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1,900-year-old chariot discovered in Bulgaria

Huge ice sheet breaks loose in Canadian arctic

'Shocking event' another sign of warming in polar frontier, say scientists

4,500-year-old Markham Ice Shelf separated in early August

 

White Christmas "Card"

Thanks Susan Hollon!  And Karen for the new link!

Virtual Snow Globe   

Thanks to Ms Soward

 

'Big bang machine' halted for 2 months

Your spectacular death in a black holeCollider targets massive mystery

Biggest ‘Big Bang Machine’ turned on

Collider targets massive mystery

Science Gone Too Far? // Model of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) tunnel (© Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

 

NASA delays Hubble mission until 2009

Cosmic Log: Action urged on asteroids

 

Beauty of Mathematics

NASA spacecraft reveal cause of auroras

Magnetic substorms are energy bursts stemming from charged particles

Skywatcher Mark Urwiller caught this stunning view of the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, from his vantage point five miles outside Kearney, Nebraska. Urwiller photographed the light show the evening of May 14, 2005.
 

Game Feeds "orphaned" Dogs: http://freekibble.com/

WORD PUZZLE

FreeRice Game

Lady Liberty's Crown May Reopen to Public

The National Park Service is considering reopening the Statue of Liberty’s crown, which has been closed since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Broken Arrow Oklahoma Satellite/Radar Map

 

 

Live Conditions
Union 8th Grade Center

Switch to Celsius

The 8th Grade Weather Station is  

Available online

Weather

Animate Satellite/Radar Map

  Flightstar II Pictures

What I'm flying now

Trisha's Capulin Photos

The Genesis Aircraft Project

What I'm training in:[similar]

Solo Day Jul 7, 08 pictures

Who's that fat guy in my hat?

Channel 6 News Story [video]

Print Version Story

a frickin' elephant

African Elephant   Thanks to April T.

Two small earthquakes recorded near Chandler OK

Moeritherium, ancient elephant ancestor (© Luci Betti-Nash/Stony Brook University)Gone for good

8 greatest species that have left Earth

 

Scientists reveal why glass is glass

Palindromes

Artist's rendering of Ventastega curonica (© Philip Renne/AP)Fossil find

Most primitive four-limbed creature ever

 

 New FLIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS.

Move your cursor over the screen, and you will have the impression you are flying over the mountains.

Thanks to Dr HG B, III

New Fauna [fantastic photos!]

Thanks to Susan H

This photo provided by the Center of Natural Sciences in Prato, Italy shows a deer with a single horn in the center of its head. The one-year-old Roe Deer was nicknamed "Unicorn."
   

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Looking for MS XL games to post here!

If you have a suggestion, please send it [email] as an attachment.

Here's a site which I think has some:

Excel Games

Phone Numbers Changing, District-Wide

"Galaxy" Song  Thanks to Matt W.!

   

MOAR (Massive Output Arrayed Radar)

for Saturday afternoon May 24, 2008

FreeRice Game

"Here's a "good" game for you. A new U.N. campaign donates 10 grains of rice for each question you answer correctly at http://www.freerice.com. It's already generated enough rice to feed 50,000 people.

Click here to read more!

 

How to compute your Semester Grade

New Aurora Borealis Presentation

[BIG file!]

somewhere in time

Thanks to Susan Hollon

Capulin Volcano website

Maps to Capulin

Student Capulin Photos

Math Homework Help

Union District's

[Parent Online]

How to access Parent Online

   
Ask Bill Nye // Brain activity (© Digital Vision/Getty Images)

First dig in 44 years turns up new clues at Stonehenge

Sulfur dioxide closes Volcanoes National Park

Science News

Ask Bill Nye

   

Latest Astro News

green central markgreen

Weather News Items

   
 

How to Take the Semester Exam

 How to Take the Semester Exam

How to Study for the Semester Exam

How to Study for the Semester Exam

   
 

 

DFY

Drug Free Youth

To express a complete thought, you must form a complete sentence.

Dictionary.com Word of the Day

OneLook Word of the Day

A.Word.A.Day Home Page

You are not expressing a complete thought, if you do not form a complete sentence.
  8th Grade Center Daily Class Schedule

 

 
MLA Sample Including Instructions

MLA.org

Frequently Asked Questions about MLA Style

School Map

Lockers Map

One-way Halls Map    Thanks to Nader S.

WeatherBug Web site

Check out the 8th Grade Weather Station  

Available online

Powers of Ten Website

 and Hubble Images

[Thanks to Kristin's N.'s Mom!]

HPV shot also guards against 2 other cancers

Girls: Get your vaccination against a specific women's cancer [every 4 yrs].. The first of it's kind

There's no cure, but now there is prevention.  1/4 girls age 14-19 are infected; 1/2 women ages 20-24

Millions In U.S. Infected With HPV

Check out the Tulsa Rowing Club!  Went to nationals this year.

www.tulsarowingclub.org

 

 

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