Playing an Inuit game with seal bones
This is a variation on a traditional Inuit game. Print out the outline of the seal flipper bones and cut on the lines to get each bone separate from the others. Make [...]
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08, 2017
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08, 2017
Salmon and sweet potato fries
Cooked salmon Salmon and sweet potato fries makes a yummy and very healthy dinner, and it's easy to cook, too. You'll need the following things: a fillet of salmon (salmon [...]
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08, 2017
du Chatelet light project – European science
Any desk lamp will do for this du Chatelet light project What is the du Chatelet light project? Emilie du Chatelet was a scientist who lived in France in the [...]
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08, 2017
Prince and the Pauper project
Edward VI Mark Twain wrote "The Prince and the Pauper" about the young prince Edward in the days just before and just after the death of his father, Henry VIII. You can learn [...]
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08, 2017
Guy Fawkes Day project – Fireworks
Carrying a puppet of Guy Fawkes to burn him What's the Guy Fawkes' day verse? There's a famous verse about Guy Fawkes' plot to blow up the King of England and the [...]
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08, 2017
Richard III project – Wars of the Roses
Richard III of England For a project on the Wars of the Roses, you can't do better than Shakespeare. Shakespeare wrote a play about the Wars of the Roses. He called the [...]
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08, 2017
Joan of Arc project – Hundred Years’ War
Joan of Arc (painted about fifty years after she was killed) Joan of Arc and Henry V of England are the people most people remember best from the Hundred Years' War. [...]
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07, 2017
Sainte Chapelle project – Middle Ages
Can you match each of these stained-glass windows from the Sainte Chapelle to the Bible story it illustrates? Noah's Ark Moses and the Burning Bush Marking the doors for Passover Parting the [...]
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07, 2017
Commutative project – Chalk number line
Walk along a chalk line To get to understand the number line better, mark out a line on the playground or on the sidewalk outside your house with chalk. At the middle of [...]
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07, 2017
Checking the surface area of a sphere
Did you ever have to wrap a basketball as a present? To see how the surface area of a sphere is really 4πr2, find a ball to wrap (a basketball works well). Cut some [...]
