March Happenings 2006

March - 2006
Music in Our Schools Month
The National Association for Music Education promotes the theme for Music in Our Schools month. Visit www.menc.org/guides/miosm/MIOSMFront.html for lessons and activities to celebrate.
Related Link: http://www.symphonyworks.net/takenote

National Nutrition Month
Collect favorite recipes and print them for Mother's Day or as a school fundraiser for an end-of-the-year field trip.

National Red Cross Month
Download lessons and activities from the free Facing Fear... supplement to Masters of Disaster. Track the progress on the recovery efforts for New Orleans.

Women's History Month
Celebrate National Women's History Month by inviting a well-known female public figure to talk to the class.

Youth Art Month
Visit Education World – The Arts for lessons and activities to celebrate Youth Art Month. Click on the Green Pages for art activities. Be sure and visit www.crayola.com for more art activities.

March 1, 2006
Peace Corp Established
Peace Corps established in 1961 by President Kennedy. Make a chart or table of their current projects.

March 2, 2006
Dr. Seuss
It's the 102nd birthday of Theodore Geisel, who was born on this day in 1904. Better known as the beloved Dr. Seuss, you can visit www.seuss.org for more information. Visit ABC Teach: Dr. Seuss theme for more lessons and activities.

For a reproducible on the 100th Birthday Celebration of Dr. Seuss from the March, 2004, issue of Teaching K-8. click here. PDF 50KB.

March 3, 2006
Birthday of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone. Make a list of his other inventions.
Related Link: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bellhtml/bellhome.html

March 6, 2006
Iditarod Race
Iditarod is a dogsled race across Alaska, covering more than 1,150 miles. Click to download Mush, You Huskies! from Past Reproducibles for a lesson plan and reproducible to guide student research on the race. PDF 58KB.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo was born on this day. Who is he?

March 10, 2006
U.S. Paper Money
Paper money was issued in the U. S. on this date in 1862. Visit Money Central Station to learn all about money.

March 14, 2006
Albert Einstein was born on this date in 1879, in Ulm, Germany. He was named Time magazine's Man of the Millennium.

March 14, 2006
National Pi Day
Celebrate with some of the activities Pi Mathematics

March 17, 2006
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by wearing green. Research the holiday and find out about Ireland and the Blarney Stone. Click here for dozens of activities and lessons for the St. Patrick's Day theme.

March 20, 2006
First Day of Spring
Take a walk in the school yard. What signs of Spring can you find?
Related Link: http://www.education-world.com/holidays/archives/spring_2000.shtml

March 22, 2006
Randolph Caldecott
Birthday of Randolph Caldecott who was born on this day in 1846. Read a Caldecott Medal book and share your thoughts with other classes by leaving a message on the Bulletin Board.

March 30, 2006
Patent for Pencil with eraser
A patent for a pencil with an eraser-tip was given Hyman Lipman on this day in 1858. Make a graph of the length of the pencils in your classroom. How many different eraser tips can you find?

Vincent Van Gogh
Birthday of Vincent Van Gogh. For an integrated art lesson, try the In Search of Vincent Van Gogh webquest. For even more, visit the Van Gogh Gallery.