HEALTH AND FITNESS

It’s My Life: Summer Camp
Article
Grade Range: 2-5, 6-8
Read up on the reasons to go to summer camp, what to pack, and how to make friends once there.
http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/friends/summercamp/index.html

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Fizzy’s Lunch Lab: Hydration
Lesson Plan
Grade Range: K-2, 2-5
Why is it so important to hydrate our bodies--and all living things--in the summer and throughout the year, and what happens if we’re dehydrated? An abundance of water is necessary for our bodies and our planet to sustain life.
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/7653/preview/


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PBS Newsletter 7/18/2010

Go Behind the Scenes at the Circus
Learn about the daily challenges and nightly thrills of actual jobs in the circus as CIRCUS brings viewers backstage in the big top of the Big Apple Circus. In this multi-part series, meet the clowns, tightrope walkers, trapeze artists, and animal trainers as well as musicians, cooks, teachers, and even clergy who make up the traveling city.
Watch the sneak preview of CIRCUS on July 18.
CIRCUS will air Wednesdays, November 3-17 at 9pm ET.
http://www.pbs.org/opb/circus/

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Design Squad Contest Seeks Kids’ Recyclable Ideas
PBS' engineering competition series Design Squad is offering kids a chance to get in on the action. The 2010 Trash to Treasure Competition challenges kids ages 5 to 19 to take everyday discarded or recycled materials and re-engineer them into functional products. Three winners will win a trip to Boston to see their designs built and will appear on the TV show and Web site. 25 finalists will also be featured on the Web site. Find out more and enter online by September 5, 2010.
http://pbskids.org/designsquad/contest/index.html

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Three-Minute Film Contest Welcomes Young Filmmakers
AdLit.org and Reading Rockets are sponsoring The Exquisite PromptWrite It, Film It Video Contest for aspiring filmmakers ages 7 to 18. Using idea prompts conceived by popular writers such as Jon Scieszka, Katherine Patterson, and Lemony Snicket, kids will write and direct and maybe even star in short films in a variety of genres. Prizes include a video camera, book and DVD collections, and movie tickets. The deadline for submissions is August 13. Learn more at
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/fun/exquisiteprompt/video.


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**NEW Search Box**

On the right of your screen you will see a Google box. You can use this search box to search for anything that I have posted on this blog. So if you are interested in Abebooks. You will type in abebooks

and the results will come up.



If you would like to go to the website that I linked to directly then click on "Linked From Here"

The Universe: An Introduction - Smithsonian Education

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/universe/index.html

A new lesson plan with downloadables **which is FREE and safe** at the Smithsonian Education center. It is:
The Universe: An Introduction

The downloads include:

• The Universe Lesson Plan (PDF)
• Activity Materials for Lesson 1&2 (PDF)
• A print ready student record sheet for Lesson 1 (PDF)
• And there is a link to the interactive visual game

Careers choices

http://www.kids.gov/6_8/6_8_careers.shtml

Here is a large list of various careers that your child may be interested in. Just find the field, which is listed in alphabetical order, and click the link. It will then direct you to more information about the subject.

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For an example, one of my daughters is wanting to be a vet, which she has wanted to be forever, so if you scroll down toward the end of the page you will see Animal Doc http://www.vet.uga.edu/vpp/animaldoc/index.php
This site is designed for kids and answers animal questions that you child may have. Such as

• Why do dogs act the way that they do?.
• How do animals get worms?
• Facts about sheep
• How do they operate on horses?

I also have another daughter that wants to be a Fashion Designer, so I clicked on the title and went to http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos291.htm
This site lists all of the qualifications that she will need.

Career and WorkForce Videos

http://www.acinet.org/videos/COS_videos.asp?nodeid=27

There are some FREE career oriented videos here that can help your child learn what are needed and what are done in various workforce jobs.It is hosted by America's Career InfoNet.They have nearly 500+ videos in English and over 300 videos in Spanish.

School Express newsletter

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Click the link above to subscribe to the School Express newsletter.

Each week you will receive a newsletter letting you know about what they have added to their website AND a link to a FREE download of the week's theme unit.

Every week it changes. This week's theme unit is titled “Coral Reefs”. Next week's theme unit will be "Landforms".

It is free and it is easy to unsubscribe from if you feel the need to.