NET-HAPPENINGS Digest - 16 Jul 1999 (#1999-490)
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Topics of the day:
1. K12> hilites> Ages 9-12: Free Healthy Body Image Curriculum
2. K12> The Innovative Classroom
3. CONF> 2nd internet photochemistry and photobiology meeting starts
4. RESOUR> National Interagency Civil-Military Institute
5. K12> summer science ideas from NSTA
6. SCOUT>< The Scout Report -- July 16, 1999
7. K12> Teacher of the Year Nominations
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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 11:18:01 -0500
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> hilites> Ages 9-12: Free Healthy Body Image Curriculum
From: owner-...@gsn.org [mailto:owner-...@gsn.org] On Behalf Of
Projects
Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 9:46 AM
To: hil...@gsn.org
Subject: hilites> Ages 9-12: Free Healthy Body Image Curriculum
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE. Send your replies to the
email address of the project author listed below.
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Author Email: Joe Kelly <j...@dadsanddaughters.org>
Project Information
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Project Title: Free Healthy Body Image Curriculum
Project Begin & End Dates: 7/01/99 to 12/30/99
Project Summary:
A free, classroom-tested $90 Grade 4-6 curriculum. See
www.dadsanddaughters.org/two.htm for details.
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Project Details
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Project Level: Basic
Curriculum Area: Health and Physical Education, History and Social Studies,
Language
Technologies Used: Email
Project Sponsor: Dads and Daughters - national nonprofit
Full Project Description:
Healthy Body Image
Teaching Kids to Eat and Love Their Bodies Too!
Body Image and Eating Disorder Prevention Curriculum for Grades 4-6
By Kathy Kater, LICSW
Published and distributed by Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention,
Inc. (EDAP)
It is rare for adolescents to feel good about their bodies. There is
unprecedented emphasis on external beauty and pressure on women to be thin
to be desirable. Statistics indicate that 80% of adolescent girls feel bad
about their bodies, 75% feel "fat," and up to 70% are on diets at any given
time. This behavior is steadily seeping down to younger ages. Recent
studies suggest that almost half of 3rd to 6th grade girls say they want to
be thinner (at a time when, developmentally, they need to gain body fat to
be healthy), and that a third have already tried to lose weight.
Healthy Body Image is a response to the need for curricula to prevent the
precursors to eating disorders in late elementary grades, articulated by
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 1996.
In eleven carefully planned lessons, Healthy Body Image uses
age-appropriate prevention principles to teach pre-pubescent children to:
* Develop an identity based on inner strengths rather than appearance.
* Gain historical perspectives on current American body image attitudes.
* Understand normal weight gain during puberty.
* Respect genetic diversity of body shapes and sizes.
* Be aware of the dangers (and long-term ineffectiveness) of dieting.
* Develop incentives for healthy eating and active lifestyles.
* Think critically about media messages.
* Resist unhealthy cultural pressures regarding weight and dieting.
Objectives:
The pilot results of Healthy Body Image are very encouraging. In an initial
test with 222 boys and girls (166 fourth grade and 56 sixth grade), 22 of
30 survey questions showed significant positive change. For example, the
number of students answering "true/mostly true" to the phrase "I feel good
about how my body is growing" jumped from 36% before the curriculum to 64%
after it was taught. The number checking "true/mostly true" for the phrase
"Thin people have more to offer or are more admirable than fat people"
dropped from 34% to under 6%.
"I'm impressed by this curriculum. It's the only one I know which combines
a focus on 4th-6th graders, engaging exercises of students and teachers,
encouraging outcome data, and a contagious passion for taking on the
cultural myths that encourage disordered eating."
- Michael Levine, PhD
Kenyon College
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Project Registration Information
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Project Email Address: j...@dadsanddaughters.org
Registration Acceptance Dates: 7/01/99 to 12/30/99
Number of Classrooms: 2000
Age Range: 9 to 12 years
Target Audience: National (US)
Project URL: http://http://www.dadsanddaughters.org/two.htm
Registration Instructions:
Dads and Daughters has 2000 FREE healthy body programs for your daughter's
school to use. This curriculum is aimed for 4th to 6th grades, and it's
called Healthy Body Image: Teaching Kids to Eat and Love Their Bodies, Too!
Any father can get one, if we act before the end of 1999.
Here's how - First, become a member of Dads and Daughters. (Join now!)
Second, get a teacher, school and/or school district to give a written
commitment to actually use one of these resources in classrooms. Click here
to see and print out a sample letter of commitment.
Third, send us the school's commitment (on school letterhead) and a letter
from you formally requesting the curriculum. DADs will send the curriculum
to the school - imprinted with the message that it was a gift from DADs and
YOU!
