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The Microsoft Education Center has a good step by step tutorial on how to make a timeline in Excel.
Whether you’re looking to make a somewhat involved chronological timeline, or just a simple from Point A to Point B kind of deal, this tutorial’s got you covered. I’m a bit skittish around Excel (so…many…graphs), but this [...]

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THEME: TEDDY BEARS (Teddy Bear day is October 27)
BOOKS:
Alborough, Jez. WHERE’S MY TEDDY? (office)
MY FRIEND BEAR. (E; PS, T)
Ashforth, Camilla. MONKEY TRICKS. (home)
Aylesworth, Jim. TEDDY BEAR TEARS. (E)
Bush, Timothy. TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR. (E; PS, T; very cute)
Butler, Dorothy. MY BROWN BEAR BARNEY. (E)
MY BROWN BEAR BARNEY AT THE PARTY. (E)
Butterworth, Nick. ALBERT THE BEAR. [...]

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The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, is holding a public launch of its Kids! @ your library. Campaign on Sunday, November 12, at the Boston Public Library to help kick off Childrens Book Week.
With a message So much to see. So much to do. @ your [...]

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U.S. Olympic Figure Skater Kimmie Meissner Named Teen Chair of Teen Read Week; A Happening Across the Country October 15-21, 2006
CHICAGO: United States Olympic Figure Skater Kimmie Meissner has been named Teen Chair of Teen Read Week, the only national literacy initiative aimed at teens, their parents, librarians and educators. Teen Read Week is sponsored [...]

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YALSA’s Technology Committee has put together two great resources for back to school. The first document is a compilation of resources to help teachers and librarians work with teens to help them build critical information literacy skills when using the Internet. The second document is a tip sheet for teens to help them become safe [...]

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Young Adult Corner: Fun with Wikis
By Stephanie Bailey-White
First a little background about wikis:
 
- A wiki is an easily editable web page – no knowledge of HTML is required
- Wikis can be as open to editing as one would like
- Wiki software is usually free or low cost
- Wikis are truly collaborative, allowing several people to [...]

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The Best Young Adult Books of the Decade and How to Use Them in Your Program (Grades 6 – 12) is the name of a workshop sponsored by the Bureau of Education and Research. The workshop is $185 per person and will be held in Boise on October 30 and in Spokane on October 31. [...]

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Science Bob http://www.sciencebob.com/ Science Bob provides home experiments, an online lab and answers to your science questions.
Good Science books for children http://science.org.au/pi/goodbooks/ Annotated lists of science books for children have been organised by age group and by category. Suggestions are provided for ages 3-6 and 5-8.
Houghton Mifflin Science http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsc/index.html A collection of science activities from [...]

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