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This is a live view of the inside of Grinder and Coola's hibernation den. The den is mostly dark inside but we have infrared lit cameras that let us see the bears without disturbing them. You can watch this feed to see what activities they carry out during their hibernation. During hibernation the bears will go into a deep sleep and will not eat, drink, defecate or urinate for as long as 5 months before emerging in the spring. They will, however, carry out behaviors like stretching, rolling over, some grooming, sitting and standing up. They will even go for little sleep walks outside of the den into the surrounding snow shed! Be sure to watch the camera or time lapse (selection in upper right corner) for these behaviors. This is the 19th hibernation period for Grinder and Coola at Grouse Mountain.

Announcements

The Mountain is open for skiing and riding as well as our outdoor mountaintop activities daily. Please check our Spring Hours of Operation for details. Indoor dining has been paused until April 19th, 2021 but takeout and patio options are available. Learn more.

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Mo Willems, a number one New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, has been awarded a Caldecott Honor on three occasions (for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, and Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity). Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

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The Core Competencies are sets of intellectual, personal, and social and emotional proficiencies that all students need in order to engage in deep, lifelong learning. Along with literacy and numeracy foundations, they are central to British Columbia's K-12 curriculum and assessment system and directly support students in their growth as educated citizens.

Students develop Core Competencies when they are engaged in the "doing" - the Curricular Competencies - within a learning area. As such, they are an integral part of the curriculum. While they manifest themselves uniquely in each area of learning, the Core Competencies are often interconnected and are foundational to all learning.

Before students enter school, development of Core Competencies begins at home and then continues throughout their life. Students encounter opportunities to develop their competence in formal and informal settings. They move from demonstrating competence in relatively simple and highly supported situations, to demonstrating independence in more complex and varied contexts. Competency development does not end with school graduation but continues in personal, social, educational, and workplace contexts.

Students, teachers, and parents/guardians share responsibility for the ongoing development of Core Competencies. Each group has its own considerations.

Discussing the Core Competencies with peers, teachers, and family can deepen students' understanding of the Core Competencies and help them identify personal strengths and establish goals for further development as educated citizens

Examining the illustrations helps students develop an appreciation of the different ways, forms, and contexts in which the Core Competencies can be applied

The illustrations connect the Core Competencies with students' own classroom experiences and bring the profiles to life for them

Students are responsible for assessing their own growth in the Core Competencies. The profiles linked with each sub-competency can serve as a helpful guide in this self-assessment

Teachers can use the sub-competency profiles and illustrations to support students in their growth as educated citizens

Providing students with meaningful tasks and activities, where they can explicitly reflect on where and how they are using the Core Competencies, will further their development in Communication, Thinking, and Personal and Social. The illustrations for each sub-competency provide examples of rich tasks, activities, and feedback

The Core Competencies are embedded within the curriculum and are naturally supported when students engage with the Big Ideas and Curricular Competencies in each area of learning. Examples of explicit connections with Big Ideas can be found in the "Connection" section for each sub-competency

Teachers support students in assessing their own growth in the Core Competencies. (For more information on assessment and the Core Competencies, please see Classroom Assessment and Reporting)

Students develop Core Competencies at home as well as at school, making parent/guardian support for students' growing awareness, understanding, and development of the Core Competencies crucial

Parents/guardians will likely already have some understanding of their students' development in Communication, Thinking, and Personal and Social

Formal school tasks and activities often look different from the more informal tasks students are involved in at home. While both contexts are valuable, parents/guardians can expect that a student's use of the Core Competencies may look very different in these two contexts

The illustrations offer examples from a variety of contexts and can provide parents/guardians with a new lens through which to view their students' development as educated citizens

Unpacking the three Core Competencies

Communication -The Communication competency encompasses the knowledge, skills, processes and dispositions we associate with interactions with others. Through their communication, students acquire, develop and transform ideas and information, and make connections with others to share their ideas, express their individuality, further their learning, and get things done. The communication competency is fundamental to finding satisfaction, purpose and joy.

