HOME | LOG IN | VITAL PICKS | NEWSLETTER | ACTIVITIES | P.E.T. DISCUSSION | LESSON PLANS | RESOURCES | ARCHIVES | TUTORIALS 2001 Activity List December 2001 - Special Holiday Presentations November 2001 - Remembrance / Veterans Day Crossword Puzzle October 2001 - Pumpkin Web Quest September 2001 - Calendar June 2001 - Father's Day May 2001 - Special Days in May April 2001 - The Virtual Easter Egg Hunt March 2001 - Hangman February 2001 - Personality Preferences January 2001 - "Excelling" as a Volunteer Year 2004 Activities Year 2000 Activities Year 2002 Activities Year 2003 Activities December 2001 - Special Holiday Presentations The holiday season is a time to celebrate with friends, family, and colleagues. Our activities this month can be printed as presentations to special people in your lives. Our first activity, A Gift of Time, can be presented to family and loved ones. Offer your services to family this holiday season! Our second activity, Shining Your Light, can be presented to those who have volunteered their services in your classroom during the year, 2001. To open these documents you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is a free download. Top November 2001 - Remembrance / Veterans Day Crossword Puzzle In observance of veterans who served to defend the freedom we enjoy today we have created this crossword puzzle. If you do not know the answers, visit the urls below each clue to find them. To complete this puzzle you will have to open the printer friendly version and print it. The printer friendly version is in pdf format and you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free download, to open it. Across 2. This flower is worn to remember the sacrifices of those who served at war http://home.iae.nl/users/robr/poppies.html 4. Iraq invades this tiny neighboring country and the Persian Gulf War begins http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001293.html 7. Great Britain declared war in 1939 when Germany invaded this country http://avstop.com/History/MajorEvents/hitler.html 9. Sunken battleship in the Pearl Harbour attack http://www.execpc.com/~dschaaf/pearl2.html 10. The President of the USA during the Korean War http://korea50.army.mil/history/factsheets/army.html Down 1. The author of In Flanders Fields http://home.iae.nl/users/robr/poppies.html 3. The longest war of USA history http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001292.html 5. This war is also known as The Great War and "The war to end all wars" http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/ 6. First Atomic Bomb dropped on this city on Aug 6, 1945 http://www.dannen.com/decision/index.html 8. The armistice ending World War One was signed in this month of 1918 http://www.acn.net.au/articles/remembrance/ Top October 2001 - Pumpkin Web Quest In keeping with the theme of October, we thought you and your students might be interested our Pumpkin Web Quest. Pumpkins have become synonymous with the fall season and with Halloween. Take take the Pumpkin Web Quest to learn more about the origins and stories behind them. Journey through the World Wide Web in a quest to answer the questions we present. After each question we give the url where you can find the answer! 1. Where did the word pumpkin originate? http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/pumpkins/history.html 2. What was the weight of the largest pumpkin ever grown as of the year 2000? http://www.pumpkinnook.com/giants/record.htm 3. What is a scary pumpkin fixer-upper tool kit? http://byroads.com/magazine/pumpkins/mistakes.html 4. A teaspoon of what spice is used to make Spicy Pumpkin Cookies? http://www.pumpkinnook.com/cookbook.htm 5. In the poem Five Little Pumpkins, what happened to the pumpkins when the lights went out? http://www.track0.com/canteach/elementary/songspoems79.html 6. When is the International Pumpkin Weigh Off Competition in Port Elgin, Ontario? http://www.sunsets.com/portelgin/pumpkinfest/ 7. How for back does the history of Halloween go? http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu 8. Other than pumpkins, what other vegetables did the Irish carve jack-o-lanterns from? http://www.pumpkinnook.com/facts/jack.htm 9. What is the English custom called "souling"? http://wilstar.com/holidays/hallown.htm 10. What is the origin of the word "Halloween"? http://cpl.lib.uic.edu/003cpl/halloween/halloweenfaqs.html Top September 2001 - Calendar With the beginning of a new school year, we know you are busy planning activities for throughout the school year. Display the calendar that you can use to assist you. You will need Shockwave 8, a free download, to use this program. Top June 2001 - Father's Day A special day in June is Father's Day, so we thought you would like a gift to present to your Dad. You will require Adobe Acrobat Reader 5, a free download, to open these documents. Display the certificate that you can present to your father on Father's Day. Top May 2001 - Special Days in May In keeping with the themes of this month's newsletter, we thought you would like a gift to present to your mother or your teacher. You will require Adobe Acrobat Reader 5, a free download, to open these documents. Display the certificate that you can present to your mother on Mother's Day. Display the certificate that you can give to your teacher during Teacher Appreciation Day. Top