[internet_connections] Internet Connections for December and January

  • From: "Ann Dixon" <adixon@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <internet_connections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 16:39:15 -0600

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*************************************************Internet Connections For
Educators
December 2003 - January 2004
Vol. 6 Issue 4
Editor:  Ann Dixon, MISD Technology Teacher Trainer
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Educators
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1. Free Teaching Materials
2. News from NASA
3. August and September Events and Themes
4. Spotlight Sites
5. Educational Television Connects with the Internet

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Free Teaching Materials

Printing Readiness Sheets (Pre-k to 1)  Printable handwriting sheets to
download
http://donnayoung.org/hwrite.htm

Focus on Classroom Management Free e-mail class
http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/EmailCourse/signup.htm


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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.

Science Fair Resource from JPL
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/


PATTERNS OF CHANGE  from NASA Earth Observatory, discover  movies and 3-D
snapshots of the Earth that allow students to observe our planet changing,
over time and space, and to think about what might be the causes or effects
of those changes.`  Twelve exercise are available.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Laboratory/Datasets/


Answers to student questions are available at the ?Teacher Resources? link.
A neat feature of the site is the ability to enable a glossary that provides
hyperlinks to all technical terms.  Enable this function by clicking the
radio box on the upper left hand portion of each page.

Teacher Resources
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Laboratory/Datasets/teacher_resources.html


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December and January Events and Themes
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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

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Special Days
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December
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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/

December 20 Hanukkah
Hanukkah
http://www.umkc.edu/imc/hanukkah.htm

The Wright Brothers? First Flight, Dec 17, 1903
American Memory from the Libraryof 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

Explanation of the Winter Solstice
http://www.treasure-troves.com/astro%0B/WinterSolstice.html

Seasons
View a movie of the seasons that shows the tilt of Earth?s equatorial plane
relative to the Sun.
http://www.treasure-troves.com/%0Bastro/movies/Seasons.mov


Winter

Winter Domino Game
http://www.bry-backmanor.org%0B/december/dectwentynine.html

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

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/Christmas/ChristmasTOC.htm

Christmas Around the World
http://christmas.com/worldview/

Christmas on the Net
http://www.holidays.net/christmas/

Christmas at Kid?s Domain
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday%0B/xmas/index.html

Billy Bear?s Christmas
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/christmas/christms.htm

Santa?s Village
http://www.northpole.com/Village.html

Christmas
http://www.night.net/christmas/

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/

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January
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100 Days of School Activities

100th Day Celebration
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/100th/

New Year's Day January 1

Family Resolution Kit
http://www.familyeducation.com%0B/article/0,1120,1-4226,00.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/%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


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%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%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
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Spotlight Sites
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Math
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Metric Conversion -- Metric conversions.org provides a bunch of handy tools
for calculating and converting from or to metric.
http://www.metric-conversions.org/site-map.htm

Create a Graph
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/Graphing/

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Reading Language Arts
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Bookmark Maker
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bookmarks/

National Geographic Bookmark Maker
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/bookclub/bookmark_091001_100pm.html

Jan Brett?s Web Site - This wonderful author/illustrator is very generous
with her work.
http://www.janbrett.com/

Wired for Books - Kids Korner
http://wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm

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Science
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NetFrog - Virtual lab
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/

The Great Plant Escape -Interactive
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/

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Social Studies
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National Atlas --Follow the directions to map information about biology,
boundaries, environment, geology, people, transportation, and water.
http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/NatlasStart.asp

Small Town America - Stereo Views from the New York Public Library
Collection
http://digital.nypl.org/dennis/stereoviews/

American Journeys - Eyewitness Accounts of Early American Exploration
http://www.americanjourneys.org/

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Early Childhood
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HANDWRITING PAGE MAKER: Choose your font size and letter spacing to generate
pages of dot-to-dot font pages for student worksheets. Great for
kindergarten and first grade writing practice.
http://www.thebigbus.com/free/resources/writing/index.htm

Winter Counting Book
http://www.bry-backmanor.org/december/decnineteen.html

Hello, Winter Book
http://www.bry-backmanor.org/december/decthirty.html

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General
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Online Modules from Interne4Classrooms - Learn to use various programs
on-line
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line.htm

Teacher Express - The web page for busy teachers.  It has it all!
http://www.teacherxpress.com/


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Educational Television Connects with the Internet
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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/


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 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
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