NATIONAL POLLINATOR WEEK! SCROLL DOWN FOR THE GREAT AMERICAN BACKYARD CAMPOUT FRIDAY (6/27)!

Florida is one of the many states proclaiming the week by our governor! http://www.pollinator.org/pollinator_week_2009.htm#fl  There's activities, by not in Miami. There's also activities in other states if you're traveling, or if you are JANELLE! LOL  http://www.pollinator.org/pollinator_week_2009.htm

Click on the state to see more, or just view the site and request FREE POLLINATOR INFO! You just pay shipping and handling. 

http://www.pollinator.org/items.htm

http://www.pollinator.org/guides.htm download these FREE! Scroll down to "Outer Coastal" for Florida, or just click here: http://www.pollinator.org/pdfs/OuterCoastal.rx5.pdf

WATCH THE POLLINATOR INFO VIDEO! http://www.pollinator.org/multimedia.htm

Here's just some info: http://www.pollinator.org/

HERE'S SOME ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS! http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1525

Click on the site to build a bee condo, solve a pollinator puzzle, or just learn how to help! You "BEE" the expert! 

Remember Decibels? Check out this news...

This is a grown-up article about loud decibels causing hearing loss. Remember learning abut decibels in Science when we studied sound? About 15% of American Teenagers have hearing loss-most likely from headphones, or loud music. They say that 70 decibels is okay-it's about as loud as taking a shower, which really isn't too loud. 100 decibels is dangerous. You might want to note that I read about Orange County (Disney area) and Key Biscayne (right here in Miami-Dade County) made LEAF BLOWERS illegal! Research has proven that the noise is damaging, but moreso, the pollution it stirs up in the air and we all breathe it! That is gross! I'd love to see them become illegal in my neighborhood and in Doral! What do you think?  Post your comment. 

Click here, or on title to read the Consumer Reports article: 

http://www.consumerreports.org/health/medical-conditions-treatments/hearing/protect-your-ears-from-hearing-loss/overview/protect-your-ears-from-noise-ov.htm?EXTKEY=HNANT0906

June 27 = BACKYARD CAMPOUT DAY! Woo Hoo!

You can camp out in your backyard and participate in a yearly national event, THE GREAT AMERICAN BACKYARD CAMPOUT!  Click the link to get information and even register, if you'd like. Fortunately, you can register for any day that you camp if you can't do it Friday! The good thing is that you can do it from anywhere in your own backyard! You can do it in Miami, or wherever you are, and Janelle can do it in Colorado, my nieces and nephews can do it in Pennsylvania and Virginia. Have fun. Scroll down to see the links to great summer reading and relaxing and upcoming events in NASA. Have fun camping! Now that's what I call a cool STAY-CATION! Click here, or on the title. http://www.nwf.org/backyardcampout/?&utm_source=Fathers_Day&utm_medium=Eblast&utm_term=20080612&utm_content=TextLink&utm_campaign=GABC2008

Watch the launch live...keep updated! It Launched!!! :)

Click on title or click on link to watch the LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter launch. Remember, it's the training I had at the Kennedy Space Center? 

• LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) and
  
• LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) 

It's delayed until 5:32 pm TODAY! Here's the link to watch it live!

 http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html 

http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html?skipIntro=1

IF YOU CAN'T GET IT- GO TO YOUTUBE http://www.youtube.com/NASATelevision

Upcoming events: http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/

http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html?skipIntro=1

http://nasascience.nasa.gov/

http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov/newsletter/LRO-Oct-08.pdf

Hope Your Summer Is Great!

Did you plant your seeds? Where'd you put them? Are you visiting the garden in summer camp? Is the squash growing? How about our radishes, tomatoes, etc ... from our first garden-the "secret garden?"  Starting a garden is a great summer activity that the whole family can do. No need to be bored! You can even buy ORGANIC seeds! I got ours at Lowes, but Home Depot and even Walmart have them. Have fun and enjoy!

FDA Warns of 'High Levels' of Disease-Causing Bacteria Found in Certain Hand Sanitizers - Infectious Disease - FOXNews.com

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Today is World Ocean Day!

Click on the title to see all of the cool info on the ocean and in keeping it safe!  Make sure that you keep yourself safe! Click here to mail e-cards  http://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/PageServer?pagename=eCards -Save the date cards for coastal clean up on September 19-Hey, that's when you're 4th graders!   :)  Miss you guys, but it really was great relaxing and not having school today-how about you guys? Plus, I watched Little House on The Prarie on the Hallmark Channel!

