ETTC's Greatest Hits:
Spring Technology 
(…with a little bit of help from the Internet)

Arbor Day!
http://www.arborday.org/index.cfm
Hatch the Eggs!

http://www.microprizes.com/mp41.htm
Come up with a strategy and be successful with this online game.
It could get you wondering about things that hatch during the months of spring.

Click on Kite Month and think about ways to use some of these activities: http://www.kitetrade.org/ to commemorate the arrival of spring –
all the while teaching math, science and literacy skills to your students.

123Child explores April showers, rain & rainbows: http://www.123child.com/easter/spring.html.

ABC Teach
http://abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/month_to_month/c_march/ is the place to visit if you are an early elementary teacher looking for “spring-y” ideas.
 
Or try this link that explores spring as an instructional theme: http://www.abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/month_to_month/d_april/spring/.
Or click on these links for more interactive spring activities online
April Showers
Spring Games
Rainbow Magic Spring Activities
Spring Muses

Create Your Scenario
http://www.kids-space.org/HPT/1a/11a.html encourages young writers to create dialogue for animal characters. 
So who will play the part of the rabbit?

Visit the Michigan 4H Children’s Garden http://4hgarden.msu.edu/main.html for an ever growing list of links celebrating spring.

Put a virtual garden together by visiting Jigzone Gallery http://www.jigzone.com/

No matter how old you are or how green your thumb is, click to find a long list of ideas for teaching with plants at Kindergarden:  http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/Fun/project.htm.

Visit Journey North http://www.learner.org/jnorth/spring2001/species/index.html and track spring’s progress across the Northern Hemisphere.

Or learn more about the Phenology Data Exchange Project
 
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/pde/PhenDataExchange.html that studies the seasonal timing of life cycle events around the world.

 

  

 


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