1030WarmUp

Tommorow is Halloween! Are you dressing up as a ghoul or a zombie??--kid's stuff!

What is Halloween really all about? What does it mean?

Look it up @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween

and

http://www.history.com/content/halloween

Take a look @ these Halloween websites:

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/games/spelloween/spelloween.html
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-dark-wood.htm
http://www.theoworlds.com/halloween/
http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/ghost-hunter/
http://www.pinkbunnylilli.de/funny-halloween/
http://www.garfield.com/fungames/scavengerhunt/scavengerhunt.html
http://mac.rash.jp/games/dasyutu/40/index.html
http://www.addictinggames.com/halloweenescape.html
http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/trick-or-treat-adventure/

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dmac

1029WarmUp

Where the Wild Things Are, Goodnight Moon, The Very Hungry Caterpillar: all famous children's books.

Ever feel like you could write one?

Here's your chance!

Check it out @

http://www.artisancam.org.uk/flashapps/picturebookmaker/picturebookmaker.php?PHPSESSID=cba2b50a15700462b92b17052c9bf55d

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dmac

1028WarmUp

You've heard of rap, reggae and reggaeton--how about classical?

What is classical music?

Look it up @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music

Check out a great site @ http://www.kusc.org/kids/

and

http://www.kusc.org/kids/brahms/base.htm

and

http://www.kusc.org/kids/sche/base.htm

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dmac

1027WarmUp

Ever wonder what happened first -- burning at the stake or the study of Astronomy?

Find out @ http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/PQTimeline/

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dmac

1026WarmUp

How much do you know about food--how much it costs, where to store it?

Check out your food savy @ http://gel.msu.edu/fantasticfoodchallenge/

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dmac

1023WarmUp

"She's got a lot of personality"

What is personality?

Look it up @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality

What's yours like?

Find out @ http://www.abc.net.au/talkitup/workitout/test_play.htm
and
https://www.cia.gov/careers/cia-personality-quiz.html
and
http://www.outofservice.com/bigfive/
and
http://www.at15.com/games/pic_a_pic
and
http://similarminds.com/personality_tests.html
and
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/FoundersQuiz/

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dmac

1022WarmUp

How are you with words?

Try these word challenges @ http://mochiland.com/articles/dictionary-com-word-play-winners.

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dmac

1021WarmUp

He didn't do it! He never did nothin to nobody!

How many times have you heard that on the news? Bad behavior--even worse grammar.

So, how's your grammar? Need some work?

Check out these websites @ http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/gamezone2.htm

and

http://fen.com/studentactivities/SinkOrSwim/SinkorSwim.html

and

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/grammar_park.html

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dmac

1020WarmUp

One of the skills that schools used to teach that has fallen out of favor is typing. That's right! Students used to take a typing class during their senior year to prepare for typing all those long research papers in college.

But no more!

Check out these cool typing sites @:

http://www.typingmaster.com/games/bubbleapplet.asp?keys=abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz&Submit=Start+Game

http://freetypinggame.net/play.asp

http://www.onlytypinggames.com/

Now take a typing test.

http://speedtest.10-fast-fingers.com/

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dmac

1019WarmUp

Robots, Robots, Robots! They seem to be everywhere..going to the moon, playing soccer, helping the elderly, teaching??? (now that's scary!)

What do they look like? What do they really do?

Check out these websites:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/robots.html

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/more_robots.html

http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/27952/japanese-robotics-see-the-future?xid=newsletter

http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/25341/robots-we-like-robots-we-fear

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/GadgetGuide/popup?id=4657172

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=1027715n

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=1172205n

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=1609109n

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=7058079

http://www.thetech.org/robotics/

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dmac

1016WarmUp

Ever been to a football game and been taunted by the other team's fans?

Now you can get viral and write your own taunt. Check it out @ http://blog.oddcast.com/2009/10/tater-taunt.html

Ever dreamed of being the star of the half-time show? Check it out @ http://blog.oddcast.com/2009/10/are-you-a-buckeye.html

Create a song @ http://www.inudge.net/index.en.html

And finally, make your own movie @ http://www.awaywegothemovie.co.uk/

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dmac

1015WarmUp

You've certainly heard of IQ. What is it?

Look it up @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iq

Take a verbal IQ test @ http://www.queendom.com/queendom_tests/transfer?req=MXwxMTIwfDUyOTE3Nzd8MXwx&refempt=1

Take a non-verbal IQ test @ http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idRegTest=1112

How about a mental speed test @ http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idRegTest=1242 and http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idRegTest=1243

Take a spatial IQ test @ http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idRegTest=1118

And, finally, what's emotional IQ?

Look it up @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_intelligence

Take an emotional IQ test @ http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idRegTest=693

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dmac

1013WarmUp

If you watch the news on TV, you know that natural disasters are BIG!!!.

What is a natural disaster? Which natural disaster is your favorite?

Just check out these websites:

http://www.curriculumbits.com/prodimages/details/geography/geo0007.html http://www.curriculumbits.com/prodimages/details/geography/geo0008.html http://www.curriculumbits.com/prodimages/details/geography/geo0009.html http://www.curriculumbits.com/prodimages/details/geography/geo0010.html http://www.curriculumbits.com/prodimages/details/geography/geo0011.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/
http://www.channelone.com/news/specials/disaster/
http://www.brainpop.com/science/earthsystem/naturaldisasters/preview.weml

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dmac

1009WarmUp

When was the last time you interacted with Nature?

From inside a classroom?

Check it out @ http://nature.ca/discover/gllrysc_e.cfm

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dmac

1008WarmUp

Have a dog? Want to boss it around?

Check out the obidient dog @ http://www.idodogtricks.com/index_flash.html

Have a chicken? Want to boss it around?

Check out the subservient chicken @ http://www.bk.com/en/us/campaigns/subservient-chicken.html

Want to start your christmas shopping early? Tell Santa what to do @ http://www.simonsezsanta.com/friendly.php

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1007WarmUp

How do you get your news? TV? Radio?

How about NewsDots?

http://slatest.slate.com/features/news_dots/default.htm

How about DoddleBuzz?

http://www.doodlebuzz.com/

How about Visual Headlines?

http://visualheadlines.com/

How about Visual Newsmap?

http://www.tsmaps.com/

World News Today?

http://www.mediastoryboard.com/daylife/

Discovery News Today?

http://dsc.discovery.com/discovery-earth-live/?dcitc=w99-502-ah-1051

Newser?

http://www.newser.com/

Need I go on?

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dmac

1006WarmUp

When was the last time you increased your vocabulary?

Check it out @ http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/ml_lit_gr06_ca/get_chapter_group.htm?cin=1&rg=vocabulary&at=vocab_games&var=vocab_games

Which new word did you learn?

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dmac

1005WarmUp

Got your thinking cap on today?

What's the meaning of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?

Look it up @ http://www.allwords.com/word-supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.html

How about some of these? http://www.classzone.com/cz/find_state.htm

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dmac

1002WarmUp

You've used MySpace. You've used Facebook.

How about Wiggio?

What is it? Take a read @ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/01/wiggio-adds-facebook-integration-video-conferencing-and-more/

Check it out @ http://www.wiggio.com/

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dmac

1001WarmUp

You are learning to use Scratch to design presentations. Another popular tool is PowerPoint from Microsoft.

But what do nice presentations really look like?

Look through the year's best @ http://www.slideshare.net/contest/worlds-best-presentation-contest-2009/entries

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dmac