K12> Freebies!
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- Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 08:14:45 -0600
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From: Steve <uriel1998@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 20:10:34 -0500
Subject: Resource: Freebies!
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
[The first exemplifies something - be aware that there's often a huge
amount of bias in free materials from companies about their companies.
Like I really doubt these two free coal books mention the downside of
mountaintop removal stripmining. - Steve]
Learn About Coal-- Two free booklets
Power From Coal for 6-9 graders and/or Let's Learn About Coal for 3-6
graders.
American Coal Foundation
1130 17th Street NW, Suite 220
Washington DC, 20036
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Little House Reader's Club--Sign up know and receive a kit and
official memebership card. Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Send name,
address, birthdate and grade to:
Harper Collins Children's Books
Media Distribution Services
307 W. 36th Street
New York, NY 10138-0285
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"Mrs. Stewart's Liquid Bluing". Write to this address for more
information and they will give you the directions to make the "Magic
Salt Crystal Garden".
Luther Ford & Company
P.O. Box 201405
Bloomington, MN 55420
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"DOMINO" - MULTI - CULTURAL RESOURCE - Book and Cassette
Traditional Children's Songs, Proverbs, and Culture From the U.S.V.I.
60 Traditional Children's Songs, Games, Proverbs
45 minute Live Sound Field Recording from the American Virgin Islands
Cross Curricular, Interdisciplinary, BLACK HISTORY MONTH
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/GuavaberryBooks/Domino/_DOMINO_.html
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Whale Poster-- Send a postcard requesting the poster.
Animal Welfare Institute
P.O. Box 3650
Washington, DC 20007
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Sun-Powered Hot Dog Cooker - This one does require $0.25 & a SASE,
but is a great pamphlet. It actually works! Ask for Solar Cooker Kit
directions.
Energy Management Center
P.O. Box 190
Port Richey, FL 34673
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Salt-Craft & "Dough-It-Yourself" Christmas Decorations - These
instructional Pamplets are very fun to use! Send a post card.
Morton Salt/Consumer Affairs
100 North Riverside Plaza
Chicago, IL 60609
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EasyReeding - A 16 page booklet covering the history & production of
harmonicas. What presidents played it? What instrument was the first
to be played in space? What instrument did Benjamin Franklin invent?
Lost os info.
Send a SASE legal-size envelope and ask for EasyReeding.
Hohner, Inc.
Dept. FTT-1
P.O. Box 15035
Richmond, VA 23227
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An Apple For the Teacher - A free booklet telling you all about fruits
(great for a nutrition lesson), their nutritious benefits and how to
minimize vitamin loss in cooking. Send a postcard and ask for
"Fruit: Something Good that's Not Illegal, Immoral or Fattening"
#524W.
Consumer Information Center
P.O. Box 100
Pueblo, CO 81002
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Say Cheese! - This free teaching kit is for Gr. 4-6. It will help
reinforce Social Studies, Language, History, Science and Math.
Includes 4 lesson plans, a "Cheese Facts in History" wall poster, 6
student activity masters and instructions for making cheese in class.
Send a postcard and request #K0164 print materials, "The ABCs of
Cheese".
Modern
5000 Park Street North
St. Petersburg, FL 33709
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News For You - A weekly newspaper, includes national & international
news, legal & consumer tips, profiles of prominent people, sports
coverage and a 4-page work sheet to test your knowledge. Send a
postcard and request "News for You" sample & Instructor's Aid.
New Reader's Press
P.O. Box. 888
Syracuse, NY 13210
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What is a Dollar? - Explains how paper money was created, what all
those little numbers and codes mean, the calue of the dollar as a
medium of exchange and which presidents appear on which bills; plus
other bits of trivia about U.S. Currency. Send a postcard and request
"Dollar Points".
Publications Dept.
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
600 Atlantic Ave. T-6
Boston, MA 02106
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The FBI on the FBI - how many fingerprints does the FBI have on file?
How does a criminal make it to the Ten Most Wanted List? What steps
does the FBI take to counter terrorism? These and other questions on
structure, jurisdiction and methods of criminal investigation are
answered. Send a postcard and request "FBI Facts & History".
Publications
FBI Headquarters, Rm. 6236
U.S. Dept of Justice
Washington, DC 20535
Steve
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