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Who Pooped dot Org

Jun 162009

I found a fun site today via Twitter that I bet your kids will just love! And it may just crack them up, too! It’s called WhoPooped.org and while you are there, you can learn some fun facts about poop. And guess what else? When you’re done learning all the cool poop stuff, you will be a real-life, bonafide Poop Expert! It’s true! Look, here is my certificate:

Haha! How cool is that? Now what kid wouldn’t just love that? I bet they didn’t get any end-of-the-school-year certificates like that!

And then once you have your super groovy Poopcertificate, you can meet the Experts at the Minnesota Zoo. I’ve actually embedded the video right here on my blog for you:

You can visit the Minnesota Zoo Channel on YouTube and see all kinds of cool animal videos!

Have fun earning your Poopcertificate!!

Activities : Plant Your Name with Seeds!

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Mar 262009

Image by Tie Guy II via Flickr

This is a really super cool activity that will help kids with reading AND science! I would love to do this with my own name – so much fun! Gardening is such a fun activity to do with your kids and it provides so many learning opportunities, but, this is a very unique way that it can help your child with his/her reading skills! I love it!

From the site:

Kindergarteners spend hours and hours reading, writing and exploring the sounds in their own names, and in those of their classmates. Teachers love to use names to help reinforce key skills in early reading instruction… and parents can help!

Seriously, this looks like a lot of fun! Go there now: Activities : Plant Your Name with Seeds!

I found this activity – written by Julie Williams – on Education.com

Underwater Volcano Eruption

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Mar 192009

You have got to see this video – it’s truly amazing! It is an undersea volcano erupting!

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Wasn’t that incredible? Interesting that it happens now, when tons of school kids around the United States are busy preparing their own volcanoes for their Science Fair projects.

Now I know you guys have heard of Steve Spangler and other science guys erupting Coke with Mentos candies. But did you know that a lot of kids are actually making their volcanoes erupt with Coke and Mentos. I just learned that recently. It’s cool, because, mixing Coke and Mentos is so. much. fun. But it’s kind of sad, because, it’s so much fun when our kids partake in the very same activities we did when we were kids!

I actually thought I might get some Coke and Mentos for my kids for some Spring Break fun. Hey – if it would tear them away from video games and the internet for even a little while, it would totally be worth it!

Big ‘ol hat-tip to JustJulie and 408Down for this post!

Image via Wikipedia

Valentines Day Science AND Craft Fun With Steve Spangler

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Feb 062009

I absolutely love this – Steve Spangler and his friend, Harmony Conger, are combining three very cool things for a great activity to do with your kids! It’s a wonderful mix of:

VALENTINES DAY + SCIENCE + CRAFTS = FUN, FUN, FUN!!

And the cool thing is, the kids get to learn some science while they’re being super creative! They learn about acids and bases! I’m telling you – learning about science is fun! Either it’s gotten a LOT better since I was a kid or I just had my head in the sand! Whatever is true, I’m just glad it’s so great these days! My daughter actually says that science is her FAVORITE subject! To me, that’s a SCORE – big time!!

Steve is sharing his fun and learning all over the web, which this internet-crazy mama thinks is GRRRREAT! You can read his blog right here: Steve Spangler Blog and he is even on Twitter!! Click here: Steve on Twitter – and say Hello! to him yourself!

Educational Technology

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Dec 022008

I found the most wonderful blog today, via Twitter!

Welcome to NCS-Tech!

There was so much good stuff on there that I felt like a kid in a candy store! There was a very helpful post about how educators can get Google Earth PRO for FREE – and I’ve already emailed that post to our technology guy in our school district.

I’ll come make this post prettier and the like – I just didn’t want to lose track of this awesome blog!