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  • Inside Grossology
  • Free 8th Grade Science Curriculum - http://www.eequalsmcq.com  Thanks Bri! 
  • Science News for Kids is a web site devoted to science news for children of ages 9 to 14. They offer timely items of interest to kids, accompanied by suggestions for hands-on activities, books, articles, Web resources, and other useful materials.  Kids have the opportunity to comment on and grade the subject matter, get ideas for science projects, and try out mathematical puzzles. At the same time, Science News for Kids offers teachers creative ways of using science news in their classrooms.
  • The Scooter McDoogal web site uses a comic book format to teach students in grades 4 - 8 science and social studies.  The colorful site features a 12-minute video introducing Scooter McDoogal, news stories to click on and read, and two interactive games, including the Scooter State Challenge, which tests students' knowledge of the states.  www.scootermcdoogal.com
  • MEDtropolis - Virtual Body
  • HowToons - http://www.howtoons.com Do-It-Yourself website that provides a free and unique way for kids to learn science and engineering by building cool things using illustrations and instructions provided in comic-book format.
  • Communicating at an unknown rate
  • Archive of Question
  • Toxic Town - Want to learn about the toxic chemicals and environmental health risks you might encounter in everyday life, in everyday places? Toxic Town is an interactive Web site that enables the general public, students, and teachers to learn about the environmental health concerns in various neighborhoods.
  • Meet the Greens - MeetTheGreens.org is a new kids' guide to looking after the planet.  Kids can watch The Greens'  cartoon adventures and discover related green games, news, downloads, a blog, action tips, links, and more.  This innovative, Web-only project comes from WGBH in Boston, the producer of shows like ZOOM, ARTHUR, Frontline, and NOVA.
  • Virtual Volcano is a Discovery Channel interactive where students learn about and test out volcanoes.  First students get information about plate boundaries, active volcanoes around the world, and tectonic plates.  They see all of this information on a 3-D rotating globe.  Next students can learn about the different types of volcanoes, they will discover the three most common categories and read about each categories profile and its association with types of magma.  Then students can take a journey inside the volcano.  Here they will learn about the vents and how the volcano works.  After students have learned some basic information about volcanoes, they can build their own volcano and watch it erupt.  Students can set the conditions for the volcanoes, changing the viscosity and gas.  When they are finished creating the volcano, they can test out it’s eruption.
  • Birth of a Giraffe
  • Environmental Footprint - So, Americans are always being blamed for consuming more than we should. We package things in too much packaging, throw things away without bothering to recycle, and clearly eat too much (or at least, too much of the wrong thing). Are you better than the average American when it comes to how many resources you do use? Well, now's your chance to find out what your environmental footprint is. Simply go to www.myfootprint.org
  • Anatomy Arcade makes basic human anatomy come ALIVE through awesome free flash games, interactives and videos.  Anatomy Arcade is perfect for the novice teenager in the classroom, right through to students and professionals of health care looking for a fun way to revise.
  • Live Monarch - Raise Your Online Butterfly! A Fun Free Educational Experience.  This 30 day program will give you professional insight and knowledge into all aspects of the lifecycle of a Monarch.  We will send an email update every few days with a link to see your Egg become a Caterpillar, then a Pupa and with your help, a beautiful Monarch Butterfly.  Plenty of really great pictures and detailed information so you will be an expert soon!
