http://www.sharinglinks.com/tags/kids+teacher+surfnetkids Recent Kids + Teacher + Surfnetkids bookmarks posted to SharingLinks.com. SharingLinks.com is an online bookmark manager and a community of parents and teachers. 60 http://www.surfnetkids.com/gargoyle.htm My readers always keep me informed when there is something I should see on the Net. This topic was suggested by Walter S. Arnold, a sculptor from Chicago who makes his living carving stone creatures. Silly me, I replied "There couldn't possibly be five go surfnetkids Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0000 gargoyles kids surfnetkids teacher http://www.surfnetkids.com/geogames.htm The recent National Geographic - Roper 2002 Global Geographic Literacy Survey has shown us that only 36% of young American adults know which two countries are fighting over the region of Kashmir. And about 11% of polled Americans (ages 18 to 24) couldn't surfnetkids Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0000 games geography kids surfnetkids teacher http://www.surfnetkids.com/geograp.htm Remember spinning a globe with your eyes closed to see where your finger would land? Now you can spin a journey around the Web to the farthest corners of the earth. Where will you land today? surfnetkids Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0000 geography kids surfnetkids teacher http://www.surfnetkids.com/ghost.htm Halloween trick-or-treating probably originated with a ninth-century European custom called souling. On All Souls Day (November 2), early Christians would walk from village to village begging for soul cakes, square pieces of bread with currants. In exchan surfnetkids Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0000 ghost kids stories surfnetkids teacher http://www.surfnetkids.com/girls.htm "For Girls Only!" read the sign on my daughter's door. Too young to write it herself, she instructed me to create it for her. The sign included a list of girlfriends who were allowed to enter, and a listing of boys (including her brother) that were not surfnetkids Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0000 girls kids surfnetkids teacher http://www.surfnetkids.com/glacier.htm A glacier is a large flowing ice mass. Some glaciers move at a snail's pace, just a few inches a day, while others advance more than a hundred feet a day. Glaciers are formed as large amounts of snow accumulate over many years and individual snow flakes a surfnetkids Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0000 glaciers kids surfnetkids teacher http://www.surfnetkids.com/goldrush.htm A pea-sized gold nugget was unearthed at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California 152 years ago on January 24, 1848. Although the news did spread, Sam Brannan, a San Francisco newspaperman, is credited with starting the actual rush on May 12 when he walked the surfnetkids Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0000 gold kids rush surfnetkids teacher http://www.surfnetkids.com/hamsters.htm My son (following, I suppose, in the footsteps of Abbott and Costello) named his first hamster "Guess" and his second hamster "Who." Funny banter aside ("What's the hamster's name?" "Who." "The hamster. What's its name?") the little fur ball bring smiles surfnetkids Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0000 hamsters kids surfnetkids teacher http://www.surfnetkids.com/health.htm Created by the World Health Organization and first observed on July 22, 1948, World Health Day is now celebrated on April 7. Which leads me, naturally, to ask the question: "Where can kids go online for reliable health information?" Although it is alway surfnetkids Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0000 health kids surfnetkids teacher http://www.surfnetkids.com/heart.htm This Valentine's Day will you be giving someone special a gift from the heart? Or will you be pleading with your Valentine not to break your heart? Perhaps you'll be the recipient of a wonderful gift, and respond with heartfelt thanks. Whenever the discus surfnetkids Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0000 heart kids surfnetkids teacher http://www.surfnetkids.com/heroes.htm What is a hero? My World Book dictionary defines a hero as "a man or boy admired for his bravery, great deeds, or noble qualities" but I think it's not quite as simple as that -- and it's certainly a topic worth discussing. Today's subject was suggested surfnetkids Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0000 heroes kids surfnetkids teacher http://www.surfnetkids.com/holiday.htm As our melting-pot society has progressed into one that rejoices in its multi-faceted cultural and religious heritage, the public celebration of religious holidays has become more and more difficult. Should our public school classrooms celebrate Christmas surfnetkids Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0000 christmas hanukkah kids surfnetkids teacher http://www.surfnetkids.com/houdini.htm I read that if you ask ten people to name a magician, nine will reply "Harry Houdini." Well, only half of my friends and family named Houdini, but considering he died seventy-two years ago this Halloween, that's an awesome amount of fame. Houdini was a surfnetkids Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0000 houdini kids surfnetkids teacher http://www.surfnetkids.com/human.htm The hip bone is connected to the shin bone, the shin bone is connected to the.... I think I need some help assembling my Halloween skeleton. So I'm off to the web again, searching for "dem bones." surfnetkids Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0000 anatomy human kids surfnetkids teacher http://www.surfnetkids.com/illusion.htm "Seeing is believing." "A picture is worth a thousand words." But sometimes our eyes deceive us, and what we see is only what our brain expects to see. Optical illusions are amusing, but they also teach us a lot about how our brain works in conjunction wi surfnetkids Fri, 2 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0000 illusions kids optical surfnetkids teacher