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Bake it Up! - 20 Healthy and Tasty Recipes

From the Nutrition Resource Centre, Bake It Up! includes over 20 recipes for healthier baked goods that comply with the Ministry of Education’s School Food and Beverage Policy. Try these recipes at home with your family. My favourite so far...carrot cookies! Tonight I will try making oatmeal cookies!

GWAP- Play the Games, Improve the Internet

Here is an interesting website. You look at some form of media and write a word that comes to your mind. The words that you write might be used to tag web-media to improve the internet experience for everyone.

Try ESP--it is 2 minutes of picture-word associations. You and a partner see the same image and are asked to type in a tag for it. When you agree on a tag, you move on and are awarded points. After just a minute of play, you've agreed on six or seven tags. The system records those six or seven tags and associate them with the images. After, search engines, like Google, will know more about the images on the internet--that means it will be easier to search for what you want in the future.

Summer reading for kids: Only the best

Ayiti-Role Playing Game

Find out what it is like to live in poverty.

Can you help the Guinard family to make ends meet and get ahead in their poverty-stricken homeland, Haiti? In this sometimes tragic and always challenging simulation game, you help the parents, Jean and Marie, and their children, Patrick, Jacqueline, and Yves, make decisions about work, education, community building, personal purchases, and health care that might brighten their future.

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

This is fantastic website for virtual manipulatives. Take a look around.

PenZen-a distraction free writing tool

Check out PenZen if you need to do some writing and you don't want to be distracted by anything else.

Cyberbullying-Not Just Name Calling

Technology is fun to use for both education and entertainment. However, when it is used to hurt others, we all need to take a stand to stop it. Check out this website to read some stories, see some stats and learn more about cyberbullying.

K-Pop Stepmania! [www.MrRobson.info Exclusive!]

New Stepmania files have been created to include some hit songs from Korea--including the infectious beats of Big Bang! Download it here. To use to the file, you will have to unzip it into the 'Songs' folder of your Stepmania folder.

How to Install Stepmania (Dance Dance Revolution)

How to Install Stepmania (version 3.9)

1. Download the software from here: http://www.stepmania.com/wiki/Downloads or from my Dropbox here.

2. If you have a PC (not MAC), click ‘Windows’

3. Watch it download! Wait…

4. Once finished, open the downloaded file. It should be ‘StepMania-3.9a.exe’

5. It will say, Welcome to Stepmania…click Next

6. Click I Agree

7. Click Do not install SweetIM (or any extra software—you don’t need it!!!)

8. Choose a location to install. Usually it will install it in Program Files by default. If you want to change the install location, just click Browse. Otherwise, to move forward click Install

9. Once that is done, click Finish

Wasn’t that easy! You now have it installed! If you have a question, add it in the comments section below.

Check back for more details on how to install the songs and to get the Mr. Robson exclusive Korean Pop Music files!

Dance Mat Typing - Learn to Type

This is a fun website with animation and games to help students aged 7 to 11 to learn the right way to type. Say no to "chicken peck" (one finger typing) :)

The Leader in Me [Games Site]

Check out this website inspired by Dr. Stephen R. Covey’s, author of the 7 Habits of Highly Successful People. Here you will find a number of student games that will encourage the 7 habits as found in The Leader in Me (recommended reading for teachers and parents).

Have fun on the site!

Rube Goldberg Machines

Some students out there are creating their own Rube Goldberg Machines. A Rube Goldberg Machine (or invention) is one that is very complex in order to do simple tasks. Here are a few images that might inspire creativity.

If you could vote...who would you choose?

Click on vote compass to answer some question to find out where you might place your vote if you had the chance.

Online Persuasive Essay Builder

Having some trouble getting started with your persuasive essay? Try this tool to create an outline or thesis statement. Just fill in your own details. Happy writing!

Click here to get started

Learn HTML

Learning the basics of website creation is fun and educational. You can do a lot of interesting programming with a simple word processor such as Notepad (found in 'Accessories' in your Windows start menu).

Check out this website for a lot of great tips and tricks on making your own website.

Co-Co's AdverSmarts

Join "Co-Co" as you learn the marketing techniques (tricks) companies use on websites to target kids.

Teachers/Parents: find more Media Awareness games here.

