Poetry... April is Poetry Month

http://www.col.k12.me.us/bcs/Publish%20C/bcspoetry/poetry.html

(This page is a work in progress. I'd welcome suggestions, units, whatever: I plan to add a place to publish student poetry next. I'm also looking for other student poetry publication (paper etc) opportunities, as well, to list here. Do you know of any?

Check "Why Poets Write" for information and some units on various forms of poetry

The Garbage Project: The Rotten Truth

http://www.astc.org/info/exhibits/rotten/rthome.htm

To educate the public to the world's waste and ways we can reduce the waste we produce - landfill tour, activities, etc.

Symbols.com http://www.symbols.com

Information Please Almanac http://www.infopls.com

Rhyming Dictionary http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/dougb/rhyme-doc.html

Word of the Day http://www.oed.com/wordofday.htm

World Factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Gardening on the Internet

Garden Gate:http://gardengate.prairienet.org

Time-Life's Virtual Garden:http://www.vg.com

Multiple Intelligences: http://www.col.k12.me.us/bcs/resource/multintel.html

Merrymeeting Bay: http://horton.col.k12.me.us/mmb/

(Hands Around the Bay's - A Merry Meeting on the Bay May 20th)

Shel Silverstein: In Memoriam http://194.178.234.54/Silverstein/SHELDONE.htm

Bowdoin Central School:
http://www.col.k12.me.us/bcs/

Check it Out&endash; There's Lots to See!!

Grade 5/Mock Trial, Reading Buddies, Grade 1/Happy Readers, Sea Dog Night, MMB/HAB/A Merry Meeting on the Bay, and more

Y2K Problem:Here are four sites that might shed more light on the subject for you and your students

Apple Computer Y2K Site:
Good explanation of problem

Small Business Administration

Year 2000 Information Center

Westergaard Year 200

http://www.apple.com/about/year2000/index.html

http://www.sba.gov/y2k

http://year2000.com

http://www.y2ktimebomb.com

CHOCOLATE!
The Story of Chocolate

Internal Revenue Service:
Information, Forms & Instructions, Forms that can be done on a computer...You'll be pleasantly surprised by this site!The person who built it had a sense of humor! :-)

http://www.candyusa.org/chocstry.html

http://www.irs.ustreas.gov

Valentine's Day:

Billie Bear's Valentine Page:

Valentine Fun Pages:

Origins of Valentine's Day:

2nd Annual Great Backyard Bird Count (February 19, 20, 21, 22) (Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology & National Audubon Society)

http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/valentin/fun.htm

http://tac.shopnetmall.com/www.funroom.com/Valentines/default.html

http://www.flowernet.com/v4/val.html

http://birdsource.cornell.edu/gbbc/index.html

Drums and Drumming!

congahead.com
Martin Cohen's Home Page

Dave Weckl's Drumming Page

A Site with African Myths

Reading!!

Jan Brett's Home Page

Reading Rainbow

http://www.congahead.com/

http://www.daveweckl.com/indexdw.htm

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/2208/index.html

http://www.janbrett.com

http://www.pbs.org/readingrainbow/contents.html

Read Across America
in honor of Dr Seuss's
95th birthday - 3/2/99

Two Dr Seuss Sites:
Official Random House Site:

"Oh the Places You'll Go" Links to Other Dr. Seuss Sites

Create Math Skills Practice Sheets to your specifications
An amazing site with lots besides the math worksheet creator

http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/

http://www.evolve.com/~drseuss/seuss/seuss.links.html

http://www.superkids.com

March is Women in History Month:

Encyclopedia Of Women's History
all the entries, about women around the globe and throughout time, are written by and for kids.

National Women's History Month
The National Women's History Project gives the presidential proclamation which made March Women's History Month and also gives the story behind it.

