With the beginning of summer and talk of the Summer Solstice, it gives you a good opportunity to talk about the moon. Here’s a great website with pictures and simple explanations about the moon and it’s features.http://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html
Moon dot to dot – http://www.coloring.ws/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.coloring.ws/ctd/cdmoon.gif
Check out this neat educational site all about summer bugs. They have a list of activities for insect study and lots of websites listed where you can get even more information. There is a cool section about how to make a book of bug riddles and jokes. They even give you quite a few to get you started.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson013.shtml
Did you know that there is an annual Great American Backyard Campout? This year the campout is Saturday June 28th! This is a nation-wide event. You can register your campout and get all kinds of tips, guides, recipes, and more. You can even share your photos and stories on the site.
Check it out… Great American Campout
High gas prices have you strapped? Don’t feel like you can take your family to any fun places? Why not try some virtual field trips for fun. Nothing is the same as being there, but you can at least see some new things you have never seen before.
Here’s an interesting virtual field trip that you can take that shows you how Cape Cod potato chips are made. http://www.capecodchips.com/visitors/factorytour.aspx
I’ve always been a fan of Mad Libs. I had forgotten all about them, but when I asked a couple of high school girls who had been homeschooled their whole lives what they would recommend for grammar, they said “Mad Libs.” We’ve been using them over the last year and just love it. Even my 6 year old plays along and knows what a noun and verb are.
I didn’t know you could play them online until now. Here’s a great site where you can enter your words and then see the resulting story. Try it out…
Have you ever been stuck on a math problem and just couldn’t figure it out? Well, WebMath can help you the next time that happens. You just choose the area you are having trouble with and then enter the problem. This is especially helpful for upper level math. Here’s the link… WebMath.
Did you know that scientists can tell what kind of rock you send to them? Follow this site and find out how you can send a rock to a scientist. They will test the rock with the same technology they use on the mars exploration rover and then tell you what the rock is made of. They feature a rock of the month and give you some interesting links where you can learn even more about rocks. You will see pictures of the whole process of what your rock goes through when you send one in. Here’s the link….http://ratw.la.asu.edu/
Here you can find all kinds of facts about summer, like where the “dog days of summer” originated, or a history of fireworks, plus tons more information.
I just found this cool online tour of the Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream Factory.
This first week of summer always makes me think of ice cream. Watching this virtual tour will definitely make you want some ice cream. You can even look up where you can find a Ben and Jerry’s Scoop Shop or how to take a real tour at the end of this video.
Try it out….. http://www.benjerry.com/fun_stuff/cow_to_cone/
On this first day of summer, you may be thinking that it is too late to put in a garden if you haven’t already. Truth is, there is still lots of time to plant a garden. You might even get some great deals on plants at your local nursery or garden center.
You can plant any type of squash, radishes, tomato plants, beans, cucumbers and more. You can even wait until mid July to plant a crop of beans and lettuce. They sometimes do better in the fall.
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