Infonews n°213 du 11/04/2004
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A la Une this week, lots of sites and activities for Earth Day
2004, which will take place on April 22nd. Even if you are on holidays, you
can choose to work on this topic later in the year. And for holiday spirit,
try the games and interactive pages, and especially "hog buster"!
Then discover everything about Tamil New year ( it's today!), some
handicrafts for primary school, and some site for secondary school,
especially sites presenting news for kids, and three articles about
education in the US, including a page to find articles on any educational
subject you may be interested in.
Next week, I'll start my holidays, so Infonews n°214 will be
published on May 2nd.
Until then, enjoy your holidays!
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A la Une : Earth Day 2004
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Earth Day Posters to download
Activities
Games and Interactive pages
Wastes
Ecosystems
Earth Day special downloads for Free
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In the News : Tamil New Year
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Resources for Primary School
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Mobiles ( from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Friday, April 2nd)
Activities with recycled newspapers (from Classroom Flyer April 9th)
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Resources for Secondary School
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News for Kids ( from Library Hot Five #219: News for Kids)
Times Square Celebrates its First Centenary
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Teaching Practice
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ADHD Drugs Could Stunt Growth (from EDNEWS Volume 3, Issue14)
Strategies That Work: Creating ABC Books (from LESSONS> Teacher Lesson
Plans Vol. 6, Issue 14)
School Issues Glossary (from LESSONS> Teacher Lesson Plans Vol. 6, Issue 14)
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A la Une : Earth Day 2004
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Although several dates are suggested by different websites, the majority
seems to agree on April 22nd. Many communities in the US have extended it
to the next week-end, and some groups would like the date of the equinox
and spring( March 21). Anyway, Earth Day doesn't seem to be an important
day in France, and it wasn't even mentioned in the national news last year.
So here are some sites to work from, but feel free to celebrate it or just
talk about it whenever you like....
Here is the page I designed for my students to work from
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/infonews/themes/earthday.htm
It is just a page of links, from which they discover what Earth Day is,
which activities are organised where, what the problems are, what solutions
can be worked out and what they can do themselves (save energy, be
environment friendly, recycle, sort, etc.)
Earth Day Posters to download
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http://www.earthday.net/images/earthday2004poster.jpg
[ also download a fact sheet, a guide, and the logo
http://www.earthday.net/howto/downloads.stm
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"You have the power"
http://www.eere.energy.gov/femp/yhtp/artwork.html
Smart energy choices for the future
http://www.eere.energy.gov/femp/images/earthday_poster.jpg
Activities
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- Activities to celebrate Earth Day in your classroom
http://www.environment.ky.gov/earthday/classroom/default.htm
[ suggestions of activities for primary school, intermediate school, middle
school and high school.]
- Earth day links from Education World (WebQuest, activities, articles, etc.)
http://www.educationworld.com/holidays/archives/earthday.shtml
- Energy lesson plans, activities and projects (for K12, primary school,
high school)
http://www.eere.energy.gov/education/lesson_plans.html
http://www.eere.energy.gov/education/science_projects.html
- Ten ways to celebrate Earth Day at school ( from Riverdeep's Classroom
Flyer, Friday, April 2nd)
http://www.earthday.net/howto/tc-ten.stm
- A week of Earth Day activities ( from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer,
Friday, April 2nd)
http://www.greenteacher.com//articles/earthweek.html
"On Monday, try experimenting with and discussing water issues, such as
weather and the role of water, hydro-electric power, or fish and
environmental issues. On Tuesday you'll be investigating the element of
fire, including mythology, music, cooking, etc. Learning themes cover each
of the elements, with the Earth on Wednesday and Air on Thursday, all with
creative suggestions for learning across the curriculum."
