Cassini: The Grand Finale: Images

Cassini: The Grand Finale: Images

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The Best Fun Videos For English Language Learners In 2015 – So Far | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

The Best Fun Videos For English Language Learners In 2015 – So Far | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

Ten years of research has shown us How to Raise Smart Kids.

Telling your child she is smart and/or talented promotes a vulnerability to failure and a fear of challenge. 

Instead, parents should be focusing on 'process' and 'mind set'.

This article is a must read for all parents and teachers.

What Kids Want to Read

To help gift givers select the right books for children this holiday season, Scholastic (NASDAQ:SCHL), the global children’s publishing, education and media company, has released new data on "What Kids Want in Books – a "sneak preview" from the fifth edition of the Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report™. This national survey of children ages 6–17 and their parents explores attitudes and behaviors around reading books for fun. In this preview of the full report, kids share what they look for when picking out books to read for fun. According to 70% of kids ages 6–17, books that "make me laugh" rank highest on the list across all ages. To see this report, click here.

Tips & Tricks to Study Better

For students who find it stressful studying for exams (and what student doesn't??), this free eBook will provide many good tips & tricks to study better and maximize the effect of your study time.

To download this valuable eBook, click here

Apps Dangerous for Kids

Time was when we only had to monitor the TV viewing habits of our teens. Now we need to ensure that our kids are not using inappropriate apps on their smart phones.
If you don't think this is necessary - read this.

Banning Handheld Devices - an exercise in critucal thinking

It can be too easy for us to be swayed by an article – especially an article on a hot topic like Banning Handheld Devices

Before we allow an article to be the spokesperson for our views, we should do a little homework and check contrasting points-of-view.

Here is one example:

Read this post first. Then assess your thoughts on the information it contains.
Read this post second. Then asses your thoughts on the information it contains.

“The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.”
― Brooks Atkinson

“The strength of one’s opinion should not exceed their knowledge on the matter.”
― Eric Hirzel

Lines in Triangles

This free download contains a review, with diagrams, of the properties of medians, altitudes and perpendicular bisectors in triangles.

Also included are a few practice problems that would work well as a summary at the end of a lesson, as a part of a review packet for a test, or, even as a short quiz.

To access this free document, click HERE