Thinking - The Thinking competency encompasses the knowledge, skills and processes we associate with intellectual development. It is through their competency as thinkers that students take subject-specific concepts and content and transform them into a new understanding. Thinking competence includes specific thinking skills as well as habits of mind, and metacognitive awareness. These are used to process information from a variety of sources, including thoughts and feelings that arise from the subconscious and unconscious mind and from embodied cognition, to create new understandings.

Personal and Social - The Personal and Social competency is the set of abilities that relate to students' identity in the world, both as individuals and as members of their community and society. Personal and social competency encompasses what students need to thrive as individuals, to understand and care about themselves and others, and to find and achieve their purposes in the world.

Sub-competencies

Sub-competencies are smaller competencies that fit within a Core Competency.

The Core Competencies are interrelated and interdependent and each sub-competency is naturally intertwined with all the other sub-competencies. These connections are explicitly described in the Connections among Core Competencies section included for each sub-competency. As students move through the profiles in one sub-competency, their growth will influence development in other sub-competencies.

Facets

Each sub-competency includes three or four facets. Facets are the unique and interrelated components of the sub-competencies. Students tend to demonstrate multiple facets of a sub-competency at once when completing tasks and actions.

Profiles

Each sub-competency has a set of six Profiles. Profiles are descriptors of students' sub-competency development and reflect the interrelated facets of each sub-competency. They are progressive and additive, and they emphasize the concept of expanding and growing. As students move through the profiles, they maintain and enhance competencies from previous profiles while developing new skills. Students may also find themselves reflecting aspects of more than one profile at a time.

It is important to remember that the profiles are not tied to specific grade levels and are reflective of lifelong development.

Illustrations

Illustrations are examples of how B.C. students from diverse backgrounds and communities have demonstrated their developing competence. These examples are varied and can include student work samples, student and teacher reflections, interviews, teacher observations, learning stories, and/or photos and videos.

All illustrations include a profile analysis that highlights the parts of one or more sub-competency profiles the student is demonstrating in the illustration.

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The Core Competencies are sets of intellectual, personal, and social and emotional proficiencies that all students need in order to engage in deep, lifelong learning. Along with literacy and numeracy foundations, they are central to British Columbia's K-12 curriculum and assessment system and directly support students in their growth as educated citizens.

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March! Lots of theater and art to see, not to mention a new book!

I am very excited that my first alphabet book, A BUSY CREATURE'S DAY EATING!, publishes on March 6.

"Creative and hilarious, Willems' alphabet book has all the right ingredients to become a hit. Be prepared to binge read this one."

"There are a lot of laughs in this feeding frenzy, but just as much tenderness in the final scenes, which poignantly reflect the ABCs of TLC."

Available where ever find alphabet books are sold or at your local library!

This is an interactive immersive experience filled with games, drawing, animation, and much Mo'.

I was lucky enough to visit the exhibit for opening weekend last month and had a blast.

Check out the schedule for upcoming special events!

After its extended Pittsburgh run, this exhibit will be touring the nation for many years, hopefully to your town!

A companion exhibit to last years YOU ARE NOT ALONE exhibit, WORD PLAY is a collection of illustrations exploring the power (and occasional whimsy) of words.

My proceeds for this exhibit will be donated to The Center for New Americans to aid in their language and education efforts for new neighbors from abroad.

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Presents Treasures from the Collection: A 15 Year Celebration

Running through April 1, 2018

The exhibition features 96 artworks representing a range of time periods and media, from Harry Bingham Neilson's 1898 pen-and-ink drawing for Life's Book of Animals to Ekua Holmes's 2015 paper collage for Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement. Iconic picture-book characters Peter Rabbit, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eloise, and Shrek will delight guests young and old. Artists represented in the exhibition include Don Freeman, Trina Schart Hyman, Dorothy Lathrop, Leo Lionni, Arnold Lobel, David Macaulay, James Marshall, Petra Mathers, Wendell Minor, Jerry Pinkney, Uri Shulevitz, William Steig, Simms Taback, Tony DiTerlizzi, Chris Van Allsburg, Mo Willems, Garth Williams, Paul O. Zelinsky, and Lisbeth Zwerger, among others.
It's an honor to be in this show.

