Internet Connections Newsletter December-January Internet Connections For Educators
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- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 15:51:57 -0600
Internet Connections For Educators
December 2004 - January 2005
Vol. 7 Issue 4
Editor: Ann Dixon, MISD Technology Teacher Trainer
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Happy Holidays!
Free Teaching Materials
George Washington Kit ? Be ready for February
http://www.georgewashington.si.edu/kids/teacherguide.html
Free Snowflake Patterns
http://www.papersnowflakes.com/preview1.htm
Free Seasonal Writing Paper to Print
http://www.2learn.ca/kids2learn/Kpaper.html#
<http://www.2learn.ca/kids2learn/Kpaper.html>
News From NASA
I am participating as a NASA Solar System Ambassador as well as an JPL Ocean
Envoy. These programs give me to opportunity to learn what is new with
NASA. This section of the newsletter will highlight some of the best
science and space materials I have learned about through the programs.
SkyView ? The Internet Telescope
Skyview is a Virtual Observatory on the Net generating images of any part of
the sky at wavelengths in all regimes from Radio to Gamma-Ray.
http://skys.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Scientific Visualization Studio --view over 100 QuickTime and MPEG
animations on a variety of earth processes, mostly from a remote sensing
perspective.
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/search/Keywords/index.html
December and January Events and Themes
Calendar and Lesson Ideas
http://www.umkc.edu/imc/december.htm
http://www.umkc.edu/imc/january.htm
Birthday List
http://www.umkc.edu/imc/decbir.htm
http://www.umkc.edu/imc/jan_bir.htm
Connected Classroom Calendar
http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/calendar.jhtml
Special Days
December
Christmas Count Down Story ?
Available in several different languages
http://www.advent-calendars.com/
December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Day
National Geographic --
Remembering Pearl Harbor
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/
<http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/>
December 20 Hanukkah
Hanukkah
http://www.umkc.edu/imc/hanukkah.htm <http://www.umkc.edu/imc/hanukkah.htm>
The Wright Brothers? First Flight,
Dec 17, 1903
American Memory from the Library
of Congress. Be sure to click on the underlined links for more information
from the site.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec17.html
Winter Solstice, Dec. 21
The winter solstice is the shortest day of the year in the Northern
Hemisphere and
longest in the Southern Hemisphere.
Earth Viewer
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth/action?opt=-p&img=learth.evif
<http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth/action?opt=-p&img=learth.evif>
Winter
December Goodies
http://www.bry-backmanor.org/december/index.html
Christmas December 25
Christmas Music Box
http://christmas.com/music/
Christmas Greeting from Around the World
http://christmas.com/pe/1427 <http://christmas.com/pe/1427>
Christmas Traditions Scavenger Hunt
http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/pges/projects/around.htm
General Holiday Sites
Christmas at ABC Teach
http://www.abcteach.com/ChristmasChristmasTOC.htm
<http://www.abcteach.com/Christmas/ChristmasTOC.htm>
Christmas Around the World
http://christmas.com/worldview/ <http://christmas.com/worldview/>
Christmas on the Net
http://www.holidays.net/christmas/ <http://www.holidays.net/christmas/>
Christmas at Kid?s Domain
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas/index.html
<http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday%0B/xmas/index.html>
Billy Bear?s Christmas
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/fun.htm
<http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/christmas/christms.htm>
Santa?s Village
http://www.northpole.com/Village.html
<http://www.northpole.com/Village.html>
Activity Village Christmas
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/christmas_pages.htm
Texas Admitted to the Union
December 29, 1845
Lone Star Junction
http://www.lsjunction.com/
January
100 Days of School Activities
100th Day Celebration
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/100th/
New Year's Day January 1
New Year?s Resolutions
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/page/4136.html
Happy New Year -- Songs, Crafts and Language Activities
http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/holiday_themes/newyear.htm
Writing Paper for New Year's Resolutions
Older Students
http://www.primarygames.com/print_zone/stationery/older/new-years.htm
<http://www.primarygames.com/print_zone/%0Bstationery/older/new-years.htm>
Younger Students
http://www.primarygames.com/print_zone/stationery/new_year.htm
Louis Braille's Birthday January 4, 1808
http://www.his.com/~pshapiro/braille.html
James Cook Crosses the Antarctic Circle,
January 17, 1773
Antartica Links
http://www.virtualteacher.com.au/antartic.html
Virtual Antarctica
http://www.terraquest.com/antarctica/
Nova PBS Shakelton's Antarctic Odyssey
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/
Poetry Break January 13
Giggle Poetry
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
Great Sites for Teaching About Poetry
http://www.education-world.com/a_sites/sites013.shtml
Martin Luther King Day January 15
Martin Luther King Timeline
http://www.pps.k12.or.us/district/depts/itss/buckman/timeline/kingframe.html
Audio Clips of MLK Speeches
http://webcorp.com/civilrights/mlkfr.htm
Ben Franklin's Birthday, January 17
Ben Franklin Biography
