See the World with Sparks

In Advisory, we discussed the importance of Passing on the Gift. It is the motto of one of my favorite charitable organizations, Heifer International. The idea at Heifer is they provide a family in need with livestock and give them the training necessary to raise the livestock. The gift provides a family with food as well as a way to make a living. The family in turn promises to give the offspring of their gift to another family in need. Thus...passing on the gift. To learn more, go to http://www.heifer.org/ . Each child in my Advisory has been given $20 to choose a gift to pass on to a family in need. They may chose from ducks, chicks, a cow, rabbits or a variety of other livestock gifts to pass on. I hope the children enjoy passing on the gift and I hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday season! VIDEO: One Cow Can Make A Difference Heifer International Heifer.org

Click here for the National Geographic Bee  home page. Eubanks Intermediate School will have the honor of participating in the National Geographic Bee again this year.  Click on the link above for sample questions.  We will conduct the preliminary rounds in our Social Studies classrooms. Sample Questions - National Geographic Bee

Landmarks are famous structures that are fun to visit and fun to learn about.  What did you enjoy the most about our Landmark Activity?  What did you enjoy the least?

I am glad you are here.    I can't wait to get to know you and I look forward to meeting you at Meet the Teacher Night on August 19.  Please feel free to comment on this post, introduce yourself and let me know what you did over the summer.  You can also check out my Wikispace using the link to the right.  We are going to have an awesome year exploring the world!

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com. It's been a busy summer.  Oklahoma, Colorado, Georgia (to see my son at Army Basic Training), St. Maarten and Japan where I climbed Mt. Fuji!!!  Enjoy the video.

WSRE and PBS on the Gulf Coast, have created a web page of resources to provide parents and teachers with information they can use to help children understand the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Crisis. http://wsre.org/OilSpill/teachers-students-kids.asp

Many of you have asked lots of questions about Google Earth. Can you see the Great Wall of China? Can you see the Nazca Lines? Can I see my house? Can you go underwater and see a shipwreck? Can you visit Mars or see the stars? The answer is YES!!!!! You can do all of those things on Google Earth. Check it out and post what you find here. HAPPY EXPLORING :)

Thursday, April 22, marks the 40th anniversary of the first Earth Day. That watershed moment in 1970 elevated the issue of environmental protection and was soon followed by the passage of the Clean Air Act and the founding of the Environmental Protection Agency. To learn more, click on the links below http://www.worldwildlife.org/home.html http://www.earthday.org/earthday2010

Every day more than 4,000 children in developing countries die, simply because they don't have clean drinking water. If you are intereseted in learning more, click on one of the links below. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Stories/PeoplePlaces/Playpumps http://www.csdw.org/csdw/home.shtml

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http://my.toms.com/node/1017 Children in developing countries often grow up barefoot. Many are not allowed to attend school without shoes and they are often injured or exposed to harmful minerals, which can lead to serious medical conditions. On April 7th and 8th you will have the opportunity to go barefoot during social studies class to help raise awareness of what children in developing countries face everyday. While it might sound like fun to go without shoes during class, think about what it would be like if you had to go barefoot for miles while you walk to school, get clean water or find medical help.

Check out the Geo Cube. It's a fun way to learn about the world. http://www.geo-cube.eu/

Don't forget to join thousands of people around the world by turning your lights off for 1 hour at 8:30 pm on Saturday, March 27. http://www.myearthhour.org/

How was your spring break? Comment here or tell me all about it on Monday.

It is my last morning in the Georgia mountains. Sad to go. Wildlife? I saw an ant, a beetle and 2 birds. Bear tracks but no bears.

I am honored to be part of an incredible community of hikers. I continue to be humbled by the courage, experience and inspiration of those around me.

A beautiful day of hiking followed by a scarey night on Cowrock Mtn. in very high winds. Glad to be back at the hostel.

Started the day being pelted by isicles blown off the trees. Ouch. Up and over Blood Mountain for a total of 11 miles. Black bear in the area.

Cold and windy this morning but it is sunny! Going from Woody Gap to Blood Mountain.

The AT has white blazes on trees to let you know you are on the right track. I found comfort in the white blazes as I hiked alone thru a dense fog.

Rough night. Cold and wet but it is a beautiful sunny morning. Met a blind hiker and a guy planning to hike 6000 miles from Florida to Canada.

The hikers here are a wonderful community. Everyone helping everyone. Back to the trail today. Need to set up camp by 3 to beat a thunderstorm.

Wow...what a day. A friend was stuck on the approach trail and at risk for hypothermia. We were able to get him safely off the trail.

Decision made. I`ll sart my day climbing 700 steps up and around a waterfall then slog thru the mud to help a friend who is soaked and cold.

So much rain and snow that the road to the trailhead is closed. We have to decide if we are going to hike the gruelling 9 mile approach trail or wait a day.

Wow...thanks to my two teenage sons, I am now able to post by texting from my phone. Gotta love technology.

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Blogging is a whole new adventure for me!!  I am happy you are here.  My next travel adventure is a section hike of the Appalachian Trail.  I will be helping my friend get started on a 2,100 mile hike from Georgia to Maine.