"They are a little bit rat. They are a little bit mole. They are all naked."

Well, except Wilbur, that is. Emmy winner and Caldecott honoree Mo Willems is back, once again teaming up with Deborah Wicks La Puma, composer of Elephant and Piggie's "We are in a Play!", for this world premiere, rock 'n' roll extravaganza. Grab your friends and watch as Wilbur, a clothes-loving mole rat with exceptional style, navigates the pressure to be just like everyone else. With tail-shaking tunes, empowering messages of individuality, and classic Mo Willems humor, this musical is sure to rock audiences of all ages.

My 3rd play (and first Rock Experience) opens at the SEATTLE CHILDREN'S THEATER on March 22nd.

I hope you enjoy this show; we had a great time putting it together for you!

Tickets are selling fast for this show, don't miss it if you're in the Seattle area!

But that's not all: there are lots other regional productions going on in March! Go bring a kid to the theater if you can! It's a wonderful experience for you and the kid'll have fun, too!

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical at Wallis Theatre/northwestern University

Here's a nice article about that production.

Last month I visited a local school as part of the annual
FRIENDIVERSARY celebration. We had a ball!Here is a story about the visit and the history of my work with First Book.

I also visited San Francisco last month to perform at
Sketchfest with some comedian pals. We had a blast! The San Francisco Chronicle wrote a story about it.

If you want to hear me tell a story from my early days as a writer for Sesame Street, take a listen to this episode of the HOLD ON podcast with Eugene Merman available HERE.

My publisher, Disney/Hyperion announced the upcoming publication of my new early reader fact/fiction hybrid series, UNLIMITED SQUIRRELS! The first book, I LOST MY TOOTH! hits the shelves this fall. I hope you will enjoy!

Now available at the
ERIC CARLE MUSEUM GIFT SHOP is this ELEPHANT GERALD KEYCHAIN!

Fear not, Piggie fans! There is also a PIGGIE KEY CHAIN!

If you're looking for signed books of mine, the Carle gift shop is your best bet.

Also available for the first time are 2 limited edition silk scarves based on my designs. One is a recent abstraction:

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March! Lots of theater and art to see, not to mention a new book! I am very excited that my first alphabet book, A BUSY CREATURE'S DAY EATING!, publishes on March 6. "Creative and hilarious, Willems' alphabet book has all the right ingredients to become a hit.

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In the Art Room: Cassette Tape Sculptures!

I've not shared details from our art show yet...I've just been enjoying my summer vacation a little too much, I guess! But we had a themed art show, as we usually do, and this year it was 1980s themed!

I came up with the theme after winter break but got the idea for this project a little too late in the game. We ran out of time to create these cassette tape sculptures but I did create a video...and I thought I'd share it with you just the same.

The boxes were ones I happened to have a surplus of in my storage closet. But they look like they probably came from here, if interested. The plaster strips are from here!

And the video is here! Have fun!

DIY: Art Teacherin' Plant Markers

I'm testing my notoriously ungreen thumb, as I do every summer, with plants! I usually just spend my summer spending loads on flowers and then ushering them into a slow summer death but this year I thought I'd try killing herbs! Pardon me, I'm trying to remain optimistic: GROWING herbs.

So far, I have been able to make tabouli with my parsley and I now have enough basil to make some pesto so...I'm not doing too shabby, if I do say so. However, telling some of these herbs apart has been a wee bit of a problem. So over the weekend I made these little herb markers! Here's how:

All you need is old paintbrushes (no plastic handled ones!) and some left over polymer clay. These were super fun and easy to make.

