

11-Aug-10

Banned Books Week celebrates the Freedom to Read during the last week of September each year, September 25-October 2, 2010. For more information on getting involved, please see Calendar of Events and Ideas and Resources.

Who topped the chart as the Most Challenged Book of this decade? The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling.

Animal Sciences Unit

29-Jan-10

Animal Database
Animal Diversity Web (ADW) is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html

Animal Sounds
In different languages what do we say to mimic animal sounds? Visit the world’s biggest multilingual list. A guiding principle behind this list is to visualise a comic book, in your language, and imagine what would be written in the text balloon coming from the mouth of an animal. For languages that use a different alphabet, they have tried to transliterate the word into the English alphabet for ease of comparison. http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/Personal/dabbott/animal.html

Farm
Animal Names – Fill in the correct name for the gender http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Farm/farmclips/animalgender.gif
Find more links to Farm activities at: http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Farm/

Jane Goodall
Animals and us: Close encounters – Read an interview with Jane Goodall. She started working with chimpanzees in 1960. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18625025.900

Pets
Petpourri is a collection of puzzles, games, and playsheets that will provide hours of entertainment while teaching children about responsible pet ownership. http://www.avma.org/careforanimals/kidscorner/default.asp

Plants toxic to animals
ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center’s list of toxic and non-toxic plants to dogs, cats, and horses. http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/plants/
This database brings together information available in library books, plants grown in the Poisonous Plant Garden, mounted specimens of plants, and the reference notes for a toxicology course (VB320) which is taught during the fall semester each year. http://www.library.illinois.edu/vex/toxic/toxicintro.htm

Animal Sciences
Waterfowl Web of Life presents a journey into the world of sea ducks with a hands-on Activity Guide for 4-6th graders
Sea Ducks of Alaska Activity Guide. http://www.akcoastalstudies.org/SeaDucks.htm
The Food Chain Instruction Plan – this pdf unit contains, rubrics, worksheets, goals & objectives & more. http://ischool.umd.edu/research/students/FoodChain.pdf
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – Wetland Pictionary, Animal Game & more. Click on the activity below to learn more about the activity or in some cases, the entire resource booklet. http://www.cpaws-southernalberta.org/education/edu_resources.php#4
Information units on North American animals and plants with illustrations, text, activities, and access to a naturalist. http://www.enaturalist.org./
http://www.zoo.org.au/Learning/Animal_Profiles Many animals covered here!
http://www.waterfordpress.com/index.php/Educator-Resources/Waterford-Activity-Zone.html Many work/activity sheets
Live cameras where you can watch for different animals. It has several different camera sites set up-polar bears, fish, africa, etc. You have to check it early mornings or late evenings due to time zones http://www.africam.com/wildlife/index.php

Geography Snacks

28-Jan-10

Geography & Food – Try Some of These Snacks Kids Make Around the World http://www.sara-jordan.com/activities-snacks.shtml Snack ideas come from Argentina, Australia, Canada, Egypt, France, Guyana, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands, USA

Canada Study Supplement

28-Jan-10

Canada Workbook http://www.wwu.edu/depts/castudies/k12studycanada/files/CanadaSupplement.pdf

Mexico Study Helps

28-Jan-10

Pictures of Mexico in general and cities http://www.picturesofplaces.com/Caribbean/mexico.html
Online Change Maker game – Mexican money version http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/cr.cgi?A1=s&A14=medium&country[mex].x=40&country[mex].y=38
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico Open Source info on Mexico. Edit these in MSword with Teachers Pet.
http://www.teachers-pet.org/ to make up great worksheets in the topic

Discover America

28-Jan-10

Discover America State by State Series http://www.gale.cengage.com/DiscoverAmerica/guides/index.htm.
All 50 states plus Washington, D.C. are available to download in pdf. Download them soon before their gone from their website. Extensive Students Activities are available for all of the Discover America series. They are wonderful resources for the classroom as well as for library, school and home! Example: M is for Mitten: The Michigan Alphabet.

Borders Educators Appreciation Week Sept 29-Oct 7

30-Sep-09

Borders Educator Appreciation Week Sept 29-Oct 7
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For loads more info check their website at: http://www.borders.com/online/store/MediaView_teachingzone-teacherbenefits?cmpid=SA_20090930

Hispanic Heritage Month

23-Sep-09

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with free resources from Gale, part of Cengage Learning, at Gale, part of Cengage Learning http://www.galeschools.com/hispanic_heritage/index.htm