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To Seek or Not to Seek?
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Folklore & Mythology
Internet Sites
About Inquiry: Questioning, Scientific Method, Puzzles
- You Can: Questions List - Beakman and Yax's collection of questions and answers. Good fun.
- Newton's Apple - This is a great site filled with short and quick experiments which demonstrate some of the excitement and fun of science. This site might encourage more participation by students, as it promotes questions and hands-on answers.
- Insects Lessons - Teaching about insects to grades 2 and 3. Since many of your students will be mentioning insects during their observation, this mini-unit might be lots of fun for them.
- Inquiry Almanack - Packed full of interesting topics related to inquiry-inspiring uses of literature, science, math, and art in the classroom.
- Why do leaves change color? - Questions and complete answers for kids, including information, activities, and graphics.
- Science Fair Ideas - A well made list of questions to ask students to pique their curiosity enough to do their own projects.
- Botany Projects - Some really fun projects involving the growing of seeds under different conditions.
- Dr. Bob's Home Page - A page dedicated to the wonders of science. Dr. Bob says it best: "Science is the observation, investigation, and explanation of the things that happen around us."
- Thinking Fountain Activity Cards - Science Museum of Minnesota's inquiry-based fun activities you can do at home or in the classroom with few materials.
- Links to Earth/Sun Sites - Here is a site from an online 8th grade lesson plans. This page of the lessons is just for related links around the web. It is a good list on subjects such as the seasons, latitude and longitude, etc.
- The Natural Perspective - Fantastic photos of different kinds of animals, plants, fungus and insects which inhabit the world.
The Natural World and Descriptions of Seasons
Children's Books
- On the Day You Were Born by Debra Frasier.Trumpet Club, 1991. A wonderful description of the world and its everyday patterns. At the end, there is a nice section which tells more about the science involved.
- Possum's Harvest Moon by Anne Hunter. Houghton Mifflin, 1996.
- Spider and the Sky God: An Akan legend by Deborah Newton Chocolate. Troll, 1993. An Akan legend about how spider and his clever wife fulfill a quest.
- No Moon, No Milk! by Chris Babcock. Scholastic, 1993. A funny story about a stubborn cow who won't give milk until she's been to the moon. Beware the confusing cover art showing the moon as a sliver on whose edge you can sit.
- Draw Me a Star by Eric Carle. Scholastic, 1992. This is about an artist who begins by drawing a star and then encourages us to draw everything we see around us.
- Owl Moon by Jane Yolen. Philomel, 1987.
- Promise to the Sun by Tolowa Mollel. Little, 1992.
- Mister who Wanted the Sun by Jurg Obrest. Atheneum, 1984.
Folklore Mythology
Carl's Lessons
- Word Lore - Carl's lessons on exploring words we use in this curriculum, such as where did the word "Sun" come from, or what is the difference between "daylight" and "day"?
- The Story of Gylfi - Carl has translated portions of the Prose Edda which include the story of a king who goes to the gods in search of answers about the nature of the world.
Stories about Using Observation
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The Wise Little Girl - A tale about being wise and clever and thinking on one's own to solve problems and riddles.
- Native American Lore Index - This site has been named a Discovery Channel Internet resource, and is
packed full of all of the Native American stories you can think of. Amazing.
- Tales of Wonder - A collection of folk tales from around the world. Easy to print out -- few images.
Lore Surrounding the Earth and the Coming of Autumn
- North caroline Weather Lore - Folklore about predicting the autumn weather from watching the world around us.
- Star Charts and Moon Stations - An advanced discussion about the Japanese Folklore surrounding the stars and the seasons. Lots of diagrams and pictures!
- The Japanese Calendar - An interesting and helpful piece on the Japanese calendar, including the animals and stories related to each Year. There are drawings and diagrams of the calendar and Japanese characters associated with it.
- St. Valentine's Day - A myth about Mother Nature and the Birds on St. Valentine's Day.
- Guide to Wild Foods - A great site offering photos of and complete characteristics of foods you can pick from the forest or your backyard.
- Tree Myths and Folklore - A nice article about all of the cultural aspects of trees, including the myths, beliefs, and qualities of each species of tree.
- The Lore of Trees - An intense resource of the qualities and characteristics of trees, as well as their sacred connotations.
