Redwood Library and Lab

Learn.Genetics

2012-01-31T12:38:00.000-08:00

Learn.Genetics
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/tour/

DNA picture by David Goodsell

used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike License

8th Grade Primary Source

2012-01-23T09:36:00.000-08:00

8th Grade History Primary Source Resources
http://8thgrhistory.blogspot.com/

Hinkle / Impact of Poverty

2012-01-18T09:35:00.000-08:00

The Impact of Poverty

http://www.vhinkle.com/children/index.html

Animoto

http://animoto.com/

Noodle Tools

http://www.noodletools.com/

Roux / India

2012-01-12T12:00:00.000-08:00

Taj Mahal

Mahatma Gandhi

Rabindranath Tagore

Mother Theresa

Rudyard Kipling

Hinkle / Earthlights

2011-12-28T17:56:00.000-08:00

Earthlights
http://www.vhinkle.com/children/earthlights.html

Photo of Earth at night from NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Where are the lights on? Why?

Staff Pick of the Week—Ms. Coleman

2011-11-29T12:43:00.001-08:00

Schooled by Gordon Korman is a funny contemporary fiction novel about a guy named Capricorn who has never ever been to school and is suddenly dropped into a modern high school. It is one tough adjustment, but little by little, the people he meet transform him while he transforms them too. You will root for Cap—and you'll start to question how we "do school." Let me know how you like it!

Ms. Coleman

Staff Pick of the Week—Mrs. Aviña

2011-11-15T13:08:00.001-08:00

I loved the Mysterious Benedict Society series. The MBS trilogy tells the adventures child prodigies Reynie (a logic master), Sticky (a bald kid with a photographic memory), Kate (a circus strong-girl with a bucket of tricks instead of a utility belt), and Constance (age 3, feisty as heck, and able to know what you're going to do even before you do). They and the mysterious Mr. Benedict battle the dark forces of Ledroptha Curtain and his support staff--the Ten Men and their briefcases of death.

Dovala / Ancient Egypt

2011-11-14T12:01:00.000-08:00

Photo by David Holt,
used under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Share Alike License

Unfortunately, not all of your topics have links. But these are links that have been useful before:

Ancient Egypt – General Information

Ancient Egypt – Art and Arts

Rulers

Ramses II

http://www.pbs.org/empires/egypt/newkingdom/ramesses.html

Cleopatra

http://www.mrdowling.com/604-cleopatra.html

Nefertiti

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/nefertiti/history/history.html

Hatshepsut

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0822950.html

King Thutmose III
King Menes

Khufu

his reign — http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/khufu.shtml
his pyramid — http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/khufu.html
his pyramid — http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pyramids/story/main.html

Tutankhamun
Pharaohs

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pharaoh/home.html

Geography
The British Museum

Ancient Egypt – Architecture

Nova: Obelisk
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/obelisk

Buildings and Monuments

Pyramids (see Rulers for the Great Pyramid of Khufu)

http://www.culturefocus.com/egypt_pyramids.htm

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/pyramids.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/

Great Sphinx

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/egypt/explore/sphinx.html

http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/sphinx.htm

Obelisks

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/obelisk/

http://egipto.com/obeliscos/histo2.html

Library in Alexandria

Gods & Goddesses

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/religion/index.htm

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/gods/home.html

Places
Giza

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/pyramids.html#who

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/gizahistory.html

Nile River

http://www.mrdowling.com/604egypt.html

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/egypt/nile.htm

Valley of the Kings

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/ancient/valley-of-the-kings.html?source=sem_G5000&s_kwcid=valley%20of%20the%20kings|2682132647&kwid=valley%20of%20the%20kings|2682132647&gclid=CI2E8_qA3p0CFRESawodjxj_Mw

http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/mummies/g/012208VyKings.htm

Abu Simbel

http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~ancient/abus.htm

http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/orion/eng/hst/egypt/abusimbel.html

Life

http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/daily.html

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/life/home.html

http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/EGYPT/people.html

Death
Afterlife
Scarab

http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/egyptmyth/g/Scarabs.htm

http://www.egyptianmyths.net/scarab.htm

Mummies

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/mummies/home.html

ContributionsPapyrus

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/literature/papyrus.htm

Cats
Rosetta Stone

http://www.mrdowling.com/604-rosettastone.html

Hieroglyphics

http://www.greatscott.com/hiero/

http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/hieroglyphics.htm

Imhotep

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/imhotep.shtml

Yakulis / Matter

2011-11-09T10:13:00.000-08:00

Rader's Chem for Kids: Matter
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_intro.html

http://www.sawyerscience.com/Units/unit2/states_of_matter.html

Hinkle / Beowulf

2011-11-03T21:20:00.000-07:00

Picture of burial mound by Anita363,
used under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commerical license.

Mrs. Hinkle's Core Blog: Eulogy for Beowulf
http://vhinkle.edublogs.org/assignments

Coleman / Islam Booklet

2011-11-01T12:00:00.000-07:00

To download the template for the four page plus cover booklet at https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B1QuDsqs_zPFMTgwNGM2NmEtZmRlYi00NWExLWFkMTMtNDUyOTA3NDVlNjdh&hl=en_US:

Click on the link.
Click on 'File', to the left of the page under the title.
Click on 'Download'.
SAVE the file. Do not simply open it.

And then, as usual for downloads:

Find the file. (Check your 'Downloads' folder in 'My Documents' if it didn't ask where to save the file.)
Open it. If necessary, click 'Enable Editing' at the top of the page.
Save it to your TUX account.

