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VISIT A MUSEUM

October is Museum Month. Visit a local science, history, or art museum and use these creative lesson plans to introduce the experience—or wrap up a class trip.

Save the Sphinx! Sculpture

Fuels, Past & Future

Women's History on the Table

Contour Maps

Jacob Lawrence's Painted Stories

Weather or Not…

Aztec Maize Diorama

Print out these activity sheets for colorful museum-related experiences.

Guggenheim Museum

Museum Dinosaurs

Art Easel
 

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Free clipart for students & teachers!

34,000 pieces of free clipart and growing every month

Welcome to quality educational clipart. Every item comes with a choice of image size and format as well as complete source information for proper citations in school projects. No advertisement-filled pages with pop-up windows or inappropriate links here. A friendly license allows teachers and students to use up to 50 items in a single, non-commercial project without further permission.

Two ways to get started:

1. Search Database to find item online.

2. Visit the Site Map to view all categories and sub-categories of clipart available.

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Country Reports - http://www.countryreports.org
 

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I was told about a really neat blog today that I want to share...

http://emomsathome.com/

There's categories for seasonal kids activities, crafts, ebay selling and more.  There's tons of contests to enter in the parent product reviews section. It's worth checking out!

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Pockets of Time for Charlotte's Web
by Fortunately For you Books

These are timelines in a pocket format that correspond with our unit studies and/or literature books.

What are Pockets of Time?
Pocket Timelines and Little Pocket Timelines are chronological and color coded flashcards that are placed in pockets.
Every chapter of a chosen book has flashcards that are colored and cut out. The child puts these flashcards in order as they happened in that chapter.

Why the color coded flashcards?
By using the color on the outer band of the flashcard, all Mom has to do is make sure the colors are in order to know if the child was correct or not. A list of colors is given at the end of the set. The child reads aloud (or mom glances at) the order of colors. This is a time saver!

A $3.49 value, FREE!

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Are you stuck on a math problem? We'd like to help you solve it.

http://www.webmath.com/

I just did this with my son this morning since I forgot how to subtract fractions -- yikes!!!

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http://happyhomeschool.familyclassroom.net/Archives/Geography/MyState.shtml

Introduction

Almost every state requires homeschoolers to study state history at some point. This Unit Study is designed to help you study your state (or any state) the Funschooling way --- with Unit studies! You may choose a chronological or topical study. This unit study will cover Civics, History, Geography, Language Arts, Applied Math, Science, and Art.

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Children learn as they draw and write history...your children bring history alive with their own creative hands!

If you love the Little House books... you'll love this extra special History Scribe book.

Instead of actual historical events and people, this History Scribe deals more with the ideas and events in the lives of the settlers. Such as deciding to leave the old country, how to prepare, the animals, chores and blessings and hardships the pioneers faced.

A great compliment to any unit studies on Pioneer Life.

Help with your timeline studies. Includes over 40 pages to illustrate and narrate. All History Scribe Books include a couple blank pages for any special topics you'd like to cover and maps of the region covered.

• The Old Country
• Decision to Leave
• The voyage to America
• Culture Shock
• Going West
• Preparing for the Journey
• The Covered Wagon
• The Big Woods
• The Log Cabin
• The Prairies
• The Sod Houses
• The Indians
• The Homestead Act
• The Pioneer Children
• Schools and learning
• Churches & Religion
• Hardship on the Prairies
• The Oregon Trail
• The Mormons & Utah
• Animals of the settlers
• Handcrafts
• Cooking and Housework
• Farming
• Family Life
• Celebrations
• Folk Tales and Legends
• The Swedes
• The Irish
• The Germans
• The Chinese
• The African Americans
• The Orphan Trains

Includes Maps of the Region and
Blank Pages for your own creations!

Click here to get it free!

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This contest is awesome!  There will be 8 winners, 2 will receive a FULL set of the Terrestria Chronicles and 6 will receive Book 1 of the series. 

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Dyson's are like the BEST vacuum cleaners out there! I got to use one as a rental when mine was in the shop. I was very reluctant to go back and get mine. I wanted to keep the Dyson forever!

Mod*Mom is having a contest over on her blog that ultimately supports a cause near and dear to my heart. I have two dear friends who were recently diagnosed with breast cancer.

"Dyson is proud to support breast cancer research with the introduction of the DCO7 Pink. The limited edition vacuum, which uses Dyson’s patented cyclone technology + does not lose suction, is available exclusively at Target. Dyson + Target will donate $40 to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation for every DCO7 Pink sold. Dyson understands how critical research is to the advancement of breast cancer treatment + prevention + is dedicated to supporting efforts to develop a cure in our lifetime."

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Dear Home School Educator:

Would your home school students like to enter a poetry or essay contest
that is run by teachers? Creative Communication has worked with
teachers for over 10 years to motivate young writers through our
contests and publications. 

