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		<title>Scholastic Homework Hub</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>An Astronomical Alphabet</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>CountOn</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Haugen</dc:creator>
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		<title>Math for Morons Like Us</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Haugen</dc:creator>
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		<title>BrainsRule! Neuroscience explorations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Haugen</dc:creator>
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		<title>FossWeb Science for K-2, 3-6 or Middle School</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Haugen</dc:creator>
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FossWeb offers three sites with interactive inquiry-based science activities. The site does not have full auditory support, but downloadable audio versions of the Foss texts are  available. Each level offers a different range of features and topics, but all three offer extensive parent and teacher support.

The K-2 site includes background information, an interactive activity, [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.fossweb.com/">FossWeb</a> offers three sites with interactive inquiry-based science activities. The site does not have full auditory support, but downloadable audio versions of the Foss texts are  available. Each level offers a different range of features and topics, but all three offer extensive parent and teacher support.</p>
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<li>The <a href="http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/index.html">K-2 site</a> includes background information, an interactive activity, related photos, web links, questions answered by professional scientists for units on insects, animals, wood and paper, fabric, trees, balance and motion, pebbles, sand and silt, new plants, air and weather, and solids and liquids</li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/index.html">3rd-6th grade site</a> includes interactive activities, posters, pictures and movies, links, vocabulary, book lists and &#8216;ask a scientist for topics such as magnets and electricity, models and design, the human body, levers and pulleys, food and nutrition, earth materials, water, mixtures and solutions, measurement, physics of sound, solar energy, land forms, structures of life, variables, ideas and inventions, and environments</li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.fossweb.com/modulesMS/index.html">Middle School Site</a> includes multimedia modules, books, links and a glossary covering activities such as human brain and senses, populations and ecosystems, force and motion, planetary science, electronics, earth history, diversity of life, weather and water, and chemical interactions</li>
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		<title>Math Cats</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>K. Haugen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Math Cats web site offers several activities to explore, ideas for and examples of math crafts, and a great section on make-at-home math manipulatives. It has a simple, folksy feel, a welcome contrast to much of the slick stuff you see on the web. Most of the activities include some guided discussion of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.mathcats.org/images/logomathcats.gif" alt="math cats logo" align="left" height="75" width="110" /> The <a href="http://www.mathcats.com/contents.html">Math Cats web site</a> offers several activities to explore, ideas for and examples of math crafts, and a great section on <a href="http://www.mathcats.com/mathtoolbox/index.html">make-at-home math manipulatives</a>. It has a simple, folksy feel, a welcome contrast to much of the slick stuff you see on the web. Most of the activities include some guided discussion of how to explore and interact. The activities provide feedback rather than corrections, so the students can discover for themselves how the concepts work.</p>
<p>I especially like the <a href="http://www.mathcats.com/explore/obbl/obbl.html">OBBL Architecture Blocks</a>. You can build with different architectural shapes, but the blocks have gravity for an added challenge! Beyond that, you&#8217;ll find a balance activity, an age calculator (in hours, minutes, etc.), logic challenges, fractions, tesselations, polygons, place value, &#8216;really big numbers,&#8217; story problems, crafts and much, much more.</p>
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