I Caught a Fish This Big . . .
Tuesday, 09 June 2015
We’ve all heard a tale of the one that got away. Each time the story is told, the fish seems to grow exponentially. When we tell a story, our mind can exaggerate reality. Our story begins with something we know, and it becomes grand over time . . . and it eventually becomes fiction. Middle
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Chords and Clauses
Monday, 08 June 2015
Does your child have an interest in playing the guitar? Through SchoolhouseTeachers.com, he or she can learn from a master. Recording artist, performer, and teacher Jerry Jennings has provided us with a 28-lesson Beginning/Intermediate Guitar course. Any student in elementary through high school, even parents, can learn how to tune a guitar and play basic
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Exploring the Kingdoms
Saturday, 06 June 2015
It sounds like a course in medieval history or a Lord of the Rings literary adventure, but it’s not. The kingdoms I’m talking about are those found in nature—mammals, fungi, plants, and so on. Biology with Ruth Sundeen takes middle and high school students on a tour of the various Kingdoms—Monera, Protista, Animalia, Fungi, and
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Colonies and Costumes
Friday, 05 June 2015
Travel back to when our country began, before we were even thirteen colonies, in American History: Colonization Era with Amy Puetz. Elementary and middle school students can learn of the founding of the American colonies, beginning with Jamestown in 1607 and continuing through the colonial period and the French and Indian War in 1759. Written text
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