Our mailing address is: Dads and Daughters, P.O. Box 3458, Duluth, MN
55803.
In preparing to carry out this campaign, DADs researched curriculum and
other resources and Healthy Body Image is the best of what we found. Click
here to read about the curriculum.
All it costs us is a bit of our time to get our daughters' educators on
board. The benefits are huge for our daughter, her fellow students and our
community. So act today to make sure your daughter's school gets one of
these instructive, FREE resources!
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Project Contact Information
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Joe Kelly - mailto:j...@dadsanddaughters.org
Executive Director - Dads and Daughters
http://www.dadsanddaughters.org
Duluth, Minnesota
US
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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 13:28:46 -0500
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> The Innovative Classroom
Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 12:53 PM
From: nikst [mailto:ni...@orc.ru]
The Innovative Classroom
http://www.innovativeclassroom.com/
The Innovative Classroom - providing teachers with thematic units, lesson
plans, classroom management tips, and updates
Welcome to the Innovative Classroom!
Check Out The Unit On FLIGHT!
Ready-to-Print Lessons
The Daily Tidbit - Sponge Activities - Bulletin Boards - Daily Download
Send Us Your Original Teaching Ideas
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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 13:28:57 -0500
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: CONF> 2nd internet photochemistry and photobiology meeting starts
From: Paul Heelis [mailto:pa...@emedia-science.co.uk]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 8:26 PM
Today marks the start of the 2nd internet conference. I hope that you will
visit the site and take a look at the many interesting works and also take
part in the on-line discussion.
http://www.photobiology.com/photobiology99/
Paul Heelis
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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 13:28:50 -0500
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: RESOUR> National Interagency Civil-Military Institute
Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 12:59 PM
From: nikst [mailto:ni...@orc.ru]
National Interagency Civil-Military Institute
http://www.nici.org/
National Interagency Civil-Military Institute - provides free training on
domestic military support capabilities in public safety, disaster
preparedness, antiterrorism, counterdrug, and drug demand reduction
Course / Class Listing
* Class Schedule for TY 99
Research & Analysis
* Description of FREE publications offered by NICI
Contact Information
Employment Opportunities at NICI
NICI History
External Links
NICI Newsletter
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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 13:55:13 -0500
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> summer science ideas from NSTA
From: Cindy Workosky [mailto:cin...@nsta.org]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 1:52 PM
As families head to the beach for summer vacation or to the park for fun in
the sun, parents might wonder how they can keep their children's minds’
from
going on vacation. There are many ways to keep children engaged and
learning
about science during the summer break. NSTA encourages parents to look for
ways of working science lessons into summer fun – whether it’s at the beach
or in the backyard! The most important element is to spark a child’s
curiosity, which parents can do by asking probing questions that help
children find answers on their own. Here are just a few summer science
ideas
from NSTA.
-- Take a Hike. Lead children on short hikes through the woods or in the
backyard to identify leaves. Have children collect them and group them by
shape. Encourage children to try to answer questions, such as why are
leaves similar or why are they different. You can also trace bark patterns
with a soft pencil and group tracings by pattern.
-- Fun in the Sun. If the seashore is a vacation destination, the tides
provide a great opportunity to talk about the Moon’s effect on the Earth.
Children can put sticks in the sand at the water’s edge and observe and
compare the water levels at different times of the day. Show them the
animals and plants that live in the tidal pools.
-- Look to the Sky. Backyard astronomy can be an inexpensive way to
provide
a science learning experience. The regular movements of objects like the
Moon provide a rich environment for investigation, especially over a series
of days. Ask your child about the size, color, and shape of the Moon,
whether it moved, or what phase it is in. Children can also make
predictions
about what the Moon will do and when, and test their hypotheses. In many
areas, August brings great “meteor” light shows.
-- Summer Science Project. Encourage children to work on a summer-long
science
project. Visit NSTA’s web site to learn about K-12 science awards programs.
Children can use the summertime to explore themes and begin work on a
project before school starts in the fall.
