Mooning for the Moon

Our closest heavenly body is the moon. We see it every night and have landed on it. What will be your future – on the moon? Explore the moon with the following online sites.

CONNECT:

• See NASA’s tour of the moon at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iSZMv64wuU
• Watch how the phases of the moon occur at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz01pTvuMa0
• Learn about the first moon walk at https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/history/moon-landing/ 

CREATE:

• Read these children’s poems about the moon: https://nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com/2015/06/19/some-of-my-favourite-moon-poems/. Then try writing your own moon poem.
• Celebrate the moon through these kid-friendly moon crafts and activities: https://www.123homeschool4me.com/24-moon-crafts-activities-for-kids_36/
• Plan a moon party with yummy snacks: https://faithfulplateful.com/moon-day-snacks-and-party-ideas/

CARE:

• Imagine living on the moon. How safe will it be? A spacecraft named “Surveyor” proved that the moon was safe for humans. Read about the process at https://sservi.nasa.gov/articles/surveyor-proved-the-moon-safe-for-man/
• The moon is a great place to learn about protecting Earth. Explore the benefits at https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/sun-science-has-a-bright-future-on-the-moon
• The moon’s gravitational pull causes ocean rip currents. Find out how to escape rip currents at https://scijinks.gov/rip-currents/

CAREERS:

Look to the sky for a future career.

https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/careers/moon-to-mars-profiles/index.html

https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190720/moon-landing-inspired-many-to-pursue-space-science-careers

https://apasseducation.com/education-blog/stem-jobs-on-the-moon/

Yahoo for Cowboys!

You have probably seen Westerns on TV or in the movies? How accurate are those depictions of cowboys? Spur your interest with these online activities about cowboys.

CONNECT:

• American cowboys owe their origins to Spain’s vaqueros. Find out about their history at https://www.americancowboy.com/ranch-life-archive/history-vaquero
• And here is a contemporary cowboy showing his daily life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW2HMRaDlrc
• Explore this collection of cowboy facts at http://www.thewildwest.org/cowboys

CREATE:

• Giddy-up and have fun making these cowboy-western crafts at http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Cowboy-Western-Crafts.html
• Speak “cowboy,” test your true grit, and lead a cattle drive with these games at https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/ranchhouse/history.html
• Have you heard about personal brands? Learn about cattle branding, and make your own (non-cattle) brand: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/decoding-the-range-the-secret-language-of-cattle-branding-45246620/

CARE:

• Round up your western pals because it's time to play  these cowboy-themed party games and activities! https://www.thespruce.com/kids-wild-west-cowboy-party-games-2104652
• Make some cowboy trail mix for your hiking family and friends by following the directions at https://www.iheartnaptime.net/kids-trail-mix/
• Pick some cowboy poems to share with a special relative or friend: http://www.cowboypoetry.com/newandold.htm

CAREERS:

What a home on the range? Want to lasso for a living? There’s still time for you to be a cowboy. Or you can groom horses, make cowboy clothing, create cowboy art or music, and write about them. Yeehaw!

https://careerstint.com/cowboy-jobs

https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/careers/agriculture-ranchers

We're all immigrants

If you live in the United States, it's highly likely that an ancestor immigrated here. It's even thought that Native Americans came over the Bering Strait by Alaska. What is the immigrant experience? And how can we help make it better?

CONNECT:

• Hear the stories of real kids who have recently immigrated to the United States: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/young_immigrants/
• Why have people left their homeland to the U.S.? It is both a push away from their first country and a pull from America.  http://www.emigration.link/ provides a list, facts and information about specific examples of Push and Pull factors of Migration to America by individual country.
• Lots of immigrants entered the U.S. through Ellis Island. Learning about that process at http://www.american-historama.org/1881-1913-maturation-era/ellis-island-immigration-process.htm
• Is American Chinese food really Chinese? Dig into its history at https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/chinese-food-history-how-american-chinese-cuisine-is-different-thrillist-nation

CREATE:

• Can you trace your family tree back to the old country? In this BrainPOP movie (https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/culture/immigration/), Tim and Moby discuss the movement of people from other countries into the United States. Then make your own family tree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65IHP28bxYI
• Share poems about immigration (https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/immigration-poems-kids). Talk with someone who has had an immigration experience; together you can write your own poems.
• Some of your favorite foods may have been created by immigrants. Watch this video to see if your yummy is mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXbiDPGSwwU
• Don’t make a pho pas (faux pas) when eating Asian food; here are some tips on manners: https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/things-you-re-doing-wrong-while-eating-asian-food-thrillist-nation

CARE:

• Note to parents: Here are tips on starting good conversations with kids about immigration: http://time.com/3665776/immigration-how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-it
• Sometimes children immigrate to the United States unaccompanied. Here are guidelines for them, which can be a good family discussion: https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/guide-children-arriving-border-laws-policies-and-responses
• Immigrant children face many challenges. Read about their experience, and brainstorm ways that you might help an immigrant child: http://www.aboutkidshealth.ca/En/News/NewsAndFeatures/Pages/Helping-immigrant-children-succeed.aspx
• Is LaAmistad in your area? It’s a Latino program to help immigrant families. Learn about it at http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/19/us/iyw-la-amistad/index.html

CAREERS:

There are lots of jobs to help immigrants: from U.S.’s Citizenship and Immigration Services to translators, English teachers, tutors, social workers, lawyers – and being a friend.

https://www.thoughtco.com/immigration-jobs-1951820

http://refugees.org/about/careers/

https://learn.org/articles/How_Can_I_Become_a_TOEFL_Teacher.html