Harold and the Purple Crayon
"One night, after thinking it over for some time, Harold decided to go for a walk in the moonlight." So begins this gentle story that shows just how far your imagination can take you. Armed only with an oversized purple crayon, young Harold draws himself a landscape full of beauty and excitement. But this is no hare-brained, impulsive flight of fantasy. Cherubic, round-headed Harold conducts his adventure with the utmost prudence, letting his imagination run free, but keeping his wits about him all the while. He takes the necessary purple-crayon precautions: drawing landmarks to ensure he won't get lost; sketching a boat when he finds himself in deep water; and creating a purple pie picnic when he feels the first pangs of hunger.
Crockett Johnson's understated tribute to the imagination was first published in 1955, and has been inspiring readers of all ages ever since. Harold's quiet but magical journey reminds us of the marvels the mind can create, and also gives us the wondrous sense that anything is possible. (Ages 4 to 8)(amazon.com review)
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Online Units and Resources for Harold and the Purple Crayon
Literature resources for younger children
A large number of FIAR resource for specific books as well as general resources that can be used with any literature. Includes Elements of a Story Bookmark, World Traveler Passport, Classic Story Timeline, President Chart & President Disks and more. Scroll down for the links to the downloads. Requires Adobe Acrobat reader. (Y,M)
Harold and the Purple Crayon Lapbook
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Purple Crayon resources
Vocabulary cards, fraction pies, memory game, and more (Y)
Crayon Creation
Using Harold and the Purple Crayon as inspiration, the students will tap into their imagination to create their own crayon drawing. Then, they will use their crayon drawing to a write story. (Grade 1-7)
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Harold and the Purple Crayon
This unit for emerging readers uses Crockett Johnson's Harold and the Purple Crayon as a jumping off point for an exploration of neighborhoods, principles of color, and map reading. (Grades K-4) (Y)
KinderArt® Lesson/Activity
Students will use shapes to stimulate their imaginations and create a unique image, practice correct gluing skills, use crayons to draw details that will complete their images. (Grade: K-3) (Y)
Learning about Maps and Colors
Students will develop basic geography skills by reading neighborhood maps. They will learn how to interpret map symbols and identify the specific colors used for each. Students will learn to identify primary and secondary colors, then use them to create their own map, map symbols, and colored map key. (Grades K-4) (Y)
Harold and Purple Crayon Lesson Plans
From Lesson Planet.com. (Grades K-4) (Y)
Harold and the Purple Crayon Children's Activites
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Creative Nature
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Go-alongs about Transportation
Amelia Mary Earhart - Famous Pioneers in Iowa's
Transportation History (Y, M, O, T)
The Energy Story - Comprehensive description of electricity with 15 chapters detailing the many sources of electricity. Includes: Geothermal Energy, Fossil Fuels -- Coal, Oil and Natural Gas, Hydro Power and Ocean Energy, Nuclear Energy, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, and Transportation Energy.
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Zoom Inventors and Inventions - From Enchanted Learning; indexed alphabetically, by date, and by category (Clothing, Communication, Food, Fun, Medicine, Science/Industry, Transportation, Undersea)
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Go-alongs about Astronomy
A Solar System Coloring Book--Beginner - The source of this material is Windows to the Universe, at http://www.windows.ucar.edu/ at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). (Y)
A Trip Through the Solar System - Here's a way to understand the differences between planets without trying to comprehend millions and millions of miles. Suppose you were ten years old and you decided to travel the whole solar system. You jump into a very fine, fast spaceship, and you start your journey, leaving from the sun. (Y)
Amazing Space - Web-based space activities for classroom use. This site is full of excellent lesson plans and activities, but be aware this site does present the Big Bang Theory in an understated way. (Y, M, O, T)
Apollo 11 Story - On July 20, 1969, the human race accomplished its single greatest technological achievement of all time when a human first set foot on another celestial body. Get the Apollo 11 story from launch to splashdown. (Y,M)
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. (Y, M, O, T)
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
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Auroras - Find out more about the mysterious phenomenon also called the Northern Lights. Beautiful photography and a teacher's guide with a few ideas for using the site in the classroom.