As for the plants...they seemed to like the new addition well enough. Please pray for these beautiful greens! I'm hoping to keep them going strong.

Speaking of going strong, check out my planters! I made these back in 2015 with old cat liter containers and they are still going strong!

Happy Summer, friends!

Let's Make a Black Light Disco Ball!

Our school-wide art show is coming up and our theme is 1980's! And, I know what you're thinking: aren't disco balls more of a 1970's thing? Well, I suppose although I do remember them in the skating rinks growing up and loving them. So I thought my fourth graders would enjoy creating them as their contribution to our Glow Gallery!

The supplies we used are the following:

* Cardboard pizza circle, found at restaurant supply stores

* Permanent markers

* Silver paint

* Neon tempera cakes

This is a quick lesson, perfect for my 30 minute art classes. We spent the first class drawing and tracing with a sharpie with just a few who started painting. Next time, we'll wrap these up and hang them from the ceiling in the glow gallery. Here's the video you are welcome to use in your art teacherin' world:

Clay Mugs for Kids!

Hi, friends! My students are wrapping up one of the clay projects they created and I thought I'd share. Last year, my first through fourth created clay mugs and it was easily everyone's favorite clay project. When I shared that we were working with clay again, a few weeks ago, their first question was "are we making mugs again?!" I had already planned on it...so they were excited to hear the answer. Once mugs are complete, we celebrate by drinking hot chocolate out of them...so it's a whole lot of fun.

This year, I created a video to share with them. Because I have 30 minute art classes, I only showed the pinch pot portion and a bit of coil making for the first class. The second class, we did a brief coil making reminder and then watched the portion about creating a handle. The video helped them trouble shoot and get their mugs completed in just two 30 minute classes!

This week, we started glazing! They were told they could use any two colors of glaze, one for the inside and one for the outside. They were to do at least three coats of their chosen colors and not to glaze the bottom. Once complete, they could join me at the splatter glaze station!

When my students were finished glazing, they could help a friend or work on the large banners I created to announce our upcoming art show!

We used Prang's Creativity Street Tempera Sticks to color these with.

The glaze we used are from two companies and I like them both: Mayco's Stroke and Coat and Amaco's Teacher's Palette. Both are food safe and fire to cone 06.

When introducing clay to your students, you might find this video fun to share:

Vincent van Gogh Inspired Buttons and Earrings!

Hi! I scored this amazing sweater recently and while I absolutely loved it, I hated the obnoxious plastic white buttons that were on the sweater. They just stuck out like a sore thumb! So I picked up some polymer clay at the craft store with the idea to create my own. Normally, I buy the 'name brand' polymer clay but this time, I was feeling cheap and decided to give the house brand a try. It was half the price and I have to say...despite the fact that the yellow clay stained my hands a pinch, it worked great! I'm used to stained hands so, no big deal!

I went about creating these factory style and it went pretty quickly. I made a video to share the process in case you need some van Gogh bling in your life. Like, duh. Of course you do.

So easy, right?

Once complete, I just stitched these onto my sweater and added some jump rings and a French hook to the earrings and I was all set in my new upgraded van Gogh sweater!

Not only that but this craft was just the creativity thirst quencher I needed this weekend. Thanks for letting me share, y'all!

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Welcome to the classroom! We love to play, learn, create and sing together in the classroom, and we'd like to encourage our classroom friends to keep learning and playing at home once Caitie's Classroom is over. We've put together activities and resources so the playing, learning, creating and singing doesn't have to stop once Caitie... Read more "

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These classroom transitions songs are available from a variety of albums.

These Preschool/Kindergarten songs are available from a variety of albums and teach directions, parts of the body, opposites, money, weather, clothing, telling time, adjectives, action and participation, and good behavior.

