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Science Tidbit: Water on Mars Sign of Life?
A visit to Mars would entail nine months’ of travel at 76,000 miles per hour. Such a trip might seem impossible, but in the summer of 2007 NASA sent the Phoenix Lander on a voyage to Mars. It arrived in the spring of 2008 and  discovered, among other things, frozen water. Scientists are excited because water could signify life on the Red Planet. This month’s Science in the News, a free publication from Science A-Z, reveals more facts about Mars and the 2008 Phoenix mission.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Halloween
Halloween's origins date back more than 2,000 years when the ancient Celts celebrated their new year on November 1. Samhain (pronounced sow-in), the eve before the new year, was an important ritual, in which the Celts dressed in costumes and lit bonfires to protect their crops and homes from otherworldly spirits. The  Romans combined two of their holidays with the Celtic Samhain. One of those holidays honored Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit and trees. The symbol of Pomona is the apple, which probably explains the tradition of bobbing for apples. History.com is loaded with information about Halloween.
Writing A-Z Every Day
Good writing is key to literacy, and literacy is like the amino acid of education: it is the building block upon which all other studies are possible. Research indicates that students should have the opportunity to write every day, and a recent study, featured in Bob's Education Blog, shows that college students who write well get higher grades. That's why it's so important to start early, and start right. Writing A-Z, one of LearningPage's sister websites, gives you all the tools you need to teach children at four developmental levels, from beginning to fluent. Try a free sample lesson, complete with lesson plan, writing samples, graphic organizers, revision checklists, instructional posters, and a rubric.
Theme Packs on Native Americans and Hurricanes
Theme packs provide a wealth of information on a single topic. Educators looking for ways to explain natural disasters may find the Reading A-Z Hurricane Ike packet helpful. The packet includes the book Hurricanes, charts, a glossary, and activity sheets. Another popular Reading A-Z theme pack, Native Americans, highlights five great Nations of North America with leveled historical and realistic fiction readers, a map, graphic organizers, and picture cards.
Reading A-Z, a LearningPage sister website, offers several theme packs, thousands of books (printable and projectable), lesson plans, and worksheets for one low annual price. Visit and try free samples.
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Celebrate Halloween and Hispanic Heritage
LearningPage’s new Halloween Worksheets and Hispanic Heritage Worksheets are packed with drawing and writing, comprehension, and counting: Students can make paper jack-o-lanterns, count candy and fruit, follow a maze, sequence story pictures, draw a monster and write  about it, write an acrostic poem, write words associated with October, sequence words in a sentence, write Halloween safety tips, and identify famous people of Hispanic Heritage.
Download three FREE books on Halloween and Hispanic Heritage this month.
Maria’s Halloween
The Life of Cesar Chavez
Tommy’s Halloween Adventure
LearningPage members can also download Tommy’s Halloween Adventure worksheets, including comprehension, verbs, alliteration, and a crossword puzzle.
Dive Into a Miniature World Without a Microscope
Meet the dust and other strange stuff in the air we breathe. Cool Science for Curious Kids takes some of the best science activities from leading museums, including the Chicago Academy of Sciences and Boston's Children Museum.
Website of the Month Archive
Elasmosaur Mathematics
Math worksheets with a Halloween theme
Lanternfish
Halloween crosswords, word search, and word scrambles
Social Studies for Kids
Geography, cultures, and current events with Flat Stanley
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