Release week March 18, 2007: Europe

Standards

• Home Economics: Students will collect pictures of clothes to create a personal wardrobe.
• Science: Students will research the materials used to create modern military clothes and related gear.
• Science: Students will research and report on the technology of modern footwear.

Release week March 11, 2007: Eastern Nations

Standards

• Social Studies: Students will compare “rich” clothes to “poor” ones.
• History: Students will compare ancient Eastern clothes with modern fashions.
• Geography: Students will locate the appropriate countries matching the costume origins.

Release week March 4, 2007: What People Wore

Standards

• Social Studies: Students will cut out photographs of modern “costumes.”
• History: Students will identify and match the costumes with the proper place and status.
• Language Arts: Students will create a puppet play with the costumed cutouts.

Release week Feb. 25, 2007: The First Female Physicians

Standards

• Social Studies: Students will read the newspaper for examples of women at work. Discuss any areas of equal or unequal gender involvement.
• Health: Students will question and listen to a female physician (or medical student).
• History: Students will report on a famous female doctor (or interview a local female doctor or medical student).

Release week Feb. 19, 2007: Pyramids

Standards

·        Social Studies: Students will identify important buildings in the newspaper.

·        History: Students will report on theories of how the pyramids were constructed.

·        Art, Math, History: Students will create scale models of pyramids.

Release week Feb. 12, 2007:  Germany

Standards

·        Social Studies: Students will share newspaper articles and ideas about how Germany affects today’s world.

·        History: Students will report on a castle from Germany or create a replica.

·        Language Arts: Students will make a list of “English/German” words we use.

Release week Feb. 5, 2007: Lions

Standards

·        Social Studies: Students will discuss how members of a group assign tasks to their members.

·        Science: Students will chart and compare the daily diets of several kinds of animals.

·        Science: Students will create a Web quest to learn about lions and challenge their classmates.

Release week Jan. 28, 2007: Prehistoric Oceans

Standards

• Current Events: Students will make a brief time scale of current events.
• Science: Students will create a large collection of prehistoric ocean creatures on a poster or bulletin board.
• Science: Students will create a multimedia depiction of the breakup of Pangea.

Release week Jan. 21, 2007: Automata & Mechanical Toys

Standards

• Science: Students will find examples of entertainment, such as mechanical toys, in the newspaper.
• Science: Students will identify the basic mechanisms of simple machines.
• Science: Students will diagram a simple machine of their own design.

Release week Jan. 14, 2007: Hippos

Standards

• Social Studies: Students will discuss how people adjust to the different social groups/people they meet throughout their lives.
• Social Studies: Students will make a list of various names for animal groups.
• Social Studies: Students will report on physical features of various animals and how they help the animal survive.

Release week Jan. 7, 2007: Nova Scotia

Standards

• Social Studies: Students will use newspaper articles to discuss how cultures immigrating to new areas change and are changed by the new location.
• Social Studies: Students will create a giant string outline of Nova Scotia.
• Social Studies: Students will research the huge tides in the Bay of Fundy.

Release week Dec. 31, 2006: Snowflakes

Standards

• Science: Students will research how temperature and latitude affect snow.
• Science: Students will examine snow and ice crystals.
• Science: Students will make paper snowflakes and learn more snow-science facts.

Release week Dec. 24, 2006: Basketry

Standards

• Art: Students will identify modern forms of containers in the newspaper.
• Art: Students will examine woven materials and classify the type of weave.
• Art: Students read about baskets used in literature.

Release week Dec. 17, 2006:  Glaciers

Standards

• Science: Students will locate glaciers on continents in the current news.
• Science: Students will make model glaciers.
• Science: Students will create an ice-cream glacier and observe various characteristics of glacier movement.

Release week Dec. 10, 2006:  Eating Right

Standards

• Health: Students will identify food references in the newspaper.
• Health: Students will examine their own diets and plan healthy changes.
• Health: Students will share a healthy potluck lunch.