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Blast Off Boutique - The Space Shuttle EMU (extravehicular mobility unit) is like a space ship for one person! It is made up of nineteen separate parts. Each part has a special job to do in keeping astronauts safe and healthy while they work outside their spacecraft. Can you match the description with the correct EMU part? Once you have made your decision, type the letter from the picture next to the clue which you think best describes the part. (Y)
Blast off! Explore the solar system online - Look through telescopes to see what's happening in space (Y, M, O, T)
Exploring Planets in the Classroom - This hands on activity guide will use concrete examples to introduce scientific concepts involving space. "More than 25 hands-on science activities are provided in classroom-ready pages for both teachers and students for exploring Earth, the planets, geology and space sciences. (Y, M, O, T)
Google Earth - Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips. (Y, M, O, T)
Interplanetary Virtual Tour - This is an awesome collection of almost 100 pages of photos and information that can be explored systematically through the tour or overviewed through the "Express Tour". The images of the planets and their satellites will entertain the youngest students (Y, M, O, T)
Journey Through the Solar System - Welcome to our ThinkQuest Junior project. Sit back and relax as we show you incredible pictures from around our solar system. We also have interviews from two highly respected sources. Dr. Kevin Baines, astronomer from NASA/JPL, and Dr. Eleanor Helin, astronomer from NASA/JPL. She is a member of the Near Earth Asteroid Tracking Team. (Y)
Make a comet tail - Activity for space unit. (Y,M) (Y,M)
Maps of the Solar System - from NASA, select your planetary system of choice and download maps, or browse the surface features of your favorite planet or satellite! (Y, M, O, T)
Nasa News for Kids - Science fun, Games, Art & Stories, Activities and Kids club. (Y, M, O, T)
Nasa Quest - Connection K-12 classrooms with people, research and science through mission based interactions and activities. (Y, M, O, T)
National Science Foundation - NSF - Where discoveries begin. (Y, M, O, T)
OLogy - OLogy means "the study of." And here on the American Museum of Natural History's OLogy Web site, you can study and explore many cool OLogies. What's your favorite OLogy? If you're fascinated by spiders, then you're into ARACHNOLOGY. If you erupt with joy for volcanoes, then VOLCANOLOGY is your thing. If you're completely wowed by planets and stars, then you love ASTRONOMY. (Y M)
Outer Space Crafts - Great hands on crafts for younger students studying space. (Y,M)
Soaring Through Our Solar System - Reading Comprehension worksheets for solar system unit. (Grades 2-4) (Y)
Solar System Simulator - From NASA, select from the options to have the simulator create a color image of your favorite planet or satellite! (Y, M, O, T)
Solar System Wordsearch - Solar System Wordsearch - Printable wordsearch. (Y)
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Space Kids - Space science for kids! (Y M)
Space Science Institute - The Space Science Institute (SSI) is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation formed in 1992. Our purpose is to create and maintain an environment where scientific research and education programs can flourish in an integrated fashion. (Y, M, O, T)
Space Shuttle Launch Simulation - From NASA; this simulation requires students to complete pre-launch steps in order to actually launch the space shuttle. If an error message occurs, the all systems will shut down and the student must restart the launch process. Good practice for real life. (Y, M, O, T)
Space Weather Center - With games, Activities and E-Cards. (Y, M, O, T)
Star Journey - This site from National Geographic contains star charts, start attractions, and views from the Hubble telescope. (Y, M, O, T)
StarChild - Developed by two middle school science teachers for NASA, StarChild is a learning center for young astronomers with information, movies, and songs about astronomy. The site has two levels, one for elementary and one for middle school grades. It has sections for our solar system and the universe as well as a space stuff area where students can find information about astronauts, telescopes, space travel history, and more. (Y M)
Styrofoam Planets - You guessed it: make styrofoam planets. (Y,M)
The Aurora Page - A source for Information, links and images about the "Northern Lights" on-line since the Web began (Y, M, O, T)
The Space Place - Come on in and check out our games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology. (Y)
Websites for Blast Off Program - here are lots of fascinating, fun ways to explore space through cyberspace! Take a look at some of these stellar web sites! Some are just fun games to play. Some help you learn more about space. (Y)
Zoom Astronomy - a comprehensive on-line site about space and astronomy (Y)
Go-alongs about Art
A Book In Time - The Ultimate History Booklist! I have featured this site before, but they recently changed their URL and that was a reminder for me to mention it again. A Book In Time is a recommended reading list for history including fiction and non-fiction books liste (Y, M, O, T)
