This many more days 'till Christmas!

December Solstice in Universal Coordinated Time
is on Sunday, December 22, 2019 at 04:19 UTC

December 13th is:

Lucia Day!

Things to make on Lucia Day from makinglearningfun.com

Read about Lucia Day in Sweden from whychristmas.com

This is our ever changing list of recently added sites, plus an occasional oldie. 
Generally, sites get added on the top and eventually get taken off the bottom.

This page is one small part of Good Sites for Kids!

 Page last updated on 13 December 2019

Venus and Saturn Will 'Kiss' in a Rare Astronomical Event This Week
Starting 10 December, looking southwest along the horizon.

“Geoffrey” a baby scarlet macaw hatches in an incubator
Geoffrey was born at the ARA Project, a macaw conservation group in
Costa Rica. His mother was an ex-pet and his father was poached
from the wild. When his mother abandoned her eggs, Geoffrey had
to be raised in an incubator.
Going in Animal Cams

40 Children's Books Celebrating Native American & Indigenous Mighty Girls
Some fact, some fiction, for ages 5 - YA. Encourage girls to read and raise
self-esteem.

Going in Early Learning, Homeschool, and Living Things

Magnetic Striping and Seafloor Spreading 6:26 Youtube video
The discovery of magnetic stripes in oceanic crust and how this
supports Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift or, as we now know it,
Plate Tectonics! Presented by Ruth Kirk. Going in Earth Science

These two are already in Weather:

Wind Chill Calculator from NWS. Enter a temperature in
Celsius or Fahrenheit. Enter the wind speed in miles per hour,
kilometers per hour, knots, or meters per second. Click Convert,
and you're done. Results are given in Fahrenheit, Celsius, and
in Watts per meter squared. The site also has the formula used
to do the conversion, with tips on what to change to get more
exotic results.

Wind Chill Chart to check your work or for quick reference.
There is a box to right of the chart that lists other winter
weather resources.

Due to the confusion in the White House about
the location of the USA-Mexico border, we are
showcasing some sites from Geography as a
guide for the confused:

The U.S.: 50 States - Map Quiz Game
A good click on states game from SeTerra

50 States in 10 Minutes Can you type in the
correctly spelled names of all 50 US states in 10
minutes? Type them in any order, can even be all
lowercase, but must be correctly spelled. "Helpful"
countdown timer tells you how much time is left,
adds to stress.

50 States Basic facts on all 50 states of the USA

How bobcats, coyotes, and foxes help my farm
from In Light of Nature "With an orchard of approximately
250 apple, apricot, and cherry trees gophers were having a
field day eating the roots and killing the trees."
"After so many years of stressing and fighting the gophers,
I now leave it up to the coyotes, bobcats, foxes, and owls."
with lots of photos of foxes, coyotes, and bobcats helping
themselves to gophers!
Going in Animals and Biomes

Meteor Shower Calendar 2019 - 2020 (now 'till Aug 2020)
"When is the next meteor shower? Well, you need to know
that there are currently 2 active meteor showers:..."
This page tells you all the popular showers from now until late
August of 2020. There are "over 900 suspected meteor showers
of which about 100 are well established."
credit: American Meteor Society
Going in Astronomy

The Effects of Global Warming in Alaska

In this media-rich lesson, students learn how global warming
is changing the Alaskan environment and examine the
consequences of climate change on the region's human and
wildlife inhabitants.
Lesson Plan Grades: 6-13+
Collection: Alaska Native Perspectives on Earth and Climate
Going in Biomes and Weather