- Peace Bell on Earth Day, from CyberSchoolBus
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/earthday/peacebell_2004.asp
- Planet Pals teachers' Challenge( from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer,
Friday, April 2nd)
http://www.planetpals.com/teacherschallenge.html
"In this Earth Day-friendly site, teachers are encouraged to start a
recycling program with their students, for either their own class or the
school as a whole. While quite simple to institute, this kind of recycling
program can create responsible, active students, who will be quite proud of
their results and accomplishments. Several extension ideas make the project
exciting, and a Teacher Packet with stickers, certificates, and classroom
posters is included."
- Resources from Canada : lots of ready to use resources to plan an event
for earth day, plus a trivia, a fact sheet and a reuse guide
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfm
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/parents/resources.cfm
- "Smart Energy, Choices for the Future" is the theme for the 2004 Earth
Day campaign of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP).
http://www.eere.energy.gov/femp/services/earthday.cfm
Games and Interactive pages
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- Food chain (from Claude Covo Farchi on eTeachNet)
A flash game to understand everything about Food Chain
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/index.cfm
- A page of links to various games and quizzes
http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/earthday.html
- WWF Virtual House
http://www.virtualhouse.org/
- Global Warming Games (don't miss those very informative pages!)
http://globalwarming.enviroweb.org/games/yourscore/index.html
- *** Hog Buster
an interactive game in which you explore all the rooms in the house to
discover the "hog" (the thing which uses too much energy) . for each
element in the room you get an explanation, and when you find the hog you
can access a game (memory, shoot them up, etc.), a scavenger hunt, and
pages of facts and advices.
http://www.energyhog.org/
[ visual, easy and interactive, it is a good way to encourage students to
discover how they waste energy. But some of the games can be problems in
the computer room, so restrict their use, or invite the students to do them
outside teaching time.]
Wastes
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- Reducing community waste online exhibit ( from Riverdeep's Classroom
Flyer April 2nd)
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/garbage/intro.html
"Each year more and more waste is generated by an ever-growing American
population. How are our landfills and communities handling all this
garbage? Take an online interactive tour through the Annenberg exhibit
"Garbage" and learn how we handle waste, what the issues are, and what
communities are doing to improve their environmental records."
- lesson plans and activities ( from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer April 9th)
Reduce, Reuse 'N Recycle Unit
http://www.lalc.k12.ca.us/target/units/recycle/activities/les.html
Ecosystems
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http://www.pbs.org/journeytoplanetearth/ecosystems/index.html
Explore the ecosystems with PBS. Note : the videos are just trailers of the
programs, so we can't use them, but the links and texts are interesting.
Best practice
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http://www.oit.doe.gov/bestpractices/
for students studying technology and industry.
"Energy Matters" magazine, with lots of articles for advanced students
http://www.oit.doe.gov/bestpractices/energymatters/energy_matters.shtml
and find lots of other resources about "energy efficiency and renewable energy"
http://www.eere.energy.gov/
Earth Day special downloads for free
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- energy savers guide
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumerinfo/energy_savers/energyuse.html
- excellent fact sheets and animations for technology students!
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumerinfo/
- "In honor of Earth Day 2004 and for a limited time only, you can download
an activity from the WWF's latest Windows on the Wild educator’s guide,
Oceans of Life. “Coral Bleaching: A Drama in Four Acts” focuses on coral
reefs and the effects of climate change on their health."
http://www.worldwildlife.org/windows/pennies/pdf/coral_act.pdf
[ for advanced students, excellent for a biology/english crosscurricular
project.]
- Free Access to some articles from "American Chemical Society
Publications" to celebrate Earth Day
http://pubs.acs.org/promo/earthday/
[ for advanced technology students (engineering, aerospace, mechanics). See
for example the article:
"Particulate Emission from Combustion of Diesel and Fischer-Tropsch Fuels:
A Shock Tube Study"
http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/sample.cgi/enfuem/2004/18/i02/html/ef0340108.html
with the diagram of the "UDRI shock tube"
http://pubs.acs.org/isubscribe/journals/enfuem/18/i02/figures/ef0340108f00001.html
And remember that those resources will not remain free for long! ]
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In the News : Tamil New Year
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Today is VARUSHAPIRAPU or Varsha Pirappu, or Vishu or TAMIL NEW YEAR'S DAY
for the Indians living in the South of India,espcecially Kerala. here are
some sites to discover this festival, and situate it among other similar
events accross India and its religions.
