• Web l i o g r a p h y •
Here are links to the websites listed in the April 2011 issue of LibrarySparks.
Freebies, Doodads, & Helpful Hints
• Arbor Day Resources www.peachtree-online.com/index.php/resources.teachers-guides.html
• Cloud/Weather Connection www.annerockwell.com/teachers
• Doyle and Fossey Curriculum Guide
www.micheletorrey.com/educators-corner
Curriculum Connections
• EarthSave: Healthy People, Healthy Planet
www.earthsave.org
• EPA Explorer’s Club
www.epa.gov/kids
• EPI Score Explanation
http://news.thomasnet.com/IMT/archives/2008/03/mother_
nature_gets_a_scorecard_environment_index_metrics_
performance_pollution_health.html?t=recent
• Global Warming Slide Show and Quizzes
http://epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html
• The Greenerator
www.scholastic.com/actgreen/teachers
• Green Squad
www.nrdc.org/greensquad/intro/intro_2.asp
• Home Tips for Green Habits
www.lawrencekidsrecycle.org/house_tour.html
• Kids’ Planet
www.kidsplanet.org
• Ranger Rick’s Green Zone
www.nwf.org/rrgreenzone
• Recycle City
www.epa.gov/recyclecity/mainmap.htm
• Smog City 2
www.smogcity2.org/index.html
• Sustainable Living www.heathcote.org/PCIntro/1SustainableLiving.htm
www.wisegeek.com/what-is-sustainable-living.htm
Technology
• Activity Pyramid Poster
http://extension.missouri.edu/explorepdf/hesguide/foodnut/n00386.pdf
• Bare Necessities Video
www.spike.com/video/nutrition-education/2940242
• BreakFAST & Jump to It
www.mealsmatter.org/CookingForFamily/Activities/breakfast.aspx
• Daily Nutrition and Activity Worksheet
http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/resources/mpk_worksheet.pdf
• Energy Balance
www.energybalance101.com
• Federal Child Nutrition Program Materials
http://tn.ntis.gov
http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/resources/mypyramidclassroom.html
• Food and Activity Balance Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jYr6y8TpvQ&feature=related
• Food Pyramid Adventure
www.nourishinteractive.com/kids/kidsarea.html
• Fuel up to Play 60
www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/activities-main.asp
• Kids and Fitness Activity Log
www.fitnessandkids.com/media/exercise_chart.pdf
• Kids Exercise with Daniel Cook
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7WyPem7JnQ
• Log It!
www.peclogit.org/logit.asp
• Mission Nutrition
http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/games/game_nutrition.html
• LibrarySparks • April 2011 Web Resources
• Move It
www.fns.usda.gov/tn/tnrockyrun/moveit.htm
• My Pyramid Blastoff
www.mypyramid.gov/kids/kids_game.html
• My Pyramid Mini-poster
http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/Resources/mp_mini.pdf
• My Pyramid Worksheet
http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/Resources/mpk_coloring.pdf
• Nutrition Tracker Worksheet
www.nutritionexplorations.org/pdf/kids/nutritiontracker.pdf
• Power Panther Song
http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/Resources/eatsmartadditionalresources.html
• President’s Fitness Challenge Log
www.presidentschallenge.org/tools-resources/docs/PALA_log.pdf
April Activity Calendar
• Child Abuse Prevention Month
www.childwelfare.gov/preventing/preventionmonth
• Clementine Friendship Party Kit
http://a.dolimgcom/explore/PMPages/DCOM/officialsites/clementine/Printable/
Clementine_Activity_Kit.pdf
• Instead of TV
www.insteadoftv.com
• Lee Bennett Hopkins Award Winners
at www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/activities/hopkins/index.html
• Magical Banana Trick Instructions
www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/Banana.shtml
• My First Garden
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/firstgarden/index.cfm
• Planting Time Guide
www.arborday.org/TreeInfo/ZoneLookup.cfm
• Reading Rockets
www.readingrockets.org/calendar/dia
• Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
www.daughtersandsonstowork.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=936
Storytime
• Earth Day Event Tips
www.earthday.org
Keep ’em Reading
• Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov
• World Wildlife Fund
www.wwf.org
• Oberlin College Resource Conservation Team
www.oberlin.edu/recycle
Library Lessons
• Box Tops for Kids
www.boxtopsforeducation.com
• Cartridges for Kids
www.cartridgesforkids.com
• Tyson Project A+
www.tyson.com/projectaplus
Reader’s Theater: The Dumpster Diver
• Janet S. Wong www.janetwong.com
• Toni Buzzeo www.tonibuzzeo.com
Fiction/Nonfiction
• Homeschool Share www.homeschoolshare.com/parrot_tico_tango.php
• Phil Rosenthall’s “The Green Grass Grows All Around”
www.songsforteaching.com/folk/greengrassgrowsallaround.htm