Who is Creative Communication? Creative Communication sponsors a
poetry contest for students in grades K-12 and an essay contest for
grades 4-12.   We are proud of our contests. Creative Communication
is a member of the Utah Better Business Bureau.  Read what other
parents and teachers have to say at:
http://www.poeticpower.com/Others.htm
See why Creative Communication is different:
http://www.poeticpower.com/howitworks2.html

We are contacting you because we have had numerous home school
students and parents contact us asking if they can participate in our
contest. Could you please provide a link in your resources section on
your web page, include a notice in your newsletter or forward this
message to anyone who has an interest in writing?

Please inform your home school parents of the following:  

Poetry Newsletter:  Please check out our newsletter Poetic Power
that has tips from teachers on how to teach poetry.
http://www.poeticpower.com/Frebies.htm.

Poetry Contest: We award over $70,000 in prizes to young poets
each year and publish the best poems from the contest. There are
no entry fees and you don't have to buy a book to be published.
Poets in grades K-12 can send in one original poem 21 lines or less
on any topic. Contest deadlines are December 5th and April  8th.
You can get full contest information or enter online at:
http://www.poeticpower.com/Contest.htm. 
You can also mail an entry to:
Poetry Contest, Creative Communication
1488 N 200 W  Logan, UT 84341.

Essay Contest: Students in grades 4-12 can entry one non-fiction
essay to each deadline.  The essay must be 250 words or less on any
topic that is important to them.  Prizes are given to the top ten
essays in each region and the top essays are chosen to be published
in an anthology.  There are no entry fees and you don't have to buy
a book to be published.  Contest deadlines are October 17th and
February 14th.  You can get full contest information or enter online
at: http://www.studentessaycontest.com/indexessay.html
You can also mail an entry to:
Essay Contest, Creative Communication
1488 N 200 W  Logan, UT 84341.

If you have questions please contact us at:
Creative Communication,  1488 N 200 W  Logan, UT 84341  
(435) 713-4411   

Sincerely,


Tom Worthen, Ph.D. 
Editor 

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From Freebie Fridays reader Linda:

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http://www.googolpower.com/content/free-learning-resources/games

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Posted by CommunicationFUNdamentals (71.9.79.173)

I'm having another contest on my blog! First few to answer a couple of questions will win a free registration for our semester long Defending the Faith class along with the eBook I will be teaching it from, Say What You Mean: Defending the Faith! Come check it out!

JoJo

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/CommunicationFUNdamentals/

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Go here for all the details:

http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/services/CopyMax/CopyMax.jsp

only through September 13th!

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I just found out about Michael's 15% discount for teachers during this week if you show a "school" ID...

I'm sure there will be many more during this week...keep your eyes open ;)

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http://www.michaels.com/art/online/static?page=survey2

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Lots of really neat "crafty" lessons plans here:

http://tinyurl.com/2nazop

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Freebies found in the Home Educators Association of Virginia (HEAV) e-newsletter...

http://www.heav.org/readmore/heavupdates/august072007/coolsites.html

Practical Money Skills Calculators

Indeed, these are practical money-related calculators that include an allowance-comparison calculator (compare theirs to yours at their age), a needs-based allowance calculator, a saving-for-a-goal calculator, an auto-loan calculator, one that will rework a budget, and several more. Don't miss the games at the bottom of the list. Who knew finance could be so much fun?

www.practicalmoneyskills.com/orders/tools.php

Maps of War

See maps that show the spread of world religions, which U.S. presidents led the U.S. into war, who has dominated the Middle East, and more. The maps play out very quickly, so you needn't spend too long here if a brief look suits you.

www.mapsofwar.com/index.html

Universcale - Size Comparison You Can See!

View all entities, from the microworld to the universe, from a single perspective. By using the electron microscope and astronomical telescope, we can set objects up against a scale to compare and understand things that cannot be physically compared under ordinary circumstances.

www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/feelnikon/discovery/universcale/index.htm

Internet Grammar of English

For an unspecified "limited trial period," this university undergraduate-level course from the United Kingdom is free. It has recommendations from the Chicago Tribune, among others.

www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar

Creative Chemistry

Find full-color worksheets, fun activities (your editor found the site while exploring natural dyes), practice questions (keyed to British high school exams), animated molecules, and much more.

www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/index.htm

Night Sky Tutorial

Stick with this tutorial and you'll learn to find a few key constellations and stars, as well as navigate by the stars. Good for all ages, including parents (although the parents may have to read with the youngest).

www.quietbay.net/Science/astronomy/nightsky

See Colonial Tools in Use

Short, narrated video clips of living-history craftsman interpreters demonstrate authentic tools. See how our ancestors used a spinning wheel, niddy-noddy, screw auger, plane, and more. If you can't go to events in person, this is the next best thing.

www.memorialhall.mass.edu/activities/tools/index.html

Web Gallery of Art

The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture from 12th to mid-19th centuries. Although begun to present Renaissance art, the scope of the collection was extended to show its medieval roots, evolution to Baroque and Rococo via Mannerism, as well as the periods of Neoclassicism and Romanticism. Use the Internet radio stations (under "music") to enhance your visit with classical music. Select from options at the bottom of the home page to tour the site.

http://www.wga.hu/index1.html

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