Alphabet, Letters & Phonics
See our songs about Building Phonological / Phonemic Awareness
See our songs about Phonics & Alphabet Songs
See our songs about Phonics Songs that Teach Sounds of Letter Blends, Digraphs and Diphthongs

Early Math, Numbers & Counting
See our songs about Early Numbers & Counting

Science & Exploration
See our songs about Science Songs for Young Children
See our songs about Nature & the Environment

Parts of the Body
Bath - Jeanne Nelson and Hector Marín
Cleanup Vacuum Cleaner - Jack Hartmann
Face to Face - Fran Avni
Feelin' Good - Lauren Mayer
Finger Family - Music with Mar.
Five Senses - Music with Mar.
Five Fingers - Music with Mar.
Hands - Songs for Speech and Language Skills
I Can! - Ron Brown
Itchy, Itchy - The Amazing Body
Itchy Twitchy - I Got a Wiggle - Colleen & Uncle Squaty
I've Got the Music In Me - Margie La Bella
I've Got Two - Songs for Speech and Language Skills
My Hands On My Head - Adapted by Stephanie Burton
My Thumb - Music With Mar.
Numbers In A Circle (10) - Colleen & Uncle Squaty
Put Your Hands Up in the Air - Hap Palmer
Tap It On Your Head - Margie La Bella
These Are My Hands - Jack Hartmann
Turn Around - Hap Palmer
What a Miracle - Hap Palmer
See Also: - Songs About My Body, Health, Fitness, and Illness

Following Directions
Beginning / End
Let's Start - Prue Whoo
Body Parts
Everybody Touch Your Head - Margie La Bella
Family Dance - Dr. Thomas Moore
Head, Shoulders Knees and Toes - Kiboomu Music
Head, Shoulders Knees and Toes (Learn It) (sing It) - Super Simple Songs
Hey, Hey Everybody - Music with Mar.
I Got a Wiggle - Colleen & Uncle Squaty
Itchy Itchy - Music, Movement & Magination
I've Got the Music In Me - Margie La Bella
Let's Clap Our Hands Together - Colleen & Uncle Squaty
Shake and Move - Patty Shukla
Tap It On Your Head - Margie La Bella
Wiggle My Body - Ron Brown
Counting
A Counting We Will Go - Music, Movement & Magination
Jump for Numbers 0-10 - Ron Brown
Move It By Your Chair - Margie La Bella
Come, Play That Music - Margie La Bella
Move Fast, Move Slow - Jack Hartmann
Follow Commands
Careful Cuts - Cherry Carl
Everybody Wave Hello - Margie La Bella
The Finger Dance - Dr. Thomas Moore
Follow Directions - Music with Mar.
Follow Me - Patty Shukla
Food Group Fun - Music with Mar.
I Can Do That! - Jack Hartmann
Jump Up! Music, Movement & Magination
Little Johnny Brown - Colleen & Uncle Squaty
Monkey, Monkey - Music with Mar.
Move Your Body Along - Listen and Learn
Open Your Mouth and Sing "Ah" - Margie La Bella
Reach For the Sky> - Amy Michelle & Friends
Show Me 10 - Ron Brown
The Sockball - Dr. Thomas Moore
Stand Up - Skip West
Wake Up! - Listen & Learn
Wiggle, Giggle and Learn - Stephanie Burton
Wiggle Worm Workout - Stephanie Burton
Front / Back
Around the World - Jack Hartmann
Doing the Flamingo Walk - Diana Colson
Move It By Your Chair - Margie La Bella
ZooDeeAy - Music with Mar.
High / Low
My Elastic Band - Dr. Thomas Moore
Reach For the Sky - Amy Michelle & Friends
Wiggle It! - Patty Shukla
Left / Right
Get Up On Your Feet! - Music with Mar.
Kangaroo Learns Left and Right - Jack Hartmann
Left and Right - Listen and Learn
Left and Right - Ron Brown
Lefty - Prue Whoo
Penguin Dance Chant - Jack Hartmann
Right Hand, Left Hand - Music with Mar.
Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey - Gary Rosen
Roly Poly #2 - Colleen & Uncle Squaty
Safety Comes First - Listen and Learn
Snap, Clap, Wiggle & Giggle - Mary Jo Huff
Step to the Right - Mary Jo Huff
Way Up In the Sky Stephanie Burton
Loud / Soft
Come, Play That Music - Margie La Bella
Move / Freeze
Frozen Kidsicle Freeze - Musical Games and Action Songs
Magic Ball - Jack Capon & Rosemary Hallum, Ph.D.
Move and Stop - Margie La Bella
Move It To the Music - Margie La Bella
Move, Then, Stay Still - Music with Mar.
Play and Do This - Margie La Bella
S.T.O.P. -Patty Shukla
Wiggle and Freeze - Cathy Bollinger
Near / Far
Places Close and Far - Music with Mar.
North, South, East and West
Directions - Music with Mar.
Rhyming
Exercise When We Rhyme - Jack Hartmann
Up / Down
Parachute Goes Up and Down - Music with Mar.
Pretty Scarves - Music with Mar.
Roly Poly #2 - Colleen & Uncle Squaty
Stand Up, Sit Down - Margie LaBella
Up - Prue Whoo
Up and Down - Cherry Carl

