Empowering Minds
Empower Minds Through Play! ThinkFun has online games that stretch and sharpen your mind. These games make you think while they make you smile. Click on any game to play. Which game challenged you? Why?
Month: March 2017
Tube Challenge
Two years ago, Scott Naturals Tube-Free bath tissue wanted to cut down on unnecessary waste. By eliminating the center cardboard tube, they would save 17 billion toilet paper tubes from being thrown away each year. Quiz: How many tubes do you use? This is enough to fill the Empire State Building twice! Check out their… Read More Tube Challenge
Research and Databases
Dear Parents and Teachers, As students explore a self-selected non-fiction topic, it is important for them to recognize the importance of verifying information by looking at multiple sources. In the classroom, students have been comparing two printed resources on the same topic. Similarly, when using the internet, students must compare non-print resources. The internet is not… Read More Research and Databases
March Word of the Month: Responsibility
Be responsible! Responsibility is being accountable for your own actions. Assembly Read Aloud: But It’s Not My Fault! by Julia Cook My name is Norman David Edwards… but everybody calls me Noodle. Sometimes things happen to me that get me into trouble. But it’s not my fault! This first book in the new Responsible Me!… Read More March Word of the Month: Responsibility