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IN THE NEWS
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France detains Greenpeace activists (INFOBEAT> News 02/17/99)
1st Headlines (Weekend Web Picks 2/14/99)
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AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE
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NEA PICKS TOP 100 CHILDREN'S BOOKS (USA Ed.Net Briefs 2.15.99)
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY The 100 Greatest Moments in Television (Compass
Pathfinder February 10-17)
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TIME AND CALENDAR
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feb 16th : President's Day, Lincoln Materials (Tuesday, February 16
NET-ANNOUNCE!)
feb 21st: PETS' DAY : Nature "Extraordinary Cats" (PBS Teacher Previews:
February 22-28)
-- Web Calendar --(Leebow's Friday Letter -- 02/12/1999)
TIME CAPSULE (YOUR WEBSCOUT February )
Biography.com (FLYER> TLC School Classroom Flyer, Feb-19-99)
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RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS
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The New York Times Learning Network (Blue Web'n Update 2/13/99)
ePlay (Blue Web'n Update 2/13/99)
TIP: HOW TO ADD HUNDREDS OF NEW LINKS TO ANY WEB PAGE (DUMMIES
DAILY(tm)February 16th)
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SCIENCE AND TECHNIQUE
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How Things Work (S C O U T R E P O R T F O R S C I E N C E & E N G I N
E E R I N G)
Leonardo(TOURBUS - 16 Feb)
50 Best Science and Technology Web Sites (TOURBUS - 16 Feb)
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IN THE NEWS
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France detains Greenpeace activists (INFOBEAT> News 02/17/99)
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PARIS (AP) - Twenty-nine activists from the environmental group
Greenpeace were detained Wednesday after a demonstration outside the
industry ministry in Paris, police said. The activists, dressed in
white jumpsuits, tied themselves to large yellow barrels they said
were filled with nuclear waste. Greenpeace said in a statement the
waste had been retrieved from around the COGEMA nuclear waste
reprocessing plant near La Hague in western France. After analysis at
a police laboratory, officials said the contents of the barrels were
harmless. See
--> http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558488495-aa4
[had you hear that in the French news? I didn't...]
1st Headlines (Weekend Web Picks 2/14/99)
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What a fantastic idea! Compare the headlines from the 50 top newspapers,
broadcast and online services. You will really appreciate the diversity of
regional importance. "Does it play in Peoria" still makes sense.
--> http://www.1stheadlines.com
[ this site allows you to compare headlines AND articles]
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AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE
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NEA PICKS TOP 100 CHILDREN'S BOOKS (USA Ed.Net Briefs 2.15.99)
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The National Education Association (NEA), representing 2.4 million teachers, has compiled
a list of the top 100 children's books as recommended in a survey of 1,000 NEA members.
The book list is part of "Read Across America," a nationwide NEA initiative to
promote reading among children. Thirty percent of eighth grade students and 40 percent of
fourth grade students have serious trouble reading independently, according to the
National Assessment of Educational Progress, an on-going effort to measure academic
skills. Private research shows that children ages 6-8 rank reading lowest among such after
school activities as watching TV, playing outside and doing homework. Read Across America
was started last year to mark the birthday of late author Theodor Geisel, better known as
Dr. Seuss.
Lawrence Muhammad, "Teachers pick 100 kids' books to Read Across America" (USA
Today, February 9, 1999, D3)
--> http://www.usatoday.com
Editor's note: The list of books can be found in the article and on the
NEA Web site at
--> http://www.nea.org/readacross/favbooks.html
[in this list, there are no french authors, but you'll find 'Heidi', 'the
wizzard of Oz', Beatrix Potter's and Roald Dahl's books....it gives us an
overview of what American children read]
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY The 100 Greatest Moments in Television (Compass
Pathfinder February 10-17)
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>From Lucy to Johnny, Mary to Ellen, Entertainment Weekly names the tube's
100 defining events.
--> http://cgi.pathfinder.com/ew/fab400/tv100/index.html
[very interesting to see what has been important on TV for American people,
a strange mixture of JFK, Lady D, Friends and NYPD!!!]
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TIME AND CALENDAR
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feb 16th : President's Day, Lincoln Materials (Tuesday, February 16
NET-ANNOUNCE!)