Autumn Holidays
(For more on holidays, see the Through Thick and Thin Resources Page)
Halloween, or Samhain (pronouced Sow-wun)
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Origins of Halloween - A fairly rational discussion of Halloween's
origins in the ancient Celtic New Year festival, Samhain. It over-generalizes
somewhat, but is fairly sound. Useful footnotes and bibliography.
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Dalriada Celtic Heritage Trust: Samhain on Three Levels -
A brief discussion of Samhain, the ancient Celtic New Year festival. It
concentrates on an Irish/Scottish angle and indulges slightly in some semi-mystical
specualtion.
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Irish/Celtic Seasonal Celebrations: Samhain - A long
list of customs associated with holidays deriving from Samhain, the ancient
Celtic New Year which took place around 1 November. Unfortunately, there
are no references to where or when the various customs listed were practiced.
Part of a page dealing with several Celtic festivals.
- Samhain
- Some information on Halloween and its origin in Samhain, the
ancient Celtic New Year festival. Generalizes a little.
- Halloween
on the Net (and Day of the Dead): The Story - Aimed at kids,
this site explains the origin of Halloween in the the ancient Celtic
New Year festival, Samhain, and mentions the various other holidays which
derive from the same source. It does not seem to have been written by
someone familiar with Celtic culture, and presents some rather speculative
and overgeneralized descriptions. On the whole it is not too bad though.
Harvest and Light Festivals
- Thanksgiving
Resources from the Bellingham Schools - An excellent page of
resources on Thanksgiving, a major harvest festival in the United States
(the like-named holiday in Canada takes place slightly later in the year).
This site was developed by a school, and so is great for kids. A variety of
resources, including maps, historical documents, student and teacher resources.
- Thanksgiving on
the Web - Another site for kids dealing with Thanksgiving, a
major harvest festival in the United States. Some resources, games, and links.
Beware of the annoying music which this site automatically plays.
- Laksmi Divali:
The Festival of Lights - A brief discussion of a Hindu festival
honoring Laksmi, a goddess of fortune. The festival takes place in mid- to
late October and is associated with light and the harvest.
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The Fall Holidays on the Web - A pages with links to sites
discussing the various Jewish autumn holidays, including the harvest festival
Sukkot.
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Sukkot: Kids - Intended for kids, this page discusses the
Jewish harvest festival Sukkot.
- Festivals
of Malaysia: Harvest Festival - Very brief information on Malaysian
harvest festivals.
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Hello, Sun!
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Science Behind It
- Day and Night on the World Right Now - A short list of the best sites on the web which provide live camera shots of places around the world. You can see who is having day or night right now.
- K-3 Lessons on shadows - Some science exercises related to the Sun, shadows, and time.
- 4-6 Lessons on Shadows - - Some more advanced science exercises related to the Sun, shadows, and time.
- Virtual Sun - Cool movies and diagrams about the Sun.
- Celestial Geometry - Fairly advanced but interesting web-based geometry lectures on the Earth and the Sun.
- Time - A short discussion about angles, the Sun, and time.
- Sighting Angular Size - Project for 4-6 grades to gain an understanding of angular measurement and how it is used for things
such as surveying and astronomy.
The students will also develop an appreciation for the technology used in creating ancient and
modern scientific instruments.
Children's Books
- Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott. Harper Collins, 1989. A Pueblo Indian tale about how Sun came to Earth.
- The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle. Harper Collins,1986. A funny story about a ladybug who tries to pick fights with everything he sees. The artwork provides good visuals for both the arc of the Sun during the day, and size and scale of animals.
- How the Sun was Brought Back to Sky by Mirra Ginsburg. Scribners, 1961.
- Sun's Up by Teryl Evvremer. Crown, 1987.
- Day the Sun Disappeared by John Hamberger. Norton, 1964.
- The Sun's Day by Modrdicai Gerstein. Harper Collins, 1989.
- Sun Up, Sun Down by Gail Gibbons. Harcourt, 1983. A nice introduction to the Sun, but beware of an error regarding the length on one's shadow in summertime.
- The Earth and Sky A First Discovery Book. Scholastic Inc.
- The Sun Dancer: World Myths and Legends II - Central America. Simon and
Schuster, Inc.
- How Grandmother Spider Stole the Sun: Keepers of the Earth,
Native American Stories by Joseph Bruchac. Fulcrum, Inc., Colorado. 1989.
- Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky by Elphinstone Dayrell. Scholastic, 1968. A cute African folktale about the friendship between Water and Sun and how this caused Sun and his wife Moon to move to the sky.
Folklore Mythology
Carl's Lessons
- Ancient Solar Time Keeping - Carl's lessons on how to tell time using the Sun in the way of the old Norse farmers.
- Word Lore - Carl's lessons on exploring words we use in this curriculum, such as where did the word "Sun" come from, or what is the difference between "daylight" and "day"?
- The Story of Gylfi - Carl has translated portions of the Prose Edda which include the story of a king who goes to the gods in search of answers about the nature of the world.
Ancient Skylore
- Nature Folklore and Customs - A difficult to read site, however, it is packed with interesting tidbits about how people through history have considered the Sun, Moon, stars, rain, etc.
- Chinese Moon Festivals and Lore - A great site with information about customs related to the Moon.
- Mythology - A beautiful site about astronomical mythology. Includes sites for kids and teachers, and loads of stories. Probably the best first stop on the web for astronomy mythology.
- Legends of Forever - An extremely amazing site about Sun legends around the world. There are a few steps to go through to enter the site, but once in, it is worth it. You can click on any part of the world map and enter different cultures. Be prepared to have a screen full of windows, because this site is dynamic.
- Solar Folklore - A fabulous index of folklore, legends, and myths about the Sun. This site is part of a large Solar Home Page from Stanford University.
- The Story of the MoonCoyote - A modern myth about the origin of the Moon. This is in a set of stories of Tanais the Fox by Clive Grace.
- Clytie - A myth on the origin of Sun Flowers.
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You Light Up My Life
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Science Behind It
- How Far Does Light Go? - A wonderful site where the debate about the nature of light sits. Students must prepare arguments with evidence to support their theory about whether light travels on forever or if it stops after a while. Good fun!
- Shadow and Light science activities - A short list of activities for students about light and shadow designed by an undergraduate Education major in New Foundland.
- What is Light and How Do We Explain It? -
A National Science Teachers Association lesson on the nature of light.
- Projecting Shadows - Fantastic interactive site about how to make shadows from the Light/Block/Shadow technique. Wonderful introduction to shadows! (The site is meant to explain how CAT scans work...)
Sunlight and Us
- Sunlight and the Skin - National Institutes of Health Consensus Development
Conference Statement about sunlight and its effect on the skin.
- The Energy Story: Solar Energy - Aimed towards children, this is a short introduction about solar energy. Contains photos and pictures drawn by students.
- Solar Thermal Energy - This is a nice site which tells about solar energy.
Children's Books
- The Shadow Book by Bernice DeRegniers. Harcourt, 1960.
- Shadows, Here, There, and Everywhere by Ron Goor. Crowell, 1981.
- Shadows and Reflections by Tana Hoban. Greenwillow, 1990.
- What Does the Sun Do? by Jean Kenney. W. R. Scott, 1967.
- Raven by Gerald McDermott. Scholastic, 1993. The classic Native American tale of how light came to be on the world.
- Sun Song by Jean Marzollo. HarperCollins, 1995. A lovely description of the coming and passing of a day on a little farm.
Folklore Mythology
Carl's Lessons
- Word Lore - Carl's lessons on exploring words we use in this curriculum, such as where did the word "light" come from, or what is the difference between "shade" and "shadow"?
- The Story of Gylfi - Carl has translated portions of the Prose Edda which include the story of a king who goes to the gods in search of answers about the nature of the world.
Folk Ways and Light
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Me and My Shadow
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Science Behind It
Online Activities
- Making Hand Shadows -
This is a fun site all about hand shadow making. It asks questions for further learning, and includes a literature connection to The Ugly Duckling.
Children's Books
- My Shadow by Robert Lewis Stevenson. David R. Godine, 1989. This famous poem is set to life by vivid and clear illustrations.
- Shadowville by Michael Bartalos. ISBN 0-670-86161-8. A site about this book, with related activities.
- Nothing Sticks Like a Shadow by Ann Tompect. Houghton Mifflin, 1984.
- Bear Shadow by Frank Asch. Prentice Hall, 1985.
- Me and My Shadow by Arthur Dorros. Scholastic, 1990.
