January 2005 Newsletter

edited by teacher, speaker and author Marjan Glavac.

Please remember the East African and South Asian victims of the earthquake and
resulting tsunamis on December 26 in your thoughts, prayers and donations.

New Year’s Day January 1
Epiphany/Epiphanie/Dea de Reyes January 6
Martin Luther King Day January 17
Australia Day January 26
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Mathematics Worksheet Factory

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Create professional quality math worksheets in moments with software soversatile & easy-to-use that you will wonder how you ever got along without
it. Over 60 math worksheet activities covering number operations, fractions,
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(Editor’s Note:  I have been using this program and the vocabulary program for
10 years!  They have saved me tons and tons of time and energy!)
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In This Issue:

* MATHFROG (GR. 4-6)
* NEH SUMMER SEMINARS AND INSTITUTES (TEACHERS K-12)
* LEARNING VOCABULARY CAN BE FUN (Gr. 3-12)
* FROM CAVE ART TO YOUR ART: 30,000 YEARS OF NEW MEDIA  (Gr. 5-12)
* CYBERCHASE (GR. 2-6)
* THE PRESIDENT'S CHALLENGE (ALL)
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MATHFROG (GR. 4-6)
http://cemc.uwaterloo.ca/mathfrog/mathfrog.html

mathFROG is a fr-ee mathematics site of Fun Resources and Online Games for
parents, teachers and students in grades 4, 5 and 6.  Great games and activities
are available here to teach patterning, probability, geoboard, geometer’s
sketchpad, pie charts, fractions, tangrams and more.
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NEH SUMMER SEMINARS AND INSTITUTES (TEACHERS K-12)
http://www.neh.gov/projects/si-school.html

US K-12 teachers are eligible for summer seminars and institutes. Check
the site for more details. The application deadline is March 1, 2005.
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LEARNING VOCABULARY CAN BE FUN (Gr. 3-12)
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/index.html

This unique Flash game has 21 topics with over 3,000 words and clues. Each topic
has two levels: one to challenge younger students and one for older students.

Each time you play the game, the system randomly selects words from the chosen topic and creates a unique puzzle grid. The built-in print function allows you to print a puzzle for playing off-line. Teachers can also print the puzzle already solved, to use as an answer key.
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FROM CAVE ART TO YOUR ART: 30,000 YEARS OF NEW MEDIA  (Gr. 5-12)
http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/caveart/

Cave painters first put charcoal to rock thirty thousand years ago. Ever since,
artists have created new media to help them express themselves.  Explore the
ways that artists use art media and make a video showing what they've inspired
you to create. Watch video clips showing artists at work, then make your own art
and upload it to the web site. Add text and music, and you're ready to watch your
video. You can even download it to your computer to share with friends and family!
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CYBERCHASE (GR. 2-6)
http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/

CYBERCHASE, the math-mystery cartoon on PBS KIDS GO!, has just
launched a new online game. CYBERCHASE: The Quest is a cutting edge
interactive Web game that lets kids create their own cyber characters,
and go on action-packed quests throughout Cyberspace, all while
developing money-management skills to help defeat the bad guys.
The game is designed to help children develop financial literacy skills
such as earning, saving and spending as part of the CYBERCHASE: Know
Your Dough financial literacy campaign. 
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THE PRESIDENT'S CHALLENGE (ALL)
https://www.presidentschallenge.org/index.aspx

It only takes a small change. Instead of telling yourself you can't, tell yourself
you can. The President's Challenge is a program that encourages all Americans
to make being active part of their everyday lives. No matter what your activity
and fitness level, the President's Challenge can help motivate you to improve.
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