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Entries from August 11th, 2009

All the politics, all the time

August 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Content - Social Studies

Want the latest political tweets?  Looking for today’s political columns? Try RCP (Real Clear Politics).  There are links to magazines, newspapers, video clips, and top blogs.  This site tries to represent a diversity of viewpoints- left, right, and wherever!  It is geared to high school students.

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Science News for Kids

August 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Content - Science

Science News for Kids is really a misnomer. While the format is a weekly newsletter with short articles, it also includes web quests, websites, science fair ideas as well as a teacher zone.  While scanning their list of top websites, I found this visual representation of the periodic table. 

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When you wish upon a star

August 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Content - Science

With the Perseid meteor shower set for tonight, this space site seems like the perfect post.  Arty the Part Time Astronaut will persuade your students discover the Shuttle, the solar system, the Wright Brothers and even meterors (where I learned the word is from the Greek for “a light in the sky”).  Hope you see [...]

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