- Mr. Wenk and His Shadow by Dick Gackenback. Harper, 1983.
- Shadow by Marcia Brown. Macmillan Publishing, 1982. A very creepy African story about the nature and "lives" of shadows. May not be suitable for younger children.
- Shadows are About by Ann Whitford Paul. Scholastic, 1992. Very charming pictures and short descriptions about shadows all around.
Folklore Mythology
Carl's Lessons
- Word Lore - Carl's lessons on exploring words we use in this curriculum, such as where did the word "Sun" come from, or what is the difference between "daylight" and "day"?
- The Story of Gylfi - Carl has translated portions of the Prose Edda which include the story of a king who goes to the gods in search of answers about the nature of the world.
Shadow Makers
- Groundhog Day - All about Groundhog Day with GREAT photos of Punxsatawney Phil!
- Wiarton Willy - The albino groundhog who is Canada's famous weather forecaster. Just like Punxsatawney Phil.
- Chinese Shadow Puppets - A lesson on Chinese shadow puppetry, with a history of the art and details on how to recreate it in your classroom. An example of real Balinese shadow puppets is here
- KARAGOZ: Turkish Shadow Puppetry - Very complete site about the characters and scenarios of this folk art.
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Guess My Shape
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Internet Sites
Shapes and Math
- Zini's Activities - Some fun lessons on shapes and sizes with pages to print out for teachers to photocopy.
- Shapes Around the World - An Internet collaborative for teachers and students regarding the shapes of the world, simple and complex. To preview the project, there are pages to visit. However, to participate, there is FREE registration required. This looks like fun.
- Bag It! Math Shapes Game - A fun game for younger students to learn to differentiate between size and shape.
- Geometry Unit - Lessons about shapes, angles, and three dimensions. Nice photos of students doing these great activities.
- Shapes Game - A quick an easy set-up creates this fun game about naming shapes and also colors of objects.
- A Fractals Lesson - Fractals for Elementary School and Middle School math and art lessons.
Shapes and Art
Children's Books
- Shel Silverstein's Shape Poem - A very short poem about a day in the life of shapes.
- Circles, Triangles and Squares by Tana Hoban. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1974. Tana Hoban's photos of shapes within our environment can spark interesting discoveries and discussions about shapes within shapes.
- Taking a Walk - A story about what we see when we walk around. It is told in both English and Spanish. With related activities.
- Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1986.
Rounded and angular shapes are presented through photographs of familiar objects such as a chair, barrettes, and a manhole cover. Encourage your students to find shapes and shapes within shapes as
in each picture.
- The Paper Crane by Molly Bang. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1985.
A mysterious man enters a restaurant and pays for his dinner with a paper crane that magically comes alive and dances.
- Origami in the Classroom Book I: Activities for Autumn through Christmas by Chiyo Araki. Rutland, VT: Charles Tuttle, 1965.
- Origami in the Classroom Book II: Activities for Winter through Summer by Chiyo Araki. Rutland, VT: Charles Tuttle, 1965.
- What Goes Around, Comes Around by Richard McGuire. Viking, 1995. This is a story about a little brother who loses his sister's doll, and the trip the doll takes around the world. Only a round Earth allows her trip to be possible.
- From Caterpillar to Butterfly - A book about the life cycle of the butterfly. A good story to learn about shapes of creatures.
Folklore Mythology
Carl's Lessons
- Word Lore - Carl's lessons on exploring words we use in this curriculum, such as where did the word "Sun" come from, or what is the difference between "daylight" and "day"?
Shapes in Stories
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Internet Sites
Science Behind It
- Angles Lesson -
A fun lesson for students about finding right angles.
- Sun Angles - Photos of the Sun's height during the year.
- Shadows '97 - A site of ideas about using the Sun and sunsticks in more mathematical ways. Intended for older students, but useful for advanced elementary school students.
Sundials and Moondials
- Sundial Activities - A page of sundial activities including finding north, seasons, clock times.
- Sundial Links - A very long list of WWW sites related to sundials and other means of measuring time by the Sun.
- Make your own SUNDIAL - With your latitude, you can print out a sundial model to use at your school or home.
- Moon Dials - A discussion and drawings of how to make a moondial, or a moon-stick clock for your home.
Online Projects
- Noon Project - Here's information about how schools can join in calculations of the size of the Earth.
