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3/4 of all the girls in a certain class have cell phones. 2/5 of all the boys in that class also have cell phones. The number of girls who have cell phones is equal to the number of boys who have cell phones. In lowest terms, what fraction of the whole class have cell phones?

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Calling all Investigators! The STEM-Works team from SMU needs your help with a paper chromatography lab at the 2012 USA Science and E...

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The digits of the number 2126 can be rearranged to form other 4-digit numbers.
How many different 4-digit numbers can be formed, including 2126?

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Education News Lin-Manuel Miranda Announces Virtual School Program, #EduHam at Home

The free digital program encourages teens and their families to create their own theatrical pieces.

Hamilton and The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History have launched #EduHam at Home, a free digital program for students and their families to explore the world of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical and America's founding era. Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda announce the program above.

#EduHam at Home is an extension of the Hamilton Education Program, a classroom initiative that walks through Miranda's Hamilton creation process and ends with students making and performing their own musical theatre pieces-including on the stage of the international hit production itself before a student matinee. With the COVID-19 pandemic keeping schools closed, the program allows students to be creative theatre artists while adhering to social distancing guidelines.
WATCH: High School Students Take the Hamilton Stage as Part of #EduHam
Students who register will have access to mentorships that will help them create and perform their own narrative in the form of a song, rap, spoken word, or scene. Their pieces can be submitted for consideration upon completion, with 10 performances selected and shared each week on the Hamilton app, social media, and the GLI website.

Additional resources include the primary documents that Miranda used, exclusive Hamilton clips, and interviews with cast and creative team members. #EduHam at Home also provides an American history curriculum, introducing students to the people, events, and documents of the founding era. The program is recommended for students in 6th through 12th grades but open to all.

"Out of everything that has come from Hamilton, I am most proud of #EduHam and of the students who have created their own incredible work from primary sources," said Miranda. "I'm thrilled that we can make Hamilton learning a family experience, led by the students at home during this unprecedented time."

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Education News Lin-Manuel Miranda Announces Virtual School Program, #EduHam at Home The free digital program encourages teens and their families to create their own theatrical pieces. Hamilton and The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History have launched #EduHam at Home, a free digital program for students and their families to explore the world of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical and America's founding era.

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Live Video Programs from the National Museum of Natural History

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Live Video Programs from the National Museum of Natural History

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All Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., including the National Zoo, and in New York City are temporarily closed to support the effort to contain the spread of COVID-19. We are not announcing a re-opening date at this time and will provide updates on a week-to-week basis.

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Live Video Programs - Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

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All Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C., including the National Zoo, and in New York City are temporarily closed to support the effort to contain the spread of COVID-19. We are not announcing a re-opening date at this time and will provide updates on a week-to-week basis.

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If you are looking for more awesome ideas to do- You have GOT TO TRY THIS watercolor hack. and HOT ROCKS is literally the most satisfying thing ever.

Supplies you need or Salt Art

glue

table salt

cardstock

watercolor (or food coloring mixed with water)

paintbrush or eyedropper

cookie sheet- totally optional but keeps the salt from making a huge mess

How to make Salt Painting

Draw a pretty picture with glue! Don't be too crazy with it- It will take forever to dry. If you need help trying to figure out what to draw- check out my drawing prompts.

After you are done, sprinkle salt over the whole glue design!

Okay- here was a mistake. I let the salt sit and it expanded! Once you sprinkle the salt on, make sure to get the access off right away!

Then let dry!

I tried it out on black paper as well and it worked the same! Once it dries you just get watercolor or a food coloring mixed with water and a paintbrush to add the color with (You could use an eyedropper as well!)

Load up color and water. When you touch the salt- the paint spreads like magic. It's so cool to watch!

Here are some finished products!

Check out this video to watch the fun process of salt painting for kids (and adults! (and go ahead and follow me on agirlandagluegun)

and here is a picture to pin to save for later

If you are looking for more fun kids crafts- my craft camp has two weeks full of fun projects that you will love to do as well!

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Salt Painting for kids - A girl and a glue gun

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Salt Painting for kids- this art project is such a blast! Watch the watercolor travel and be amazed! If you are looking for more awesome ideas to do- You have GOT TO TRY THIS watercolor hack. and HOT ROCKS is literally the most satisfying thing ever.

