Welcome to another edition of homeschooling resource of the day. As always, if you see something you want changed, you have something you would like added, or know of something that should be featured please feel free to leave me a comment.
Today’s website is Newton’s Apple! A lot of people already know about the show, but few people know about the website! From the main page you can either click the categories or enter a keyword into the search box for video clip from Newton’s Apple shows. If you click the category you will come up with lists of videos as well as guides to go along with the videos. The guides give an overview as well as an activity to perform. Then if you go back to the main page they have science try its. With yet another activity to go along with most of the videos available. Love it!
Word of the day: jejune \juh-JOON\, adjective:
1. Lacking in nutritive value.
2. Displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; childish.
3. Lacking interest or significance; dull; meager; dry.
This Day in History Oct. 11th
My apologies, I will not be able to put links in all of the this day in history events as it takes entirely too long to find them all and get them in here. If there is something listed that you can’t find information for, please leave a comment and I will be happy to help you with those.
1776 : Brig Gen Arnold’s Lake Champlain fleet defeated by British
1797 : British naval forces defeat Dutch off Camperdown, the Netherlands
1811 : The Juliana, the 1st steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation
1864 : Slavery abolished in Maryland
1865 : Pres Johnson paroles CSA VP Alexander Stephens
1890 : Daughters of the American Revolution founded
1899 : Boer War begins in South Africa
1915 : Bulgaria enters World War I
1922 : 1st woman FBI “special investigator” appointed (Alaska Davidson)
1932 : 1st political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, NYC
1942 : United States defeats Japanese in the Battle of Cape Esperance
1945 : Chinese civil war begins, Chiang Kai-Shek vs Mao Tse-Tung
1968 : Panama revolts
1972 : Prison uprising at Washington DC jail
1978 : Aristides Royo elected president of Panama
1982 : English ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England
1983 : Last hand-cranked telephones US went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial
1985 : Pres Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands
1990 : Center for Urban archaeology opens in NYC South Street Seaport Museum
1990 : Oil hits a record $40.42 per barrel
2002 : Jimmy Carter wins Nobel Prize
Journal Prompt:
It was a dark and stormy night…..
Past Homeschooling Resource of the day
Note: At the time that this was written and published, the websites linked here are kid friendly. However, due to the changing nature of the web, we always recommend that the first time you visit a site, you check it out alone, without children present. This way, you are assured that the content is appropriate for your child.