Seasonal

=Seasonal Activities =

=Winter Spring Summer Fall =

===Use The News: Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool, categorized by grade level Laura Candler's Seasonal/Holiday printables===

=Summer= July 20, 2009, is the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 and the first walk on the moon. Destination Mars: students plan a trip to Mars. Grades 3-5 Eureka: look at a special sort of space home made from plastics that astronauts might use when visiting the moon or, one day, even Mars. Grades K-2 Summer Science Fun: Books, experiments and interactives for the world around you.

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Energy Sources and Use-distinguish between renewable and nonrenewable sources of energy (3-5)
=March is National Women's History month:=

Calendar activityGrade 3 and up Exploring Women's Historygrades 3 and up Women in Scienceall grades Maria's CometGet to know Maria Mitchell, America's first woman astronomer, and her tools.

**__St. Patrick's Day:__**
Caboose Activities

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=Fall=

=Winter=

Black History Month at Thinkfinity

Olympics Lessons and activities from Thinkfinity

The Presidents: From the official White House site.

President's Day at Thinkfinity

Engineering Week (Feb 14-20, 2010) at Thinkfinity

America Saves Week (Feb 21-28, 2010) Yep, at Thinkfinity

Super Bowl Math Super bowl February 7, 2010

Thinkfinity Puzzle sites: National Puzzle Day: January 29, 2010

Melting & Freezing: Grades k-2

Let's Build a Snowman: K-2 How animals find food in the winter

Snowflakes: Activities and pictures.

No extra room on the Mayflower: e//xplore a virtual model of the Mayflower. They will then pack a virtual suitcase making good choices about what they pack.// Grades K-2

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