The Calendar, Weather, and Seasons
Songs that Teach about the Weather and Seasons
Songs for Teaching Concepts of Weather & Meteorology
Songs that Teach the Calendar: Days of the Week and Months of the Year

Clothing
The Colors Of Our Clothes - Music, Movement Magination
I Am Dressed - Jeanne Nelson and Hector Marín
I Just Can't Seem to Tie My Shoes Yet - Music with Mar.
Jenny Jenkins - Two of a Kind
Look What I Did This Morning - Dr. Thomas Moore
My Clothes and Shoes - Listen and Learn
New Pair of Shoes - Andy Glockenspiel
Put On Your Shoes - Super Simple Songs
What Else Do I Need? - Listen and Learn
What Are You Wearing? - Hap Palmer
What Color Are You Wearing? - Kiboomu Music
Whatever the Weather (What to Wear) - Jackie Silberg

See More: - Action Songs for Young Children

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Preschool Fingerplays
Fingerplays provide a natural, enjoyable way to build number and language skills.
Circle Time Songs

Everyday Activities for Preschoolers and Kindergarteners
See our songs about Everyday Activities and Routines

Pets, Animals, and Dinosaurs
See all of our pages on Animals, Bugs and Dinosaurs.

Numbers and Counting Skills for Preschool and Kindergarten
See our Songs and Chants for Early Math Concepts

Colors and Shapes for Early Childhood
See all of our Songs that Teach Colors and Shapes to Young Children

Sounds of Letters, Digraphs, and Blends and Phonemic Awareness
Alphabet Letters and their Sounds and Phonological Awareness

Starting and Ending the Day, Clean-Up Time, and Transitions Songs for Classroom Transitions

Safety Songs
Songs and Chants that Teach About Safety

Family Songs and Songs About Friendship, Getting Along with Others, Character Building, and Conflict Resolution
Friends and Family

Songs About Food and Nutrition and My Body, Health, and Fitness
Healthy Bodies, Food Songs and Physical Fitness Education Songs

Music to Celebrate Presidents' Day, Valentine's Day, Independence Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving and the Winter Holidays
Holiday Songs

Songs Inspired by Classical Children's Literature, Fairy Tales, Nursery Rhymes and Poetry
See all of our Fairy Tale & Nursery Rhyme Songs

Head Start Programs Song
Head Start Kid - Jackie Silberg

Machines, Cars, and Trains
See all of our Train and Transportation Songs

Occupations, Schools, Families, Neighborhoods and Homes
See all of our Songs for Teaching the "Communities" Curriculum

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Movement and Participation Songs for early childhood.

