Volume 3, Issue 9 September 2013

Monthly Newsletter

Constitution Day Resources

http://www.infotopia.info/constitution_day.html

Find videos, lesson plans, games, interactive activities, Constitution FAQs, primary source documents, and more, to celebrate Constitution Day on Tuesday, September 17, 2013. This resource page links to more than 15 web sites about Constitution Day.

Our resource page on September 11th includes drawings done by students, video interviews, quotes, blogs, oral history archives, poetry, pathfinders, and more. Please be sure to review the videos in advance of showing them to students.

http://www.infotopia.info/september_11.html

September 11th Resources

Who invented liquid paper? Which 1960s TV musical group did her son belong to? Learn more about inventions and inventors at Kidtopia by going to our scientists and inventors page. The Enchanted Learning Page is especially good.

http://www.kidtopia.info/scientists.html

(Answer: Bessie Nesmith in 1951. Her son was Michael Nesmith, a member of the Monkees.)

Did you know that you can sign up for a class guest speaker on Skype in the Classroom? Some of the topics include oceanography, interviews with authors, practicing Spanish with a native speaker, the World War II museum in New Orleans, and more. Some topics include lesson plans and multimedia materials. Let us hear from you when you try it out!

https://education.skype.com/guest_speakers

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September Events

Banned Books Week—September 22-28, 2013 http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/ Constitution Day September 17, 2013 September is Library Card Sign Up Month

Trivia Question of the Month In regard to Banned Books Week in September, what was the #1 most challenged book during 2012? What was the most challenged book of the decade? Why? You might be surprised at the results. Have your students do a search on Infotopia to discover the answer.

We have over 18 different web sites recommended for help with science fair projects. The projects range from Pre-School to High School level. There are also sites on how to use the scientific method in your science fair project, the most important thing to be learned in the entire process! http://www.infotopia.info/sci_fair_projects.html

I read banned books.