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Cool science sitesType your paragraph or brief header here
JetPunk. Timed quizzes on a gazillion topics ("world's best quizzes"), including
• Computer nerd acronyms quiz • Name the Elements Quiz • Name the Planets Quiz • Countries of the World GREAT SITE FOR QUIZZES TO WHILE AWAY A RAINY DAY! Parade Magazine (March 27, 2005) featured a story about 15-year-old Shannon McClintock of San Diego, who built arches and ramps with square blocks when she was four, then lost interest in science in middle school. A science fair project (The Little Engine That Could) got her interested again, she started entering and winning competitions, and in 2004 won the grand prize in the Discovery Channel's sixth annual Young Scientist Challenge.
Here are some links to cool science sites for young people: Interesting Nonfiction for Kids (I.N.K.). Not just science.
Kitchen Scientists - A Guide To Home Science Experiments (thanks to Abby for this new entry)
Rubber, Plastic and More - Top Science Project Ideas (Polymer-Search)
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Books, articles, and moreWriting or telling life stories
A loving testament, or legacy letter, sharing your life experiences and lessons with the next generation
Read aloud at a memorial service decades later
Everyone has a story to tell. What's keeping you from telling yours? Become a storykeeper or personal historian or find one.
Learn to write articles, reports, ethical wills, or life stories (memoirs and beyond).
Mom — hardworking, sassy, and full of surprises
Mutual support and discussion
Social history through the life of an ordinary Midwestern businessman.
Medical mysteries, patient stories, and practical links
John Travolta played the boy in the movie. The real story ended far differently.
Thin little Marian had a cholesterol problem most people have never heard of.
You've probably never heard of this national research hospital and clinic. But someone you know may be able to benefit from it directly and all of us do, indirectly.
Prepare for skill-based slips and rule- and knowledge-based errors
Dancing, food, good books, and other diversions
Favorites of several book groups
What is the single lunch-bag item most hated by all children?
What heightens the caviar experience is the price of those little gray or black sturgeon eggs.
Links to dancing venues and calendars for the Washington, D.C. area.
Midlife "first dates"
Did she fall in love with the man or the waltz?
Also related: jive, hustle, hand-dancing.
All the dancing your feet can take
Choosing a school of dance
The big ones, with dirty stems
“A rich, varied, and highly rewarding collection,” says Joyce Carol Oates
Ceilis (Irish dancing)
Dying, mourning, and other inevitable events
“This remarkable collection, coming from personal experience and wide reading, will help many find the potential of growth through loss.” —Dame Cicely Saunders, founder of the hospice movement
For those dying, for caregivers, and for the bereaved
Listen to samples of popular songs and music
Girls and science
Cool science sites
Attention: parents, teachers.
Best practices for teaching science--to strengthen the science workforce.
Some links and a selection
File under "things that worked."
Practical matters
Identify children's learning styles and improve their ability to learn.
Six weeks to hassle-free homework.
Why parents should be concerned.
Public speaking is a craft, not an art. It can be learned.
Can you wash it if it says "dry clean"?
Fact vs. fantasy
One woman's story.
Don't focus on the fabric.
Organizational histories
A frank history of the Young Presidents’ Organization.
The little lift truck that could — a story of brilliant marketing in America's heartland.
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