- Shadow Project - This is a sundial project done at Urbana High School. They have some interesting ideas and links here for learning about the sun clocks.
- Shadows and Latitudes - A formal online project for collecting shadow length data and collaborating with people around the world.
Children's Books
- Wake Up, Vladimir by Felicia Bond. Crowell, 1997.
- The Day the Sun Danced by Edith Hurd. Harper, 1965.
- Who Gets Out of Bed? by Nancy Carlstrom. Little, 1992.
- Wake Up, Sun by David Lee Harrison. Random, 1986.
- Cock-a-doodle Dudley by Bill Peet. Houghton Mifflin, 1990.
- Dawn by Uri Shulevitz. Farrar, 1974.
- Sun Up by Alvin Tressalt. Lothrup, 1991.
Folklore Mythology
Carl's Lessons
- Word Lore - Carl's lessons on exploring words we use in this curriculum, such as where did the word "Sun" come from, or what is the difference between "daylight" and "day"?
Sun Time and Worship
- Ancient and Historical Time Keeping - Great museum exhibit about time keeping in the past. Lots of terrific diagrams and photos. This site could provide many different and interesting ways of telling time for class projects.
- Japanese Sun Dial - A nice page about a rope-based sundial used in Japan.
- Sundials: An Historical Sketch - A nice introduction to the histories and stories of sundials.
- Sundial Mottos - Great fun! A list of sayings inscribed on ancient and modern sundials. Would be fun if you and your class are making your own sundials.
- The Druids and Stonehenge - A look at how an ancient stone Sun calendar is worshipped by modern Druids, people who have resurrected the ancient Celtic religion as their own.
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Latitudes and Attitudes
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Internet Sites
Science Behind It
- SchoolNet's Collection of Size of the Earth Data - Some values calculated by students of the size of the Earth.
- Noon Project - Here's information about how schools can join in calculations of the size of the Earth.
- About Erastothenes - A cute and short story about how Erastothenes calculated the size of the Earth.
- Basic Astronomy Demonstrations - Ways to demonstrate certain aspects of astronomy such as the roundness of the Earth, day and night, the moon and eclipses.
- Latitude and Longitude - A very beautiful page describing and diagraming the concepts of latitude and longitude. This would be a good place to show the bird's eye view of the latitude world to older students, especially 2nd-4th graders.
- Sunrise/Sunset Calculation - The Naval Observatory's sunsrise and sunset time generator. It is a very quick and easy calculation done by the Observatory computers. You must, however, know your latitude and longitude!
- Sunrise/Sunset Generator - A tremendous site designed for movie producers so they can schedule when to shoot scenes in various countries and cities around the world. Lets you choose a city and it tells you the weekly average amount of sunlight time, plus sunrise and sunset times. Great for
geography tie-ins.
Maps and Live Cameras
NASA
- Mission to Planet Earth - A NASA project to explore and archive images of the Earth using different robotic missions.
Children's Books
- Somewhere in the World Right Now by Stacey Schuett. Alfred A. Knoph, Inc., 1995. This is a great book which shows you about the differences between day and night around the globe for a certain time of day here.
- Welcome Back Sun by Michael Emberly. Little, 1993.
Following legend, a Norwegian family hikes up a mountain to welcome the sun's return after the dark
winter months.
- Mirandy and Brother Wind - To win first prize in the Junior Cakewalk,Mirandy tries to capture the wind for her partner. This site includes fun activities about wind.
Folklore Mythology
Carl's Lessons
- Word Lore - Carl's lessons on exploring words we use in this curriculum, such as where did the word "Sun" come from, or what is the difference between "daylight" and "day"?
Ancient Navigation
Using Fractions
- Chinese Math - A set of amusing math puzzles related to fractions, relations, and multiplications of relative values. May be rather tricky, but could also be fun for more advanced students.
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Time Warp
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The Science Behind It
Children's Books
- The Great Kettles: A Tale of Timeby Dean Morrisey. Harry Abrams,1997. This is a book about how a boy visits the Great Kettles and learns all about how time is brought to many places.
- The Reasons for the Seasons by Gail Gibbons. Holiday House, 1995. Pictures and descriptions of the seasons. Beware of the poorly represented astronomy facts.
