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Tomorrow is Pi Day - 3/14!

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Excerpt: A group of seventh-graders in California has discovered a mysterious cave on Mars as part of a research project to study images taken by a NASA spacecraft orbiting the red planet. The 16 students from teacher Dennis Mitchell's 7th-grade science class at Evergreen Middle School in Cottonwood, Calif., found what looks to be a Martian skylight — a hole in the roof of a cave on Mars. Click

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Luckily, you can find a lot of things online about these subjects! From Engines of our Ingenuity's web site: No. 45: Fahrenheit No. 1300 Daniel Fahrenheit No. 1764: Tempeature To learn more about the history of the thermometer, especially regarding Anders Celsius, click HERE. To learn how to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius and Celsius to Fahrenheit, click HERE. To learn about the Kelvin

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Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.

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Image from East Middle School Math Department Here's a free math challenge open to all students ages 9-14!  The American Math Challenge is an online math challenge or "competition" where students aged 9-14 from across America can compete in a safe, multiplayer game environment. This is from the same folks as the World Math Day, if you happen to remember that. Students will have the task of

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Image from Cheerful Givers Crayons are a fun, fairly inexpensive, and wildly popular activities for kids (and grownups, too!). According to Free Kids Coloring: Kids, ages two to eight, spend an average of twenty-eight minutes each day coloring. And the average child in the United States will wear down 730 crayons by his tenth birthday. Combined, American children spend 6.3 billion hours

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This song/video tells all about the sun!

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Picture from Fabulous Family Fun Nights Henry at Why Homeschool posted a link to this story by ABC News on some exciting history of the Monopoly game: During World War II, as the number of British airmen held hostage behind enemy lines escalated, the country's secret service enlisted an unlikely partner in the ongoing war effort: The board game Monopoly. It was the perfect accomplice.

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There is an excellent slide show at Composting for Kids that gives step-by-step directions on how to make a simple compost bin, as well as tips on trench composting and compost pockets. Information on how microorganisms break down compost is also given. You just click the arrow  to view the slide show, or you can download the whole thing in pdf form from a link above the arrow.

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In this video, Anna demonstrates the difference between "contour" drawing and "gesture" drawing. This is one of a series of eight videos, Drawing with Anna, available on YouTube.

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(Image from Grand Illusions) Kjell Sandved loves nature, and one day he was surprised to discover a butterfly with the letter "F" on it's wing!  That started his obsession - to find all of the letters of the alphabet on the wings of butterflies and moths!  Read all about his story at his web site, Butterfly Alphabet.

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Gail Bartel - a.k.a. That Artist Woman - has written instructions along with photos showing how to make the very geometric-looking "Iris" paper folding project pictured above. Click HERE to go to Gail's page!

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At a web site called Grand Illusions, you can print out your own Gardner Dragon. When you set the dragon up and move around it in the room, it appears that the dragon's head is turning...to watch you! This is a wonderful optical illusion. This little dragon is made out of paper - you simply cut it out and stick it together, and stand it on a table or window ledge. But when you move around,

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Since Fall has officially begun, I thought about this musical piece from the great Italian composer, Antonio Vivaldi. "Autumn" is part of one of Vivaldi's most famous concertos. The web site Classics for Kids says this about Vivaldi: March 4, 1678 - July 28, 1741 Baroque Period Antonio Vivaldi was born in Venice, Italy, which is where he spent most of his life. His father taught him to play

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My kids love all of these stories by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin. Randy Travis is just the person to read this one!

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Build your own balance scales from items you may have in your recycling bin!  Let the good people at Filth Wizardry show you how!

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Origami Cubes Learn to make these pretty origami cubes at Origami Mommy!  (H/T The Crafty Crow)

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This is a great little video! The story is chock full of prepositions, too, so you can weave that into the fun! (H/T Snippety Gibbet at Art Room Videos!)

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The Nobel Prize Winner died on Saturday at age 95.Source: I Am Biotech

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This is a neat number trick from the web site Spirit of Mathematics, who states it will only work for 2009.Don't tell me your age , the Hershey Man will know!YOUR AGE BY CHOCOLATE MATHS This is pretty neat.DON'T CHEAT BY SCROLLING DOWN FIRST!It takes less than a minute . Work this out as you read . Don't read the bottom until you've worked it out!1. Pick the number of times a week you'd like to

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These circles look like they overlap, but they are really "concentric rings" - they are circles inside of circles. Go ahead and trace them with your finger - you won't believe your eyes! (H/T Wild About Math)

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We received this in an email from our friend - thanks, Sydney!And here's a video that shows how to make the rabbit shadow puppet! Rabbit Hand Shadow Puppet - Funny bloopers are a click away

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I love these old episodes of Andy Griffith! It's one thing the whole family can watch...if you don't count the commercials, that is!(H/T The Informed Parent)

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The Three Ways of Knowing The location is Tami Fox's Thoughts and Views!She says there is no particular theme, except for the variety of styles of homeschooling used by different families. So, there's sure to be something for every type of homeschooling family!Check it out!