As you are going to be tracing Islamic-style borders and patterns into yourbooklet, you may want to do a Google Image Search for black and white versions of Islamic geometric patterns. That will give you strongly contrasting lines to trace.

Please remember that when you are printing, you need to "Flip on short edge".

Pattern is from a picture by William Whyte, used under a CC by-sa license.

Hinkle / Scripts

2011-10-24T09:29:00.000-07:00


Keyboard photo by kofrad, used under a Creative Commons by-nc-sa license.

Find your script at Mrs. Hinkle's Page
http://www.vhinkle.com/week.html#scripts

Math / Gochnauer

2011-10-20T10:22:00.000-07:00


Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial License photo by Andrew Bonamici

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/applets/controller/query/query.htm?qt=&lang=en

Kim / Anne Frank

2011-10-14T08:28:00.000-07:00

The statue of Anne Frank looks back at the house where she grew up before her family went into hiding.

Creative Commons BY-NC license,
picture taken by poederbach, description based upon his.

The site put together by the Anne Frank House
http://www.annefrank.org/

Chun / CoolMath

2011-10-07T09:54:00.000-07:00

http://www.coolmath.com/

Atoms / Yakulis

2011-10-06T08:37:00.000-07:00

U of S Geology Dept., CC-AT-NC

What is an Atom?
http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/101Aatoms.html

Kids' Zone Create a Graph
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/

Rader's CHEM4KIDS.COM
http://chem4kids.com

Electromagnetic Spectrum / Germeraad

2011-09-30T09:29:00.000-07:00

CC-BY-NC-SA Argonne National Laboratory

Mission: Science

http://missionscience.nasa.gov/ems/01_intro.html

Nasa's introduction to the Electromagnetic Spectrum

Tour the Spectrum
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/gamma/spectrum.html

Self guided tour of the electromagnetic spectrum produced by NOVA Online

ExploraTour - Looking at the World in a Different Light
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/cool_stuff/Exploratour_1a.html

Photon Man helps you explore the world beyond visible light.

Multiwavelength Astronomy
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/multiwavelength_astronomy/multiwavelength_astronomy/observing.html
(or, more simply http://tinyurl.com/ar75x )

Scientists learn most of what they know about our universe by detecting and analyzing the light emitted by distant objects. This site is an in-depth introduction to that work.

What is it?
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_games/what/img1.html

Test your skills with this cosmic guessing game.

Medieval Manuscripts Assignment

2011-09-27T12:59:00.000-07:00

e have three medieval-style fonts (fonts inspired by medieval hands*) installed on our lab computers.

Remember, if a font is installed on our computer here, but not installed on your computer at home, it won't look the same when you work on it at home.

The fonts we have are:

There are also picture files in the TUX dropbox.

* A 'hand' is a style of handwriting. 'Hands' are like fonts, but fonts are printed using a printing press, computer printer, etc.

Picture under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial license, from a quilt photo taken by TheKarenD

Hinkle / Holocaust

2011-09-27T07:47:00.000-07:00

Irene Freund, born October 15, 1930, Mannheim, Germany
http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/media_oi.php?MediaId=1759

Holocaust Identification Card

http://www.vhinkle.com/lit/holocaust.html

Germeraad / Voyage to the Deep

2011-09-19T09:16:00.000-07:00

Voyage to the Deep

http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/deepsea/home/home.html

Picture by Glen Scott, used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommerical License.

Yakulis /Density

2011-09-12T13:53:00.000-07:00

Explorelearning.com Gizmos Online
http://www.explorelearning.com/

Photo by John Allspaw,
used under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License.

Catalog Access

2011-08-25T14:42:00.000-07:00

Click on the stack of library books to go to Redwood's Library Catalog

picture of library books under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commerical License,
owned by Christy Sheffield

Hinkle / Blog Assignment

2011-08-24T08:19:00.000-07:00

Reposted from Mrs. Hinkle's Blog

Picture Creative Commons attribution, non-commercial, share alike license. Owned by Valley Library, Oregon State University.

Typing with French Accents and Characters

2011-07-20T09:42:00.000-07:00

Hold down the ALT key and type on the number pad:

ALT + 130 = é	ALT + 0201 = É
ALT + 0232 = è	ALT + 0200 = È
ALT + 0249 = ù	ALT + 0217 = Ù
ALT + 0224 = à	ALT + 0192 = À
ALT + 0231 = ç	ALT + 0199 = Ç
ALT + 0228 = ä	ALT + 0196 = Ä
ALT + 0235 = ë	ALT + 0203 = Ë
ALT + 0239 = ï	ALT + 0207 = Ï
ALT + 0246 = ö	ALT + 0214 = Ö
ALT + 0252 = ü	ALT + 0220 = Ü
ALT + 0226 = â	ALT + 0194 = Â
ALT + 0234 = ê	ALT + 0202 = Ê
ALT + 0238 = î	ALT + 0206 = Î
ALT + 0244 = ô	ALT + 0212 = Ô
ALT + 0251 = û	ALT + 0219 = Û

Example Staff Pick

2011-06-30T09:38:00.000-07:00

Miss Smith recommends:
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens

With orphans, mysterious strangers, lost fortunes, and ghostly footsteps, Bleak House is funny, sad, and suspenseful. I never knew what would happen next—it kept me right on the edge of my seat!

photo of librarian courtesy of Kingston Information & Library Service under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License

Ling / Cubes and Isometric Drawings

2011-06-07T10:31:00.000-07:00

Illuminations: Using Cubes and Isometric Drawings
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=U166

