Weather Wonders

Summer weather can be hot, humid, rainy, windy, or even a time for hailstorms or tornadoes. Check out the weather for your vacation destination, or find out the temperature in your own backyard!



Weather Forecast Page

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/wrhq/nwspage.html

Get information on weather specific to your area using this National Weather Service map.



Reading Weather Maps

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/maps/home.rxml

How do you read a weather map? Take a look at this site to learn the basics of weather forecasting.



The Weather Classroom

http://www.weather.com/education/

The Weather Classroom is a comprehensive exploration of the hows, whys, and wonders of weather.



World Weather Watch

http://www.youth.net/weather/welcome.html

This interactive weather project pairs up your class with another to record and share weather data.



Weather Dude

http://www.wxdude.com/

This friendly site includes weather terms, information on today's weather, satellite images, weather phenomena, and songs about weather.

Physical Education Highlights

P.E. Central: Integrated Lesson Ideas

http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/pelessonplans.html

Physical Education isn't just for the gym teacher anymore! This extensive collection of activities and lesson plans integrates physical movement into lessons in the content areas of social studies, science, math, and health.



National Association for Sport and Physical Education

http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/template.cfm

This organization "seeks to enhance knowledge and professional practice in sport and physical activity through scientific study and dissemination of research-based and experiential knowledge to members and the public."



PELinks4U

http://www.pelinks4u.org/

What's new in physical education? Find the latest in fitness, health, and nutrition.



Frank and Mike's Physical Education Page

http://www.geocities.com/sissio/physical_education.html

This comprehensive collection of physical education links is sorted by sport.



Health and P.E.

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/health.html

The dozens of lessons at this site are grade-level specific, and include traditional health and P.E. topics such as nutrition, hygiene, fitness, and safety.

Summer Gardens

How To Be A Gardener

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/htbg2/virtual_garden/

Create your own virtual garden! Select trees, shrubs, bulbs, grasses, and flowers to plant in your personally designed landscape. Then view it in 3-dimensional splendor. Shockwave plug-in required.



My First Garden

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/firstgarden/index.html

Kids, learn all about starting your first garden! Gardening FUNdamentals tells you when and what to plant. There's a Teacher's Guide with objectives and strategies as well.



School Gardens

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/nutrition/schoolgardens/schgard.html

School Gardens is a complete guide for planting a school garden. Discover planning considerations, step-by-step procedures, ideas and curricula, and rich links to other garden sites. Get growing!



Garden In Every School

http://www.kidsgardening.com/School/register.asp

If you have a school garden, or are thinking of establishing one, then this site is an excellent resource.



Kid's Valley Garden

http://www.raw-connections.com/garden/maint/maint.htm

How can you make sure the plants grow well? Topics include Soil, Watering Your Plants, Fertilizing Plants, Lots of Mulch, Supporting Plants, Thinning Your Plants, and Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!

Narrative Writing

Using Picture Books to Teach Characterization in Writing Workshop

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=101

Need a great picture book to stimulate better narrative writing among your students? Learn some different ways to develop story characters with this lesson and bibliography.



Tracy's Ten Prewriting Exercises for Personal Narratives

http://www.tengrrl.com/tens/006.shtml

Use these exercises with the traditional journalist's questions before beginning writing.



Composition Patterns: Narrative and Descriptive

http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/narrative.htm

Study descriptive elements in narrative writing and then read examples by well-known authors.



Standards for Evaluating Composing, Skills for Narrative Writing

http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~hkatz/Courses/3101/wrtngb.html

Use this rubric to assess the structure of students' writing.



The Five-Paragraph Essay

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/

The Five Paragraph Essay, an online writing tutorial for high school students, provides the following sections: Getting Started; How to Write the Essay; Editing, Revising, and Evaluating; and Writing Prompts.

Internet Safety

Student Safety On the Internet

http://www.4j.lane.edu/safety/

This site has tutorials for teens, parents, and teachers concerning student safety.



Internet Safety for Schools

http://www.4j.lane.edu/safety/

Here's a quick guide to finding the solution that's right for your school's Internet safety needs.



Stay Safe Online

http://www.msn.staysafeonline.com/

MSN provides tips for all ages on Internet safety. You can access additional links for detailed information about online security and privacy.



Safety On the Information Highway

http://www.safekids.com/safeteens/safeteens.htm

From Safeteens.com, this site suggests important things for teenagers to know about the Internet.



Iggey and Rasper's Internet Safety Game

http://www.kidscomjr.com/games/safety/safety.html

Younger kids can use this site to find tips, advice, and suggestions to make their online experience fun and productive.