• GREAT SITES FOR TEACHING ABOUT…Gardens
  "Each week, Education World’s Great Sites for Teaching About … page highlights Web sites to help educators work timely themes into their lessons. This week’s sites are among the best on the Web for teaching about gardens.
• Gems from the Garden --- Digging Up Activities for All Ages!
  As temperatures warm and snow melts, educators search for ways to invite new growth into their classrooms. The Internet is full of hands-on activities for the indoor and outdoor gardener. Plant a seed, design a garden, or investigate the life of a worm --- welcome the new season with those activities and a crop of others! Included: Online resources for students to plan and plant their own Fantasy Farm!
• National Agriculture Library
• "Harvesting" the Web for Farm Resources
  

Family Eye Care Month

• The Eyes Have It!
  According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, more than 100,000 people incur eye injuries each year and more than half of the victims of those injuries are children. September is Children's Eye and Health Safety Month, the perfect time to begin teaching your students about the importance of taking care of their eyes.
• National Youth Sports Safety Foundation, Inc

Foot Health Month

• National Youth Sports Safety Foundation, Inc

International Air Travel Month

• Planes and Trains and Automobiles … and Study Skills!
  "Transport" students to a dozen activities that provide practice in reading maps, schedules, timetables, and more. Included: Four study skills teaching master activities for students!

Peach Month

• Canteloupe Instead of Cupcakes? Believe It
  “Nutrition can’t be a unit; it has to be ongoing.” Those are the words of Sabina M. Mosso, who teaches preschoolers and kindergartners at Anna Boyd Child Development Center in Columbia, South Carolina. The Dole Food Company has recognized Mosso’s outstanding efforts to improve student nutrition, both in her school, and in other school districts in her state. Mosso knew she had won a huge victory when one of her students showed up on his birthday with a fruit tray instead of cupcakes!

National Child Support Enforcement Month

National Golf Month

• Physical Education Center
  Resources, tools and activities from our PE/Health Center.
• Let's Get Physical!

National Parks Month

• National Park Service
• U.S. National Parks
  This site is dedicated to providing information on all U.S. National Parks
• Our National Parks
  Great sites for teaching about our national parks.

National Water Quality Month

• Earth Sciences
  Resources and tools from our Science Center.
• Ecology: Pollution
  Resources from our database.
• Wonderful World of Water
• Education Resources Help Kids 'Give Water a Hand'
  Finding pristine waters in the U.S. is becoming increasingly difficult but two organizations are helping teachers bring the plight of national waterways into the classroom.