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It's that time again! Send in your post today by 6 pm PST. The carnival this week is hosted at Tami Fox's Thoughts and Views. Here's the scoop, according to Tami: I always enjoy receiving the entries and reading them as I put the carnival together. I do not have a specific theme in mind other than articles that deal with home education. There are so many varied ways to homeschool and instill a

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This is what I call "accidental" education. It happens a lot around our house!Miss Em was playing with Play-Doh and made a big purple carrot. (She was pretending to run a restaurant, complete with a four-year-old waitress, uniforms and nametags! Everything went well until she had to fire her waitress. You just can't find good help these days!) I happened to remember that there really are purple

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This is the exclusive blog carnival by kids and for kids. Featuring kids blogs!So, head over and see what's cookin' at the carnival!To submit an article to the blog carnival, go here! This carnival is ongoing, so just submit an article by the end of the month!

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**Children shouldn't browse video-sharing internet sites alone!

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Go to author Jan Brett's web site and learn how to draw a dolphin! Hey did you know the top of a dolphin's forehead is called the "melon"? Jan did!After you get through there, go to Dolphins for Kids to learn even more about dolphins, plus play some great games, download some puzzles, and do other activities.

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Activity Village has some really cute Princess Paper Dolls to print - either in color or black and white! Check them out here! For some links to more free paper dolls, go here!

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Miss Em loves to press flowers and use them to make cards for her friends! We usually just bring them in and throw them in the back of the phone book, which we put under a big basket in the kitchen. Then...we forget about them! With a portable flower press, we could put the flowers we find right in the press, so they wouldn't be damaged on the way home or easily forgotten!Find the directions here

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Sometimes a rhyme might help you remember something better until you know it by heart. Here is a rhyme to help you remember how to multiply "square numbers" in a fun way!Perfect squares are fun to do.Come on guys; let’s do a few.Zero times zero is zero.Move with me, just like a hero.One times one is always one.Skip around, we’ve just begun.Hey, two times two is four.Let’s rock around some

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Kathy Stemke at Education Tipster has a post up about the tiger beetle. There are directions for a craft and some cool facts about the tiger beetle as well!Have fun!

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Kathy Stemke, author and educator, posted some mini math puzzles on her blog.1. Multiply the # of legs on an octopus times the number of sides on a triangle. Next, add the # of legs on an ant to the answer and subtract the # of wheels on 8 unicycles. Finally, subtract the # of quarts in a gallon. What’s the answer?2. Multiply the # of sides of a pentagon times the # of days in the week and add

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Children's author and educator Kathy Stemke of Education Tipster wrote a short story, The Flag that Vanished: A Fourth of July Mystery. Have fun reading!

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Jimmie of Jimmies Collage took some pictures of lunchtime in China and tells about the custom of taking a rest from noon to two p.m. - during this time they eat lunch and take a nap!Looking at those pictures makes me want to zoom over to my favorite Chinese eatery. Although, I'm sure real Chinese food isn't nearly as bad for you as the American version! ;)Traditionally in China, the time from

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One of Miss Em's favorite treats to make, now that the outside temperature is in the nineties - is frozen yogurt pops! She got the idea from a commercial (of course) for Trix yogurt, which she likes anyway. All you do is take a popsicle stick and insert it through the middle of the foil top, and freeze for at least four hours. That's it! If you don't have popsicle sticks, you can use plastic

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I recently found a writing web site for kids - Reach for the Stars! Kids can join a free writing club. You can download a sample Reach for the Stars writing workbook. You can also sign up for a monthly newsletter - Launch Pad - that will deliver story starters, a photo to caption, grammar help, reader's stories,and web links.Have fun!(Be sure to ask your parents before subscribing to any

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(Caution: Do not let your children peruse YouTube or other video sharing sites alone!)

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The video from the original post on this story has been unavailable, so I'm re-posting it with a new video source.Here is a video that shows a tornado roaring along, then all of a sudden the top of the tornado bends over and you can see down into the top of it while it's spinning! Cool! Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

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Hey, Father's Day is this Sunday!(H/T Heavenly Homemakers)

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Apparently, this has been an Internet hoax going around that putting a Mentos in an ice cube would be a great prank to play on your friends! Guess what? It's a dud!Steve Spangler of Steve Spangler Science explains why!Go to this link to read more!

