Newsletter 10.19.09
Social Skills Vocabulary-Whole Body-Thinking
Links
Cool Stuff
Famous Paintings
How well do you know your art? Select the correct artist for each of these GORGEOUS paintings that you get to see whilst playing the game, and for each correct response, contribute free rice to the United Nations World Food Program. How good does it get?? We love this game!
http://www.freerice.com/index.php?&t=394293273042&s=Famous%20Paintings
World Space Week
World Space Week, October 4-10 annually, is an ideal time for you to learn about space.
http://www.worldspaceweek.org
World Book at NASA for Students
Features in-depth entries on everything from astronauts to spacecraft to the wonders of our solar system and beyond.
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/wbkids/index.html
Ghosts in the Castle
In this interactive tour of a castle, you can explore the inhabitants and the different sections to see what castle life was like; from National Geographic.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/castles/enter.html
Social Competency
Award Certificates
Select any of the certificate templates, and then enter your terms to print out certificates for the behavioral awards system for your child with this online award generator tool.
http://dyetub.com/certificates/
Transportation
The website for our local public bus system. Plan trips, download routes, and more.
Plan a trip on our regional light rail system
http://www.metrolinktrains.com/
Bicycle Safety Program
Through education, enforcement, outreach and legislation, NHTSA’s bicycle safety program goals are directed toward reducing bicycle injuries and fatalities. Bicycling is encouraged as an alternate mode of transportation to motor vehicle travel.
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/
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How to Not Get Hit by Cars
Important lessons in Bicycle Safety
http://bicyclesafe.com/
Self Advocacy & Determination
Regional Center of Orange County
Website for our local regional center
Website for our local One Stop Center for receiving disability benefits and services.
http://www.oconestop.com/servicesDetail.cfm?serviceID=12
Independent Living
Use this site to apply with the Dept. of Rehabilitation online.
https://www.dor.ca.gov/online/disclaimer.htm
Use this link to learn about SSI
http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/11000.html
Info on applying for SSDI.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/firststep/content/ssdi-qa.html
Recreation/Leisure
Google Sketchup
How cool is this tool? Try building 3-D models (and even post them to Google Earth!) with this interactive sketching and modeling tool.
Employability
Fire Fighting
Students will engage in real firefighting scenarios to gauge how to address a fire, after learning more about actual forest fire and firefighting situations in this dramatic reenactment, with a tutorial included. They will need to make critical choices to successfully control and ultimately stop the fire. Audio greatly enhances this program for grades 5-12.
http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/schoolzone/fireboss/index.html