http://www.nrilinks.com/india/festivals/tamilNewYear.htm
http://www.whatsonwhen.com/events/~24156.jml
http://www.aryabhatt.com/fast_fair_festival/Festivals/Varushapirapu.htm
http://www.eprarthana.com/festivals/fchaitravishu.asp
comparison
http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa041002b.htm
rituals
http://www.bawarchi.com/festivals/vishu.html
download a special new year song and see pictures of the festival
http://www.dattapeetham.com/india/tours/datta_kshetra_yatra/madras/madras_new_year.html
discover Tamil music and Kollywood.
Bollywood news (with sound files, videos, film trailers and online radios
http://ww.smashits.com/index.cfm
And see what gift are offered for this event (saree, dhoties, sweets or
little statues of the gods...)
http://www.indiavarta.com/shopping/sdays/tamilnewyear/2004/
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Resources for Primary School
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Mobiles ( from Riverdeep's Classroom Flyer, Friday, April 2nd)
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- Underwater Mobiles
http://www.quakeroatmeal.com/toddler//games/Newgame.cfm?GameID=350
Create your own under-the-sea effects with these easy to make sea creature
mobiles. Templates are included for the ocean animals; use blue, green, or
aqua colored paper plates for the base.
- Solar system Mobiles
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/astronomy/solarsystemmodel/
First learn the relative sizes of the planets in our solar system, and then
create this mobile with cardboard and compasses.
Use the following address to find out the live positions of the planets.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Solar
Activities with recycled newspapers (from Classroom Flyer April 9th)
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- Newspaper Kites
http://familytlc.net/issues/march2003/spring_10.html
" Here's a great Earth Day activity for elementary classes, where they will
be recycling newspapers, creating a great kite, and taking them all
outdoors to fly. Supply several paints and markers, along with yarn,
tissue, buttons, or plastic streamers to help students individualize their
creations."
- Make a recycled newspaper papier maché bowl
http://my.hsonline.net/~kidatart/htdoc/lesson37.htm
" These bowls are really quite lovely, and your students can use a
southwestern or old world theme, or even try decoupaging designs once the
papier mache bowl has dried.
Tips and tricks are included along with the directions."
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Resources for Secondary School
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News for Kids ( from Library Hot Five #219: News for Kids)
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Science News for Kids
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org
TIME for Kids
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
Scholastic News for Kids
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/
Yahooligans! News
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/news/
[ Here are some site for children where you can find news written in easily
understandable language and with a visual setting. You can direct your
students to those sites and invite them to explore the news and choose
something to present to the class.
Note: the news change often, so the students must take the notes and write
their report in only one session. ]
Times Square Celebrates its First Centenary
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Find in this special report from Scout Report all the info you need to know
Time Square as if you were there...including its webcam!
http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/2004/scout-040409-inthenews.php#1
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Teaching Practice
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ADHD Drugs Could Stunt Growth (from EDNEWS Volume 3, Issue14)
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Stimulant drugs such as Ritalin, used to treat attention deficit disorders,
can stunt children's growth, according to new research. The study does not
address whether the effect on growth is permanent.
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?c=MGArticle&cid=1031774691937&pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle
Strategies That Work: Creating ABC Books (from LESSONS> Teacher Lesson
Plans Vol. 6, Issue 14)
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ABC books are a tool for all grades. For primary-grade students, writing
ABC books reinforces many language skills. At the elementary level, writing
ABC books develops research skills. Older students can create ABC books for
young students -- and then share the results.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy031.shtml
School Issues Glossary (from LESSONS> Teacher Lesson Plans Vol. 6, Issue 14)
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An A-to-Z Guide to Education World Articles
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/glossary/
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