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See if you can complete the magic squares. There is a PDF and video. Challenge your parents to see if they can find a 3x3 solution!

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Challenge yourself with dozens of word games, puzzles, crosswords, and quizzes with new content every day!

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Try this fun art activity!
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White construction paper

Aluminum roasting pan (like the ones they sell in grocery stores)

A fork

Measuring spoons

3 plastic cups

Cooking oil

Food coloring

An apron or old shirt to protect your clothing

Newspaper

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Measure one tablespoon of cooking oil into each plastic cup. Choose three different colors of food coloring, and measure one teaspoon of each color into its own cup (each cup will have one color in it). Stir the mixture in each cup with the fork (wipe it off between colors) until the food coloring is well mixed.

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Put layers of newspaper under the aluminum pan to catch any water that splashes. Fill the pan with water, but not all the way to the top. Pour a little bit of one colored oil mixture onto one area of the pan. Then repeat this with the other two colors, on different areas of the pan. What happens? Why do you think this occurs?

To make your own artwork, lay a piece of construction paper on top of the water. After 30 seconds, carefully lift it off and see the effect of the colors on the paper.

3.

Carefully remove your artwork from the mixture in the pan. Lay the wet paper flat on some newspaper, so the colors won't run, and allow it to dry overnight. You can then use your artwork as a greeting card, wrapping paper, or to decorate your walls.

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Create an Egyptian CARTOUCHE (name plate)

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Create an Egyptian CARTOUCHE (name plate)

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For over 5,000 years, people in Egypt used hieroglyphs to write their language. For most of that time, a scribe would have to learn about 500 signs in order to be able to read and write well. Most ordinary people didn't know how to read or write, though they might be able to read and write their own names, or recognize the names of their kings, which were surrounded by a loop that we call a cartouche.

Sometimes, Ancient Egyptian names were actually short sentences that expressed their parents' hopes for their new child, or their gratitude to the gods for a safe and healthy birth. For example, the name of a famous king, Ramesses, means "the sun god, Re, caused his birth."

Hieroglyphs are not used quite the same way that letters in the English alphabet are. When writing their names, ancient Egyptians could sometimes take shortcuts and write the symbols for gods or common words, but when writing the names of foreigners, they would have to sound the names out. This could be difficult, since other languages sometimes had sounds that Egyptians found hard to make. If you have ever learned to speak another language, you've noticed that not all languages have the same sounds. Sometimes, the Egyptians just had to get as close as they could to the sound of the foreign name.

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Activity: Write Your Name in Egyptian Hieroglyphs

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For over 5,000 years, people in Egypt used hieroglyphs to write their language. For most of that time, a scribe would have to learn about 500 signs in order to be able to read and write well.

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Olivia picks a number less than 4 and then performs three successive operations on it.
First, she squares it.
Then she subtracts 15 from this result.
Finally she doubles this latest result, arriving at the value 20.
What number did she pick?
First try to work the problem. Check your problem solving strategy and answer below:

METHOD 1: Use algebra.
Let x be a number less than 4. An equation representing the three successive operations is: 2(x^2 - 15) = 20. Distributing to remove parentheses gives: 2x^2 - 30 = 20. Adding 20 to both sides: 2x^2 = 50. Dividing by 2: x^2 = 25. The two numbers whose square is 25 are +5 and -5. Of these, only -5 is less than 4. The answer is -5.

METHOD 2: Work backwards.
The 3rd operation is DOUBLING. To arrive at 20, Olivia had begun this step with 10.
The 2nd step was SUBTRACTING 15. To achieve the result of 10, she had to begin the step with 25.
The 1st step was SQUARING. Granted, squaring 5 results in 25, but 5 is NOT less than 4. Ah, squaring -5 ALSO results in 25 and -5 IS less than 4. So, Olivia had begun with -5.

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This site has a list of genres to create poems. Pick a genre and click the link. When it asks you to fill in words--use words that relate to your feelings of social isolation. This is not a required assignment just a fun activity to improve your creative writing skills.

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How to Create Book Spine Poetry – Kenn Nesbitt’s Poetry4kids.com

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Poetry is an excellent way to encourage your child's self-expression. Unfortunately writing poetry can be intimidating for some.

