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August 2001
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    FEATURED THEME:
National Water Quality Month

Earth Sciences
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Ecology: Pollution
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Education Resources Help Kids 'Give Water a Hand'
Finding pristine waters in the United States is becoming more difficult, but two organizations are helping teachers bring the plight of national waterways into the classroom. Give Water a Hand and River Watch Network offer help with projects that provide meaningful student learning.

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Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist poet (Lady of Lake), born (1771)

Napoleon Bonaparte, French military leader and emperor, born (1769)

T. E. Lawrence "Lawrence of Arabia," Welsh soldier and writer, born (1888)

Robert Bolt, playwright (Man for All Seasons), born (1924)

Publisher Joseph Pulitzer donated $2M to Columbia University for the founding of a school of journalism

Woodstock Music Festival near Bethel, NY began (1969)

Panama Canal officially opened (1914)

Transcontinental Railway actually completed (1870)

Will Rogers, humorist and Wiley Post, aviator died in Alaska plane crash (1935)

India and Pakistan became independent after some 200 years of British rule (1947)

Mayflower set sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims (1620)

"Wizard of Oz" premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood (1939)

Freed American slaves established country of Liberia on the West coast of Africa (1824)



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