Oakridge Sixth Grade Blog » links http://sacschoolblogs.org/oakridge2011 class of 2011 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 04:29:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Assignment for Week 13 http://sacschoolblogs.org/oakridge2011/2007/11/19/assignment-for-week-13/ http://sacschoolblogs.org/oakridge2011/2007/11/19/assignment-for-week-13/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:23:09 +0000 alicemercer http://oakridgefourthgrade.edublogs.org/2007/11/19/assignment-for-week-13/
Farmacy http://flickr.com/photos/ticky/50417600/ from Too-ticky’s photostream Creative Commons license

Here are some links to read:

OCR @ Food From the ‘Hood | Main

  • Read an update from the kids who started Food from the Hood.

Junior Achievement: teen business ideas, student entrepreneurs

  • Read about these students who have started their own businesses.

After reading about the kids in Food from the ‘Hood and Junior Acheivement, what business do you think you could start in the next few years? Why would you choose that business? Please write at least two sentences.

Links

Tess people in Math Cats’ Tessellation Town!

  • Build tessellations (repeating patterns) at this site.

NumberNut.com: Addition Activity

  • Work on your addition

Scholastic News – Postcards

  • Make a postcard to tell a story

Spiderwick Chronicles site

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From Jen Stark © 2007

The picture above is paper art by an artist named Jen Stark. Think about things like symmetry (shapes that are the same), and transformations (like reflections) when you look at this. You can click on the picture to see more of these.

Go back to our Profit/Loss spreadsheet to learn more about formulas (equations) in spreadsheets.

Links

After you finish the activity you can go to this links…

Cool math games at Coolmath4kids.com – free math games for kids of all ages

  • Start your own lemonade stand to see how much money you can make in business.

Ben & Jerry’s – Press Center

  • Learn about ice cream makers Ben and Jerry. What is interesting about this company?

Colors in Motion

  • This is a fun and informative site about colors
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  • Learn about the history of Wells Fargo at the museum Website

Cool math games at Coolmath4kids.com – free math games for kids of all ages

  • Start your own lemonade stand to see how much money you can make in business.

Hot Shot Business

  • Think you can run a business? Try this game to see if you know what you’re doing.
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  • Back by popular demand

Story Starter: Landing Page

  • Write a scary story at the Goosebumps site.

GOALS: Global Online Adventure Learning Site

  • Read about the GOALS project

RAINFOREST Math

  • For the second week. Use this to work on math skills.

Make a monster

  • Make your own Halloween monster
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  • This site is part of a public service campaign to encourage children to become inventors. Look at it for ideas for your public service announcement about perseverance.
  • When you go to the site, click on the T.V. remote to play the video or stop it playing

Is inventing things a risk you’d like to take?

idealist.org – Welcome to Idealist.org – Imagine. Connect. Act.

  • Want to learn more about helping others?

Identify Fractions with Circles

  • Try these activities to identify fractions

It’s My Life | PBS Kids GO!

  • PBS Kids site for kids your age

Make your own kaleidoscope

  • Make your own kaleidoscope images from flickr photos.
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D.A.R.E. America – DARE, drug abuse resistance education

It’s My Life . Body . Alcohol . Thinking About Drinking | PBS Kids GO!

Links worth going to again…

BBC – Schools – Dance Mat Typing – Level 1 – Stage 1

  • Back by popular demand

Funbrain.com’s Number Cracker Game

  • Play the number cracker game at FunBrain.
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Funbrain.com’s Number Cracker Game

  • Play the number cracker game at FunBrain.

Spike’s Game Zone by Coolmath.com – Free online games

Games on coolmath4kids site. Please do one brainy puzzle, before you do Spike’s games ;-) .

Risk Watch: Make Time for Safety

  • What is a dangerous risk? Read here.

Mr. McGlynn’s Grade 2SM

  • This is a second grade class in Australia. Read the posts from the teacher, and the comments from the students.

Guinness World Records – Records Home Page

  • Think about what risks do people take when they are breaking some of these records.

BBC – Schools – Dance Mat Typing – Level 1 – Stage 1

  • Back by popular demand

RAINFOREST Math

For the second week. Use this to work on math skills.

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  • This is a second grade class in Australia. Read the posts from the teacher, and the comments from the students.

Guinness World Records – Records Home Page

  • Think about what risks do people take when they are breaking some of these records.

BBC – Schools – Dance Mat Typing – Level 1 – Stage 1

  • Back by popular demand

RAINFOREST Math

  • For the second week. Use this to work on math skills.
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  • What is a dangerous risk? Read here.

Time for Kids | News | Getting Ready for the Winter Olympics

  • What kind of risk are Olympic athletes taking? Is this a good risk or a dangerous one?

BBC – Schools – Dance Mat Typing – Level 1 – Stage 1

  • Type your fingers off to the tunes here

RAINFOREST Math

  • There are lots of games to practice your math skills in this site.
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