Germeraad / Animal Adaptations

2011-05-23T08:36:00.000-07:00

Yellow-backed Duiker

San Francisco Zoo
http://www.sfzoo.org/openrosters/view_homepage.asp?orgkey=1859

Animal Diversity Web
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html

Yakulis/ Universe

2011-05-17T13:25:00.000-07:00

Discovery Education: Understanding the Universe
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/
schooladventures/universe/index.html

Amazing Space
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
eds/astronomy-basics.php

Windows to the Universe
http://www.windows2universe.org/
cool_stuff/tourstars_1.html

Kid's Astronomy
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/stars.htm

CC by-nc-sa Suraky

Yakulis / The Solar System

2011-05-10T13:17:00.000-07:00

NASA: Our Solar System
http://solarsystem.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=SolarSys

Kids Astronomy: Our Solar System
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/the_planets.htm

StarChild: The Solar System
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/solar_system.html

Windows to the Universe
http://www.windows2universe.org/

Solar System Trading Cards
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/trading/

Picture from "Royalty-free Image Collection"—public domain.

Yakulis

2011-04-21T12:41:00.001-07:00

Textbook Log-in
https://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/login/login.jsp

Teen Poetry Contest

2011-04-08T08:15:00.000-07:00

Santa Clara Public Library _Teen Poetry Contest
http://www.santaclaracountylib.org/teen/poetry_contest/index.html

April is National Poetry Month! Celebrate by entering your original poetry in a contest sponsored by the Santa Clara County libraries. Open to all students 6th grade and older - enter in person or online - submit up to 3 poems.

Great Sources that are Copyright Friendly!

2011-03-28T09:01:00.000-07:00

Links to sections

Graphics

Audio

Graphics (Photos, drawings, and More)

Journalistic Photography

Life
http://www.life.com/
Professional photographs (mostly of famous people, places, things, and events) available for “personal, non-commercial use”.

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World History

New York Public Library Digital Gallery
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
“The Digital Gallery provides free and open access to over 700,000 images digitized from the The New York Public Library's vast collections, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, photographs and more.”
The New York Public Library Digital Gallery Webpage
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American History

Calisphere
http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/
Pictures from California’s history.

The American Memory Project at the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Historical pictures, advertisements, maps, scanned historic documents, and more. Much of the material is in the public domain (available to use freely), but check individual items.
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Stock Photography
Stock photos are taken by photographers without a specific use in mind; they license the photos out for other people to use.

Veezzle
http://www.veezzle.com/
Free stock photos.

Stock.xchng
http://www.sxc.hu/
Free stock photos.
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Audio

Songs

Jamendo
http://www.jamendo.com/en/
Free downloadable music. Be the first of your friends to discover a new band. Choose from over 300,000 tracks of everything from rock to classical.

dig cc mixter
http://dig.ccmixter.org/music_for_film_and_video
This section has instrumental music, good for backgrounds. Please stick to the instrumentals, as many of the vocals are not appropriate for school use or listening.

incompetech
http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/
Peer past the ads to find a wide variety of music appropriate for soundtracks and more.
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Sound effects
No music, just all sorts of different sounds.

SoundJay.com
http://www.soundjay.com/
Sound effects.

Soungle
http://www.soungle.com/
Sound effects. (The previews are clips – you’ll generally download a much longer segment.)
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More!

Creative Commons Search
http://labs.creativecommons.org/demos/search/?beta=1&q=
Use the Creative Commons search page to find Creative Commons items through a variety of sites.

Wikipedia
http://www.wikipedia.org/
Images used for Wikipedia articles should be either Creative Commons licensed, under public domain, or available for your use under some other permissions. To find out what the conditions are, click on the photo and scroll down to the 'Licensing' section.

Thanks to Mrs. McCall’s Library Page for numerous helpful suggestions.

Picture by martin.linkov Some rights reserved.

Germeraad - Genetic Diseases

2011-03-17T10:15:00.000-07:00

Genetics Disorder Library
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/whataregd

Your Genes Your Health
http://ygyh.org/index.htm

Genetics Home Reference
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/

Medline Plus
http://nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus

Genetics Disorder Information
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/posters/chromosome/diseaseindex.shtml

Yakulis / Motion

2011-03-03T13:31:00.000-08:00

Name That Motion
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/shwave/namethat.cfm

Roux / Vocabulary

2011-02-22T08:30:00.000-08:00

Criss Cross Puzzle Maker / Discovery Education
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/CrissCrossSetupForm.asp

Crossword Maker
http://www.toolsforeducators.com/crossword/crosswordmaker.php?p=&to=1

Doodle for Google Contest / What I'd Like To Do Someday

2011-01-21T08:01:00.000-08:00

Doodle for Google
http://www.google.com/doodle4google/

Hinkle / Impact of Poverty

2011-01-10T14:08:00.000-08:00

At Mrs. Hinkle's web site:
http://www.vhinkle.com/children/

Hinkle / Earthlights Worksheet

2011-01-03T09:42:00.000-08:00

Earthlights Worksheet

Happy Holidays!

2010-12-17T10:23:00.000-08:00

We wish each and every one of you a fantastic break — see you next year!

The photo of two pomegranates hanging on a pomegranate tree used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license, taken by Dana Robinson.