  • Journey North – Spring Projects begin February 1.  Teachers and students in K-12 classrooms are invited to participate in Journey North’s 14th global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. One of the nation’s premier Internet-based “citizen science” projects, Journey North enables students in 11,000 schools to track the seasons on a real-time basis. Standards-based lesson plans, activities, and information help students make local observations and fit them into a larger context by collecting and submitting data into common database. Learn more about Journey North.
  • Colorado has had some extreme weather conditions in the past week.  With tornadoes, rain, rainbows, and hail, The Why Files seemed like a fitting site to highlight today.  The Why FilesThe Why Files begin each interactive with a brief “why” of how the weather occurrence works, students can read all about the occurrence and even get a link where they can learn more.  The fun starts when the students enter the interactive where they can control the weather. bring science to life virtually.  Students can make rainbows, control a tornado, play with lightning, and build a snowflake.  If only the real weather was this easy to control!
  • DIY Science Experiments  Popular Mechanics bought eight science kits for kids, reviewed them, and found instructions on the internet for replicating the same experiments with materials many people have on hand.  …homemade experiments can be just as complex and educational (while costing up to $100 less), so we found alternatives to each of the boxed kits that teach similar lessons just as well. Bottom line: Whether preassembled or drawn from kitchen cupboards, science kits can be educational and fun.  Link
  • Browse the Gizmo Collection ExploreLearning
  • OLogy The Gene Scene
  • A Field, A Forest, and A Stream - Introduce your students to the scientific process by getting them outside to conduct their own investigation.  Students collect and record scientific data from three ecosystems and then make observations about differences and similarities.  This great hands-on activity can also be adapted for younger audiences.
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  • Magic School Bus “Weather Lizard” game.
  • Magic School Bus Themes
  • Science News for Kids is a web site devoted to science news for children of ages 9 to 14. They offer timely items of interest to kids, accompanied by suggestions for hands-on activities, books, articles, Web resources, and other useful materials.  Kids have the opportunity to comment on and grade the subject matter, get ideas for science projects, and try out mathematical puzzles. At the same time, Science News for Kids offers teachers creative ways of using science news in their classrooms.
  • HowToons - http://www.howtoons.com Do-It-Yourself website that provides a free and unique way for kids to learn science and engineering by building cool things using illustrations and instructions provided in comic-book format.
  • Live Monarch - Raise Your Online Butterfly! A Fun Free Educational Experience.  This 30 day program will give you professional insight and knowledge into all aspects of the lifecycle of a Monarch.  We will send an email update every few days with a link to see your Egg become a Caterpillar, then a Pupa and with your help, a beautiful Monarch Butterfly.  Plenty of really great pictures and detailed information so you will be an expert soon!
  • The Scooter McDoogal web site uses a comic book format to teach students in grades 4 - 8 science and social studies.  The colorful site features a 12-minute video introducing Scooter McDoogal, news stories to click on and read, and two interactive games, including the Scooter State Challenge, which tests students' knowledge of the states.  www.scootermcdoogal.com
  • Journey North – Spring Projects begin February 1.  Teachers and students in K-12 classrooms are invited to participate in Journey North’s 14th global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. One of the nation’s premier Internet-based “citizen science” projects, Journey North enables students in 11,000 schools to track the seasons on a real-time basis. Standards-based lesson plans, activities, and information help students make local observations and fit them into a larger context by collecting and submitting data into common database. Learn more about Journey North.
  • Smithsonian Education - Students - Walking on the Moon
  • Animal Planet Homepage
  • Kids Domain - Science Games
  • Kid's Stuff About Waste Reduction and Recycling
