Infonews n°149 du 17/03/2002

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Today is St Patrick's Day! If you haven't already talked about it
to your classes, you have to do it tomorrow! Here is a text, and some ideas
of activities : growing Shamrocks...and Irish Dancing!!!
In "health and environment" : two sites about animals, and one about a new
medical treatment for cancer; followed by handcrafts for primary school
children to prepare Earth Day 2002 ( April 22nd) : ideas for recycling
virtually anything into a work of art .
The resources for secondary school are varied this week : words, songs,
real or virtual trips...then two sites about Arts, for transcurricular
projects in lower and upper secondary school ( travaux croisés et TPE), an
article to reflect about remediation, another about Mme Montessori, and two
sites of resources and tutorials for beginner and advanced web designers.
Have a nice week!

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St Patrick's Day
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Wearing the Green (The Classroom Flyer Friday Edition 03/15/02)
Growing Shamrocks
Irish Dancing
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Health and environment
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Endangered Species
Animal concerns (from Jean Sahaï)
Cancer Warrior (PBS Teacher Previews: March 17-24)
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Resources for primary school
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THE TRASH MATCHER (The Classroom Flyer Friday Edition 03/15/02)
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Resources for teachers
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Playing with words (The Classroom Flyer 02/22/02)
Songs and lyrics (from Michèle Henry)
organise a trip to England and Ireland (from Sarah Rapnouil-Dunn)
Virtual shopping in london (from Michael A. Riccioli)
Massachusetts ­ A Unit Study
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Arts
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ART EDVENTURES --COLOR THEORY (The Classroom Flyer Friday Edition 03/15/02)
COLOR MATTERS (The Classroom Flyer Friday Edition 03/15/02)
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Teaching practice
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Remediation doesn't work ! (from PEN Weekly NewsBlast for March 8)
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internet Tools
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Classroom Clip Art (Library Hot Five #125)
Introduction to Web Design (Library Hot Five #125)

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Celebrating St Patrick's Day
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Wearing the Green (The Classroom Flyer Friday Edition 03/15/02)
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http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2002/03/031102_stpatrick.jhtml
St. Patrick's Day parades, little leprechauns, sham-
rocks and four leaf clovers... what is the origin of
all the symbols we exhibit on St. Patrick's Day? What
is the story behind Saint Patrick himself? You'll find
answers to Irish folklore here, along with links for
further classroom extensions and discoveries.
[ a resource for secondary school, offering infos about St Patrick's
biography, the shamrock, wearing green , the Blarney stone, and
leprechauns. With this site, you'll be ready for St Patrick's Day....]

Growing Shamrocks ( www.easyfunschool.com/ )
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http://www.fourleafclover.com/grow.html
Here are some directions for growing White Clover, also known as the Irish
Shamrock.
There is also a few fun activities after the directions.
[ an activity of primary and lower secondary school.]

Irish Dancing (www.easyfunschool.com/ )
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http://www.easyfunschool.com/article2115.html
Irish dance has experienced a growing popularity in recent years. Here are
some directions for the basic steps in Irish dance, as well as a list of
benefits in participating in this art form.
[ for primary and lower secondary school : you'll also find the description
of the steps at:
http://www.nonvi.com/sm/footwork.html
don't miss the sites of "Lords of the Dance" and "Riverdance" (splendid
intros in flash)
http://www.lordofthedance.com/index-ie.php
http://www.riverdance.com/
for more music or step sheets on line dancing, see:
http://www.milo.lib.me.us/carrie.htm
Here is an electric reel you can try on Mason's Apron by Stockon's Wing Cry
Of The Celts from "Lord of the Dance" :
http://members.aol.com/ldarchives/electric_reel.htm
official site of Country music in britain (music and step sheets)
http://www.cmib.co.uk/uklinks/

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Health and environment
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Endangered Species
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a nice website for upper secondary school, about endangered species, with
lots of files presenting the profiles of the animals, and the questions :
what, why and how are answered through various articles, which make the
pupils reflect on all the sides of the problem.
http://library.thinkquest.org/25014/english.index.html

Animal concerns (from Jean Sahaï)
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http://animalconcerns.netforchange.com/
on this site for upper secondary school, you'll find lots of resources
about animals' welfare and protection, informations on hunting or breeding
methods, and links to other sites such as "envirolink" or "green market
place". This portal is the ideal place for pupils to prepare posters,
reports or portfolios about endangered animals.
You can also link this work to the "nutrition and food" chapter in Infonews
n°148.

Cancer Warrior (PBS Teacher Previews: March 17-24)
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Dr. Judah Folkman is a pioneer in the field of cancer research, and he
has allowed NOVA exclusive access to his sought-after story. This
program goes behind-the-scenes to witness the first clinical trials of
his revolutionary treatment.
At the companion site, view this important program in its entirety in
streaming video. Read interviews, follow the history of cancer
research, and learn how cancer grows with the "Hot Science" activity.
http://pbs.org/nova/cancer/
[ for upper secondary school students interested in cancer and new medical
treatements. You'll find the complete program to view (without the script),
interviews to see and read, and many interesting documents. Ideal for a
transcurricular project with the biology teacher ou pour des TPE. ]

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Resources for primary school
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THE TRASH MATCHER (The Classroom Flyer Friday Edition 03/15/02)
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http://www.kid-at-art.com/htdoc/matchtmp.html
Recycle your waste products in to art projects... the
Trash Matcher has an art activity for almost any re-
cycled product you can think of; rubber bands become
rain sticks, foam trays are used for printmaking, wire
can be made in to a dinosaur model... many more to
choose from.
[ ideas of things to make or build on Earth Day...]