Yakulis / Atoms and Elements

2010-12-09T08:42:00.000-08:00

All About Atoms — what are atoms?
http://education.jlab.org/atomtour/index.html

Chem4Kids.com : Atoms : Structure
http://chem4kids.com/files/atom_structure.html

ChemiCool : Periodic Table of the Elements and Chemistry
http://www.chemicool.com/

WebElements Periodic Table on the Web
http://www.webelements.com/

Photo used via Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License by Ben+Sam

Haas / Greece

2010-12-08T13:39:00.000-08:00

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shadowgate/

General History
Primary History - Ancient Greeks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/

Ancient Greece - The British Museum
http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/

Ancient Greece
http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Main_Page/

Ancient Greece for Kids
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/

Warfare
Ancient Greek Warfare
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/war/

Athens
Ancient Greeks - Athens
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/athens/

Architecture
Greek Architecture
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/architecture/greekarch.htm

Gods and Goddesses
The Olympians - Gods and Goddesses
http://www.mythweb.com/gods/index.html

Greek Myths - Gods and Goddesses
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/religion/greekrelig.htm

Mythology
Greeks Mythology_ Who's Who
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002356F/greek.htm

Heroes
Greek Mythology - Heroes
http://www.mythweb.com/heroes/heroes.html

Jason and the Golden Fleece
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_goldenfleece.htm

Slavery
Greek Slaves
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/people/slaves.htm

Olympics
The Ancient Olympics
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/index.html

Deans/Rocha --- MMTIC

2010-12-02T08:22:00.000-08:00

MMTIC
https://www.capt.org/mmtic/mmtic.cfm?bhcp=1

McQuaide and Germeraad / Cell Biology

2010-11-30T08:38:00.000-08:00

Cells Alive
http://www.cellsalive.com/

Organelles
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/kfield/organelles/mitochondria.html

Eukaryotes
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/Cell_BIO/tutorials/pev/page3.html

Cell Structures and Functions
http://library.thinkquest.org/12413/structures.html

Kimball's Biology Pages
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/

Cell Organelle TAble
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/CURR/science/sciber00/7th/cells/sciber/orgtable.htm

Cell Biology / Introduction / Cell Size
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cell_Biology/Introduction/Cell_size

Cell Size and Scale
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/

Inside a Cell
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/insideacell/

Robertson Resources

2010-11-23T09:19:00.001-08:00

https://sites.google.com/a/saratogausd.org/mr-robertson/home/online-resources

Yakulis / Matter

2010-11-17T08:27:00.000-08:00

Matter - The Stuff Around You
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_intro.html

Pearson Success Net Login
https://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/login/login.jsp

Illustration is from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:States_of_Matter.JPG

Ancient Egypt

2010-11-05T11:34:00.000-07:00

General Information

The British Museum – Ancient Egypt

University of Minnesota Ancient Egyptian Cultural Exhibit

Egypt's Golden Empire - PBS

Nova Online - Mysteries of the Nile

Royal Ontario Museum - Online Activities - Ancient Egypt

BBC Historic Figures

Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum

Egypt: Mr Marks' Sixth Grade Page

Math Department / Algebra / Agile Mind

2010-11-02T13:06:00.000-07:00

Algebra Agile Mind
http://saratoga-2.agilemind.com/LMS/lmswrapper/LMS.html

Perhach / Rocks - Types

2010-10-26T08:50:00.000-07:00

1. BBC - KS3 Bitesize: Science - Rocks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/environment_earth_universe/rock_cycle/activity.shtml

2. BBC - KS2 Bitesize: Science - Rocks and soils - Activity
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/materials/rocks_soils/play.shtml

3. Interactives - The Rock Cycle
http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/types3.html

4. Rocks and Minerals
http://alex.edfac.usyd.edu.au/BLP/websites/Hibba/index.html

5. Test and Surprise Yourself with What You Have Learnt
http://alex.edfac.usyd.edu.au/blP/websites/Hibba/quiz.html

6. Interactives - The Rock Cycle - Test Your Skills
http://www.learner.org/interactives/rockcycle/testskills.html

Yakulis

2010-10-19T12:31:00.000-07:00

Energy Quest
http://energyquest.ca.gov/index.html

Rader's CHEM4KIDS.COM
http://chem4kids.com

Pearson SuccessNet Login
https://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/login/login.jsp

Picture used under a Creative Commons Attribution License, taken by Andreas Johannsen.

Germeraad

2010-10-19T08:16:00.000-07:00

The Electromagnetic Spectrum
http://science.hq.nasa.gov/kids/imagers/ems/ems.html

Electromagnetic Spectrum
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/gamma/spec_flash.html

Trifold Brochure

2010-10-15T09:01:00.000-07:00

Typing it up and laying it out

You can find a template for a trifold document at http://tinyurl.com/26cjq44. Just download the document using the link at the top and open it in Word.

The front and back of the brochure are labeled, and pictures show you which part is which. You can, of course, remove those pictures and labels as you go along. You can also remove the outline around the textboxes if you choose; just ask for help if you don't know how to do so.

Printing it

To have your brochure print out properly, without anything upside down, you will need to flip it on the short edge rather than the long edge. If you can't remember how to do that, and we're not around to help, I have posted a reminder for the lab's black and white printer here, at http://tinyurl.com/29bjdvg, and a reminder for the lab's color printer here, at http://tinyurl.com/2763z4t.

Perhach / Chapman - Graphing

2010-10-15T08:26:00.000-07:00

Kids Zone: Create a Graph
http://www.nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx

Explore Gizmos

2010-10-07T16:08:00.000-07:00

Gizmos
http://www.explorelearning.com/

Yakulis / Graphing

2010-09-20T13:09:00.000-07:00

Kid's Zone: Learning with NCES
Create a Graph
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx

Students are Interested in...

2010-09-19T12:42:00.000-07:00

these items, as gathered from the Student Suggestions board.