A science lesson on Trees - The students will be asked what they know about trees. They will view a tree cutting and guess how old it is. After making predictions they will count the rings to verify the age of the tree.Grade Level - 3rd (Y)
Aboriginal Rock Art - Aboriginal art really involves story telling, myths, rituals, sorcery, and magic, where the artist describes their Dreaming, the stories of creation, their beliefs, and their spirituality. The strong relationship between the ancestral beings of the 'time before time', the Dreamtime, with the landscape and every living creature they created forms the basis for this art. The ancestral spirits came to a land devoid of features and created everything -- the rivers, hills, plants, animals, people, and the relationships between people and animals. When finished, they changed into landforms, animals, stars, or other objects. To the Aboriginal people, the past is still alive and will remain so into the future. (Y, M, O, T)
Activities and Lessons - From Teacher Views. Grade 3. (Y)
Aesop and Ananse: Animal Fables and Trickster Tales - In this unit, students will become familiar with fables and trickster tales from different cultural traditions and will see how stories change when transferred orally between generations and cultures. They will learn how both types of folktales employ various animals in different ways to portray human strengths and weaknesses and to pass down wisdom from one generation to the next. Use the following lessons to introduce students to world folklore and to explore how folktales convey the perspectives of different world cultures. Grades K-2 from EDSITEment, National Endowment for the Humanities (Y)
Alaska Experience Theatre - Earthquake - Alaska the Greatland" from the comfort of planetarium seating as our unique 180° wraparound screen unfolds the majesty of Alaska's wildlife, scenery, and people before your eyes. Explore the cause and effect of the most powerful recored earthquake to ever hit North America. Recently upgraded to 9.2 on the Richter Scale, the Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964, lasted over 6 minutes, changed the face of Alaska forever. (Y, M, O, T)
All About Rainforests - From Enchanted Learning (Y,M)
American folk art - Students will explore folk art in the United States by studying self-taught artists and their art forms, including quilting, painting, weathervanes
and windmills, and environments sculpted from found objects ("junk"). (Y)
Animate Your World - "Animate Your World: Shaping Character is a fun, innovative, and unique CD-ROM program designed to help educators, both in and out of the classroom, incorporate character education skills into their everyday curricula... AYW provides students the tools they'll need to create their own custom animation, using positive character traits and behaviors learned through the countless activities and resources found on the CD-ROM." Both my kids love using this software to created animated short features. (Y, M, O, T)
Appalachian Art In A Suitcase - Many art lesson plans for younger and upper elementary students including corn husk dolls, braided rag rugs, paper weaving, clay tiles, basket weaving, and more. (Y, M)
Apples 4 the teacher - A Fun Educational Website for Teachers and Kids. Online Games and Resources for Toddlers, Preschoolers, Kindergarten, and Elementary Students. Kid Safe Teacher Created Primary Website with Homeschooling Activities. (Y, M, O, T)
April Resource Page - Resources and ideas for Easter and Earth Day (Y, M, O, T)
Arbor Day Lessons and Teacher Resources - (Y, M, O, T)
Art Attack! - Great site for art! There is a nice list of projects with easy to find supplies. This is not your preschooler's art! This site is graphic intensive so it takes awhile to load, but those of you who like step-by-step pictures will love it. Thanks to Sherry (Y, M, O, T)
Art Capades - activities to encourage kids to think about the things they see (Y, M, O, T)
Art sparkers - ideas to spark the art imagination in your children (Y, M, O, T)
ArtBug Mail - This is a new resource for homeschooling families, designed by a homeschooling family in BC, Canada. Frëë art tutorials and art software designed especially for 4 – 10 year olds are available from their website. A private online art gallery service for children (allowing them to easily archive their own work) and the first completely safe art email service for children as young as four years old are offered as a low-cost resource but are not required to access the fr๋๋ resources. Angela and Jon have made their own children's art galleries viewable on their website to give other families an idea of what their own children's art galleries could look like. Family membership on the website (for up to four children), is $5.95 per month and the annual family membership offers best value, equivalent to $4.83 per month, but you can use it at NO COST for the rest of 2007. All you need to do is download the software and follow the instructions on the setup wizard and you will have fully featured membership for fr๋๋ee for the rest of 2007.
