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Latest Issue:
11/05/02: Vol. 04, #03
TEACHER'S PET
Editor's favorite
Alien Empire
Some think of bugs as filthy, disgusting creatures that need nothing better
than a good squishing. If this has been your way of thinking, think again!
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SOCIAL SCIENCES
History, geography, political science, sociology, law, anthropology, philosophy, and archeology
Leonardo da Vinci
After they made him, they broke the mold. Handsome, colossally intelligent,
and stunningly gifted, Leonardo was born in 1452 in the town of Vinci -
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Nuremberg Trial
Nuremberg. In 1935 'race' laws created there provided a legal framework for
the attempted destruction of the Jewish people. Through the '30s it was the
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Jazz Age Culture
Jazz Age Culture is a personal act of love and devotion. This site offers
students and teachers at all levels access to Web sites devoted to the '20s
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Arab Human Development Report 2002
One in five Arabs live on $2 per day or less. The gross domestic products of
the combined 22 Arab League nations are less than that of Spain. There are
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Index of Civil War Naval Forces
With the salvage of the USS Monitor and the raising of its turret (the first
on any naval vessel) on August 6, there is renewed interest in the navies
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LANGUAGE ARTS
English studies, grammar, poetry, prose, and second language studies
Rich Language Resources
Here's a site that will absolutely not dazzle you with its visuals, but
could become one of your favorite resources. Here are dozens and dozens of
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Giggle Poetry
Well, it sure ain't Shakespeare, Yeats or Plath, but it's immeasurably more
fun. Teachers of kids in kindergarten through grade 4 could be as
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BBC Animated History of Books
Trust The Beeb to give us an experience like this. First, acknowledging that
many school districts just don't keep their classrooms on the cutting edge
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Netsurfer Recommendations
Items our staff likes and you might too. Click on the image or title to order
at a hefty discount from our affiliate Amazon.com, and send
a few pennies our way as well.
The Survival Guide for Kids with LD* (Learning Differences)
Gary L. Fisher and Rhoda E. Cummings
Free Spirit Publishing; ISBN: 0915793180
We wouldn't feel out of line offering a blanket recommendation of all Free
Spirit publications. This award-winning publisher of books and other
learning materials for children and teens, parents, educators, counselors,
and everyone else who cares about kids understands kids as well as anyone
out there. Free Spirit books are engaging, colorful, knowing, and caring.
Its authors speak directly to kids without condescending or preaching or
sounding silly. Here's another of Free Spirit's smart titles for kids who
need to know that despite being unique, they're not freaks of nature. Anyone
who's dealt with a kid with a learning difference knows how tortuous the
experience is for an already fragile self-image. This book, directed to the
kids themselves, "covers the social and emotional landscape … from teasing
and changing friendships to finding a balance between the high expectations
of some people and the low expectations of others". This link is to the
first edition, published in 1990. A new edition has just come out, so check
for it, too.
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MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY
Mathematics, chemistry, physics, astrosciences, computing, technology, biology, and botany
Natural Inquirer
No, it's not the latest supermarket tabloid. Produced by the US Department
of Agriculture's Forest Service, The Natural Inquirer is a journal that
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SandlotScience.com
Why does the moon appear larger when it's near the horizon than when it's
high in the sky? Of course the moon doesn't change size. What we see is an
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Tales from the Hive
Did you know that bees 'produce' honey by repeatedly regurgitating plant
nectar? Maybe you didn't want to know that, but there's plenty more to learn
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Doodlebug Behavior
The adult antlion or doodlebug, post metamorphosis, resembles a dragonfly -
although without that insect's carnivorous appetite. But the larval form is
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Mom, There's a Plasmoid in the Microwave
Now you can make a plasmoid in your microwave oven. Finally! Take a glass
sphere open at one end, a toothpick, 3 plastic supports and a microwave
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Science and Math Clearinghouse
The ENC or Eisenhower National Clearinghouse is one of those big, sprawling
places where a newcomer is wise to take the tour to get a feel for the
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RESOURCES
Encyclopedia, libraries, reference resources, and other places to which teachers can turn
NewsBatch
For over a year now, NewsBatch has provided superb informative summaries of
important policy issues, spurred by the notion that an informed citizenry is
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CyberSleuth Kids Student Homework Helper
Homework, for those of us old enough to remember the olden days before
computers, used to be completed with ancient implements called pencils on
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