Books:
Alex Rider (series)‡
     Crocodile Tears
Alphas (series)
Amazing Days of Abby Hayes
Anne of Green Gables (series)‡
     Anne of Green Gables*
     Anne of the Island
Clique (series)
Confessions of a Shopaholic (series)
Daniel X (series)‡
Dragonsong*
Encyclopedia Brown (series)
Famous Five (series by Enid Blyton)
Fablehaven (series)‡
Goosebumps (series)‡
Gossip Girl (series)
     The Carlyles
     The It Girl
Guinness World Records (series)‡
Hardy Boys (series)‡
Heroes of Olympus (series)
     The Lost Hero
Howl’s Moving Castle (our copy may be permanently lost)
The Hunger Games (series)‡
     Catching Fire
In the Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Inkheart *
Kiki Strike (series)
The Keys to the Kingdom (series)‡
     Lord Sunday
Leven Thumps (series)‡
     Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra (book 4)
London Eye Mystery*
Lord of the Rings (series)‡
     The Hobbit*
Magyk*
Main Street (there are a lot of books named ‘Main Street’ – which one?)
The Mother-Daughter Book Club by Heather Vogel Frederick (series)
Mysterious Benedict Society (series)‡
Nancy Drew (series)‡
Nightmare Hall (series)
Peeps (series)
Percy Jackson books (series)‡
     The Sea of Monsters*
The Pinhoe Egg by Dianna Wynne Jones
Red Pyramid*
Ripley’s Believe it or Not (series)‡
Something Wicked by Alan M. Gratz
The Supernaturalist*
Twilight* (series)
The Vampire Diaries (series)
Warriors (series by Erin Hunter)‡
     Warrior Cats: Omen of the Stars 2: Fading Echoes

Manga & Graphic Novels:
+Anima
Bleach
Buson Renki
Case Closed (Detective Conan)
Fairy Tail
Hikaru no Go
Kimi ni Todoke
Koukou Debut
MAR
Nora
Pet Shop of Horrors
Prince of Tennis
Shinshi Doumei Cross (The Gentlemen’s Alliance Cross)
Shugo Chara
Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode ‡
Yume Kira Dream Shop

Magazines:
Seventeen*
The Horse Magazine
The Week

Comic Strips:
Foxtrot‡

* We have this item.
‡ We own at least part of this series.

Hinkle / Wordle

2010-09-02T10:55:00.000-07:00

Wordle
http://www.wordle.net/

Downloadable Templates

2010-09-01T14:12:00.000-07:00

Click here to visit the booklet download page or click here to visit the brochure download page.

Click 'File' (to the left) then choose 'Download original' from the dropdown menu.

After you've downloaded the file, open it in Word. If you can edit it, you're done.

There may now be a yellow bar at the top of the document page saying "Protected View This file originated from an Internet location and might be unsafe. Click for more details." If so, click the button that says 'Enable Editing'. Otherwise you will be unable to edit the document.

You should now be able to edit the document, save it, etc.

Yakulis / Universe

2010-05-24T11:13:00.000-07:00

Understanding the Universe

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/universe/itsawesome/index.html

Amazing Space: Astronomy Basics

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/eds/astronomy-basics.php#solarsystem

Stars:Astronomy for Kids

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/stars.htm

The Universe

http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/the_universe.html

Yakulis / Space

2010-05-13T08:20:00.000-07:00

NASA: Solar System Exploration
http://solarsystem.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=SolarSys

All Solar Planets
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/the_planets.htm

StarChild: The Solar System
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/solar_system.html

Windows to the Universe
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/

Solar System Trading Cards
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/trading/

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: JPL Education
http://education.jpl.nasa.gov/amateurastronomy/index.html

Photo courtesy Creative Commons Attribution license, by Steve Jurvetson.

Animal Diversity / Germeraad

2010-05-11T13:56:00.000-07:00

San Francisco Zoo

http://www.sfzoo.org/

Animal Diversity Web

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html

13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

2010-04-27T09:38:00.000-07:00

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=174503

Multimedia Presentation of the Poem by Edward Picot
http://edwardpicot.com/thirteenways/

At Least 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/gallery/2008/nov/17/seamus-heaney-poetry-blackbird

9th Century Irish Poem - The Blackbird at Belfast Lough - original and 2 translations
http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SeamusHeaneyCentreforPoetry/

Photo cc by nc sa http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en

Yakulis / Buoyancy

2010-04-09T12:46:00.000-07:00

Buoyancy
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/pbuoy.html

Archimede's Principle
http://physics.weber.edu/carroll/Archimedes/principle.htm

Buoyancy Brainteasers
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lasalle/buoyancy.html

Submarines: How they Work - History - Introduction
http://www.onrglobal.navy.mil/focus/blowballast/sub/work1.htm

Web Site Evaluation

2010-04-08T12:42:00.000-07:00

Before you even begin:

What is your topic?
When did your topic happen?
What are some key words associated with your topic?

Using Google — Clues before you Click:

Is is a 'Sponsored Link?'
Check the summary to make sure the site is relevant.
Check the URL to get an idea of who made the page. (What is the "domain extension?" What does a tilde '~' mean? What is the 'site?')

Who?
Who is the author? (The Webmaster is not necessarily the author.) Who is backing them? Do other reliable people say the author/organization is reliable? (Hint: You can do a web search.)

Why?
Why was the page put up? To sell you something? To change your mind? To entertain you? To trick you? To educate you?

What?
What makes them know enough about your subject to answer your questions correctly? Do you know where or how they got their information? What makes the author or organization an authority?

When?
When was the page last updated? Does that matter for your topic?

