February Happenings 2006

February 1
National Dental Health Month
Invite a dentist or dental hygienist to visit your class to help you celebrate Dental Health month. Visit the www.colgatebsbf.com site for activities for dental health.

American Heart Month
February is American Heart Month. Study the heart and what it takes to keep a healthy heart. Try The Heart: An Online Exploration at http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html
Related Link: www.americanheart.org

Black History Month
This is Black History Month. Make a timeline of events that will stretch down the school hallway.

February 2
Happy Ground Hog Day!
Watch to see if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow...and research the history of Ground Hog Day. Go outside and draw your shadow in chalk.

February 4
Charles Lindbergh's Birthday
Find out about the Spirit of St. Louis.

February 5
Super Bowl Sunday
Super Bowl XL takes us to Detroit, Michigan. Follow the playoff picture and chart the progress of your favorite team. Use your math skills to figure statistics for the teams and players – Seattle Seahawks and Pittsburg Steelers. Have students make predictions that are supported by the statistics. For more, visit www.superbowl.com

February 7
Laura Ingalls Wilder's Birthday
Try the Laura Ingalls Wilder Scavenger Hunt to learn more about this pioneer.

February 12
Charles Schultz
Today is the anniversary of the death of Charles Schultz, the creator of the Peanuts comic strip. He had been drawing the Peanuts comic strip since 1950. You will find a wonderful tribute from more than 100 fellow cartoonists at www.snoopy.com Find out more about this talented cartoonist and his well-known characters at Comics.com

Lincoln's Birthday
President Abraham Lincoln was born on this date in 1809, in Hodgenville, KY. Try the Abraham Lincoln Treasure Hunt.

February 14
Happy Valentine's Day!
Make a graph of all the valentines in your class that have a heart on them. Count how many have more than one. Send an e-mail valentine to an e-pal. Subscribers, be sure and include our How To reproducible on emoticons.

ENIAC
The anniversary of ENIAC, the first electronic computer activated in 1946 at the University of Pennsylvania. Learn more about computer history at the Computer Museum History Center and create a timeline for your classroom computer center.

February 15
Galileo
Birthday of Galileo in 1564. What made this early astronomer famous? Create a timeline of his life.

February 17
National PTA Founders Day
Write a letter to your PTA or PTO thanking them for the work they do in your school.

February 20
President's Day
Celebrate President's Day by finding out when and where each President was born. George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were both born in February. How many other things about the two men were similar?

February 22
Washington's Birthday
President George Washington was born on this date. What events in his life led to his election as the first President of the United States?