A simple way to introduce poetry writing to young writers is through Found Poetry. Found Poetry can also help motivate reluctant writers because it is fun and they are able to see results quickly. What is Found Poetry? Found Poetry is created by taking words and phrases from other sources and rearranging them to form a poem. This allows kids to create and share their own poems quickly and easily.

I have always loved poetry. It was one of my favorite units to do with my classroom students each year, and this particular activity was always a hit. I was excited to be able to include this poetry idea in the latest e-book I've co-authored: Make Your Mark. The book includes over 30 fun projects to promote the love of writing, storytelling, and self-confidence. You can find out more about it .

How to Write Found Poetry

Materials Needed:

To create your own found poems, search through old magazine ads with your child and cut out interesting words and phrases. Magazine ads work great for this activity because they usually include a variety of short phrases. This makes it easy to read quickly and find words and phrases you want to include in your poem. Once you have collected your snippets, arrange them on your construction paper.

Is there a message or theme that most of the phrases seem to express? Or is there something your child really wants to write about? Choose which phrases and words you will keep in your poem. If necessary, search through the magazine ads for additional words to go with your poem. Try moving the pieces around on the paper until you are happy with how the words flow together.

Read the poem aloud together. When your child is satisfied with how the poem sounds, glue the phrases in place. Congratulate your young poet on their masterpiece.

If your child wants, let them decorate their paper. Display their poetry for others to read and enjoy.

Extensions/Modifications

For younger children try cutting out a variety of words and phrases for them to choose from ahead of time. Older children will have fun searching through the magazine pages on their own for phrases that interest them.

Add in handwriting practice by having your child write their completed poem on lined paper.

Create found poetry using other sources, such as newspapers, text books, cereal boxes, or even song lyrics.

Challenge your child to create a found poem based on a topic they are studying as a unique way to analyze and present information.

Poetry writing doesn't have to be intimidating. With Found Poetry your child can easily express themselves through writing.

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Poetry is an excellent way to encourage your child's self-expression. Unfortunately writing poetry can be intimidating for some. A simple way to introduce poetry writing to young writers is through Found Poetry. Found Poetry can also help motivate reluctant writers because it is fun and they are able to see results quickly.

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It’s a quest, isn’t it? Trying to help students see the point of poetry. Giving them reasons to love it. I like to give students lots of easy ways to connect to poetry before I start

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Our vast collections and the research surrounding them are available to you online on a kaleidoscope of topics-from art to zoology.

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One day when DeJuan Strickland was in fourth grade, he didn't have the money for school lunch. "That really kind of stuck with me," DeJuan, now 15, told TIME for Kids. This year, DeJuan, who goes by DJ, raised money...

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Make sure that you are doing your grade level skills.

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CoolMath4Kids - Math and Games for Kids, Teachers and Parents. Math lessons and fun games for kindergarten to sixth grade, plus quizzes, brain teasers and more.

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Here is a fun activity and some videos to help you create!

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Have you ever seen a Rube Goldberg in action? You probably have, even if you didn't know what it was. A Rube Goldberg is a contraption that uses a chain reaction to carry out a task. It performs a very basic job in a complicated way.

Let's look at an example. We'll describe a Rube Goldberg that wipes a person's chin with a napkin. That's a pretty task, right? Well, wait until you hear how the does it!

First, a person picks up a soup spoon. This action pulls a string. That jerks a ladle, which throws a cracker, which shoots past a parrot. The parrot jumps for the cracker, and its perch tilts and drops seeds. The seeds land in a pail. The extra weight in the pail pulls a cord which opens and lights an automatic cigar lighter. This sets off a rocket that causes a sickle to cut a string. This allows a pendulum with a napkin attached to it to swing back and forth to wipe the chin.

Whew! Did you follow that of events? Why on Earth would someone invent such a ? To answer that question, we must take a closer look at Rube Goldberg.

Reuben Lucius "Rube" Goldberg was born on July 4, 1883, in San Francisco, California. As a teen, he loved to draw. He even received some basic art instruction when he worked with a sign painter. Still, he chose not to pursue a career in art. Instead, he went to the University of California at Berkeley. There, he earned his degree in mining engineering.

Goldberg went to work mapping out sewer pipes and water mains in San Francisco. That didn't hold his interest for long. He began drawing cartoons for local San Francisco papers. Then, he moved to New York where he landed a job as a cartoonist for the Evening Mail.