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin
/index.html <http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin/index.html>
Ben's Guide to Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
National Geographic Society Formed
January 22, 1888
National Geographic Society
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
John Hancock's Birthday
January 23, 1737
Biography of John Hancock
http://search.biography.com/print_record.pl?id=15526
The Declaration of Independence
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/declaration/main.html
<http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits%0B/declaration/main.html>
Founding of Australia, January 26, 1788
A Guide to Australia
http://www.csu.edu.au/australia/ozguide.html
Unique Australian Animals
http://home.mira.net/~areadman/aussie.htm
Birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
January 27, 1788
Interactive Mozart for Kids
http://www.stringsinthemountains.org
/m2m/1once.htm <http://www.stringsinthemountains.org%0B/m2m/1once.htm>
Mozart Links for Students
http://www.surfnetkids.com/mozart.htm
Birthday of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
January 30, 1882
American Presidents:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
http://www.americanpresidents.org/presidents/president.asp?PresidentNumber=3
1
Spotlight Sites
Math
Mathematics and Children?s Literature
http://illuminations.nctm.org/index_o.aspx?id=83
Draw a Math Story
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=144
Literature and Math ? Teacher recommendations and ideas
http://www.share2learn.com/mathliterature.html
Teaching Mathematics with Children?s Literature
http://fcit.usf.edu/math/resource/bib.html
Math and Children?s Literature
http://www.sci.tamucc.edu/~eyoung/literature.html
Reading Language Arts -- Polar Express
Polar Express Teaching Ideas
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/thepolarexpress/
educators.shtml
<http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/thepolarexpress/educators.shtm
l>
Screen Actors? Guild Story Online ?Polar Express Video of book read by
Lee Diamond Philips
http://www.bookpals.net/storyline/
Warner Bros. Polar Express Site
http://polarexpressmovie.warnerbros.com/#
<http://polarexpressmovie.warnerbros.com/>
Taking the Polar Express to Learning
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson344.shtml
Official Chris Van Allsburg author site
http://www.chrisvanallsburg.com/flash.html
Author Study Web Quest on Vann Allsburg
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/edis771/98webquests/student
/speggycarlson/Van_Allsburg.htm
<http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/edis771/98webquests/student/speggycar
lson/Van_Allsburg.htm>
Polar Express Math Stories
http://www.mathstories.com/Christmas/Xmas_sheet_3_Polar_Express.htm
Science
Curriculum Kit: Science and Our Food Supply (Free Curriculum)
http://www.nsta.org/fdacurriculum
<http://info.riverdeep.net/Key=42673.H30.W.7GT3C>
Science of Cooking
http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/
Home Science Experiments
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis/scifun/miniexp.htm
Social Studies
Spotlighting -- Library of Congress On-line Exhibits
Madison?s Treasures
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/madison/objects.html
Declaring Independence
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara1.html
Thomas Jefferson
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/jefferson/
Lewis and Clark
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/lewisandclark/
Early Childhood
Winter Counting Book
http://www.bry-backmanor.org/december/decnineteen.html
<http://www.bry-backmanor.org/december/decnineteen.html>
Hello, Winter Book
http://www.bry-backmanor.org/december/decthirty.html
General
Jan Brett?s Web Site ? This wonderful author/illustrator is very generous
with her work. The site has some wonderful winter theme books, ideas and
illustrations.
http://www.janbrett.com/
REMINDER SERVICE: How cool is this? Register at author Jan Brett's site for
a free reminder service via email, sent along with Ms.
Brett's artwork.
http://www.janbrett.com/r103/index.html
<http://info.riverdeep.net/Key=42670.JLJ.K.D6NnZT>
An On-line Tour Through Grants:
Here is an online tour through grants and grant-writing, loaded with
resources to help
you search for an appropriate grant, form a proposal, and locate guides to
suit your needs.
http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/200106/webtour.html
<http://info.riverdeep.net/Key=42726.J32.L.NjB1wY>
Educational Television Connects with the Internet
This section will feature educational television programs that are
enriched by Internet materials available for the classroom.
Cable in the Classroom has a new look for its print and online materials.
Look at the articles.
http://www.ciconline.com/aboutcic/publications/accesslearning.htm
On-line ? A new interface makes it easy to see the Cable in the Classroom
offerings for the month. Just click on the subject, then date.
http://www.ciconline.org/
Administrivia...
This newsletter is designed to provide teachers with quick access to
Internet sites that correlate with the curriculum. Click on the
highlighted links to visit the sites listed here.
It is planned that this newsletter will be updated and sent on a monthly
basis with a new set of links. Each issue should arrive during the 3rd
week of the previous month.
I would be glad to accept requests for links that would enrich your
curriculum, theme units, or seasonal units. E-mail me at adixon@xxxxxxxxx
with your requests.
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