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Artist Quest - (Y, M, O, T)
Australian Bush Mural Art Project - From Educational Experience. Grades K-3. (Y)
Birmingham Zoo Home School Classes Fall 2007 - The Birmingham Zoo Education Department has home school science classes for children in 1st-12th grade. We also offer home school art classes and day classes for 2nd-12th grades. (Y, M, O, T)
Cheeky Monkey Magazine - This new online magazine (it's in PDF format) features the artwork and writing of homeschool students. There is no cost for the subscription and some of the work is quite good. They even pay a small fee if the work is published. Whether you just want to see what other homeschoolers are accomplishing or want to submit work of your own, Cheeky Monkey is worth a look (Y, M, O, T)
Crazy Libs
- The best way to learn Part of Speech! Read brief stories with your words strategically inserted to produce whacky results. Original stories, excerpts from classic literature, and excerpts from elsewhere on the RinkWorks site are featured. It's silly nonse (Y,M,T)
Create Line Art - Students of all grades will recreate works of art by analyzing their lines. (Y, M, O, T)
Didjeridoo - From the Aboriginal Australia Art & Culture Centre in Alice Springs. (Y, M, O, T)
Disappearing Water - Hands-on lesson plan for younger students to use and understand the water cycle. (Y)
Earth Day - Lesson plan for young elementary students (Y)
Earth Day - from KidsDomain.com, a large selection of resources for teachers (Y, M, O, T)
Earth Day Crafts and Projects - Earth Day is a holiday in which the environment of the planet Earth is appreciated and pollution is fought. Earth Day was proposed in the 1960s. Some people celebrate Earth Day on April 22; some celebrate Earth Day on the Vernal Equinox (the day Spring starts in the Northern Hemisphere).