Practice:

Would the sites below be reliable for a paper? Why or why not?

1) http://www.dhmo.org
2) http://www.ihr.org/
3) http://loc.gov
4) http://www.fcps.edu/OrangeHuntES/students/98-99/pere/17c.htm

Another approach:

Saratoga Library uses RADCAB.

Dovala / Endangered Species

2010-04-01T08:00:00.000-07:00

We've lined up some links for you:

American Museum of Natural History:
http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/Endangered/
Answers.com:
http://www.answers.com/endangered+species&r=67
Defenders of Wildlife:
http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html
Encyclopedia.com:
http://www.encyclopedia.com
Leopardsetc.com:
http://www.leopardsetc.com/save.html
National Geographic:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/
World Wildlife Foundation:
http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/index.cfm (Be sure to look for subtopics in the navigation bar at the side.)
Yahoo! Kids:
http://kids.yahoo.com/search
(Search for information on your animal. Yahoo kids has selected links that are more likely to work for you.)

Yakulis / Graphing Motion

2010-03-04T10:38:00.000-08:00

the Physics Classroom
Graph that Motion Activity Sheet
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/shwave/gtmintro.cfm

Pearson SuccessNet Log-in
https://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com/snpapp/login/login.jsp

Free Time Pastimes

2010-03-01T09:56:00.000-08:00

These are games and quizzes to play if you have the approval of your teacher when your work in the lab is done. We have selected these to be school appropriate, but web sites can change. Only use school appropriate sites, and only use them in a school appropriate manner!

Quia
Games and quizzes on a variety of subjects.
- http://www.quia.com/shared/spanish/
  Play games to practice Spanish
- http://www.quia.com/shared/french/
  Play games to practice French

The Problem Site: One to Ten
http://www.theproblemsite.com/games/onetoten2.asp
One of Ms. Burruss's favorite math games

National Geographic Bee
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/
Play games or take quizzes as you learn about the world

Free Rice
http://freerice.com/category
Help feed hungry people while you practice your vocabulary, math, foreign languages, geography, and more!

Rapid Typing Zone
http://www.rapidtyping.com/
Play games, test your speed, learn how to get through those long papers faster than ever

Animoto
http://animoto.com/
Make online, animated slide shows of some of your favorite pictures set to music
(Content rules apply.)

Wordle
http://www.wordle.net/
Make cool 'word cloud' graphics to add a little extra pizazz to your project or express yourself
(Content rules apply. Ask for help saving if you don't know how to do screenshots.)

Balloon picture under Creative Commons at-nc-sa license Éamonn O'Brien-Strain

Yakulis

2010-02-05T13:21:00.000-08:00

Gizmos

www.explorelearning.com

GEMS Alien Juice Bar

http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/flash/juicebar.html

Roux / Fairy Tales from Google Books

2010-01-30T17:14:00.000-08:00

The three following stories are from Grimm's Fairy Tales: Forty-two Household Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. The Grimm books were originally written in German and first published in 1812. This edition was translated by Margaret Hunt. It was digitized in 2008 by Forgotten Books, a partner of Google Books.

Brothers Grimm - Rapunzel
http://books.google.com/books?id=r86wQ2bnj_8C&lpg=PP1&dq=Grimm's&lr=lang_en&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=100&as_brr=1&as_pt=BOOKS&pg=PA21#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Brothers Grimm - Little Red-Cap
http://books.google.com/books?id=r86wQ2bnj_8C&lpg=PP1&dq=Grimm's&lr=lang_en&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=100&as_brr=1&as_pt=BOOKS&pg=PA64#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Brothers Grimm - Snow White
http://books.google.com/books?id=r86wQ2bnj_8C&lpg=PP1&dq=Grimm's&lr=lang_en&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=100&as_brr=1&as_pt=BOOKS&pg=PA103#v=onepage&q=&f=false

Andrew Lang's first Blue Fairy Book was published in 1889. The next two stories are from an edition of The Blue Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang and published in 1921. Google Books digitized the book we are using in 2008.

Cinderella
http://books.google.com/books?id=ulEqAAAAYAAJ&dq=Cinderella&lr=lang_en&num=100&as_brr=1&as_pt=BOOKS&pg=PA58#v=onepage&q=Cinderella&f=false

Beauty and the Beast
http://books.google.com/books?id=ulEqAAAAYAAJ&dq=Cinderella&lr=lang_en&num=100&as_brr=1&as_pt=BOOKS&pg=PA88#v=onepage&q=Cinderella&f=false

"Jack and the Beanstalk" and "The Three Bears" are from English Fairy Tales, collected by John Jacobs and published in London in 1890. Google Books digitized the book in 2005.

Jack and the Beanstalk
http://books.google.com/books?id=IZvGIR27HLcC&dq=Jack%20and%20the%20Beanstalk&lr=lang_en&num=100&as_brr=1&as_pt=BOOKS&pg=PA59#v=onepage&q=Jack%20and%20the%20Beanstalk&f=false

The Three Bears
http://books.google.com/books?id=IZvGIR27HLcC&dq=Jack%20and%20the%20Beanstalk&lr=lang_en&num=100&as_brr=1&as_pt=BOOKS&pg=PA93#v=onepage&q=Jack%20and%20the%20Beanstalk&f=false

Differentiation

2010-01-28T08:16:00.000-08:00

Standards
<http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/>

Social Studies Adopted Materials
<http://www.teachtci.com/programs/enrichment-resources.html>

GATE Ning
<http://susdpd.ning.com/group/gate/forum/topics/rms-compacting-1282010?xg_source=activity>