  • Edheads - Simple Machines Activities - Lever - Pulley - Wedge - Screw - Inclined Plane - Wheel and Axle - Gear
  • Whalesounds we are listening
  • Rainforest Sounds Kid Explorers
  • Exploratorium Science Of Gardening See how the plants we tend feed our bodies, our minds, and our senses.
  • My First Garden is a colorful interactive Web site for kids that walks them through the steps of planning and planting (and the reasoning behind them), from determining the amount of sun your site gets to reading a seed packet. Students can download garden journal pages and planning forms and use the “encyclopedia” to choose their plants. They’ll also find creative container gardening ideas and solutions for tough garden sites. My First Garden was developed by University of Illinois Extension to introduce 4th graders to gardens.
  • Online Junior Master Gardener Game:  This online game based on the JMG curriculum challenges students to answer a variety of basic gardening questions in a Jeopardy-like format. Click here for more information and a link to the game.
  • EPA Environmental Kids Club Home Page
  • The Water Cycle
  • Gameaquarium
  • BBC - Schools - 4 to 11 years Subjects Science
  • Zoobooks - The Encyclopedia of Animals Just for Kids from University of Illinois Extension
  • Cool Science for Curious Kids
  • Meet the Greens - MeetTheGreens.org is a new kids' guide to looking after the planet.  Kids can watch The Greens'  cartoon adventures and discover related green games, news, downloads, a blog, action tips, links, and more.  This innovative, Web-only project comes from WGBH in Boston, the producer of shows like ZOOM, ARTHUR, Frontline, and NOVA.
  • Birth of a Giraffe
  • Colorado has had some extreme weather conditions in the past week.  With tornadoes, rain, rainbows, and hail, The Why Files seemed like a fitting site to highlight today.  The Why Files bring science to life virtually.  Students can make rainbows, control a tornado, play with lightning, and build a snowflake.  If only the real weather was this easy to control!  The Why Files begin each interactive with a brief “why” of how the weather occurrence works, students can read all about the occurrence and even get a link where they can learn more.  The fun starts when the students enter the interactive where they can control the weather.
  • DIY Science Experiments  Popular Mechanics bought eight science kits for kids, reviewed them, and found instructions on the internet for replicating the same experiments with materials many people have on hand.  …homemade experiments can be just as complex and educational (while costing up to $100 less), so we found alternatives to each of the boxed kits that teach similar lessons just as well. Bottom line: Whether preassembled or drawn from kitchen cupboards, science kits can be educational and fun.  Link
  • Browse the Gizmo Collection ExploreLearning
  • OLogy The Gene Scene
  • A Field, A Forest, and A Stream - Introduce your students to the scientific process by getting them outside to conduct their own investigation.  Students collect and record scientific data from three ecosystems and then make observations about differences and similarities.  This great hands-on activity can also be adapted for younger audiences.
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    Ollie's World - Earth Day is April 22nd, Ollie’s World is a fantastic place to begin the celebration early.  Here students will learn about the 4 R’s: reduce, reuse, recycle, rethink as they apply to the 5 action issues of waste, water, energy, air, and biodiversity.  The site is packed full of games, puzzles, information and projects.  Students can create web pages using a free (downloadable) version of WebEasy.  The information section has kid-friendly reading about the 4 R’s and 5 action issues.  In Ollie’s clubhouse, students can play games and work on puzzles.  Students can also watch the Mis-adventures of Ollie
  • The Environmental Protection Agency is offering FREE coloring books and posters about endangered species. You can download the coloring book or you can call 1-800-490-9198 to get a free hard-bound copy. They also have an interactive section where you can learn about different endangered species....could make for a great homeschooling class!
    Click HERE to get the free coloring book!
    Click HERE to get the free poster!



