Amberly Media Center

International Olympic Games
NBC Olympics
ESPN Olympics
Team USA
Other Olympic Links and Lesson Plans

Use InfoCentre and the Internet to fill in the missing information in the entries in this bibliography. 

Armentrout, __________. Daniel Boone. Vero Beach, Fl.: Rourke Pub., 2001. 
“Boone, Daniel.” Biography for Beginners: World Explorers. ______________, MI: Favorable Impressions, 2003. 
Burke, Rick. Daniel Boone. Chicago: _____________ Library, 2004. 
Cobblestone: Daniel Boone. June, 1988. Peterborough, NH: Cobblestone Publishing, 19_____. 
“Daniel Boone: American [...]

Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia written by volunteers who work together to revise and edit the articles. If you register and log in, you can contribute information to Wikipedia. That’s both good and bad! 
Accuracy/Reliability: Recent studies suggest that Wikipedia has a percentage of misinformation similar to other encyclopedias (20% is a common estimate). 
Bias: All authors [...]

How did April Fools Day get started? Here are some links to answer your questions and motivate the prankster in you.

April Fools’ Day: Origins and History
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aprilfools1.html
April Fools Day
http://www.thefoolsday.com/ 

Now take a look at these bogus websites; use your web evaluation skills to analyze why these are only for April Fools.

Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie
http://zapatopi.net/afdb.html
The Dangers of Bread 
http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/bread.html
MoonBeam [...]

Use Fact Monster to find the answers to these questions.
1. Was there a leap year in 2000? Why or why not?
2. What are your chances of being born on leap day?
3. Precisely how many days, hours, minutes, and seconds does it take the Earth to travel around the Sun?
4. Who first came up with the [...]

Check out the Yuckiest Site on the Internet: http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/
Try these questions.

What is the gunk in my eye?
How much gas do I have?
What is mouth rot? (hint: look up bad breathe)
What is dandruff?
How many hairs fall out of your head on average each day?
What is spit good for?
How much skin does a person shed in a [...]

Try these links to learn about Groundhog’s Day.

The Official Site of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club
http://www.groundhog.org/
Groudhog Day Quiz
http://a4esl.org/q/h/mc-lb-ghd.html
Groundhog Concentration
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/groundhog-c.htm

InfoCentre includes links to many web sites that are useful for school projects. 4th and 5th grade students researching biographies of famous Americans often find links to Gale’s Student Resource Center. Here are some questions to practice using this site.
Malcolm X
1. The family moved to ___________________ in 1929….
Rosa Parks
2. She returned to _______________________ in 1959 [...]

To review the parts of a web page we will be doing a worksheet on this student-created timeline of Martin Luther King’s life.
 If you finish early, here are some videos of Martin Luther King’s speeches to watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEMXaTktUfA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0FiCxZKuv8&feature=related

Downloads:

Web Browser Worksheet
MLK Matching Worksheet

5th grade students will begin their own blogs in January over in Blogmeister. Click here to visit the site.
Downloads:

Blogging Contract
Parent Letter
Blog Article Instructions
Changing Your Blog Template
Adding Comments
Adding Images to Blog Articles