Hinkle / The Impact of Poverty: Childhood Under Threat

2010-01-05T19:39:00.000-08:00

Directions
http://www.vhinkle.com/children/index.html

Schedule
http://sites.google.com/site/merit0910virginia/activities-3/time-line

Yakulis / Atoms: Bonding

2009-12-17T08:30:00.000-08:00

Chem4Kids Atoms: Bonding
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/atom_bonds.html

Chemicool – More Info on Elements
http://www.chemicool.com

Roux / Nobel Prize

2009-11-30T08:18:00.000-08:00

Nobel Prize
http://nobelprize.org

Nobel Peace Prize Short Facts
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/shortfacts.html

Nobel Prize Frequently Asked Questions
http://nobelprize.org/contact/faq/index.html#3b

Alfred Nobel's Life and Work
http://nobelprize.org/alfred_nobel/biographical/articles/life-work/gradeschool.html

Duren / Book Reviews

2009-11-04T10:02:00.000-08:00

Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/283155/ref%3Dtab_mi_b_3/002-5934721-6144040

Powell's Books
http://www.powells.com/

Search / Library Thing
http://www.librarything.com/search

Santa Clara Public Library
http://www.santaclaracountylib.org/

Yakulis / Chemistry

2009-11-01T11:27:00.000-08:00

Rader's CHEM4KIDS
http://www.chem4kids.com/

Hinkle - Spartacus essay

2009-10-12T10:00:00.001-07:00

Outline Template
www.vhinkle.com/rome/Spartacus_outline.doc

Nobel Peace Prize 2009

2009-10-09T07:36:00.000-07:00

Text of Nobel Committee Announcement
http://nobelpeaceprize.org/en_GB/home/announce-2009/

Text of Remarks by the President on Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-on-Winning-the-Nobel-Peace-Prize/

Nobel Winner Barack Obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1dxEQOqZjw&feature=related

In Surprise, Nobel Peace Prize to Obama for Diplomacy
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/10/world/10nobel.htm?_r=1

How The Nobel Peace Prize is Awarded
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/09/look-nobel-peace-prize-process/

World Reaction to a Nobel Surprise
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/world-reaction-to-a-nobel-surprise/

Nobel Prize
http://nobelprize.org/

McQuaide / Current Event Information

2009-10-08T15:25:00.000-07:00

There are two documents with useful links at < http://sites.google.com/site/mcquaidescience/current-event-information >.

McQuaide / What Are Waves?

2009-10-08T08:03:00.000-07:00

Click here, then download the attachment at the bottom of the page.

CORE / Multiple Intelligences Questionnaire

2009-09-17T07:36:00.000-07:00

Courses / Moodle
http://10.20.0.5/moodle/

Yakulis / Gizmos and Graphs

2009-09-15T09:03:00.000-07:00

Gizmos

Log in with the information your teacher gives you.

http://www.explorelearning.com

Graphs

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/

Germeraad / Hydrothermal Vents

2009-09-11T10:09:00.000-07:00

Voyage to the Deep

OBJECTIVES:

EXPLORE A MULTIPAGE WEBSITE.

LEARN ABOUT A VERY DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEM.

BIG QUESTIONS:

1) WHAT IS THE ENVIRONMENT LIKE?

2) HOW DO THE CREATURES GET ENERGY?

HOMEWORK:

MAKE A VENN DIAGRAM COMPARING THE VENT ECOSYSTEM AND THE ECOSYSTEM YOU
LIVE IN.

IT MAY BE EASIER IF YOU MAKE OVERLAPPING RECTANGLES RATHER THAN CIRCLES.

http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/deepsea/home/home.html

Typing Spanish Accents

2009-09-10T14:17:00.000-07:00

Remember to have Number Lock on and use the number pad. Hold down the 'ALT' key while typing the number for the letter.

á.....ALT + 160 

Á.....ALT + 0193

é.....ALT + 130 

É.....ALT + 0201

í.....ALT + 161 

Í.....ALT + 0205

ó.....ALT + 162 

Ó.....ALT + 0211

ú.....ALT + 163 

Ú.....ALT + 0218

ñ.....ALT + 164 

Ñ.....ALT + 165 

¿.....ALT + 168 

¡.....ALT + 173 

Obama / Speech

2009-09-10T09:36:00.001-07:00

President Obama's Message to America's Students
http://www.whitehouse.gov/video/President-Obamas-Message-for-Americas-Students/

Text of Obama's Message to America's Students
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-by-the-President-in-a-National-Address-to-Americas-Schoolchildren/

President George H. W. Bush Address to Students
Alice Deal Junior High School, Washington DC, October 1, 1991
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=21790-1&showVid=true

Ang / Timeline

2009-09-01T08:51:00.001-07:00

Timeline
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0902416.html

Mrs. Hinkle / Core Blog

2009-08-24T09:00:00.000-07:00

Mrs. Hinkle's Core Blog
http://vhinkle.edublogs.org/

Mr. Navarro's pages

2009-08-24T08:57:00.000-07:00

You can find links to teacher pages in the column on the right side of the page. Today you'll be using:

Navarro Online Network
http://senyornavarro.ning.com/

Navarro Spanish Wiki
http://room63navarro.pbworks.com/

Welcome to Redwood Library Lab Links!

2009-08-24T08:49:00.000-07:00

Teachers have us put links here so they will be easy to find when you're in the lab or working at home.

The link for Noodle Tools will stay at the upper right under "Redwood Resources." You'll be using Noodle Tools for works cited pages.

Follow down that column at the right. Just after the archives, you'll find links for your teachers' pages.

