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 [...]
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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 Day Pages [...]
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 did Old Mrs. [...]
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 is [...]
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 some [...]
Ocean Unit Study
09-Feb-08Aquarium In A Cup
SeaBed
Make an Ocean Diorama
Ocean And Undersea Life
Ocean Animal Calendar
Ocean Theme **Note: I would not use Styrofoam meat packages; instead I would use styrofoam veggie/fruit/dessert packages (due to disease causing bacteria.)
Arts & Crafts: Beach & Ocean
Sea World Songs
Shark Cam, Seal Cam & Coral Research Cam
The Amazing Fish Cam
Theme Topics: Beach & Ocean
Whales teacher [...]
Presidents Day
08-Feb-08The third Monday in February is a day for honoring both Washington and Lincoln, as well as all the other men who have served as president. The White House has an index to the biographies of all the Presidents of The United States of America, from 1789 to present, a wealth of information including a [...]
2008 - The Year of the Rat
08-Feb-08February 7, 2008 — The Year of the Rat
Gung Hay Fat Choy!
Traditional Celebration of the Chinese New Year
Of all the traditional Chinese festivals, the new Year was perhaps the most elaborate, colorful, and important. This was a time for the Chinese to congratulate each other and themselves on having passed through another year, a time [...]
Kids & Computers
16-Jan-08Stretch Break for Kids, a software program published by Para Technologies and offered free to any K-12 student, is designed to help kids avoid the kinds of repetitive strain injuries (RSIs) that plague so many adult computer users. The program, which offers a choice of 20 stretching exercises, provides written directions and computer animations for [...]
Nutrition
14-Jan-08Nutrition Explorations Resources include nutrition sheets, nutrition lessons and activities for all grade levels, a timely calendar of nutrition tips, recommended children’s books, downloadable reproducible black line masters, nutrition news, classroom contest information about the Food Guide Pyramid.
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