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National Metric Week (October 8-14, 2006)
It's the 10th month of the year and the week containing the 10th day!
Discover more about the measurement system based on 10.
U.S. Metric Association - Scroll down this web page for many metric resources.
Metrics Matter - A Thinkquest website to learn more about the metric system - there's a converter included on each page to help convert from the English system to the metric system.
All You Need to Know for Everyday Life - A simple explanation of basic metric system; The home page has a detailed history and be sure to check other areas such as Metric in the Kitchen and the Metric Conversion Cards.
Ideas for Celebrating Metric Week - What is the official name of the modern metric system and what is its abbreviation? The metric system consists of how many base units? Find answers to these questions and see ideas for celebrating metric week.
A Metric World - (from Scholastic) Students learn how to convert quantities from the English system to the metric system and think about the many ways in which measuring quantities is a part of daily life. (Click to download the printable version of the lesson plan for the worksheets.)
Metric Mania Lessons - Metric lessons on length, volume, mass, conversion practice, and links to additional metric resources.
Animal Weigh-In - Do you know your kilograms and pounds? Drag weights to the empty scale to balance the animal's weight in either kilograms or pounds.

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Mystery Explorer Postcards - Who Is It? Use Inspiration to organize and compile facts about different explorers. Create a postcard -- write from the explorer's point of view! Have your classmates guess the mystery explorer! Challenging!
Explorer's Graveyard! This lesson offers a unique way to display information students acquire while researching Explorers and includes a combination of research and creative writing. You may even want to encourage students to use MS PowerPoint to design an individual "tombstone slide", then put them all together for a class show!
Famous Explorer Reports! Write a report about one of your favorite explorers. Information about how to write a report as well as explorer web sites can be found at this Enchanted Learning web site.
The Columbus Navigation Homepage  Examine the world of a famous explorer! Find information on celestial navigation, longitude, and the ships Columbus sailed.
Columbus's Lost Ships Discover information about Christopher Columbus's ships -- How many were lost?
The Lewis and Clark Expedition Discover the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
Go West Across America with Lewis and Clark! Enjoy this resource with your students - They can personalize the web site with their name!
Lewis and Clark Follow their adventures with this interactive journey log! You'll see historical photos, drawings, and map along with text entries.
Voyages of Discovery and Exploration - This web site has links for a multitude of explorers - catagorized by period and region! Wonderful!
Unitedstreaming Videos Available! - "Exploring the World: Spanish Explorers of North America", "Challenging Geography: Explorers Discover America", "Exploring the World: The Viking Explorers", "Westward Strategy: Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition", "Math: Travel Around the World to Explore Trade", and more!

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  Bats!  Wonderful photos in the Bat Facts section of this site!
Bats!  An excellent site for bat information and projects!
Bats!  from Enchanted Learning - A teaching theme unit.
Unitedstreaming Video Available! - "Animal Profiles: Bats"

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  Pumpkins! How much do you know about pumpkins? This PowerPoint show provides many interesting pumpkin facts!
101 Things to do with Pumpkins!
The Pumpkin Nook - More pumpkin fun - giant pumpkins, carving, jack-o-lanterns, recipes, word search, games, etc. Be sure to look at the Facts/Education section!
  Grow Pumpkins! - Steps on how to grow pumpkins 

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Coming Soon! Election Day - November 7, 2006!!
Teach your students about elections, government, state representatives, and promote good citizenship! (The last day to register to vote in the November 7, 2006 election is October 7, 2006!)
South Carolina Election Commission - Information and facts for voters
SC Votes
SC Elections
The Green Papers
Ben's Guide to Government - K-Grade 12 Resources for learning about our government
Vote with your Class! - Create an Excel spreadsheet such as this to record votes!
Encourage students to practice reading graphs as well as make their own!

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  The Virtual Body!  This is a must for those of you studying skeletal systems!  An absolutely wonderful site to share with your class as a group internet activity.  Click on "Skeleton" and you can hear a narration of the bones, see zoomed pictures of bones, or - for fun - build the skeleton! Give it a try - your students will enjoy it!

(This site also includes the Human Brain, Human Heart, and Digestive Tract - ghoulish!)

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"Creepy Creatures!"  -  Learn about the classification of animals! Design your own "creepy creature!" Write a descriptive paragraph!
Students will have a "terror--rific" time learning with this integrated lesson.
Fall Adventure!  The "Hawks" and the "Bats" enjoyed a nature walk. They recorded what they saw using a Venn Diagram!
Answer questions about their adventure and learn all about Venn Diagrams.

Excel in Fall - Practice technology skills using MS Excel while solving these fall math word problems!
There are several sheets in this Excel file - see if you can discover the answers to all of them!

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Stock Market - October 29, 1929 - Stock Market Crash/Beginning of the Great Depression - Read newspaper articles from the New York Times to learn more about this historical event.
America's Story (Jump Back in Time) - Read and learn how the stock market crash affected everyone.
Stock Market Quiz - See how much you know about the stock market crash of October 29, 1929.
Stock Market Investing - Use this MS Excel spreadsheet to see how stocks you choose today gain or lose money!
There is a completed example sheet, a chart sheet, and a blank template sheet for you to choose your own stocks. Who wants to be a millionaire?
The NASDAQ Stock Market - American Stock Exchange - Up to date information

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Pirates of the Caribbean - Information and photos are included in this web site that has everything to offer about the life of pirates!
Pirates! Fact & Legend - Facts of Piracy, Jolly Roger, Pirate Legends, Types of Pirates, Pirate Ships, and more.
The Crows Nest - An Exploration of Pirates in South Carolina!
Pirates - What are Pirates, Buccaneers and Privateers? Discover this information and lots more. Be sure to try the Pirate Treasure Hunt!
Pirates (from National Geographic) Embark upon a "High Seas Adventure" or just learn more about Pirate Ports and the famous Blackbeard!
Pirates of the Whyduh - Explore the real life of pirates through North America’s famous pirate shipwreck!
Treasure Island - Read about Robert Louis Stevenson who wrote this famous pirate tale and meet the characters!
Dunbarr Bound - A pirate adventure with many different story lines depending on what you choose!
Beej's Pirate Image Archive - Images of pirates, ships, etc.

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North Carolina Legends and Ghost Stories - Several tales to spook you! Read, enjoy, then write your own!
The Moonlit Road - Ghost stories and strange folktales of the American South, told by the region's most celebrated storytellers.
Halloween on 13 Pumpkin Avenue - Even sounds scary, doesn't it? Lots of interesting fun here though!
Trick or Treat.com - Spooky Activities, Ghoulish Games, Creepy Free Stuff, Teacher Resources, and more!
Take the virtual tour through the Haunted House (Spooky Acivities)to learn the origins of Halloween traditions!
Halloween Jokes - More Halloween jokes for the kid in all of us.
  Halloween Activities - (from the Teacher's Corner) Find examples of lessons as well as other links for classroom activities
  Salem Witch Trials - (links from Eduscapes) - Research for your older students.
Unitedstreaming Video Available! - "Holiday Facts and Fun: Halloween"