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Woodlawn High School on Lock Down

Woodlawn High School on Lock Down
Copied from NBC13
BIRMINGHAM, Ala (WVTM) – A Lockdown at a Birmingham School was lifted earlier today, but the search for two suspects continues.
Officials put Woodlawn School on lockdown around 10:30 Tuesday morning, after two burglary suspects ran into the school.
Police arrested a third suspect away from the school. The man was armed with a “sawed off” shotgun.
Police also say someone called in a bomb threat after the school went on lockdown. Bomb sniffing dogs were deployed to make sure a bomb wasn’t actually inside the school.
Captain Allen Hatcher says the two men entered the building from its back side. Hatcher says the men were able to easily blend in. “School was in the middle of changing classes at the time that suspects ran into the building,” Hatcher told Alabama’s 13’s Hilary Golston.  “That’s why they were able to kind a intermingle in with the students and go where they went.”
Hatcher says he’s been at the East Precinct for 18 months and has never seen anything like this before.
Several parents were wondering how the suspects were able to get into the building at all. It’s kind of stunning to me,” parent Irma McCoy said. “How did they get up in there in the first  place.”
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4th Tuesdays, Mobile: Geography Club

Mobile
Geography Club
4th Tuesday  noon-3pm
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Mobile (UUFM)
6345 Old Shell Road
Mobile, AL
US Geography (5 states per month)/potluck lunch representing states studied
For more information contact Cheryl Holbrook:  unityndiversity@gmail.com










Please note that this information is FYI only.  This event is not an Everest sponsored.
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Student Spotlight: Bailey Warren

Area youngster to benefit from upcoming event
by David Lazenby
Article copied from the Daily Mountain Eagle
Five year old Bailey Warren, who suffers from juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, will be the junior honoree of the Sixth Annual Jasper Arthritis Walk, which will be held on Nov. 6 at Gamble Park. (Photo Special to the Eagle)
Five year old Bailey Warren, who suffers from juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, will be the junior honoree of the Sixth Annual Jasper Arthritis Walk, which will be held on Nov. 6 at Gamble Park. (Photo Special to the Eagle)

Bailey Warren is not the archetypal arthritis sufferer. The Fultondale resident who will turn 6 on her next birthday has been afflicted with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis since she was a toddler. 

“It’s not just adults who suffer from arthritis,” said Bailey’s mother, Kim Warren, who is currently promoting the Sixth Annual Jasper Arthritis Walk, an event that will be held Nov. 6 starting at Gamble Park and the Bevill State Community College Quadrangle. The fundraiser will kick off at 8 a.m. and the walk will start at 9 a.m.

The theme for this year’s event is “Let’s Move Together.” The event will feature a health and wellness fair, dog walk, costume contest and the Show Us Your Moves dance contest. 

Also this year, Bailey will be the junior honoree of the arthritis walk.

Warren, said when Bailey is playing, it’s not always apparent that anything is wrong with the child with caramel-colored tresses.

“If you see her run and jump you’d think she was a normal child,” said Kim, who explain that Bailey’s ability to overcome her disorder is due largely to her being diagnosed at age 2.

Kim has seen first-hand how devastating juvenile diabetes can be. 

“When we left the hospital when she was diagnosed we saw some children in braces that were crippled, some that were bed-ridden and some who were blind.”

Because of Bailey’s condition, she is required to receive chemotherapy shots on a weekly basis. She also has to take eye drops to combat uveitis, which is an inflamation of the uvea, the middle layer of the eye. 

“That is the main thing we struggle with,” Kim said about her daughter’s uveitis. “She has been through a lot in three years.”

Kim said her daughter is not alone. She said, “4,500 kids in Alabama have some type of arthritis. Bailey is just one of them.”

Among adults, Kim said 1.2 million Alabamians suffer from arthritis. 

Kim said children’s arthritis is often misdiagnosed as simple growing pains.

Thankfully, Bailey’s pediatrician did blood work when Bailey was taken to the doctor for swelling in her knee. Bailey’s white blood cell count prompted him to send Bailey to an orthopedic surgeon who drew fluid from her knee. “When they saw the fluid coming out of her knee, they sent her to Children’s Hospital that night,” Kim said. 

Kim said she was surprised to learn her daughter had arthritis. 

Because the medication currently being used to treat Bailey, Remicade, has stopped working, doctors plan to put her on Orencia as soon as she turns 6. The drug is not yet approved for children 5-and-younger.

However, Kim said her daughter is fortunate to live in a location in which there is a pediatric rheumatologist.

“The main problem kids run into is they don’t have a pediatric rheumatologist in their state. So some of them have to travel several hours to maybe overnight to get to a hospital with a pediatric rheumatologist.”

The walk not only raises money for arthritis research, but also increases awareness of the seriousness of arthritis. 

