Here’s a neat way to combine money and geography. Look to see where your money has been. Click on your location. US: http://www.wheresgeorge.com/ or Canada: http://www.whereswilly.com/. There’s access for other countries also.
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George & Geography
10-Jan-08Teacher Created Resources
10-Jan-08Teacher Created Resources has a newsletter you can sign up for that has free monthly activities. They put out free stuff monthly that you can d/l in pdf. The monthly activities relate to the season/holiday of the month as well as related clip art, web sites, and more. Also has printable calendar with daily items [...]
Iditarod
06-Jan-08The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
It’s unlike any other event in the world. A race over 1,150 miles of the most extreme and beautiful terrain known to man: across mountain ranges, frozen rivers, dense forests, desolate tundra and windswept coastline.
Iditarod XXXVI starts on March 1, 2008
Iditarod XXXVII starts on March 7, 2009
The Iditarod Trail Sled [...]
English Renaissance
06-Jan-08“English Renaissance” is a term often used to describe a cultural and artistic movement in England from the early 16th century to the mid-17th century. It is associated with the pan-European Renaissance that many cultural historians believe originated in northern Italy in the fourteenth century. This era in English cultural history is sometimes referred to [...]
Native American History board game
06-Jan-08Create Your Own Native American Board Game–U.S. History lesson plan (grades K-5).
Game Objectives - Students will: 1. discuss how games reflect a culture’s beliefs, priorities, and aspects of everyday life; 2. learn about a few games and toys of Native American children; and 3. analyze basic elements of a selected Native American tribe in order [...]
Discovery School board games
06-Jan-08Discovery School offers many ideas to make your own board games.
Classroom Planetarium–Astronomy/Space lesson plan (grades K-5)
Students learn about the relationship of the nine planets in our solar system to the sun by creating a three-dimensional representation. They find out the planets’ relative distance from the sun and their approximate size in relation to the Earth.
Alexander [...]
Explore Your Public Lands
04-Jan-08Walk on the Wild Side: Explore Your Public Lands Activity Book
Learn more about the fish, wildlife, and plants that inhabit America’s public lands. Caves, archaeology, wild horses, minerals and more. Viewable online and downloadable in pdf.
Federal Citizen Information Center has many pamphlets available to order or download.
More Post Office Freebies
04-Jan-08From the United States Postal Service curriculum resource center. Several times each year, the Postal Service issues stamps that are particularly relevant and interesting for elementary students. Dr. Jacqueline Hansen, professor for the College of Education at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky, has created an education kit for each special stamp issue designed to [...]
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
04-Jan-08Please join in for their new Home School Days! These special days offer flexibly structured, open-ended discovery opportunities designed to help home school students investigate natural and cultural history, and space and health sciences. Add your name to their Home School Days mailing list by calling 303.370.8225 or make reservations (required) at 303.322.7009.
While you plan [...]
Animate Your World
01-Jan-08CartoonNetwork.com’s Animate Your World is a fun, innovative and unique website that’s designed to help educators promote the value of storytelling. Learn about animation and then create your very own animated stories. Download an Animate Your World animation features and production lab.