Happy Summer Vacation!

How's it feel to be on summer vacation before summer even starts? How's it feel to be out of third grade and getting ready for fourth?  How about that storm on Friday? Where were you-what were you doing? I saw lightning hit Edison High-don't worry, that's what lightning rods are for-yeay to Ben Franklin and his invention! (Did you know that there were 100 lightning strikes in 5 minutes between Miami and Miami Beach). Enjoy your summer. Remember to let us know how you're doing and what you're doing. Have fun and don't fall prey to summer loss! (Not you!) Click here for lightning info for kids  http://www.weatherwizkids.com/lightning1.htm

See post below for summer reading and info! 

P.S. Janelle wrote to us on the "Day at the Museum" section of the blog. Check it out! It's great to hear from her!   Janelle, read the comment!

Thank You For My Surprise! Scroll down 2c my Fave Books!

Thank you for my super surprise! I received it after school and let me tell you, it was a nice surprise to end the year! Thank you also for a great party, your contributions toward making it a success and your thoughtful gifts and cards with sweet sentiments. I MISS YOU ALREADY!

Here's a list of some of my favorite books. Remember, you get a free book at B&N when listed on the log, and you get 50% off of another book from Borders! See parent blog for info! 

http://www.paperbackswap.com/book/details/9780141308203-Summer+Reading+is+Killing+Me+Time+Warp+Trio

• Love That Dog! (Gotta Read)  http://www.sharoncreech.com/novels/01.asp also on parent blog. Click to see the author's site, read her inspiration. Probably my FAVORITE book! A great book to read to/with your parents and/or a friend. It'll also make you want to write a journal just like Ben's from Facing West! You can also read a preview of Hate That Cat. Thanks again, Mariam, I can't wait to read it!

• Henry and Ribsy (any Beverly Cleary) http://books.google.com/books?id=bt7gaJej0f4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=henry+and+ribsy&ei=loAsSsTlFIi0zAS3_smZBw click link to read some pages = great book

• More Henry and/or Ribsy links: http://books.google.com/books?q=henry+and+ribsy&btnG=Search+Books

• Things Will Never Be The Same - 26 Fairmont Ave. journal-type books by Tomie de Paola   http://www.tomie.com/books/bibliography/2003/things.html

• Non-Fiction Books by DK Publishers! http://www.dk.com/

• Because of Winn Dixie-the setting is in FLORIDA! http://www.walden.com/walden/read/winndixie/index.php

• Time Warp Trio - Summer Reading is Killing Me and others Miss Reed's class WebQuest assignment: http://teacherweb.com/FL/UniversityofMiami/ScienceCurse/ http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/authorsillustrato/a/scieszka_bio.htm

• Encyclopedia Brown series - Any and all-they're great!  http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-brown.asp    http://www.thrillingdetective.com/eyes/encyclopedia.html 

• On The Banks of Plumb Creek - Laura Ingalls Little House On The Prarie  http://www.littlehousebooks.com  http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/publish/consumer/home/shows/little_house_on_the.html 
  
• Meet Samantha and other American Girl Books-Enter contest at Borders. http://contests.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=contests&cdn=hobbies&tm=8&f=10&tt=11&bt=0&bts=1&zu=https%3A//entry.americangirlcontest.com/  http://store.americangirl.com/agshop/static/books.jsf/uniqueId/123/nodeId/12/webMenuId/3/sName/Bookstore http://www.americangirl.com/

• Dear America Series - They're all good! This one is before the westward expansion-Sacagawea helped  http://www.scholastic.com/dearamerica/books/mynameis/augustus.htm

• A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket... This author's style of writing is one of my favorites! He sure likes alliteration, too! Actually, if you recall, his real name is Daniel Handler. Lemony Snicket, the "author," is actually another character. Fascinating! If you watch the movie, try to read all 3 books! You won't be able to put them down. I double dog dare you! lol http://www.lemonysnicket.com/books.cfm The books are way scarier than the movie, which is quite amusing.                                          Here's a clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWB1HGnA3tA
• Flat Stanley-Invisible Stanley, and Flat Stanley, Flat Again are great. http://www.flatstanley.com http://www.chccs.k12.nc.us/mdelem/webquests/jenny/chapmanwebquest.html  

If you're bored this summer-the Food Network will be showing a competition for the next Food Network star on Sunday's at 9:00 p.m.-it's usually pretty exciting.