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Useful Websites

• Interactive Poetry from ETTC. Create poetry by filling in the blanks.
• Kids Space from the Internet Public Library Free. Features Reference, Science Fair help, Author Pages, Story Hour, U.S. Presidents, Arts & Crafts, Games, and much more.
• American Memory Primary source materials from the Library of Congress in many forms: documents, photographs, films, maps, audio files, and more.
• Today in History from the Library of Congress.
• On This Day Highlights in history from the New York Times learning network.

February Highlights of the Month
[Science Fair] [Black History Month] [Chinese New Year]
[Presidents Day] [Valentine's Day] [100th Day of School]

Preparing for the Science Fair

Check the Washington School Special Events for details about the Science Fair and for science project suggestions.

Books for Science Experiments

• Science Fair help and ideas from the Internet Public Library free website.
• Bet you Can! Science Possibilities to Fool You by Vicki Cobb and Kathy Darling, illustrated by Stella Ormai. (507 COB)Describes more than sixty tricks based on scientific experiments described in the text.
• 100 Science Experiments with Paper by Steven W. Moje. (507.8 MOJ) Describes how to perform 100 experiments with paper and other materials easily found in the home, exploring such topics as air, chemistry, electricity, magnetism, hear light, inertia, sound, and water.
• Science Fair Book by Janice VanCleave: (507.8 VAN)
  • 200 Gooey, Slippery, Slimy, Weird, and Fun Experiments
  • 201 Awesome, Magical, Bizarre and Incredible Experiments
  • 202 Oozing, Bubbling, Dripping, and Bouncing Experiments
  • Guide to the Best Science Fair Projects
  • Play and Find Out About Nature (508.78)
  • Magnets (538 VAN)
  • Play and Find Out About Bugs (595.7 VAN)
• Simple Machines by Deborah Hodge ; photographs by Ray Boudreau. (621.8 HOD) Six simple machines: the lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, screw and wedge. Thirteen hands-on act ivies encourage an exploration of simple machines and how they make work easier.
• Magic...Naturally! Science Entertainments and Amusements by Vicki Cobb (793.8 COB) Explains and demonstrates scientific principles by using them to create magic tricks.

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Books for Black History Month

• Biographies of African Americans:
  • Mary McLeod Bethune: A Great Teacher by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
  • Madam C.J.Walker: Self-Made Millionaire by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
  • Booker T. Washington by Margo McLoone
  • George Washington Carver by Margo McLoone
  • Alvin Ailey by Andrea Davis Pinkney; illustrated by Brian Pinkney
  • The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles; illustrated by George Ford
  • Jesse Owens: Fastest Man Alive by Carole Boston Weatherford; illustrations by Eric Velasquez
  • When Marian Sang by Pam Muñoz Ryan; pictures by Brian Selznick
  • If I Only Had a Horn: Young Louis Armstrong by Roxane Orgill; illustrated by Leonard Jenkins
  • Duke Ellington by Andrea Davis Pinkney; illustrated by Brian Pinkney
  • The Piano Man by Debbi Chocolate; illustrations by Eric Velasquez
• Historical events
  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott by R. Conrad Stein (323 STE)
• Follow the Drinking Gourd Story and pictures by Jeannette Winter (E WIN)
• The Underground Railroad by Raymond Bial (973.7 BIA)
• Freedom River by Doreen Rappaport; pictures by Bryan Collier (973.7 RAP)
• Fiction

  • Dinner at Aunt Connie's House by Faith Ringgold (E RIN)
  • Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson; illustrated by Hudson Talbott (E WOO)
  • The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. Harrington; pictures by Shelley Jackson (E HAR)
  • Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack and Jerry Pinkney (E MCK)

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Books for Chinese New Year

• Celebrating Chinese New Year by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith ; photographs by Lawrence Migdale (394.261 HOY)
• Chinese New Year by Sarah Moyse (394.261 MOY)
• Lion Dancer; Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year by Kate Waters (394.261 WAT)
• Chinese New Year by Lola M. Schaefer (394.261 SCH)
• D is for Dragon Dance by Ying Chang Compestine; illustrated by Yongsheng Xuan ((394.261 COM)

Books for Valentine's Day

• Valentine's Day by Gail Gibbons (394.2 GIB)
• The Story of Valentine's Day by Clyde Robert Bulla; illustrated by Susan Estelle Kwas (394.2618 BUL)
• Arthur's Valentine by Marc Tolon Brown (E BRO)
• Arthur's Great Big Valentine by Lillian Hoban (ER HOB)
• The Valentine Bears by Eve Bunting; pictures by Jan Brett (E BUN)

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Books for Presidents Day

• The Presidency by by Patricia Ryon Quiri (351 QUI)
• The Buck Stops Here by Alice Provensen (973.02 PRO)
• Honest Abe words by Edith Kunhardt ; Paintings by Malcah Zeldis (B LINCOLN)
• Lincoln: a Photobiography by Russell Freedman (B LINCOLN)
• A Picture Book of George Washington by David A. Adler (B WASHINGTON)
• The George Washington You Never Knew by James Lincoln Collier; illustrations by Greg Copeland (B WASHINGTON)

Books for the 100th Day of School

• The 100th Day of School by Angela Shelf Medearis; illustrated by Joan Holub (ER MED)
• Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten by Joseph Slate; illustrated by Ashley Wolff (E SLA)

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