April 2001 - The Virtual Easter Egg Hunt In keeping with the themes of this month's newsletter, we thought we would take you on an Easter Egg hunt. Your students can use some of the sites mentioned in the April newsletter to help find the information. Good luck! In what country do people like to eat ham and cheese quiche for Easter? What is Easter Island best known for? How many years have the Irish been celebrating spring with a festival? What is the title of the free official Earth Day book? What is one tip you would offer for finding Easter eggs? Top March 2001 - Hangman In keeping with the Irish theme of the March Newsletter, we invite you and your students to attempt our Hangman Activity. All solutions are words that one would associate with Ireland. Good luck! Try the Game Top February 2001 - Personality Preferences One of many support materials that will be offered, in conjunction with the Vital Knowledge PET Project on Learning Styles, will be lesson plans on personality preferences that can be incorporated into the regular curriculum. The following activity is an example of the types of lessons that have already been developed. Purpose: To increase self-awareness and understanding of personality preferences by encouraging students to become aware of the different functions that influence their personal development. Curriculum Connection: Language Arts Time: 45 minutes Directions: Class Introduction: Model the process of generating metaphors with your class. “Think about life.” Life is… a picnic a journey a bowl of kiwi fruit Think about love. Love is… a safe harbor in a storm. a ball and chain. a feast. Group Processing: Encourage students to break into small groups where they can record their own metaphors on flip chart paper. When the larger group reconvenes, have a group spokesperson share examples of metaphors that have been recorded. Individual Follow-up: Write as many metaphors as you can about the functions that influence your personality: Thinking is… creating a path through the woods. sailing on a clear stream. Feeling is… a flood of emotions. watching a red sunset. Sensing is… an all day shopping trip. an antique car show. Intuition is… wanting to eat the whole cake. a glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel. Partnerships (or Triads): Choose the function that most interests you. Match yourself with a partner (or partners) who has chosen the same function. Then discuss your metaphors based on the following questions: What are the characteristics of the object or activity named in the metaphor? How are these characteristics relevant to the function named? (For example: “…sailing a on a clear stream” is relevant to thinking because it relates to “being quick”, “seeing through to the bottom of things”, and “getting somewhere”. Feedback: Have each student pass in the accompanying chart at the end of the class. Name: __________________________ Date:   __________________________ Note your two favorite metaphors for each function: Thinking is… ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Feeling is… ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Sensing is… ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Intuition is… ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ With which function do you most readily identify? _________________ Why? ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Using the function that you identified in question 2, fill in the following chart. Function: _________________________________ Characteristics of Metaphorical Objects Relevancy to Function     Top January 2001 - "Excelling" as a Volunteer During January, the beginning of the International Year of Volunteers, discuss with your students ideas about how they can become involved in a voluntary activity that will make a difference in your community. Perhaps you will want to begin a fund raising campaign for a community organization. If so, use some of your math periods this month to teach basic operations involved with budgeting through the use of a spreadsheet. Sample Activity #1: As the executor of the will of your wealthy great uncle, you are responsible for doling out $1,000,000.00 to community organizations that rely upon the work of volunteers. According to the will, at least 10 organizations must benefit from the inheritance. It is with this in mind that you have researched the International Year of Volunteers web site found at: http://www.iyv2001.org/cfapps/queries/partner/auto_partner1.htm You have decided to contribute $100,000 of your uncle's money to 10 organizations listed at this site. Upon the completion of your research, view the spreadsheet that shows the other members of your uncle's family where his money was spent. Now you must prepare a document to explain why each of the organizations listed in your spreadsheet is worthy of receiving the money that your uncle has left. Suggestions: Have students determine their own local voluntary organizations to whom they would dispense the $1,000,000.000. Encourage them to do some research on the organizations by ensuring that they justify why each one has been chosen. Begin your own fund raising campaign with your students. Use a spreadsheet to keep track of the money raised. Top HOME | LOG IN | VITAL PICKS | NEWSLETTER | ACTIVITIES | P.E.T. 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