February 2, 2010

The last few weeks have been very hectic for me as we settle into our new home and movers misplace invaluable items and internet connections are failed to be made. In search of a silver lining, I discovered our subscribers are amongst the most compassionate educators on the planet.  This affirmed once again by the incredible spike in traffic at www.missmaggie.org in response to our Weekly Activity Packet titled “Haiti:  A Country in Need”.  Kudos to you all for taking a special interest in ensuring our children are enlightened by events which impact our world.  All of us here at Maggie’s Earth Adventures recognize the critical importance of offering timely material.  And though we are a small team with a small marketing budget to match, technology has afforded us the opportunity to react quickly to current events and we thank you all for your support!

This week’s WAP can be used as a companion to the Haiti activity we offered two weeks ago and for this reason we will re-post the original WAP along with this week’s activity.  Download and you will find:

• “Finding “Fault” with Earthquake Science” at the emergent reader, primary and intermediate levels
• Content on earthquake science presented in two formats
• Follow up “higher level” thinking activity
• Available in Spanish

In the Dear Colleague letter:

• Background on the activity
• Link to USGS
• Extension idea
• Correlates with Content Standard D, Earth and Space Science, of the National Science Standards.  

For those of you looking for activities which highlight the substantial contributions of African Americans in shaping American history, please purchase entry into “Maggie’s Archive Material” at www.missmaggie.org/bookstore.  We have several activities in our “Women in Science Series” profiling African American women as well.

Have a great week!
Kathy Hart Smith, PhD.
Director of Education

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