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Entries from August 23rd, 2009

“We’ll be over, we’re coming over…

August 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Content - Social Studies

And we won’t be back till it’s over, over there.” While George M. Cohan wrote his WWI lyrics about the Yanks, Canadian soldiers faced the same hardships as the American troops.  Over the top casts students as Canadian soldiers serving in the trenches on the Western Front. Students come across background data, experience daily activities, [...]

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Fun with Nature

August 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Content - Science, Content - Social Studies

Keep things going outside a little longer by visiting Discover the Forest. Create leaf rubbings, match animal tracks, along with additional nature projects.  These projects would work with a science program (especially using the compass).  Or maybe this is something to save for Earth week.

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Voicethread gets a library card!

August 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Content- Cross Discipline

And not from just any library- the New York Public Library! Now you can easily access more than 700,000 historical images for your Voicethread project.  There are several other innovative features including: To access the NYPL documents, select Media sources.  Select the NYPL tab and view (by category) their digital resources.  The library also has [...]

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