Work on Writing

On this webpage, The Story Kitchen, strange tales get cooked up. And you get to be the chef. Just pick your hero, place and bad guy -- and see the story I've started for you to finish. There are nearly 50 of them! Each story has a drawing. The web author has done everything for you--all you need to do is print it out (or copy it into a word processor) and start writing.

Word Word and Spelling

Correct spelling makes our writing more fluent. If we can spell better, we can get our ideas onto the paper much faster.

Check out this word jumble or word search machine here.

Listen to Reading

We can hear good stories and examples of fluent readers. We learn more words,expand our own vocabulary and become better readers ourselves.

Listen to these original stories written by other kids here.

Learning About Electric Circuits with Tim and Moby

Once you have watched the video, check out the activity. You can also print it to share with your family.

Work on Writing

Just like reading, the best way to become a better writer is to practice each day.

Read to Someone

Reading to someone allows for more time to practice your skills. This can help you with Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency and Expand your vocabulary.

Don't Buy It--See Through the Sales Pitch

Be a savvy shopper. Check this media awareness website.

Read to Yourself

The best way to become a better reader is to practice each day, with books you choose, for your reading level. The more you read, the smarter you get.

Have you checked out your local library recently?

Does your Library have 'Violet'?

Check out this review by Heather--a mother, a book reviewer and writer.

Year of the Rabbit 신묘년 (Korean)

2011 is ‘Sinmyonyeon’ (신묘년), meaning ‘the year of the rabbit,’ the 4th animal of the 12 jisins. Koreans believe that there are twelve gods of the earth (Sibiji or 12 jisins) who take the form of twelve animals: the mouse, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog, and pig.

Read more here.

Learn Your Multiplication Tables--Memorize for an Easier Life!

Check this interactice table out. Click here.

Long Multiplication- How to and Practice

Long Multiplication is a special method for multiplying larger numbers.

It is a way to multiply numbers larger than 10 that only needs your knowledge of the ten times Multiplication Table.

To view the "How to", click here.

If you are ready to start practicing, check out Grade 4 multiplication practicehere.

Wiarton Willie Festival!

Hey Grade 4/5, Check out these sites for Math

Grade 4 Click Here

Grade 5 Click Here

How to do a Bibliography

What is a bibliography (bib-li-og-ra-phy)?
A bibliography is a list of the books of a specific author or publisher, or on a specific subject.

Why do I need to make a bibliography?
A bibliography helps you know where you got your information from and it lets your teacher know you are giving proper credit for your sources of information.

What do I include in a bibliography?
You should list every source you use such as a book, a movie, a website, an interview or any information that did not come from you

Where do I put the bibliography for my assignment?
The bibliography goes at the end of your assignment. The title of this page should be Bibliography or Works Cited

Source:
Barrie Public Library. http://www.library.barrie.on.ca/ (January 24, 2011)

Electrical Safety Interactive

All About Electrical Safety


This module helps children identify things that use electricity and explains the importance of electricity in our homes and neighbourhoods.

It talks about electrical equipment that kids need to stay away from and how to stay make your home electrically safe.

This module is 7 minutes long and is geared to children aged 5 to 7.
View All About Electrical Safety

Electrical Safety Forces



Become a member of the Electrical Safety Forces and rise up the ranks from Cadet to Commissioner by correctly solving a series of multiple choice scenarios.

You become an agent and have 15 assignments to help you earn rank.

This module is 20 minutes long and is geared to children aged 9 to 13 years.
View The Electrical Safety Forces


Woodshock: The Shocking Truth!


Woodshock: The Shocking truth follows a group of rock band "roadies" as they go about their jobs. See them make unsafe choices with electricity and learn from their mistakes.

This module is 9 minutes long and is geared to kids aged 11 and up.
View Woodshock: The Shocking Truth

When in Doubt, Doodle Out

Sometimes drawing a picture will help us understand our thinking better.

Brain Jokes,

What did one eye say to the other eye?
Something smells!

Where do brains go for vacation in Massachusetts?
The city of Braintree!

What do you get when you cross a thought with a light bulb?
A bright idea!

Why are sponges and brains similar?
They both like to soak up materials!

When does a brain get scared?
When it loses its nerve!

What do you call a flying ear?
An earplane!