More at Yahooligans History / Women's History

http://www.teleport.com/~megaines/women.html

http://www.nwhp.org/month.html

St. Patrick's Day:

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Absolutely Green

Top of the Day to You: Billy Bear's St Patrick's Day

St Patrick's. Day Scavenger Hunt

http://www.bconnex.net/~mbuchana/realms/stpatric/spatindx.html

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/7134/Green/index.htm

http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/stpatty/fun.htm

http://arthur.k12.il.us/arthurgs/stpthunt.htm

Multiple Intelligences
Links to more information

http://www.col.k12.me.us/bcs/resource.multintel.html

Wild World of Words: Web based Word puzzles - spelling, decoding, word building, word meaning- on a variety of levels

A Tribute to U.S. Veterans: Why We Celebrate Veterans Day

Department of Veteran Affairs: Veterans Day 1998

http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/challenge/challengeframe.html

http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/8476/

http://www.va.gov/pubaff/vetday98/vetsday.htm

GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT 11/19/98

Surgeon General's Report for Kids About Smoking:

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: 'ABC's'

Nat. Cancer Institute's Smoke-Free Kids and Soccer

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/osh/sgr4kids/sgrmenu.htm

http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/abc/

http://smokefree.gov/index.html

The Fourth Grade Graphing Club:
K Cason's students' choice of survey topics and the resulting graph for this month gives interesting information about Thanksgiving. Also here: a good set of Thanksgiving Links

The First Thanksgiving: Thanksgiving at Plimoth Plantation

http://www.col.k12.me.us/bcs/grade4/thanks/graphing.html

http://www.plimoth.org/thanksgi.htm

Fourth and Fifth Grade
Research Site

Lots of Holiday Links (Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa) on the "Front Page"

& excellent sets of links on

American History, Geography & Maps, Math, Science, Literature & Writing, Music & Art, and Reference

http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/

KidsWeb :
A Digital Library for k-12 Students
Social Studies, Science, The Arts, Miscellaneous, a series of useful links

http://www.npac.syr.edu:80/textbook/kidsweb/

An Assortment of Advent Calendars (Online & Interactive)

1998 Web Advent Calendar

Papa Bear's 1997 Advent Calendar

Amazing Animated Advent Calendar

A Saturnalia Calendar

http://www.easel.com/advent/

http://www.easel.com/advent/1997/calendar.html

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9087/

http://websites.ntl.com/~louise.dade/festivals/

4Kids Flash Cards, etc

http://www.edu4kids.com

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King Papers Project Biography, Chronology, Articles, References, Links, Papers

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement by Students of the John Ward Elementary School, MA

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/

http://hammer.ne.mediaone.net

Yak's Corner: Magazine for Kids
News, Animals, Puzzles, Games, Recipes, Jokes, Crafts, Contests

http://www.yakscorner.com

GEM - Gateway to Educational Materials

FREE - Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
from NEA Today

http://www.geminfo.org/Catalog/start.html

http://www.ed.gov/free

Our First Grade Backpack

http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/grade1.html

Puzzlemaker

http://puzzlemaker.com

Thanks for the Memories

http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory/index/html

iMac Learning Drawing

http://www.apple.com/education/k12/promos/ilm

Web Wise Kids

Columbus

http://www.webwisekids.org

http://www.yahooligans.com/School_Bell/Social_Studies/History/Exploration/Explorers/Columbus__Christopher/

Enchanted Forest
Math Activity Site

http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/math.html

Halloween on the Net: (history, stories, coloring pages)

Meghan's Halloween Pages: (stories, jack o'lanterns, with sounnd)

Halloween Magazine: (Games, links, recipes, costume ideas, activities

Ben & Jerry's Halloween: ( Lots to do here)

Children's Hospital of Oakland's Halloween ( Lots to do here, too)

http://holidays.net/halloween/

http://www.taurussoftware.hostings.com/meghan/halloween.html

http://www.halloweenmagazine.com/

http://www.benjerry.com/halloween/index.html

http://www.kron.com/kidsfirst/halloween/home.html

Project Vote Smart

Grade 5 "Elections '98"

http://www.vote-smart.org/

http://www.col.k12.me.us/bcs/grade5/election.html