The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies is sponsoring an Earth Day photo contest for middle school students. Interested students are asked to photograph something that is changing in their local environment. They are to take the photo between Tuesday, April 22, and Tuesday, April 29. The change could be occurring in the student’s backyard, outside [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2008
Earth Day Photo Contest
27-Mar-08Earth Day – April 22
21-Mar-08Celebrate Earth Day EPA’s Earth Day Web site offers you many tips and fun ways to protect the environment and your health every day. Check out the Earth Day Take Home Kit. Earth Day Network find all the information you need to plan your event, get involved, and help protect the environment. Planetpals Greatest Earth [...]
Peter Rabbit
21-Mar-08Peter Rabbit.com The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter – Find the online version here for Beatrix Potter’s classic children’s tale. Peter Rabbit’s Activities – Download printable student activities and connect to online learning games to complement your reading of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”. Math worksheet for Peter Rabbit – How many items [...]
Easter
21-Mar-08Color Easter eggs with dyes found in nature Virtual Plant Tour for Peeps – In the interactive tour you will learn how the Peeps are mixed, deposited, coated with sugar and packaged. Did you know, Peeps celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2003. For tour, go to About Peeps and click on Factory Tour. This one [...]
Borders & Waldenbooks Educator Savings April 2-8, 2008 During this special Educator Appreciation Week, Home Schoolers can save 25% on both classroom and personal purchases. Don’t forget to bring your Borders Classroom Discount Card with you. There is a special reception Friday, April 4 from 4:00pm – 8:00pm with food, fun & prizes! Excludes electronics, [...]
O’Keeffe and Monet
18-Mar-08Art Lessons and Info for Artists Georgia O’Keeffe and Claude Monet Abstract Flowers View and discuss Georgia O’Keeffe’s flower paintings and then create your own drawings. Flowers Galore Observe the shapes and lines that make up a flower by studying the work of Georgia O’Keeffe. Biography of O’Keeffe that includes quotes from the artist and [...]
A.C. Moore Teacher Discount Program
13-Mar-08A.C. Moore To apply for a teacher discount card, please mail a copy of one of the following requirements to the address below. I have not included information for teachers, but you can visit their website at http://www.acmoore.com/faq.aspx#c3 for more detailed information. Please note that discounts only apply to merchandise purchased in an A.C. Moore [...]
Homeschooling in California
12-Mar-08California homeschoolers are homeschooling as usual. Ann Zeise of A to Z Home’s Cool cautions homeschoolers not to panic. She has posted resources for those who want to follow what’s going on with California homeschooling and read the original decision. To keep current with what’s going on in California, visit the HomeSchool Association of California. [...]
Geology
11-Mar-08Geology.com will be added to my list of geographic resources. They recently completed two collections of online reference maps and Landsat images. The first is a collection of 350 U.S. state maps which include a raised relief map, elevation map, rivers map, political map and roads/cities map. These link to their state and city satellite [...]
Online Books
11-Mar-08Project Gutenberg is a library of over 25,000 free books and 17000 free ebooks whose copyright has expired in the USA. Book listings, search engine, newsletter and articles ReadPrint.com has lots of free online books for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast. You can search within the books, look through the author index, and view [...]
