America's Most Wanted: Invasive Species

Help! The most wanted invasive pest in Corning is the olive fruit fly. The olive industry in Corning is trying to control this infestation. The Corning community depends on olive production and sales for a healthy economy.

It is your task to identify America's Most Wanted Aliens. Who are they? How did they get here? What can we do about them? Here are few websites that will help you identify these least wanted invaders:

http://alic.arid.arizona.edu/invasive/sub7/index.shtml (teacher)
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/
http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/00946/accounts/reptiles.htm#turtle
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/behavingworse/leastwanted.html
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/animals/main.shtml

http://dnr.wi.gov/invasives/

http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01507/

Dodgeball--pro or con?

Should dodgeball be banned at recess and P.E? Dodgeball has been banned from many public schools in the United States recently. What are the reasons for protecting dodgeball or eliminating the game from the school yard? Here is a webcite that may help you understand the debate. Let me know what you think.

Therapy Dogs Help Soldiers Cut Stress

Take a look at this site. You will be doing a project about service animals in Theme 4, and this site gives lots of good links.

How to find a good puppy.

video

Would You Like to Use PhotoStory at Home?

Here's the site. Check it out. You may need to have Windows xp.

This siste also tells about another 5th grade class that did a project just like ours!

Short Films

Famous Moments in Early

American History.

Who interests you?

Prefixes Suffixes Roots

Try this site to help

you find words for

your homework.

Biography

It will be interesting to have a variety of timelines that share the lives of past Americans. Notice how this timeline is vertical. Van Gough was a famous painter from France, one of my favorite.

Share one fact that most interests you about the person you are reading about in your book.