These crafts projects are for preschool, kindergarten and elementary school children. The crafts use materials found around the house, like egg cartons, cardboard, paper, boxes, string, crayons, paint, glue, etc. See a page about color mixing to see how to combine paint to make all the colors of the rainbow. (Y)
Earth Day for Kids - This page provides links to federal government Web sites for kids related to Earth Day and the environment. (Y, M, O, T)
Earth Day Games - Also from Kids Domain, this site has 4 environmental games and over a dozen animal games. (Y,M)
Earth Day Grocery Bags Project - The Earth Day Groceries Project is a cost-free environmental awareness project in which students decorate paper grocery bags with environmental messages for Earth Day. (Y, M, O, T)
Earth Day Lessons and Teacher Resources - (Y, M, O, T)
Earth Day Math: Take Your Math Outdoors! - Earth Day can be a wonderful opportunity to spend time observing nature and to gain an appreciation of the beauty of math in nature. (Y, M)
Earth Day Network - large site dedicated to Earth Day with many resources (Y, M, O, T)
Earth Day resources - from the EPA, resources include a downloadable poster and "take home kit" (Y, M, O, T)
Earth Day teacher resources - downloads and activities for pre-K through high school (Y, M, O, T)
Earthquake Hazards Program - U.S. Geological Survey (Y, M, O, T)
Educational in Nature - Georgia-Pacific paper company has produced this educational website with curriculum supplements and activities about forestry. There are several brochures downloadable in .pdf format. (Y, M, O, T)
eNature.com - Great site from the National Wildlife Federation; includes online guides like the Advanced Bird Finder for those species you can't find in your book. If you put in your zip code in the pop-up window, the site complies a custom nature guide for your area. (Y, M, O, T)
Environmental Explorer - Elementary lesson plan from National Geographic Online (Y)
Explor-a-pond - a pond ecology site (Y M O)
Exploratorium - The museum of science, art and human perception. Online since 1993, the Exploratorium was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World Wide Web. Our site now contains over 18 thousand award-winning Web pages exploring hundreds of different topics. (Y, M, O, T)
First Gov for Kids - First Gov is the U.S. government interagency Kids' Portal. The site was developed and is maintained by the Federal Citizen Information Center and provides links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject. Explore, learn, have fun and don't forget to add us to your favorites! (Y)
Geometry and Islam - A short student activity that introduces why patterns are used in Islamic books, textiles and architecture and how to use a compass and a ruler to create two common patterns. (Y, M, O, T)
Happy Earth Day Coloring and Activity Book - (Y)
Homework Helper - From National Geographic. Search One-Stop Research for pictures, articles, maps, and more on our top subjects: Animals, History/Culture, Maps/Geography, Places, Science/Nature, and Art/Photo's —perfect for reports, presentations, and more!
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Hotchalk.com - HotChalk is a learning environment for K-12 teachers, students and parents that includes a learning management system (LMS), a rich library of teacher-contributed lesson plans, premium digital content like NBC News video, and professional development for teachers in a Web-based environment. Available through any Internet browser, the HotChalk Learning Environment is an easy to use system and brings teachers, students and parents together to improve education. (Y, M, O, T)
How to read a painting - "As a result of this learning episode, students will be able to follow a structured method of critiquing an art work to discover its substance and meaning." (Y M O)
Inferring How and Why Characters Change - Students use a think-aloud procedure to infer character traits and recognize a character's growth across a text. They also consider underlying reasons why a character has changed and learn to support those inferences with evidence from the text. (3-5)
ReadWriteThink, International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English. (Y)
Islamic Art and Culture - Large collection of links to cultural resources (Y, M, O, T)
It Doesn’t Have to End That Way: Using Prediction Strategies with Literature - After listening to a the beginning of a story, students use details in the text, personal experience, and prior knowledge to predict the way the story will end. To support their predictions, the class discusses the plot elements of the book to the stopping point as well as experiences they have had with other books in the genre and in their own lives. Students individually create illustrations of the story’s ending that reflect their predictions and share these illustrations with the class before the entire book is read again. After the entire book has been read, students compare their endings to the ending in the original story. Grades K-2 from ReadWriteThink, International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English. (Y)
Jan Brett - With almost 4,000 pages of free resources using Jan's beautiful illustrations, JanBrett.com is a wonderful place to find printables of all kinds, from alphabets to art instruction sheets. The site is updated by Jan herself, and fans of her books will enjoy reading about her travels as she does research for her books. (Y, M, O, T)