We hope you'll find Redwood Library Lab Links very helpful!

Ling/ Math

2009-06-09T14:12:00.000-07:00

Mrs. Ling's Math Blog
http://mrslingmathblog.edublogs.org/

Yakulis / Astronomy

2009-05-20T12:01:00.000-07:00

Astronomy for Kids
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/stars.htm

Astronomy and the Universe
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/the_universe.html

Understanding the Universe
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/universe/galaxytour/index.html

Amazing Space: Astronomy Basics
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/eds/astronomy-basics.php

Earthquakes / Dang & Chapman

2009-05-11T07:36:00.000-07:00

Geology Labs Online
http://www.sciencecourseware.org/GLOL/

Virtual Earthquake
http://www.sciencecourseware.org/VirtualEarthquake/VQuakeExecute.html

Duren / Historical Eras

2009-04-29T10:08:00.000-07:00

American Memory: The Learning Pages
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/start/time.html

Progressive Era in America
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/progress

European History by Eras
http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/historybyera/History_by_Era.htm

The Holocaust
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143

British History
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/

Santa Clara County Public Library 24/7
http://www.santaclaracountylib.org/electronic_library/

Thinkfinity
http://thinkfinity.org/StudentHome.aspx

Biographies - Homework Center - Multnomah County
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/biohc.html

Eric Weisstein's World of Biography
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/

McQuaide / Genetics

2009-04-01T09:43:00.000-07:00

Your Genes, Your Health
http://www.ygyh.org/index.htm

National Institute of Health / Genetics
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/

MedlinePlus / Genetics
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

University of Utah / Learn Genetics
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/

Dovala / Uniforms

2009-03-20T08:41:00.000-07:00

Pros and Cons:

Pros and Cons of School Uniforms – LoveToKnow Kids
http://kids.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Pros_and_Cons_of_School_Uniforms

Do Uniforms Make Schools Better? GreatSchools.net
http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/361

School Uniform: Debatabase – Debate Topics and Debate Motions
http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_details.php?topicID=59

School Uniforms in the News:
A good place to find quotes and examples
http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en&q=school+uniform

Statistics:

Public School Uniform Statistics
http://www.educationbug.org/a/public-school-uniform-statistics.html

Statistics on School Uniforms
http://kids.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Statistics_on_School_Uniforms

Photo by Tinou Bao

Yakulis / Shockwave Physics Studio & Force

2009-03-12T14:15:00.000-07:00

Shockwave Physics Studio
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/shwave/gtmintro.htm

Force and its Representation
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/newtlaws/u2l2a.cfm

Roux / Homework

2009-03-11T14:02:00.000-07:00

The Homework Ate My Family
http://www.time.com/time/2003/kids/homework.html

Homework
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/homework

Ban Homework
http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_details.php?topicID=793

Ban Homework in Half Moon Bay?
http://www.sarahlavendersmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/ban.pdf

What research says about the value of homework
http://tiny.cc/zjt2y

Some schools are cutting back on homework
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-homework22-2009mar22,0,1964937.story

Burnham/Deans

2009-03-11T08:24:00.000-07:00

Myers/Briggs
https://www.capt.org/mmtic/mmtic.cfm?bhcp=1

Duren / Japan

2009-03-05T13:34:00.002-08:00

Kids Web Japan
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/

Peggy's Japan Page
http://www.amphi.com/~psteffen/fmf/

Contemporary Japan: Society and Culture
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/at_japan_soc/

Japan National Tourism Organization
http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/

Japan Posters (Coloring Pages)
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world/japan/posters/index.htm

England

2009-03-05T10:13:00.000-08:00

England is a country of its own within the United Kingdom. As such, it has its own flag, evolving culture (a mix of cultural influences from many different places, ethnicities, philosophies, and so on), and traditions. In general, the British flag is more likely to be seen at official events. The English flag is also controversial because some people see it as a racist or anti-Muslim (being Christian) symbol.

HEADS UP: Is English the official language of England? People are still arguing over that! All general official business takes place in English. But there is apparently no legal designation of English as the official language. You'll see different sites claiming English is or is not the official language of England.

British Life and Culture
Woodlands Junior School, UK
http://projectbritain.com/

UK Travel Photo of the Day
Not all photos are of England -- click on thumbnail to see full photo and location bellow
http://www.britainexpress.com/uk-picture-of-the-day-archives.htm

English Culture, Britain Express
Traditional English Culture
http://www.britainexpress.com/History/english-culture.htm

The English Flag
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/flag.html

Haas / Mexico

2009-03-05T08:39:00.000-08:00

Official Government Site for Kids (fast information!)
http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/index_kids.html

Official Government Site
http://www.gob.mx/wb/egobierno/egob_General_Information

Official Tourism Site (English Version)
http://www.visitmexico.com/wb2/Visitmexico/Visi_Home?show=regions

CIA World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html

Roux / School Uniform Debate

2009-03-03T12:30:00.000-08:00

Pros and Cons:

Pros and Cons of School Uniforms – LoveToKnow Kids
http://kids.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Pros_and_Cons_of_School_Uniforms

Do Uniforms Make Schools Better? GreatSchools.net
http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/361

School Uniform: Debatabase – Debate Topics and Debate Motions
http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_details.php?topicID=59

School Uniforms in the News:
A good place to find quotes and examples
http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=us&hl=en&q=school+uniform

Statistics:

Public School Uniform Statistics
http://www.educationbug.org/a/public-school-uniform-statistics.html

Statistics on School Uniforms
http://kids.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Statistics_on_School_Uniforms

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