Plays or puppet shows

Thanks once again goes to thefwa.com for this site:

www.putonapanto.com

Excellent site for plays or puppet shows.

Beenie Time

How to make Beenies:

http://www.provocraft.com/video/index.php

click on the Knifty Knitter link.

Water Rockets

After some intense research, here are some links of interest:

http://dogrocket.home.mindspring.com/WaterRockets/coupling.html

http://wrockets.trib-design.com/index.php?project=nick&page=splicing

http://www.wra2.org/index.php

Consumer websites

Three great sites that would help teach students about money and finances:

www.handsonbanking.com


www.consumerjungle.com


http://www.nasaa.org/Investor_Education/FSI/

Where the Wild Things Are - Storyboard Artist

This page is a short interview of one of the storyboard artists for "Where the Wild Things Are"

http://byunews.byu.edu/archive09-Oct-wildthings.aspx#at

How to Use a Mac

Here is the part of the Apple website that you can use to learn how to use a Mac and it's software:

http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/

Web Design

Fantastic site with loads of articles about Web Authoring.

http://www.opera.com/company/education/curriculum/

Student videos

Student videos made by high school students:

http://www.wsdstaff.net/~spotokar/video/videos.html

Lego Mindstorms

This is our first year competing in the First Lego League. Currently, Utah does not have a league but we are trying to find out how to start one. It appears that almost every state has a league so why can't we?

In the meantime, we are going to do the best we can with what we have (isn't that our motto?) and give our students the best experience possible. There is so much information for this event that I will be starting a blog specifically for this topic.

Stay tuned for details.

Eco-Friendly websites

This site is a great resource for eco-friendly wood;

http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/index.cfm

or try this for already built furniture:

http://www.green-furniture.com/

Making music on a Mac

More musicians are turning to a Mac to make their music.

Read story here

Vector Artists

Amazing site featuring talented Illustrator/vector artists.

http://vector.tutsplus.com/web-roundups/20-vector-illustrated-masterworks-deconstructed/

eCybermission

8th and 9th grade students are challenged to design a model classroom that is solely powered by renewable energy sources.

Blog: http://ecybermission.blogspot.com/2009/08/ecybermission-challenges-students-to_11.html

Links: 

• BusinessWeek: Can the Military Find the Answer to Alternative Energy?

• Renewable Energy Guide for Buildings

• Energy Facts for Kids

• Renewable Energy Experiments for Elementary through High School
  

• Solar Activities for Students

• Solar Site Survey: Evaluate Your Site for Solar Energy
  

• Solar Designs for Homes

• Solar Matters III - Curricula for grades 6 - 8

• Understanding Solar Energy - Grades 9 - 12

• Kid Wind Projects

• Using Water to Produce Energy
  

• Geothermal Power Plant Model
  

• eCYBERMISSION: Mission Challenges

Additional links:

http://www.self.org/

Boards

Our first major project of the year in 7th grade (CTE Intro) has been to design and make a board. Students can choose between a skateboard, snowboard, surfboard, wakeboard, or longboard. Each board is about 8" x 24" and made out of MDF. The process is the following.

Trace a template, cut out the board using a jigsaw, finish off the shape using a sander and sandpaper, paint at home, and then apply vinyl that is designed and cut in class. Very fun project with excellent results.

Typing websites

A list of websites that teach typing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

http://freetypinggame.net/

http://freeonlinetypinggames.com/

http://www.powertyping.com/

http://www.schools.utah.gov/ate/keyboarding/resources/drills.htm

http://www.onlytypinggames.com/

If you have more, please let me know. I'm always looking.