Surfing the Net with Kids: Your Healthy Smile
"Brush your teeth is one of those mantras chanted by parents everywhere. I suppose we say it so often in the hope that one day when we’re not around, our kids will still hear the words echoing in their heads -- along with "wash your hands" and "cover your mouth when you cough." February is Brush your Teeth Month (actually they call it National Children’s Dental Health Month – but I like my name better.) Either way, here are my dental hygiene Web picks."
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Science of Sound
"The science of sound can be explored at many different levels, from grade school to college physics. Whether your interest is in making drums with first graders, or doing research for a physics project, this week’s site selections will deliver with animations, tutorials, activities and experiments that uncover the many facets of sound."
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Roller Coasters
"The need for speed. Some people have it. Others of us don’t.To set the stage for today’s roller coaster tour, here is a Japanese Shockwave animation titled simply "Roller Coaster." Can you feel the ride?"
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Paper Airplanes
"I’ve learned that practically everyone that has ever made a paper airplane has a unique design for the BEST paper airplane in the WHOLE world. Today I feature two different paper airplanes that claim the title of "Best," and one that has actually won the Guinness Book of World Records title for time aloft. I called my son over to the computer to look at the plans for building the record-breaking airplane. His response? "That plane set a world’s record? My plane is better than that one!""
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Paper Airplanes
"What makes one paper airplane better than another? Should we judge our paper planes on ease of construction, length of flight or distance traveled? Personally, I vote for the fun factor. And hopefully, you’ll have plenty while visiting this week’s paper airplane picks."
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Science of Light
"Optics, the science of light, is studied by both scientists and engineers. It includes defining light, learning how it is produced, how it travels, and how it is measured. Today’s picks run the gamut from simple science for K-3 students, to sites appropriate for high-school physics research reports."
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Healthy Food
"All my nagging about eating healthy began to pay off two years ago when myson started lecturing me on my eating habits. With my daughter, however, wedon’t sit down to eat, we sit down to negotiate. "I’ll trade you onecookie for two green beans." If you are still nagging and negotiating,here are some Web sites to help your cause."
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Staying Healthy
"Created by the World Health Organization and first observed on July 22, 1948, World Health Day is now celebrated on April 7. Which leads me, naturally, to ask the question: ""Where can kids go online for reliable health information?"" Although it is always important to know the source of any information you are trusting, it is even more so with health information. With that in mind, here are my health picks for kids and the families who love them."
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Fireworks!
"My daughter and I were driving home at night when she saw them. ""Fireworks!"" she exclaimed. And there they were, bursting over the fairgrounds. No matter how often I see them, it’s still exciting. Boom! Boom! Boom! Today’s recommendations are for everyone who just can’t get enough of those summertime fireworks."
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Surfing the Net with Kids: Fire Safety
"October 3 through 9, 2004, is Fire Prevention Week. Originally proclaimed as Fire Prevention Day in 1920 by President Woodrow Wilson, it commemorated the anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge expanded the event to a whole week. He noted that in the previous year some 15,000 lives were lost to fire in the United States. Calling the loss ""startling,"" President Coolidge’s proclamation stated: ""This waste results from conditions which justify a sense of shame and horror; for the greater part of it could and ought to be prevented."""
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