2001-2002

 

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1998-99
1999-2000
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Week 1-10
Week 11-20
Week 21-30
Week 31-40
Week #31
4/22/02 -4/26/02

TV Turnoff Week: 4/22-4/28 2002

TV Turnoff Network

International TV-Turnoff Week
Last April 5 million people switched off. - Get out of the box for a week!

Adbusters TV Turnoff Week

The "un-TV" guide: Suggestions for a Successful TV Turn-Off

USA Today : Health: Fight childhood obesity: Turn off the TV

Week #32
429/02 -5/3/02

Cinco de Maya (The 5th of May )

Cinco de Mayo Facts

May Days

Mexico Newsletter: Cinco de Mayo

Week #33
5/6/02 -5/10/02

MOTHER'S DAY

History of the day, Activities, Crafts, etc.:Holidays on the Net

Billie Bear's Happy Mother's Day

Mom's Day Fun at Kids Domain

Week #34
5/13/02 -5/17/02

The Atomic:Learning Library

Online software training for school, home, and business

"iMovie, " "iPhoto," "AppleWorks 5 & 6," "KidPix Deluxe" "OS X," "PowerPoint," "Excel"Micromedia "Flash," "Photoshop" and more

Many free; the rest available for a $49.00 annual membership fee.

Week #35
5/20/02 -5/24/02

GARDENING SITES I've Bookmarked:

KidsGardening.com

Gardening For Kids

OrganicGardening.com

Virtual Library Gardening Links

The Gardening Launch Pad

WHAT TREE IS IT?

Week #36
5/27/02 -5/31/02

The EggDrop

Week #37
6/3/02 -6/7/02

The EggDrop

Week #38
6/10/02 -6/13/02

Bowdoin Central School Home Page

Some of Our Favorite Authors

Week #21
1/28/02 -2/1/02

Brainpop.com
Online, QuickTime mini-movies on many, many specific topics within the categories of Health, Science, and Technology. Also movies on volcanoes and the Winter Olympics. The ones I looked at seemed very useful. The site also featured "neat facts" on the topic, as well.

Winter Driving Tips from Click & Clack, the Tappitt Brothers

Week #22
2/4/02 -2/8/02

February: BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Mr Donn's Black History Page (links!)

Slavery USA 1840-1960

Stamp(s) on Black History (with quiz)

Black History

Yahooligans Black History Month Lots of good links!

Week #23
2/11/02 -2/15/02

WINTER OLYMPICS

THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT

Another Official Site for the 2002 Games: Information

about each event, the athletes, and much more. A special

area for kids contains fun activities and information for teachers.

The Education Site for the Olympic and Paralympic Games of 2002

US Olympic Team: Lists all the US athletes with biographies.

ABC Teach: Ideas for teaching about the Olympics:

VALENTINES DAY

Valentine Fun at Kids Domain

JanBrett's Valentines (e-postcards to send)

Valentine's Day Around the World - international students write about their celebrations and share stories and poems.

PrimaryGames.com: Valentine's Day

Week #24
2/25/02 -3/1/02

READ ACROSS AMERICA: March 1, 2002

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President's Day POTUS:
Presidents of the United States - all about the presidents & first ladies, with biographies, election results, odd facts, addresses, and more.

George Washington -
information from the Historical Almanack including his biography, inaugural addresses,writings, and more.

Abraham Lincoln - (The History Place)
Read the Gettysburg Address, look at Civil War photographs and learn more about the 16th president.

Presidents' Day: The Holiday

Week #25
3/4/02 -3/8/02

Internal Revenue Service: The Digital Daily Information & Forms

SEED: Developer Grants should be up this Week.

See if there is one you'd like to adapt. (3/4-4/24 to apply for $450 - $650 grant 'to support unit's implementation')

The Iditarod: Starting March 2

Iditarod® 411 - The Source for Everything About the Iditarod And More

Yahooligans' Iditarod Links:

Week #26
3/11/02 -3/15/02

March is Women's History Month

Women in History: a Page of Links
•About the women's movement,
•Biographies of famous women

 

St.Patrick's Day

St Patrick's Fun at Kids Domain

Happy St Patrick's Day:
Billy Bear's Playground

Happy St Patrick's Day
from Arthur Elementary School, Arthur, Illinois

Week #27
3/18/02 -3/21/02

SEED

Week #28
3/25/02 -3/29/02

April is Poetry Month
BCS Poetry Pages

•About Poetry
•Poem Forms
•How-To and Examples
•BCS Kids' Poems
•Famous Poets
•Links

Week #29
4/1/02 4/5/02

Earth Day 2002 - Monday, April 22, 2002.
"Celebrate our Earth and spring with your class and the Maine DEP!"

