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/

Daily updates of Kodak Olympic Picture of the Day, blog posts and other Olympic action direct from Beijing.
http://www.kodak.com/go/olympics

Competition Schedules
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/index.shtml
How many different sports are in the Summer Olympics? How long has each sport been in the Olympics? Research sports that are no longer part of the Olympics. What are demonstration sports? How many different sports have you tried that are in the Olympics?

Note: This is a sister post to Olympics 2008 where I will add new things to.

XXIX Olympiad opening date is August 8, 2008
International Olympic Committee
Official Site of the Beijing 2008 Olympics
Wikipedia: 2008 Summer Olympics
Walter McKenzie’s One and Only Suftaquarium lists lots of great links to learn about the Olympics and China.
Cross-curricular Olympic-themed lesson plans
The United States Olympic Committee has lesson plans and downloads for Olympians in Life, an ongoing education program for grades K-12. You must register (free) to use the education site. The USOC‘s website needs a bit of updating for Beijing 2008, but there’s some good info here.
Summer Olympics 2008 Unit Study at Homeschool Share
Swimming Mini Unit from Homeschool Helper
Great Wall of China writing paper
Beijing 2008 Olympics Learning Resources link list at Teacher Planet
Explore the political and cultural aspects of the ancient Greek games
Olympic Activities at Enchanted Learning
All About China
Olympic Lesson Plans
Learn Mandarin Chinese with Zon an interactive online role playing game

Parenting Games Sure, the Olympics are fun, but how often do you get to throw a javelin or dance on a balance beam in your day-to-day life? Here you can compete against others online in infant years parenting skill tests … diapering, feeding, toy clean-up, bathing and more!
The New York Times 2008 Olympics Blog

The Olympic Flame, or Olympic Fire, is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Its origins lie in ancient Greece, when a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics. The fire was reintroduced at the Olympics in 1928, and it has been part of the modern Olympic Games ever since. The Olympic Games endured at Olympia for over 1,000 years before the rise of Christianity consigned them to history until the first modern games were held in Athens in 1896.

Check out some of these books, dvds or software from your library to get you started before the opening ceremonies

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Movie opens July 2 nationwide. Abigail Breslin is a homeschooler. View an interview with her on Time’s website.

Meet Kit on American Girls website. Kit Kittredge is a clever, resourceful girl facing the Great Depression with spirit and determination.

Mini Books to be used with any American Girl Study. Be sure to add these to your units, notebooks and lapbooks.

Shop for Kit Kittredge books, activities and more.

The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor, by the Brothers Grimm is an online Sinbad the Sailor story.

The Arabian Nights Entertainments, by Andrew Lang scroll down to read The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves mini literature unit.

Saudi Arabia Virtual Tour

Sinbad – Legend Of The Seven Seas Animated Movie

A study guide for the stage, has line drawings.

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 of pictures of her work. More about Georgia O’Keeffe with links to examples of her paintings and drawings from the National Gallery of Art. Read Georgia O’Keeffe: Legendary American Painter.

Monet and Impressionism explore negative space using “Waterlilies” and the Bridge or Gardens at Giverny. Monet’s Garden explore the painting “Garden at Sainte-Adresse” and create your own garden by the sea utilizing a similar composition design. Read about Claude Monet biography. He was a seminal figure in the evolution of Impressionism, a pivotal style in the development of modern art. Monet Paintings and Drawings CD-ROM and Book – Monet’s interpretations of light and shifting color revolutionized modern art. Enjoy 187 images of the master’s finest Impressionist works — including Jerusalem Artichokes, Lady with Parasol, Water Lilies, and many more — presented here in full color for easy use in an array of creative projects.

More about artists on the website.

These numbers are too large to visualize, and difficult to compare. Here’s an easy way to put time in perspective, and actually visualize different eras in the earth’s history. You’ll need a roll of toilet paper, a long hallway, and some sticky notes.