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Here is a really cute web site about books written by children's author Amy Krouse Rosenthal. There are some videos as well. Check out the web site and take the quiz to find out if you are a "duck" person or a "rabbit" person! You can also sign up for the e-newsletter, download wallpapers, or send e-cards.

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You would think that a dog drinks by curling his tongue forward while licking the water - at least that's what I thought!

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M.C. Escher was not only a great artist, but a mathematician! He was famous for his tesselations. A tesselation is a repeating pattern.Find out more about tesselations at CoolMath4Kids and Art Projects for Kids.

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One site I go to for paper toys is The Toymaker, which is the site of children's author Marilyn Scott Waters, and her May newsletter is up here. She also has free paper toys to print and make. We especially like the marble mice (they really roll, with the help of a marble) and the Brownie math toys. The penny butterflies are amazing as well.Here is a video review of The Toymaker book of paper toy

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Really - it's true! A five-year-old pointed this out to his mom! Monkeys have tails! George is really a chimpanzee! I guess "George was a good little chimpanzee and always very curious." wouldn't really sound as charming as making you think of a cute little monkey.Maybe it's just me, but monkeys always seem to be having fun and be a lot friendlier than the chimps at the zoo!(H/T Nucleus Learning)

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This is a very short history of how America came to be!

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This is Maria Miller teaching how to divide fractions:

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Do you know what onomatopoeia is? It's when a word is spelled like it sounds! Words like zip! smash! boom! bam! and ka-blooey!What onomatopoeia words can you think of?

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Locks of Love is a non-profit organization that helps disadvantaged kids with cancer or other diseases by giving them wigs made with real hair. Go to their web site and you'll be able to see some of the people who have been helped, as well as some of the people who helped them.My sister started growing her hair long about 1 1/2 to 2 years ago. These are pictures of her when she recently donated

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The World's Oldest Dog, according to the Guiness Book of World Records, is about to have her 21st birthday. Her name is Chanel and she's a blond wire-haired dashund who lives in Port Jefferson Station, New York with her owners Denice and Karl Shaughnessy. Denice adopted Chanel in 1988.Have a Happy Birthday, Chanel! UPDATE: This link was sent to me by Eric Shackle of Sydney, Australia! It seems

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This is an idea from Homeschooler's Notebook newsletter:Preschool Science: A Worm Farm!by Rachel Paxton---Preschool-aged children love to play with worms (at least my boys do!). You can turn their curiosity with worms into a science project with just a few items from your house and garden. Here is what you'll need:Empty two-liter pop bottleExacto knifeDirtSmall shovelSandGrass clippingsKitchen

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This is a YouTube video about Edward Elgar, who composed, among other things, the familiar Pomp and Circumstance. Not only do you get to hear his music, but there are also snippets about his life and pictures of him that come across the screen.Here is an Edward Elgar web site with more information.(H/T Harmony Art Mom)

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Here are some activities to keep your kids busy during those rainy summer days or at other times they can't be outside from author Jan Brett!

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Photographed over Schiehallion, Perthshire, Scotland © Ken Prior. See this photo in the Cloud Gallery here.Did you know there are many different types of clouds? Well, there's another category of clouds on the horizon. If the folks at The Cloud Appreciation Society have their way, the Altocumulus cloud (nicknamed the Jacques Cousteau cloud) would be classified as "asperatus," which is Latin for

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Animal Jr. has printable mazes for kids for each month of the year.At Printable Mazes for Kids there are all kinds of mazes and different printable puzzles to keep kids occupied on a rainy day.Print Activities akso has printable mazes and other printables for kids!

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AnimalJr.com has a collection of 100 animal coloring pages for you to choose from! There are several different types of animals for each letter of the alphabet. Don't miss their other coloring pages on rainforest animals, cute animals and zoo animals.Click here.

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Water droplets are little prisms!Learn all about prisms as well as how to make your own prism at Steve Spangler's Science blog!

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Jimmie from One Child Policy Homeschool and Jimmie's Collage has a post up about shopping at the Wet Market in China. There are many interesting pictures - but if you aren't a meat eater you might not want to look at the pictures of the meat stalls! You can still enjoy pictures of the various vegetables, tofu, and other things you can find at the wet market!For general information about china,

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The Science Mouse is a science e-zine for just for kids! This issue is about amphibians. There are a lot more things on her web site. If you would like to write an article for The Science Mouse, contact the author to see if she can use the article - next month's theme is "Canines, Wild and Domestic."

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