Additional information on the walk can be obtained by calling 205-979-5700 or by visiting the websites www.letsmovetogether.org or www.jasper2010aw.kintera.org.
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Elementary History

Elementary History

  • Royal Paper Dolls is a unique gallery of paper dolls representing famous Kings and Queens throughout history.  The goal of this web site is to bring famous people of the past to life, using a combination of portraits, costumes and biographies.
  • WayBack . Presidents The Secret History PBS KIDS GO!
  • History Detectives Kids . Home PBS Kids
  • PBS Kids Learning Adventures in Citizenship
  • Not For Ourselves Alone PBS KIDS GO!
  • Alabama Unit Study -  http://schoolexpress.com/fws/cat.php?id=280
  • United States Mint H.P.C. Web Site - Time Machine
  • Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery for Kids
  • Animated Atlas Growth of a Nation
  • Vectorkids - Interactive Education For Kids
  • A Day in the Life:  A History Game - Are you ready to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes? Imagine what it would be like to live in another time, in another place, as some other person. How would your life be the same or different compared to today? See how you would survive a day in the life of one of these nineteenth-century boys and girls.
  • First People - Are you studying Native Americans?  This site looks great!
  • Westward Ho!!! - Registration usually starts in January each year.   Load those wagons........kiss the kin goodbye.........get ready for adventure, drama, comedy, tragedy, and fantastic learning as we hit the Oregon Trail and head out west! Back for its fifteenth year, this simulated journey allows classes to travel the trail as part of the Westward HO! Wagon Train. In classrooms across the country, collaborative families, based on real families from America's past, make daily decisions (travel and fate scenarios are provided by the project moderators) that will influence their safe arrival in Oregon
  • Jamestown - This year marks the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown Colony. In commemoration of this anniversary, The History Channel has created an original interactive website for educators and students to explore the history and development of Jamestown. This site features colorful artwork, animated maps and drawings, primary source documents, and insights from historical experts. Visit the site and experience this unique perspective on the history of Jamestown. 
  • Special Bio4Kids interactive site on Barack Obama -  This special site gives younger students fresh insights into President Obama, from his birth in Honolulu, Hawaii through his roles and responsibilities in office. With a photo gallery, video clips, and a set of interesting facts about the President, this site will provide students with a great way to learn more about how and why Obama rose to world prominence. Along the way, they will learn about Obama's multicultural family history, his educational background, and his relationship with First Lady Michelle Obama. This Bio4Kids feature is a great resource for research papers and after-school activities as students explore the life of our 44th President.
  • Scholastic has amazing resources all year long but the interactive on The First Thanksgiving is topnotch!  Students learn about how the Pilgrims reached America, and what daily life was before the First Thanksgiving.  Students can take a tour of the Mayflower, take the virtual journey to America, compare and contrast modern life with when the Pilgrims lived (housing, clothes, food, chores, school, games), and the Thanksgiving feast.  There is a great slideshow and play a webquest feature where kids can learn more about the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag and the famous harvest feast.  The site includes audio for every page and activity.  This is great for younger students.
  • Friends Across America Program - Join our "Friends Across America" Program. It's fun! It's free! Start today and you'll have new "Friends" from all around the county in just a couple of weeks! You create "friends" that look like you, and we will send you one made by someone else from a different part of the country. You can plot them on a map for even more fun!
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    Game for Change, students will learn about real world conditions of poverty and how communities can create sustainable solutions.  Through game play, students will learn about sustainable options for help.  In the game, students take on the role of a 12 year old Nepalese girl in a village that struggles with poverty and hunger.  There are four tasks/missions that students must complete in the current (beta) version of the game.  Each task offers an activity that teaches a core principle.  One example is a task where students learn about deforestation that makes it more difficult to collect firewood used to cook dinner.  The lessons in the game mirror real-life happenings in Nepal with Heifer International’s partners.  The game is currently in Beta version and the creators are asking for suggestions here.  




    The site include games and quizzes, as well as basic explanations on things like the Constitution, the three branches of government, the Bill of Rights and so forth. Congress for Kids




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