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--> http://www.erspros.com/net-announce/archive/1999/79.html
[see this site which won several awards:
--> http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/lincoln/
feb 21st: PETS' DAY : Nature "Extraordinary Cats" (PBS Teacher Previews:
February 22-28)
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Discover stories of cats performing amazing acts of
courage, stamina, resourcefulness and loyalty with
this site. Access a list of feline resources and
submit a story about your own valiant pet.
--> http://www.pbs.org/nature/excats/
-- Web Calendar --(Leebow's Friday Letter -- 02/12/1999)
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Teachers (or anyone), here's a great calendar that lists historical
events and Web sites related to that event.
--> http://www.classroom.com/resource/calendar
TIME CAPSULE (YOUR WEBSCOUT February )
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Enter a date and the Time Capsule will bring back memories of that year
including who was President & Vice-President, the most popular songs for
that year, top headlines that occurred within a month or two of the
specified date, famous birthdays on that date, and even the cost of a home,
car, postage stamp, and gas. Site has data online for the years 1900
through 1998, but not all pieces of data are available from 1995 through
1998. Go on over and take a stroll through past.
--> http://www.dmarie.com/asp/history.asp
[interesting : I discovered that Nixon was vice-president in 1956!]
Biography.com (FLYER> TLC School Classroom Flyer, Feb-19-99)
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This Arts & Entertainment network website site features more
than 20,000 searchable biographies. There’s also an
interesting "Born on This Day" section.
--> http://www.biography.com/
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RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS
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The New York Times Learning Network (Blue Web'n Update 2/13/99)
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Building on news and archives from The New York Times, the Learning Network
connects teachers, students, and parents to news and education resources on
the Web. Includes daily lesson plans, interactive news quizzes, and
opportunities to interact with The Times reporters. Lesson plans cover many
subjects, including social studies, mathematics, fine arts, language arts,
technology, and science.
--> http://www.nytimes.com/learning
[this particularly interesting site offers short news articles, with links
to the Webster dictionnary for explainations of words and to Encarta for
geographical references]
ePlay (Blue Web'n Update 2/13/99)
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ePlay is a fun and highly interactive activity site filled with cyber
adventures. Kids will have a great time as they learn about world history,
geography and cultures, and educators will appreciate related lesson plans
and research articles. The content changes daily and is tailored to appeal
to multiple learning styles.
--> http://www.eplay.com
[In lesson plans, United States, I found a lesson about inventions that I
will try with my 'secondes' tomorrow!]
TIP: HOW TO ADD HUNDREDS OF NEW LINKS TO ANY WEB PAGE (DUMMIES
DAILY(tm)February 16th)
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Stumped by some of the 50-cent words you're reading on the Web?
VoyCabulary can help. Type the perplexing page's URL into VoyCabulary's home
page,
and it transforms the page into one in which EVERY SINGLE WORD is
linked to its dictionary definition (from the WWWebster Online
Dictionary). You can read these definitions with a single click. How
often you'll use this probably depends on your Internet connection. In
our tests, the processing dragged a bit at 28.8 kbps but was nearly
instantaneous over our cable modems.
--> http://www.voycabulary.com
[this is a tremendous resource for those with a quick tranfert rate!]
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SCIENCE AND TECHNIQUE
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How Things Work (S C O U T R E P O R T F O R S C I E N C E & E N G I N
E E R I N G)
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Complete Computer Solutions makes available the How Things Work Website.
This is an excellent learning resource for anyone who has ever wondered
about the workings of items such as oxygen tents or speedometers or
materials such as porcelain. The site briefly summarizes a plethora of
topics ranging from accordions to X-rays. This site is well worth a visit.[SN]
--> http://www.iao.com/howthing/
[far less visual and efficient than http://www.howthingswork.com but dealing
with complementary subjects]
Leonardo(TOURBUS - 16 Feb)
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Well sure! The Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica Leonardo da Vinci
or the "Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology"
in Milan Italy is one of the most important technical and scientific
museums in the world. Explore it online at:
--> http://www.museoscienza.org/english/index.html
50 Best Science and Technology Web Sites (TOURBUS - 16 Feb)
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Sharon Katz, web producer for Popular Science Magazine writes:
Our editors select and review the coolest gadgets, gizmos and
achievements on the market in 10 areas -- Audio & Video, Automotive &
Technology , Aviation & Space, Cars, Computers & Software, Electronics,
Home & Technology, Photography, Recreation, and Science & Technology.
Right now you can visit our site and see the 50 Best Science and
Technology Web Sites.
--> http://www.popsci.com
[a mine of useful links....]
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