The Gullywasher
Leticia's grandfather, who was a vaquero as a young man, provides fanciful explanations for how he got his wrinkles, white hair, round belly, and stooped frame.
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Go-alongs about Spanish
BBC Language Programs - BBC has long been a source for excellent quality phrasebooks (when I lived in Japan mine was used so much that the pages were falling out). Now, you can find BBC language resources online for beginners for seven major languages (French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Mandarin Chinese) plus resources for learning Irish, Welsh, and Scottish Gaelic. The languages are designed to be learned little by little: "A bit at a time, in your own time..." (Y, M, O, T)
Enchanted Learning Little Explorers - - English-Spanish picture dictionary online (Y)
List of English words of Spanish origin - (Y)
Little Explorers English-Spanish Picture Dictionary - By Enchanted Learning (Y, M, O, T)
Try Mango - No, not the fruit. Mango is a new (still in Beta) online language program that allows you to learn 9 foreign languages using a Flash-based website. There are also two English programs, one for Spanish speakers and one for Polish speakers. Since the program is still in Beta, there may be a few bugs, but I didn't find any. The program uses lessons and slides so you can skip around to any slide within the lessons if you wish to repeat something or skip ahead. I tried the Japanese course and found it to be a great refresher for me. (Y, M, O, T)
Go-alongs about Weather
A Guide to Snowflakes - (Y, M, O, T)
Bentley Snow Crystal Collection - A digital library providing a high-quality collection of stunning, un-retouched images of Wilson A. Bentley’s original glass slide photographs of snow crystals. (Y, M, O, T)
Bibliography of Materials to AccompanySnowflake Bentley - (Y)
EasyFunSchool Weather Unit - Activity, ideas, resources, and many links to weather websites (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)
Guide to Snowflake Bentley - pdf file from Weston Wood productions. grades 1-3 and 4-5 (Y)
Make a snowflake - "Make an amazing snowflake from real crystal (borax). This is a beautiful project (and also demonstrates some basic principles of chemistry)."
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Making paper Snowflake - (Y)
Natural Disasters - 4th and 5th Grade (Y,M)
Savage Seas - Use a wave simulator and explore tsunamis, freak wanes, and trade winds (Y,M)
Snow Flakes - hexagonal symmetry - (Y, M, O, T)
SnowCrystals.com - Every winter I am again amazed at snowflakes. This intriguing site from a physics professor at Caltech is full of images of beautifully intricate designs found in snow and gives you insight into the science behind them. Pick up some snowflake wallpaper for your computer while you are there. (Y, M, O, T)
Weather watch - in-depth teaching resources from Scholastic.com (Y, M, O, T)
Weather Wiz Kids® - Hi everybody! I’m Meteorologist Crystal Wicker . I'm a television meteorologist for the ABC affiliate in Indianapolis, Indiana. I designed this website especially for kids to allow them to learn more about the fascinating world of weather. It’s also a wonderful educational website for teachers and parents that gives them the right tools they need to explain the different types of weather to children. (Y)