K12> Classroom Connect New Topic Announcements
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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 10:18:50 -0800
From: "Lopez, Cindy " <CLo...@classroom.com>
Subject: Classroom Connect New Topic Announcements
Classroom Today is [http://www.classroom.com] the Web resource for the classroom
that links topics in science, social studies, math and language arts with the best of the Internet.
The Classroom Today topic list continues to grow and grow with these latest additions:
MATH:
PROBABILITY: EXPLORING YOUR CHANCES
[http://classroomtoday.classroom.com/TeachersLounge/About/Topics/Topic.asp?TopicID=104]
Students learn about the concept of probability while they explore how probability is used in the world around them. Can you predict when the next earthquake will hit San Francisco? Students will discover how scientists use probability to make predictions about the earth and weather. Students also explore the relationship between music and probability as they play Mozart's Musikalisches Wuerfelspiel, and compose their own minuets with the help of dice, and examine the role of probability in Mendel's genetic experiments, conducting their own experiments using a Punnett square.
LANGUAGE ARTS:
Aesop’s: Timeless Words of Wisdom [http://classroomtoday.com/TeachersLounge/About/Topics/Topic.asp?TopicID=103 ]
Delve into Aesop's timeless and cherished fables that were written over 2,500 years ago. Students will learn about the elements of a fable, and compare a selection of fables. Not every fable has a spelled out moral, some you have to figure out on your own. Students have the opportunity to get to know Aesop's various animal characters, and see how their characteristics relate to real animals. A project encourages students to create a play based on one of Aesop's fable.
Letter P: Pandas, Pumpkins and Paintings (a new Primary topic)
[http://classroomtoday.classroom.com/TeachersLounge/About/Topics/Topic.asp?TopicID=105]
What starts with the letter P? As students explore things that start with the letter P, they gather information about everything from penguins to pizza to portraits. Each of the Daily Questions takes a different theme, looking for things students might find at the zoo, on their plates, at a party, in the garden, or in the world of art. As students participate in the online and offline activities offered, the class makes a mural of things they discover start with the letter P. Connections include activities for graphing students' favorite snack ), painting a self-portrait, and hosting a plant party for Peter Rabbit! Do you know what a Portcullis is? Be sure to find out when you take a peek into the past (and learn some big words that start with letter P) on the Field Trip.
Authors: Spirit of Dickens [http://classroomtoday.classroom.com/TeachersLounge/About/Topics/Topic.asp?TopicID=108]
How does Charles Dickens capture the spirit of the Victorian age? Find out just in time for the holidays in the newest Language Arts topic. Students can take a holiday journey through Victorian England, reading a new chapter of A Christmas Carol each day. Students meet characters such as Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future and begin to understand what life was like in London in the 19th century, as well how many holiday traditions began.
SCIENCE:
Gardens: Soil, Seeds and Snails (a new primary topic)
[http://classroomtoday.classroom.com/TeachersLounge/About/Topics/Topic.asp?TopicID=109 ]
If you had a garden, what would you grow? Students learn about parts of plants and what plants need to grow. They see a wide variety of flowers and take a tour of some beautiful gardens. They can also discover how earthworms and other small creatures help maintain soil that is nurturing to plants. Students begin to see how much of the food they eat is connected to things we grow in gardens. You can use the Curriculum Connections activities to build worm viewers with your class, create a dramatization of the life cycle of a plant, study the flower paintings of great artists, and concoct vegetable soup.
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