--Read a Magazine. NSTA offers a great children's magazine called
Dragonfly. From skeletons and webs of life to the wonders of flight,
Dragonfly magazine introduces your child to science discovery through
themes
they love. Geared for 3rd through 6th graders, Dragonfly is a theme-based
magazine that even comes with a pull-out guide for parents! For more
information, call 1-800-722-NSTA or visit the Dragonfly web site at
http://www.http://www.nsta.org/pubs/dragonfly/
A brochure for parents, Help Your Child Explore Science, is also available
on the nsta web site at
http://www.nsta.org/parents
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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 14:29:49 -0500
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: SCOUT>< The Scout Report -- July 16, 1999
From: The Scout Report [mailto:SCOUT-...@HYPATIA.CS.WISC.EDU] On
Behalf Of Scout Project
Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 2:01 PM
To: SCOUT-...@HYPATIA.CS.WISC.EDU
Subject: The Scout Report -- July 16, 1999
======== The Scout Report ==
======== July 16, 1999 ====
======== Volume 6, Number 9 ======
====== Internet Scout Project ========
==== University of Wisconsin ========
== Department of Computer Sciences ========
== I N T H E S C O U T R E P O R T T H I S W E E K ========
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== Index for July 16, 1999 ==
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1. Scout Report for Social Sciences and Business & Economics
Scout Report for Social Sciences
http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/socsci/1999/ss-990629.html
Scout Report for Business & Economics
http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/report/bus-econ/1999/be-990701.html
2. Human Development Report (HDR) 1999 -- UN [.pdf, 262p.]
http://www.undp.org/hdro/report.html
3. _Comparative Connections_- East Asian Bilateral Relations E-Journal
[.pdf]
http://www.csis.org/pacfor/ccejournal.html
4. Economic Reconstruction and Development in South East Europe
http://www.seerecon.org/
Rebuilding Kosovo -- World Bank [.pdf]
http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/kosovo/
5. HCUPnet
http://www.ahcpr.gov/data/hcup/hcupnet.htm
6. Two From Canada
Supreme Court of Canada [.rtf, WordPerfect 6.1]
http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/
The Role of the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of
Canada
http://www.pch.gc.ca/wn-qdn/arts/english.html
7. A Hypermedia Glossary of Genetic Terms
http://www.weihenstephan.de/~schlind/genglos.html
8. Disability and the Workplace: An Internet Primer
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/reference/GUIDES/DW_Primer/default.html
9. Food Cost Review, 1950-1997 -- ERS [.pdf, 50p.]
http://www.econ.ag.gov/epubs/pdf/aer780/
10. _Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide_ -- NTIA
[.pdf, 108 p.]
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/digitaldivide/
11. Mapping the National Parks -- LOC
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/nphtml/nphome.html
The 1562 Map of America by Diego Gutierrez
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gutierrz.html
Discovery and Exploration Maps Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/dsxphome.html
_Theatrum Orbis Terrarum_
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gnrlort.html
General Map Collections
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gnrlhome.html
12. Adler Planetarium
http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/
13. Savage Seas -- PBS [Realplayer, Quicktime, Flash]
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageseas/
14. The Bookhive
http://www.plcmc.lib.nc.us/bookhive/
15. Stories of the Dreaming [RealPlayer]
http://www.dreamtime.net.au/
16. Henry's Gallery
http://www.henrysgallery.com/
17. Searchpower.com
http://www.searchpower.com/
18. Web Developer's Virtual Library
http://www.stars.com/
19. Title IX and Women's Sports
Gender Equity in Sports
http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/ge/
Gender-Equity Data -- _Chronicle of Higher Education_
http://chronicle.com/free/equity/equitysearch.htm
Title IX: 25 Years of Progress -- USDE
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/TitleIX/index.html
Women's Sports Foundation
http://www.lifetimetv.com/WoSport/
Just Sports for Women
http://www.justwomen.com/
CNN/SI -- Women's Sports
http://www.cnnsi.com/womens/
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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:51:20 -0500
From: Gleason Sackman <gle...@rrnet.com>
Subject: K12> Teacher of the Year Nominations
From: owner-...@ready.cpb.org [mailto:owner-...@ready.cpb.org] On
Behalf Of Caroline McCullen
Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 2:08 PM
To: 'WWWEdu'
Subject: Teacher of the Year Nominations
The latest Technology Teacher of the Year Award program is now on-line at:
http://www.techlearning.com/content/working/articles/teacher.html
Technology & Learning Magazine sponsors this annual contest, and as a
former National Teacher of the Year, I can tell you that the experience is
amazing. If you know an exceptional teacher who uses technology...or if
you *are* that teacher...please consider filling out this nomination form.
The deadline for submission is September 10, which means teachers will have
the rest of the summer to write up their activities from last year.
I know we have great talent on this list, and I do hope some of you will be
interested. I encourage you to share the above URL with any of your
innovative colleagues who may want to apply for this honor.
Best regards...and best of luck!
Caroline McCullen, Instructional Technologist
SAS inSchool www.sasinschool.com <http://www.sasinschool.com>
SAS Campus Dr., Cary, NC 27513 cam...@sas.com <mailto:cam...@sas.com>
919.677.8000 X2869 FAX 919.677.4444
MidLink Magazine www.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink <http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink>
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