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PUBLIC MARKS from knann with tags district & gr4

October 2007

Newfoundland and Labrador Photo Gallery

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but here in Newfoundland and Labrador a thousand words would not do justice to the awe inspiring sights to be seen. Choose an album below and click through the photos we’ve compiled for you to explore.

Nova Scotia Phototour

Acadian Culture - view photos Cuisine - view photos Experience fall - view photos Halloween - view photos History & Heritage - view photos Music - view photos Outdoors - view photos Seacoast - view photos Urban - view photos

September 2007

The Space Place

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Come on in and check out our games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology.

eWord Game

Companion to textbook Houghton Mifflin Spelling and Vocabulary but still useful for grades 1-6. Hover over the word or definition to hear it read aloud.

Writing notebook"Paragraph unit"Writing a Paragraph topic

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BrainPop movie that explains how to write a paragraph. Great for whole class instruction and then let students review individually.

July 2007

Engineering Interact - Interactive science & engineering for 9-11 year olds

Designed for ages 9-11, these interactive investigations are perfect for differentiation. Investigations include Forces and Motion, Earth and Beyond, Electricity, Light, and Sound.

May 2007

Friction Test Track

Experiment with the effects of gradient and slope on distance. Perfect complement to the Forces and Motion unit.

Travel Canda WebQuest

Have you ever thought about taking a trip across Canada? Well, here is your chance! You and a group of classmates will be part of a team that collects information for making maps in order to prepare a magazine article for the Canadian Geographic. You will also prepare a tourist guide for a province or territory that your team finds particularly interesting.

March 2007

Kerpoof

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Kerpoof is a site designed to inspire creativity among children as they interact with the pictures. They can select a scene and add items to the scene and/or adjust object sizes . The scenes are richly varied, containing fantasy as well as international items. The site promises to change often. You can also find coloring sheets to print and color. You and your students can customize your own scenes, if you join (see classroom use tips). - 7759 In the Classroom: Use these online "scenes" for students to create their own writing prompts. Let students choose (you might want to limited their options to save time)and work individually or create a scene for the whole class on an interactive whiteboard. Then print it out and ask students to tell the story or write the paragraph about the scene. Special ed teachers and speech/language clinicians can use Kerpoof to prompt vocabulary development. Incorporate social studies and science curriculum topics by describing scenes with community workers, careers, farm animals, and more. NO reading required except to select print, save, etc. If you "join" as a teacher, you can save the scenes your class creates and revisit them at a later date. Do NOT allow students to join unless you have parent permission. The information requested is very safe, but it would be simpler to use a whole-class account.

February 2007

Time for Kids

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Current news articles for grades k-1, 2-3, 4-7. Use with Clicker 5 or WordTalk for text to spech. Find the article, click the Print button. A new, plain web page will appear. Copy and paste directly into Word or a new Clicker document.

Return to the Ice Age - The La Brea Exploration Guide

Get ready to explore the world of Rancho La Brea--one of the world's most famous fossil sites. Located in the heart of Los Angeles, the La Brea Tar Pits is home to over three million fossils from the last Ice Age. It was here that huge mammoths, fierce sabertoothed cats, and giant ground sloths became trapped and entombed in the asphalt that has been seeping out of the ground for the past 40,000 years. Discover and explore how these "tar pits" formed, what types of plants and animals became trapped, and how scientists have used these fossil deposits to open a window into the world of prehistoric Los Angeles.

Lake Champlain Basin Atlas

The Lake Champlain Basin Atlas by the Lake Champlain Basin Program contains more than 40 full-color maps about the Lake Champlain Basin, articles about the maps, photographs, and a glossary. Extra resources, such as website links, manuals, and factsheets are also available. This 2004 version is loaded with lots of new information, many revised maps, and a new Students and Educators page!

First People: 1600-1750

Vermont Historical Society...includes info on the Abernaki and Contact Period. Click on the side menu to navigate this topic.

What's The Point? Identifying Flint Artifacts

Use this guide to help identify different tools by answering yes/no questions about its features.

Ohio Archeology

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Depicts American Indian lifeway scenes from the six major archaeological periods in Ohio

Prehistoric Alabama

Paleoindian, archaic, woodland, and Mississipian Periods in Alabama

Turning Points of Wisconsin Lesson Plan: Teaching with The Mammoth Mystery

This is a lesson plan to accompany the student activity: mystery of the Mammoth. The Mammoth Mystery is a virtual narrative of how a mammoth bone in the collection of the Kenosha County Museum led to the rediscovery of a significant archaeological site in Kenosha County. The cutmarks on this mammoth femur proved that Paleo-Indian people were living in Wisconsin between 10,000-12,000 years ago, much earlier than most archaeologists had believed possible.

Prehistory to the Present Timeline

Interactive time line showing receding glaciers in North America