Science Songs for Early Childhood Development
See all of our Science Songs for Young Children

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Preschool, Early Childhood, and Kindergarten Songs

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These classroom transitions songs are available from a variety of albums. These Preschool/Kindergarten songs are available from a variety of albums and teach directions, parts of the body, opposites, money, weather, clothing, telling time, adjectives, action and participation, and good behavior.

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Welcome to VirtualMusicalInstruments.com! We offer you the possibility of learning and creating music by playing Musical Instruments online using your PC keyboard and mouse control as the interface. Our online musical instruments include the virtual guitar , virtual piano , virtual drums , virtual bongos and the virtual pan flute .

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Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.

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Google Earth is the most photorealistic, digital version of our planet. Where do the images come from? How are they they put together? And how often are they updated? In this video, learn about the pixels, planes, and people that create Google Earth's 3D imagery.

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❯ Read the Experiment
Drops on a Penny

Drops on a Penny

You might think that you can't fit many drops of water on the surface of a penny. However, bonds and surface tension give water some amazing properties.

March 24, 2020 | Day 2 of 50

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Air Pressure
Can Crusher

Air Pressure Can Crusher

There are lots of different ways to crush a soda can... with your foot, in your hands, on your head. But nothing compares to the fun you'll have doing it this way...

March 25, 2020 | Day 3 of 50
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Cloud in a Bottle

Cloud in a Bottle

Making a cloud inside a bottle may help you figure out how they form outside in the sky. Warm, moist air rises in the atmosphere, cools, and beautiful, puffy clouds can be...
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March 26, 2020 | Day 4 of 50

At Home Science Experiment

Floating Ping Pong Ball

Floating Ping Pong Ball

The power of air allows you to levitate a ball in midair. Replicate this levitating object phenomenon on a smaller scale using objects that are right in your home!

March 27, 2020 | Day 5 of 50

At Home Science Experiment

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Experiment Library | Science Experiments | Steve Spangler Science

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❯ Read the Experiment Drops on a Penny Drops on a Penny You might think that you can't fit many drops of water on the surface of a penny. However, bonds and surface tension give water some amazing properties.

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Mangahigh is a game-based learning platform for primary and secondary school mathematics. We use the principles of growth-mindset and 'play' to make our adaptive and highly engaging online games improve confidence and achievement in mathematics around the world.

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March 10, 1876 - The First Telephone Call

On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell sent the first telephone message to his assistant, saying, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you." Bell was actually a teacher of the deaf, and he had been trying to invent a machine that would help the hearing impaired. Bell was as surprised as anyone when his message to Mr. Watson was transmitted.

March 11, 1888 - The Blizzard of '88

The famous Blizzard of '88 hit the Northeast on March 11, 1888. Saratoga, New York, received 58 inches of snow. Fifty inches fell on Middletown, Connecticut; 46.7 inches on Albany, New York; and 20.9 inches on New York City. The blizzard was followed by record cold. Between the snowfall and the frigid temperatures, more than 400 people lost their lives, and 200 ships sunk or were heavily damaged.

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On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell sent the first telephone message to his assistant, saying, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you." Bell was actually a teacher of the deaf, and he had been trying to invent a machine that would help the hearing impaired.

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National Geographic Young Explorer (Voyager Magazine)

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Better World Books

Better World Books collects and sells new and used books online, matching each purchase with a book-for-book donation and generating funds for literacy initiatives in the U.S. and around the world. Since its founding in 2003, the Mishawaka, Indiana-based company has raised more than $23 million for libraries and literacy, donated 20 million books; reused or recycled over 229 million books, and achieved 54,000 tons of carbon offsets through carbon balanced shipping. Better World Books provides support for Camp Wonderopolis.

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The Dollar General Literacy Foundation also provides funding for the National Literacy Directory, a resource that launched in 2010 and strives to reach the 35.7 million adults ages 18-64 who do not have a high school diploma by guiding them to better-paying, more stable jobs.

