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Category: Science
Feb 17 | North Carolina End-of-Grade Exams
The North Carolina End of Grade Tests are fast approaching. These tests “are designed to measure student performance on the goals, objectives, and grade-level competencies specified in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.” The end-of-grade tests in reading comprehension and mathematics are administered to students in grades 3-5 as part of the statewide assessment program. The testing window for the end-of-grade test is the last three weeks of the school year.
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Nov 08 | Leonid Shower
The first meteor shower on record occurred November 12, 1799. This became known as the Leonid shower and occurs annually. The next Leonids will occur on November 17, 2010. Fun way to study science!
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Aug 23 | Ocean Descent
On Aug 15, 1934, Otis Barton and William Beebe made a world record descent to a depth of 3,028 feet (923 m), which is more than half a mile below the surface of the ocean in a bathysphere. Their record remained unbroken for 15 years.
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Aug 16 | Kindergarten
The kindergarten movement began in Germany in 1837. The focus was on spontaneous play and closeness to nature. The first kindergarten in the US opened in St. Louis, MO on August 26, 1873. The scope and sequence for most kindergartens today include literacy skills such as letter recognition, blending sounds, identify common sight words; writing skills such as correct printed letter formation, spelling and dictation; math skills include number recogniztion 1-100, counting 1-20, skip counting by 2, 5 and 10, tell time to the hour. Additionally, kindergarteners are studying social studies, science, computer/informational technology, library skills, Spanish, Fine Arts and much more.
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August is here and most of the year round schools are in full swing with traditional calendar schools gearing up for their first day. Families are making school preparations, too. Classrooms crowded with kids are ideal environments for germ growth. Here are the top 5 illnesses that cause children to miss school and ways you can prepare: common cold, stomach flu, ear infections, conjunctivitis and sore throats.
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Jul 28 | Animal Science Fun
Located in Philadelphia, America's first zoo opened on July 1, 1874. Today the 42-acre zoo features over 1,600 species of exotic animals from around the world. The NC zoo is located in Asheboro, NC. Zoos are a fun way to study animal science. Be sure to plan a trip this month to your local zoo!
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Jul 12 | The Ice Cream Cone
What is summer without ice cream?!?! It is generally thought that the invention of the ice cream cone occurred on July 23, 1904 at the World Fair in St Louis when a waffle, which was sold separately, was rolled and filled with ice cream.
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Mar 24 | Molly the Barn Owl Live Feed
This barn owl family is quickly becoming America's most watched family. A man in California has set up a web-cam in an owl nest box 15 feet off the ground.
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NASA discovered a significant amount water on the Moon! It is in the form of ice and vapor. This is exciting because "having a local resource like water would make things a bit easier. Hydrogen can be derived from water for use as a rocket fuel -- and the ice plume kicked up by last month's probe would also be of the drinkable variant. If you could clean it, it would be drinkable water," said NASA's Anthony Colaprete.
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Meet Kim Ashby | Owner
Kim Ashby earned a BS in Nursing from The Catholic University of America and, when she worked outside the home, was a Certified Emergency Nurse with a special interest in trauma nursing. She lives in Raleigh, NC with her husband and three sons. The Ashbys have home schooled their children since 1999. They graduated their oldest son in May 2007. He is attending UNC Wilmington. Kim continues to home school her younger boys. Her oldest son was diagnosed with ADHD when he was in the public school system in the second grade. Her second son has cerebral palsy which has resulted in multiple/global developmental delays. Her youngest son has undiagnosed, mild auditory processing issues.
Kim has co-instructed graduate level courses at UNC Chapel Hill for ST/OT students and Early Intervention students. She is the founder and President of the Board of Directors of GIFTSNC, Inc., a home schooling special needs support group. Kim has presented workshops at a variety of state home school conferences as well as local support group parent meetings and is often a guest speaker at homeschool conferences and is found on many guest speaker lists including Balancing the Sword. She is a Steering Committee member and former Treasurer for Dayspring Home Educators in Cary, NC. She served on the Board of Directors for the Family Support Network of Wake County. She holds a North Carolina Wildlife Permit for Small Mammal Rehabilitation and enjoys working with orphaned and injured wildlife.
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." Mark Twain