He used his engineering background to create funny cartoons. They featured complicated machines that were described as new inventions. They did easy tasks through a of steps involving chain reactions. The public quickly fell in love with Rube's "inventions."

His work became popular nationwide. The art world also loved his works. Some of them were soon displayed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Rube eventually even made it to Hollywood. There, his movie script "Soup to Nuts" introduced a trio who would soon become famous as the Three Stooges.

In 1931, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary added "Rube Goldberg" as an adjective. It meant " accomplishing by means what seemingly could be done simply." For Goldberg, his inventions were a way of seeing the humor in everyday situations. He loved that his work made people laugh.

Over time, the cartoon inventions leapt off the pages and became real-life working machines. They were built purely for the joy of engineering and watching science in action. Goldberg's work has inspired millions. People love building their own machines to carry out , tasks.

Today, people even hold Rube Goldberg contests. In 1987, the Phi Chapter of Theta Tau, a national engineering fraternity, started the annual National Rube Goldberg Contest at Purdue University.

Each year, groups compete to make the most elaborate, creative contraptions. How do they get? Very! For example, a Purdue University team once won the competition with a that turned on a flashlight. It used a 125-step process that included a toy rocket, a simulated meteor, and a mock fire!

Have you ever built a Rube Goldberg ? Would you like to? What task might you carry out through a complicated process? Maybe you'll build the next award-winning contraption !

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Machines are meant to make our lives simpler, right? Not always! Wonderopolis takes a closer look at some interesting and complex contraptions today!

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Field trip out of the question? Think again. Thanks to technology, it's now possible for kids to visit all kinds of places from the comfort of their classroom (or home!). We've compiled a list of the best virtual field trips for you, so enjoy your "visit"!
Note: For anyone who needs it, YouTube offers a closed captioning option. Just click CC button at the bottom righthand corner.
Nickelodeon teamed up with two astronauts on the International Space Station to demonstrate how slime reacts to microgravity and had kids reproduce those same demonstrations back here on Earth. It makes for an amazing 15-minute virtual field trip.

2. The Zoo

There are so many amazing online options when it comes to zoos that we couldn't narrow it down to just one. Most zoos have live webcams in some of their most popular exhibits, such as the Panda Cam at Zoo Atlanta. However, some zoos offer a more in-depth look. You'll definitely want to check out the San Diego Zoo. Their site for kids includes behind-the-scenes videos and stories, as well as a variety of printable activities and online games.

3. The Aquarium

It's a similar story with aquariums. You have your pick of live webcams, but our favorites are the Georgia Aquarium's Ocean Voyager webcam (wait for the whale shark!) and the "jellycam" at Monterey Bay Aquarium (so soothing). You can get a more traditional, "self-guided" virtual tour of the National Aquarium, whereas the Seattle Aquarium has a 30-minute video tour.

And definitely check out The Maritime Aquarium where you can register for their virtual programs for all grades. Talk to a research vessel captain, learn about water pollution, and more!

4. The Farm

The classic preschool field trip goes online! Farm Fresh 360 allows you to immerse yourself in Canadian farm and food tours-from raising pigs to making milk and cheese. We're also loving these virtual egg farm field trips from the American Egg Board.

5. A Planetarium

Through Stellarium Web, kids can explore over 60,000 stars, locate planets, and watch sunrises and solar eclipses. If you enter your location, you can see all the constellations that are visible in the night sky in your corner of the world.

The U.S. Geological Survey monitors volcanoes in the United States. Their interactive map allows you to click on and learn about any volcano in the country.

The Nature Conservancy offers 11 virtual field trips that allow students to do everything from exploring a coastal rainforest while in a canoe to unlocking the secrets of coral reefs in the Dominican Republic. Each video is about 45 minutes long.

The first established National Park and popular vacation destination is now accessible to virtual travelers. The interactive maps are a great way to see the Mammoth Hot Springs and Mud Volcano, but we think kids will be psyched about the Old Faithful Geyser live-stream and the opportunity to make their own predictions for its next eruption.

This virtual field trip from Great Lakes Now has three components: coastal wetlands, algae, and lake sturgeon. Each video is a quick five minutes.