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Resources for teachers
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Playing with words (The Classroom Flyer 02/22/02)
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http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2002/02/021802_sportswriting.jhtml
Sports writing exists in a world all of its own,
with a style evocative of competition and meant to
relive the aggression of the playing arena. Learn
about the different literary techniques which lend
themselves to sports reviews, including metaphors,
alliteration, and puns.
[ In the previous Infonews were many articles about the Olympic games. It
is now time to analyse those articles from a literary point of view. This
interesting page is suited for literature students in upper secondary
school (sections L). You will find explanations and examples for the
various literary techniques, and they will be able to use in English what
they have learnt in their French literature classes.]

Songs and lyrics (from Michèle Henry)
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http://www.edict.com.hk/music/default.htm
[ there you can hear the songs, read the lyrics and clic on the words to
get a définition. Ideal for secondary school.]

organise a trip to England and Ireland (from Sarah Rapnouil-Dunn)
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Download for free a practical guide to educational trips in Ireland, or
read it online. The guide to trips in england is only available in french.
http://www.school-trip.com/news/news.html
and you will find also places to visit, addresses, tips and advices on this
other website edited bythe same group:
http://www.group-trotter.net/

Virtual shopping in london (from Michael A. Riccioli)
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http://www.iatefl.org.pl/sig/call/j_lesson8.htm#internetlessons
a very good lesson plan offered on IATEFL Poland by a Greek colleague...
The lesson gives a website address to work from, and worksheets to print
for the pupils.

Massachusetts ­ A Unit Study
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This mini unit on MASSACHUSETTS uses the cross curricular approach to
education. There are several activities from different academics subjects
for you to choose from. One of the most important things is to have fun!
http://www.easyfunschool.com/article2096.html
[A superbe unit! You are told how to organise the sessions, the handsouts
and the assessement, and the page is packed with interesting links and
documents : a fact sheet ready to copy and print, state parks, endangered
species....together with Boston tea party and Lobster Ravioli recipe.
For upper secondary school, but teachers can also find elements to be
adapted to lower classes.]

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Arts
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ART EDVENTURES --COLOR THEORY (The Classroom Flyer Friday Edition 03/15/02)
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http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/color2/a1.html
Take a wonderful art adventure online with these inter-
active color exercises. Students will follow along a
story line and make choices about paintings, artists,
complementary colors, primary and secondary colors,
tints and shades, moods, and more. Very well done--
this adventure should appeal to a wide age group.
[ for lower secondary school and all students interested in arts and
colours. Ideal for a transcurricular project with the Art teacher. Un site
utile pour des travaux croisés avec le prof d'art plastiques en collège ou
en LP.]

COLOR MATTERS (The Classroom Flyer Friday Edition 03/15/02)
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http://www.colormatters.com/entercolormatters.html
For advanced students, there is much to explore here
in every aspect of color. For starters, take a look
at color theory, how it affects our perception, and
how we use it in advertising products. How does our
brain interpret colors? Or how does color affect our
vision? If a student thinks mathematically in color,
is there a connection to creativity? All Explore top-
ics are found in the left-hand frame of this web site.
[ similar to the previous site, but for advanced pupils : study the
theories of how colour is created and how it affects our life. idéal pour
des TPE.]

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Teaching practice
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Remediation doesn't work ! (from PEN Weekly NewsBlast for March 8)
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According to teacher and researcher Bill Page, remediation does not
work--at all--for anyone, ever. He brazenly asks, "If remediation works,
why don't we take all of the kids who are behind, catch them up and be
done with it! Why do we continue to remediate the same kids year after
year?" According to him, it's because the premise of remediation is
essentially "more of the same." If they can't read, give them more
reading. If they can't spell, give them more spelling. If they can't do
math, give them more math. Take it slower, make it simpler, do it in
smaller chunks, do it one-on-one, offer them M & M's, but keep shoving the
same stuff down their throat. While that sounds perfectly logical, it is
the same as saying if they can't swim, throw them into the water twice as
often because they need it twice as badly. Mr. Page says that the only way
the problem will be solved is by helping teachers and students to see each
other and their work in a different light.
http://teachers.net/gazette/FEB02/page.html
[ this interesting articles show how useless it is to try and teach the
same things the same way to pupils who don't want to learn it, and hwo we
can change this by changing our own attitude towards teaching, learning,
the class and each pupil....thus triggering a change in the pupil's
attitude too.
On this site, you will also find this article about Mme Montessori:
http://teachers.net/gazette/MAR02/fedele.html ]

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internet Tools
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Classroom Clip Art (Library Hot Five #125)
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http://classroomclipart.com/
Locate photographs, clip art, and historical images provided by the
original photographers and illustrators. They may be used for educational
purposes.
[ free cliparts to illustrated your webpages...And the pupils from any
level will also love to use them for their pages or messages....]

Introduction to Web Design (Library Hot Five #125)
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http://www.wdvl.com/WebRef/Help/Begin.html
Web Developer's Virtual Library offers a multitude of ideas to build your
first Web page. Try the WDVL Resources and drop down the list to Tutorials.
Click on HTML, and then click on Introduction to Web Design, a 3-day
tutorial by Selena Sol.
[ to understand hml, find codes and resources, and tutorials for many
programs.... if your level is already good, you will prefer this site:
http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimerP1.html ]

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