Jeepers Peepers!
A Project for Students and Teachers Across Maine
"Celebrate Earth Day 2002 with the third year of Jeepers Peepers Spring Watch! You and your class can have fun reporting and tracking the progress of spring in Maine with other classes around the state." (Activities aligned to ME Learning results.)

FROGS OF NEW ENGLAND: The Spring Peeper

(A Super Think Quest Site) :

Week #30
4/8/02 -4/12/02

April is Holocaust Awareness Month

Holocaust Human Rights Center of Maine

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

A Cybrary of the Holocaust, Remember.org

A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

Holocaust Education Resources for Teachers

Week #11
11/13/01 -11/16/01

A Tribute to U.S.A.Veterans...

Veteran's Day

November 11:Veterans Day

Week #12
11/19/01 -11/20/01

Thanksgiving

American Thanksgiving Tradition - Plimoth Plantation

Kids' Domain Thanksgiving -

Ben & Jerry's Thanksgiving Site -

Week #13
11/26/01 -11/30/01

Ramadan (11/17-12/16)

Ramadan on the Net

Islamic Holidays and Observances - Ramadan: The Month of Fasting

Ramadan

Ramadan

Week #14
12/3/01 -12/7/01

Hanukkah (sunset 12/9 -12/17)

Chanukah on the Net

Hanukkah :Festival of Lights

Virtual Chanukah

Week #15
12/10/01 -12/14/01

Christmas (12/ 25)

Christmas on the Net

Merry Christmas.com

Christmas Around the World (World Book ) (Scroll in right column to World History & Culture / Click on Holidays Around the World /Click on Christmas/)

Christmas Around the World (Kids Domain)

Week #16
12/17/01 -12/21/01

Kwanzaa (12/ 26-1/1)

Kwanzaa Welcome Page

Official Kwanzaa Web Site

Kwanzaa:An African-American Holiday

Week #17
1/2/02 -1/4/02

time and date.com
A Guide to the Time Zones, Calendar, and More
Holidays & Moon Phases
Printable 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 calendars
World Clock
Find when you will be 20,000 days old and other useless facts related to your birthday

Week #18
1/7/02 -1/11/02

St Jude's Ranch for Children
Recycle used greeting cards / buy remade recycled cards

WorldAtlas.com
Printable maps: outline and other. Easy to access data on countries, states, etc.,
including flags, economy, assorted statistics, and more

Week #19
1/14/02 -1/118/02

Martin Luther King Day on the Net

Week #20
1/22/02 -1/25/02

Discovery.com Lots of great stuff

including...

Brain Boosters
Huge archive of brain boosters with answers, categorized: Lateral Thinking, Logic, Numbers & Math Play, Reasoning, Spatial Awareness, Word & Letter Play

Week #1
9/4/00 - 9/7/00

American Library Association's
700+ GREAT SITES
Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious, Wonderful Web Sites for Kids and the Adults Who care About Them

Its name says it all. A site you must see and explore to believe!!  

Week #2
9/10/00 - 914/00

 

Bowdoin Central School

Check your class page, suggest changes, and visit other BCS school pages to see what is there that could be useful to you.

Week #3
9/17/00 - 9/21/00

 

Enchanted Learning

Science, Social Studies, Activities, Information, Printable activity sheets...A VERY useful site!

Week #4
9/24/00 - 9/28/00

 

National Center for Educational Statistics
CLASSROOM
Has a neat graphing program/activity and other statistics related activities like "What are Your Chances?"

Week #5
10/1/00 -10/5/00

 

The Explorations of Christopher Columbus

Celebrate Columbus Day

Week #6
10/10/00 -10/12/00

 

HallKidsHistory.com: Great Books for Kids

You can type in a subject and/or a type of book (like 'picture')

Week #7
10/15/00 -10/19/00

 

Earth Calendar

A NEAT Datebook of HOLIDAYS and CELEBRATIONS of the nations of the world. Find holidays by nation, or by date, or by religion. Maps and locator of country and links to country's official site. Also, phases of the moon. Easy to use. Has a "TODAY'S Holidays" feature. [Today (10/15/01) is Alaska Day in Alaska, Independence Day in Bosnia Herzgovenia, Day of Older People in Australia]

Week #8
10/22/00 -10/26/00

 

World Almanac For Kids

Go to Explore Animals, Environment, Historical Birthdays, Inventions, Nations, Presidents, Populations, Sports, States, US History Timeline and more as well as other activities

Register to win an iBook at Small Dog

http://fm.smalldog.com/register.lasso

Week #9
10/29/00 -11/2/00

 

October 24 was United Nations Day

and this Year the UN & Secretary General Kofi Annan Won the Nobel Peace Prize