Folklore Mythology
Carl's Lessons
- Word Lore - Carl's lessons on exploring words we use in this curriculum, such as where did the word "Sun" come from, or what is the difference between "daylight" and "day"?
Time Telling
- Time Keeping and Culture - Nice site with links to history of time keeping with games and surveys about time in your life. This is a museum site.
- Mesoamerican Calendars - How were ancient people calculating time?
- Medicine Wheels: How they Work - An explanation of some medicine wheels with diagrams about how they were pointing out the locations of objects in their culture's sky map.
- Chinese Math - At the end of this document are some interesting insights into the time keeping of the ancient Tibetans, such as the animal spirits and magic shapes which represented certain aspects of time.
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Tilt-A-World
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Science Behind It
Online Activities
- Kids as Global Scientists - Online inquiry-based weather curriculum for middle school students.
- Weather Here and There - WEATHER HERE AND THERE is an integrated weather unit which
incorporates interaction with the Internet and hands-on collaborative, problem
solving activites for students in grades four through six.
Children's Books
- Goodbye Geese by Nancy White Carlstrom. Scholastic, 1991. A peaceful dialog between father and child about the coming of winter.
- Till Year's Good Endby W. Nikola-Lisa. Atheneum,1997. This is a book which introduces the Medieval calendar system. It includes great illustrations.
- Snow by Steve Sanfield. Philomel Books, 1995. Follow the steps of a child through the first snow of the year.
- Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Backby Joseph Bruchac and Jonathan London. Scholastic (Trumput Special Edition),1992. This is a fantastic book which tells of the 13 moons (or plates) on the shells of turtles which correspond to the 13 moons of the calendar year. This is a beautiful book.
Folklore Mythology
Carl's Lessons
- Word Lore - Carl's lessons on exploring words we use in this curriculum, such as where did the word "Sun" come from, or what is the difference between "daylight" and "day"?
Ancient Star Mapping and the Earth's Tilt
- Lakota Star Knowledge - A page with nice diagrams of the Solar System. Tells about how the Lakota Indians knew much about the Earth and its tilt.
- Lakota Ethnoastronomy - A fantastic site detailing everything you wanted to know about what stars, constellations, and eclipses were called and revered.
Weather Lore
- Weather Lore - Before weather forecasting and television, how did people determine what the weather would be like for the next week or year?
- Weather Lore - Fact or Fiction? - A short page which lists some more ways of predicting weather from watching the world around us. Suggestions for additional school activities included.
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Heat and the World
- Heat Wave - All you wanted to know about the facts and figures of heat waves. Provides indications of how much is too much, and what to do to avoid and/or treat symptoms of heat disorder.
- Tree Heat Syndrome - How trees are dying in the heat in Georgia. An interesting example
of how heat can be harmful.
- The Arctic Circle - Natural
resources, history and culture; social equity and
environmental justice in the Arctic Circle. There are presentations of textual materials, art,
photographic exhibits, and in the future, sound and
short video recordings
- Solar Energy and Environment - Here's a site to help you make your house warm and snug in the winter
and cooler in the summer using the Sun!
- Ancient Climates - A site describing recent finds about the climates of the past.
- Why are there Ice Ages? - A rather impressive document which describes in detail the processes and examples of making Ice Ages on our world.
- Climatology: Ice ages - More student-oriented page on Ice ages, part of the University of Oregon's Electronic Universe Project.
Children's Books
- Under the Sun by Ellen Kandorian. Dodd, 1987.
- Musicians of the Sun by Gerald McDermott. Simon and Schuster, 1997. How the Wind God must find the four musicians of the Sun to bring life and color to the Earth.
- How the Sun Made a Promise and Kept It: A Canadian Indian Myth by Margery Bernstein. Scribners, 1976.
Folklore Mythology
Carl's Lessons
- Word Lore - Carl's lessons on exploring words we use in this curriculum, such as where did the word "Sun" come from, or what is the difference between "daylight" and "day"?
Math and Folk Ways
- Magic Squares - Great way of talking about multiplication and the fun of numbers. This should be reserved for the most advanced students.
Seasonal Holidays and Seasonal Lore
- Celebrating the Seasons: Pagan Holidays - Selena Fox's site desribing the Pagan holidays. She also includes some activities you can do on these holidays which are very much like those done by families in the past.
Ice and Heat Lore
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