Kids at Art - The Imagination Factory - Kids at Art is a website dedicated to teaching how to use recycling in art. In addition to many projects, the site includes an exploration of various artwork around the country. (Y, M, O, T)
Kids Recycle - This section provides students, teachers, school administrators, local recycling coordinators and community activists with the tools that have been developed by their peers to achieve zero waste in their K-12 school systems. (Y, M, O, T)
KinderArt - Despite its name, KinderArt is not just a resource for primary grades. Whether you are looking for drawing lessons for your middle-schooler or multi-cultural holiday crafts for any age, KinderArt is the place to look. The site includes lesson plans, proje (Y)
KinderSay - Kindersay is a free online video website designed to help preschool kids & English as Second Language (ESL) children learn English words. Over 500 online activities are available in a special Word Show format. One of the neatest features of this site is the ability to upload images and use those in your customized activities. Your kids will love a picture of Grandma on the G page for alphabet activities, or Mommy on the M page. The customized features do require registration but it is free. (Y)
Layers of the Rainforest - This lesson teaches children the 4 layers of the rainforest. Grades K-1 (Y)
Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun - With 103 topics from which to choose and over 4500 vocabulary words, kids will have fun learning while playing games like hangman and word finds. Topics include astronomy, baby animals, biblical cities, chemistry, compound words, computers, geography, mus (Y,T)
LEGO® Madness - Want to motivate your kids to turn off the computer and television this summer? Send them to this website and I bet their play area will be strewn with LEGO® pieces before you know it. Eric Harshbarger has created hundreds of sculptures and mosaics using LEGO® pieces. Photos of them (some with multiple views) are posted on his website, along with a detailed FAQ to satisfy the curiosity of inspired artists-to-be. (Y M)
Make a Paper Bag Poncho - Easy art project for elementary students from Kinder Art (Y)
Miss Rumphius children's literature Lesson Plan - (Grades PreK-5) (Y)
Mr. PicassoHead - A friend sent this great site to an unschooling list of which I am a member. It is so cool! I just spent the past 15 minutes creating my very own Mr. PicassoHead masterpiece. Once your child creates a painting, you can email it to yourself to save a copy. (Y, M, O, T)
Museum of the City of San Francisco - A time line, newspaper clippings, police and fire reports, and photos to further understand the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (Y,M)
News Bowl USA - The #1 Current Events Quiz Game! News Bowl is a one-of-a-kind activity that will immediately win over your student. News Bowl is the ONLY current events weekly quiz game in the education market that incorporates important weekly news and the fun not-so-serious events of the day. News Bowl questions integrate history, geography, language skills, critical thinking skills and cooperative learning skills. News Bowl is fun enrichment that promotes life-long learning education. Check out a free sample News Bowl game at the top of the page. Gr 3-12 (Y, M, O, T)
Ocean Planet Virtual Tour - "Ocean Planet premiered at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History from April 1995 to April 1996, where it attracted nearly two million visitors. This is an electronic online companion to the exhibition . (Y, M, O, T)
Ocean Sites, Lesson Plans, & Activities - This page from N. Canton City Schools in Ohio contains over a dozen links to great sites for an oceanic thematic unit. Editor's pick is the Education World link, which gives exercises to include math, language arts, geography, and art. (Y, M, O, T)
OLogy - OLogy means "the study of." And here on the American Museum of Natural History's OLogy Web site, you can study and explore many cool OLogies. What's your favorite OLogy? If you're fascinated by spiders, then you're into ARACHNOLOGY. If you erupt with joy for volcanoes, then VOLCANOLOGY is your thing. If you're completely wowed by planets and stars, then you love ASTRONOMY. (Y M)
Picture Setting - The students will verbally identify the definition of a setting and its purpose in a story. The students will use a picture set to write their own story with a predetermined setting. Grades 2-3. (Y)
Picturing America - An exciting new initiative from the National Endowment for the Humanities, brings masterpieces of American art into classrooms and libraries nationwide. Through this innovative program, students and citizens will gain a deeper appreciation of our country’s history and character through the study and understanding of its art. (Y, M, O, T)
Pokemon Learning League - Standards Based Interactive Animated Lessons. Free 30 days trial. All with a Pokemon appeal in Math Science, Life Skills and Language Arts. Grades 3-5 (Y)
Portsmouth - Courthouse Galleries Programs - The Courthouse Galleries, housed in the 1846 Courthouse, are devoted to offering quality educational, cultural and aesthetic experiences in the arts through rotating visual art exhibits, lectures, classes, and performances.