Discovery Education hosts a variety of virtual events -each with a companion guide with hands-on learning activities. Current offerings include Teaching with Testimony and NFL Play 60. Our pick? Tundra Connections (AKA fun with polar bears).

"Walk" through all three floors of the Boston Children's Museum on this virtual tour. Direct your kids to fun exhibits like Explore-a-Saurus and the Japanese House.

Kids can learn about the 2020 Census and how census data is collected and used. This virtual field trip also features interviews with subject matter experts and an interactive challenge.

The National Museum of Natural History's virtual experiences are self-guided, room-by-room tours of permanent, current, and past exhibits. Make sure to send kids to the second floor Bone Hall so they can take a look at all different kinds of skeletons.

Bring the iconic New York museum into your classroom or home! Experience The Met online with any of the 26 online galleries, including Christian Dior: Ball Gowns and The Art of Music Through Time.

A collaboration with over 1200 leading museums and archives, Google Arts & Culture is an incredible storehouse of monumental works of art. We recommend the Street View virtual tours as well as Art Zoom guided tours.

Boise State put together this fully interactive virtual field trip with text, photos, audio, and video. The four featured music locations are: Vienna, Austria; New Orleans, Louisiana; Cleveland, Ohio; and Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia.

The Museum of We The People, the Constitution Center serves as a "headquarters for civic education." Check out the Interactive Constitution section, and be sure to watch the virtual tour.

This living history museum provides a look into life in an early American community. The website offers eight different webcams, featuring areas such as the tavern, the armory, and the market house.

Want to enhance a unit on immigration at the turn of the century? Look no further than this virtual field trip to Ellis Island, the former immigration inspection station in New York Harbor that is also home to the Statue of Liberty.

Boasting the world's largest collection of 360° images videos, 360 Cities provides kids with the opportunity to see stunning panoramas across the globe. Their video of black ants walking on the dirt is pretty amazing.

Everyone wants to go to Paris! But you don't need a passport to see at least some of the exhibits at the world's most famous art museum. Check out the current virtual tours: Egyptian antiquities, Galerie d'Apollon, and what we think will be the biggest hit with kids-the remains of the Louvre's moat!

See one of the wonders of the world with this amazing, thousands-year old fortification system known the world over. This virtual tour has three options for touring the ancient structure: Jinshaling to Simatai, watchtower, and winter.

Most of us recognize the giant stone statues of Easter Island, but what's the story behind them? Nova's online adventure "Secrets of Easter Island" delves into the mystery with a virtual tour.

Take a visit to the National WWII Museum's exhibit on the Manhattan Project. Find a video virtual tour as well as lesson plans, essays, and other resources.

National Geographic lets you explore the world's largest cave, located in Vietnam. Use the interactive map to enjoy the fully immersive experience (sound on!).

You don't need a time machine! Discovering Ancient Egypt has a ton of free resources, but it's the interactive pyramid map and 3D temple reconstructions that really give it a field trip feel.

Virtually visit Turn Back the Clock, a museum exhibit that ran for two years at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. Through compelling personal stories, innovative interactive media, and pop culture artifacts, the exhibit takes guests through seven decades of history-from the dawn of the nuclear age to significant policy questions our leaders face today.

No, really! You can absolutely "go" to the red planet. With Access Mars, you can see the actual surface of Mars, recorded by NASA's Curiosity rover. Trust us-don't skip the intro.
What are your favorite virtual field trips? Come share in our WeAreTeachers HELPLINE group on Facebook. Plus, Free Online Resources for Teaching Your Students Virtually.

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25+ Amazing Virtual Field Trips For When You Can't Be There in Person

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The virtual tour allows visitors to take a virtual, 360-degree, self-guided tour of the entire museum by navigating from gallery to gallery either by using a drop-down map or by following navigational arrows connecting the individual nodes. Icons indicate hotspots where the visitor can get additional information such as videos, audio and links to online resources.
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If you have an iPhone or iPad, you actually have a scanner! If you are planning to scan any work to your teachers, you can use the ‘Notes App’. Open a new note, press the camera button, the option to scan document will pop up. Once the document is scanned, you can email it with less bandwidth then a photo. No need for a copier to make and send a copy.

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Attention Harry Potter Fans! Try this escape room