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Mar. 30, 2010
"Author of historical novels"
Read the full interview with Mary Peace Finley, author of historical novels
nextgen.yourhub.com/NextGen/Stories/General/Story~667089.aspx
"Bonding with Bindi"
Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve
www.australiazoo.com
"New Discover Channel series takes fresh look at Life"
Life, on the Discovery Channel
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/life.
Mar. 23, 2010
"Dragon animator"
How To Train Your Dragon official website
http://www.howtotrainyourdragon.com/
"Body Worlds"
http://www.bodyworlds.com
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
http://www.dmns.org/
"Is there help lying on your closet floor?"
Soles4Souls
http://www.soles4souls.org
Locations in and near Colorado where you can drop off donated shoes:
http://www.soles4souls.org/about/locations?zip=80202
"Basketball tourney takes center stage"
NCAA
http://www.ncaa.com/
"Greeley engineer fighting to be next UFC heavyweight champ"
UFC Championships
http://www.ufc.com
Shane Carwin's site
http://www.shane-carwin.com/
Mar. 16, 2010
Arabia:
For information on movie times and tickets, visit http://www.dmns.org/imax/current-films/arabi
Brainteasers
If you'd like to extend the "goober peas" question into a fun history and music lesson, here's a video of the song, including shots of Civil War re-enactors in camp:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re6OutRDxio
To appreciate the humor, kids should realize that, when the general thinks he's hearing rifles, he's only hearing the crack of peanut shells. Decide for yourself about letting them know that, when the soldiers shouted "Mister, here's your mule!" they were pointing at each other!
The Census
The Census Department has an extensive site with curriculum activities produced by Scholastic, Inc., plus tools you can use to explore Census figures for your own community:
http://www.census.gov/schools/
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Students may already know this, but here's Jeff Kinney's site:
http://www.wimpykid.com/
And here is the site for the movie version, including games and other fun features:
http://www.diaryofawimpykidmovie.com/
Photography
Here's Rob Palmer's Web site:
http://www.falconphotos.com/
Here is a gallery of winning shots from the last National Wildlife Photo Contest, including Palmer's photo, plus information on entering the next contest:
http://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/National-Wildlife/PhotoZone/Archives/2006/Photo-Contest.aspx
Mar. 9, 2010
The Yike Bike
The Yike Bike homepage is here, with lots of information and several videos:
www.yikebike.com
Here's a German TV report. Most of it is in English and it lets you see how a first-time Yike Bike rider does!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI_B9_4hRvg
Alice in Wonderland
Here's the trailer (preview) for Alice in Wonderland:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeWsZ2b_pK4
The official Alice in Wonderland film site
hhttp://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/aliceinwonderland/
For a more traditional artist's take on Lewis Carroll's story, here are the woodcuts by John Tenniel from the original version:
http://www.johntenniel.com/
The Paralympics
Here's the International Paralympics Web site:
http://www.paralympic.org/
And here's the US Paralympics site:
http://usparalympics.org/
Nutritional labels
From the Food and Drug Administration: How to understand nutrion labels www.fda.gov/Food/LabelingNutrition/ConsumerInformation/UCM078889.htm
Here's a more kid-oriented explanation:
http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/labels.html
The Mayo Clinic has an interactive label that helps you understand what the ratings actually mean, plus lots of other information on healthy eating:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/nutrition-facts/NU00293