Outdoor Sculpture Competition February 8 - October 12, 2008 The outdoor sculpture exhibition, now in its third year, is displayed in the historic courtyard of the Courthouse Galleries.
New Revolutions - Wood-turners from Tidewater February 8 - May 4, 2008 - Entrance Galleries Featured in this exhibition are wood-turners from the tidewater region of Virginia, many of whom are members of the Tidewater Turners. Works by Bob Chiavarini, Tom Crabb, Mike Dennis, Cliff Guard, Jim Vogle, Wolfgang Voglebean and Jerry Whitehurst are offered.
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Power Proofreading - This interactive online editing game is part of the Houghton Mifflin English website. Stories to edit are available for grades 2-8 although I found the 2nd grade games too advanced for my late reader who is just finishing 1st grade.
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Rainforest Trees - The Great Kapok Tree Gr K-1 (Y)
Sea Life Poetry - Using Internet resources listed with the lesson plan, students explore oceans and sea life and learn to transform thoughts into different forms of poetry. Good way to integrate language arts into an ocean unit study. (Y,M)
Super Teacher Worksheets - Free, Printable Worksheets (Y, M, O, T)
Teach Art at Home - excellent resource by an art teach with monthly newsletter and free online projects (Y, M, O, T)
The Art Zone - From the National Gallery of Art Kids' site, the Art Zone is an interactive online art studio. Hate the mess of paint, scissor, and glue? Try the online collage maker, the Paint Box, the Pixel Maker, and more. The Art Zone will keep your artist busy for hours. (Y,T)
The Values of Color: Drawing Shades and Tints - (Y, M, O, T)
The Water Cycle - From theUSGS, this site is the most comprehensive Water Cycle Web site in the world and has a wonderful diagram, which is available in 54 languages. (Y, M, O, T)
Treasures @ Sea - Exploring the ocean through literature (Y)
Vatican Museums On Line - View the collections Online, Read about the artworks and Zoom into the details of paintings, frescoes and artworks.
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Vatican Virtual Tour - (Y, M, O, T)
Vatican Virtual Tour Practise - See how much you learned after taking the Vatican Virtual Tour (Y, M, O, T)
Water Cycle Poster - Have students make their own water cycle poster to involve them and help them to retain more of their knowledge about the water cycle. (Y,M)
Water Science for Schools - From the USGS, this site has information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center. (Y, M, O, T)
Web English Teacher - Children's Literature (Y,M)
What a Character! - In this lesson, students analyze how a character's personality traits, actions and motives influence the plot of a story. Students also learn how storytellers use their face, body, and voice, as well as the five senses, to enhance the telling of a story. Grades K-4 from ARTSEDGE, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. (Y)
Wildlife Action Kit - World Wildlife Federation's "Action Kit provides you with solid ideas, tips, and tools that can help you make a difference for wildlife and wild places. From our safe seafood listing to nontoxic cleanser recipes, the Action Kit can help you reduce your impact on the world. (Y, M, O, T)
Woodland Opera House Theatre - The Woodland Opera House Theatre offers five Mainstage Productions from September to June. The theatre also has a Summer Melodrama Program, a Youth Theatre Camp in August of each year and a Young People's Theatre Program.
With our School Outreach Program, the Woodland Opera House and Yolo County schools bring local classes, grades K-12, to the theatre for professional and Young People's Theatre performances. Special events and guest artists' programs are held at the Woodland Opera House throughout the year. The theatre also has numerous rental events by local organizations for the public's entertainment. (Y, M, O, T)
WORMS ARE FUN! Recycling with Worms and Related Activities - (Y, M, O, T)
Your ecological footprint - Take this "quiz" to find out how much impact your lifestyle has on the environment. (Y, M, O, T)