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In 2013, NCFL began a partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to ensure that our network of students, teachers, and families thrive among recent shifts in standards-based education.

The Foundation's multi-year investment leverages the unique strengths of Wonderopolis® and supports the development of the Wonder Ground and our growing network of educators committed to wonder and inquiry.

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Fitness made simple with home workouts that fit your life. Whether you're an absolute beginner, intermediate, or advanced, Sworkit makes it simple to get in shape and stay in shape.

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Learn from students all around the world!

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Nomster Chef | Recipes for Kids | Fun food recipes for kids to make for healthy eating

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Learn early elementary math-counting, shapes, basic addition and subtraction, and more.

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Animal Profiles
Read interesting facts about the behavior and characteristics of the 142 animal species in Switch Zoo.

Field Trips
Take a tour to learn how to make new animals, go on a creative writing field trip, or explore music 'performed' by animals.

Switch Zoo News and Reviews

Visitors' Pages
Switch Zoo visitors share funny and creative animal names, drawings, stories and poems about the animals, and comments about the zoo. Don't miss the fantastic drawings of combination animals created by 5th grade students.

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Animal Profiles Read interesting facts about the behavior and characteristics of the 142 animal species in Switch Zoo. Field Trips Take a tour to learn how to make new animals, go on a creative writing field trip, or explore music 'performed' by animals.

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How can I stay positive?

Try making a list of things you're grateful for. Add to your list every day. If you focus on good things, you'll have a more positive attitude. If something goes wrong, it's important to not get frustrated. Instead, tell yourself it's OK and make a new plan.

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How can I stay positive? Try making a list of things you're grateful for. Add to your list every day. If you focus on good things, you'll have a more positive attitude. If something goes wrong, it's important to not get frustrated. Instead, tell yourself it's OK and make a new plan.

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Access Kids Discover's award-winning library of Science, Social Studies, and High-Interest Nonfiction on any device, for one low price. Perfect for Grades 3-8. Educator, School, and District Options. Single Sign-on with Google and Clever. Interactive Content. Assessments and Lesson-Planing Tools.

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Science World has supported fun and engaging science education since 1989 with award-winning programming for BC teachers, parents and students. Our vast collection of resources are teacher reviewed, classroom tested and matched to BCs transformed curriculum by grade. Please use the search field and filters on the right to find an activity or unit that suits you and your learners.

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Coding for Kids | Game-Based Programming | CodeMonkey

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CodeMonkey is a fun and educational game environment where students learn to code in real programming languages, no previous experience needed.

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OCEARCH is a data-centric organization built to help scientists collect previously unattainable data in the ocean.

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Learn about the many different kinds of animals that live in the ocean, from abalone to zebra sharks.

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The Magic School Bus | Themes | Scholastic.com

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To help you paln truly unforgettable Field Trips with your kids, we;ve listed all of the topics that Scholastic's The Magic School Bus has explored. When you click on the theme below you will see a listing of all the materials on this web site that relate to that subject.

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Want to explore the world? Each year, TIME magazine makes a list. It picks some of the World's Greatest Places. TIME for Kids picks our favorites. Get ready for an adventure! Island Living Dominica is an island. It is...

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Digital Resources- Ask Teacher for Password

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Elementary Digital Resources - Digital Resources (Elementary)

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Improving reading skillsin thousands of classrooms around the globe.

We were very impressed with the level of engagement displayed by our students. Students loved getting on Squiggle Park and playing the games. Their learning was evidenced not only within the data provided by Squiggle Park but in mid-year assessments. All students showed growth in their proficiency with letters, sounds, and sight-word recognition.

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Improving reading skillsin thousands of classrooms around the globe. We were very impressed with the level of engagement displayed by our students. Students loved getting on Squiggle Park and playing the games. Their learning was evidenced not only within the data provided by Squiggle Park but in mid-year assessments.