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If you are a musician looking for some specific sheet music, check out MusicNotes.com. Not only can you buy sheet music for reasonable prices, but you can get 10% off this week (March 22, 2010). Music from the television show GLEE, Celtic Woman and Shrek are all available in addition to the classic music for an orchestra. The Shrek version of Hallelujah is only $5.25 before discount. Enjoy!

These sites are recommended in the April 2010 edition of MacWorld Magazine on page 43. They are for preteens and can go as low as toddler. Enjoy!

• TuxMath ages 5-8 - One or two player arithmetic skill games
• kids.discovery.com
• kids.nationalgeographic.com
• kids.yahoo.com
• americangirl.com/fun
• nick.com
• nickjr.com
• kidshealth.org/kid
• si.edu
• smithsonianeducation.org/students
• scholastic.com/kids
  

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Here are several links for your enjoyment for Pi day:

• How to celebrate Pi Day
  
• A Teachers Resource for Pi Day
  
• http://www.avoision.com/experiments/pi10k/index.php
• http://www.piday.org/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day
• http://www.exploratorium.edu/pi/
• http://mathforum.org/t2t/faq/faq.pi.html
• http://www.pidaychallenge.com/news/pi-day-2010-announcement
• http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson335.shtml
• and Many videos on YouTube, but you should review them before showing to your class.

Personally, I like apple pie with vanilla ice cream!

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You can get UV widgets, smartphone apps of the UV Index for your town at this site. Post the widget to your Facebook or school page for all to see. There are teaching materials, such as presentations and lesson plans available here as well as a song: "Sunscreen Dance". If you wish more information and teaching materials visit www.epa.gov/sunwise The username is toolkit an the password is foryou.

Find all of these great resources and more at : http://www.epa.gov/sunwise/schools.html

SunWise has an 11.5 minute video about sun safety on the site. Be one of the first 10 to spot an error in the video and they will send you a pack of ultraviolet (UV) sensitive beads. Email them at: SunWise@epa.gov

There is even a "NO FRY DAY" set for the day before Memorial Day weekend.
Details are at the site. Why not have a UV alert mailed to your email. Then you can plan ahead when you know the prediction for the next day!

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