Jokes You Can Use:

Definitions:

BEAUTY PARLOR:

A place where women curl up and dye.

CANNIBAL:

Someone who is fed up with people.

CHICKENS:

The only animals you eat before they are born and after they are dead.

COMMITTEE:

A body that keeps minutes and wastes hours.

DUST:

Mud with the juice squeezed out.

EGOTIST:

Someone who is usually me-deep in conversation.

GOSSIP:

Never tell a lie if the truth will do more damage.

KLEENEX:

Cold Storage.

INFLATION:

Cutting money in half without damaging the paper.

MOSQUITO:

An insect that makes you like flies better.

RAISIN:

Grape with a sunburn.

SECRET:

Something you tell to one person at a time.

SKELETON:

A bunch of bones with the person scraped off.

TOOTHACHE:

The pain that drives you to extraction.

TOMORROW:

One of the greatest labor saving devices of today.

YAWN:

An honest opinion openly expressed.

WRINKLES:

Something other people have. You have character lines.

On Our Mind:

Embracing the Wide Sky

Daniel Tammet in audiobook format

From our Listeners:

No Eileen Award today

Advisory:

Free Rice

* Click on the right answer in the middle of this page.

* If you get it right, you get a harder question. If you get it wrong, you get an easier question.

* For each answer you get right, we donate 10 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.

WARNING: This game may make you smarter. It may improve your speaking, writing, thinking, grades, job performance.

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Middle School Science Minute

by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or [email protected])

Bonus Day:

* Science Songs

* Plate Tectonics

From the Twitterverse:

News:

Studies Find Language Is Key to Learning Math

Wisconsin

Prepping for Kindergarten Test

Resources:

Find out who is linked to your (or your school’s) web site:

1. Go to AltaVisa

2. Type in link:webaddressIwanttoknowlinks.com (um, after link: type the address of your web site or your school’s web site).

3. Change “Show Links” button to Except this domain - this will exclude your own posts.

EmbedPlus as an educational tool for videos

Our core features could help teachers focus students on relevant parts of existing videos and allow them to add extended material. http://www.embedplus.com/

Free Stuff from 3D Vinci

Sketch-Up tutorials

http://www.3dvinci.net/ccp0-display/freestuff.html

Math Practice - Make 5

Practice using Addition/Subtraction/Multiplication. Students answer questions to get 5 in a row.

http://www.fi.uu.nl/toepassingen/00091/toepassing_wisweb.en.html

TutPup

Welcome to Tutpup, where you can compete in fun, educational games against other kids from all over the World!

Our aim is to provide simple, fun, competitive games that help children learn and gain confidence with Maths, English and other key skills and knowledge.

http://tutpup.com/

Web Spotlight:

TED Conversations

A new platform for sharing ideas. 3 ways to engage:

* Ideas

* Questions

* Debates

Useful to find ideas for discussions.

http://www.ted.com/conversations

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