Blueberry Season – Teaching for all Seasons
July 19, 2009
I am taking the 100 Digits berry picking this week. Since we need to get back into school gear after a couple weeks of summer camps I decided to look into a blueberry unit study. The blueberry council has put together some great pages to make learning about blueberries fun. You can download them below or visit blueberrycouncil.com . There are 3 worksheets for grades 3rd and 4th and 3 worksheets for 5th and 6th. I think that you can find ways to use them at any grade level. They are great, check them out.
add-up-fruit-fun -Math 5th/6th
blueberries-for-every-season -Geography 5th/6th
latest-fruit-news – Language Arts 5th/6th
read-write-and-blue – Language Arts 3rd/4th
blueberries-cuisine-Geography 3rd/4th
blueberry power worksheet (shown above)
For information on U-Pick Farms local to western Washington click here.
Fun Blueberry facts
- The blueberry muffin is the official muffin of Minnesota.
- It is also the most popular muffin in the U.S.
- The blueberry is the official state fruit of New Jersey.
- July is National Blueberry Month in the U.S.
- August is the National Blueberry Month in Canada.
National Poison Prevention Week
March 13, 2009
This year National Poison Prevention Week is March 15th-21st
What is National Poison Prevention Week?
Public Law 87-319 authorizes the President to designate annually the third week in March as National Poison Prevention Week. This act of Congress was signed into law on September 16, 1961, by President Kennedy, after which the Poison Prevention Week Council was organized to coordinate this annual event. Congress intended this event as a means for local communities to raise awareness of the dangers of unintentional poisonings and to take such preventive measures as the dangers warrant.
Did You Know…
…poisonings just surpassed traffic fatalities as the leading cause of injury-related death in Washington State and the third leading cause of hospitalization?
…91% of poisonings take place in the home?
…the WAPC answers more calls about medications (specifically pain killers) than any other potentially harmful substance!
(facts taken from The YUK Report Winter 2008)
Here are some activities to incorporate into school this coming week:
More on Plants, A list of Toxic and Non-Toxic Plants
You will be able to find these and many more educational resources on your local Poison Center’s website. The website for the Washington Poison Center is here.
What is a Poison Center?
A Poison Center is a knowledge resource center, set up for the benefit of you and your
community. Up-to-date information about millions and millions of dangerous products and raw
materials is available here for quick, easy retrieval, 24 hours a day, every day. The person who
answers your call to the Poison Center is a dedicated, highly-trained poison information
specialist with access to the latest medical research in toxicology, the study of poisons. Through
regular research and continuing communications with national toxicology specialists, the Poison
Center makes itself a resource for the latest information on the treatment for exposures to
hazardous substances.
The Poison Center is an education center. The staff helps train and update medical professionals
on new toxicological research and treatment. The Poison Center reaches out to the community
with valuable education programs for families at home, day care centers, schools, service clubs,
civic organizations, etc. The Poison Center serves everyone and animals, too!.
The Poison Center serves the community by saving money. When the public—you—learn to
call the Poison Center first, at 1-800-222-1222, when you suspect a poisoning, thousands of
needless hospital visits and unnecessary use of emergency transport vehicles are eliminated.
With the Poison Center’s knowledgeable help, most poisonings can be successfully treated at
home. This saves each community hundreds of thousands of dollars annually in medical costs
and frees-up police, 911 and other emergency personnel for other people that need them.
Call the Washington Poison Center at 1-800-222-1222 for poison help or for information about
preventing poisonings. This is a national phone number so whatever state you live in you will be connected to your local center.
Christmas Online Activities and Printables
December 12, 2008
This is an awesome printable of Christmas Worksheets based on Luke 2:1-20.
Variety of Word Puzzles by Month and Holiday at Newsword
Kaboose Funschool for a variety of online coloring and activities for Christmas
A list of many coloring pages at Squidoo
