Trash to Treasure

This is all I know - but it came from someone I trust & sure seems legit!

Turn Your Trash into Treasure and Win $10,000!

Recycle, reuse, and re-engineer everyday materials into an out-of-the-box invention.

Your invention should:

• Move things or people or
• Protect the environment or
• Be used for indoor or outdoor play

GRAND PRIZE

• $10,000
• A Dell™ laptop powered by Intel®
• A trip to Boston to see your design built

4 FINALISTS

Receive Dell™ laptops powered by Intel®

The winner and his or her product will appear on the Design Squad show or Web site!

For ages 5–19. Enter online to June 30, 2008.

http://www.bkfk.com/Modules/Competition/Competition.aspx?section=buildit

Freebie of the Day Website

Announcing a new resource From The Erskine Family - who has free & for sale homeschool radio shows "Living Books for the Ears" at:
>HomeschoolRadioShows.com

They have launched:
http://www.HomeschoolFreebieOfTheDay.com

This site should include resources from them & also good stuff from many other HS publishers. They say "It is going to be a terrific place for you to build a library of fun and helpful resources for the upcoming schoolyear."

This new resource is up and running for at least the summer! 

Did the Dig - Mayans

Up to 24 lucky students will be digging in Tweksbury, NJ with Archaeological Perspectives May 20 - 24, 2008 and learning about the Mayans. They'll be doing adult stuff in a kid way with professional archaeologist turned educator "Big Dog" Purcell from 9 am each day. 6 & 7 year olds can stop at noon, but older campers stay until ~2 pm Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday.

Visit his website to read more about Camp Activities. Note: The homeschool camps are Tuesday to Friday, with digging on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and an exhibit and themed pot-luck on Friday. For my comments on a previous experience with him, see Do the Dig: Middle Kingdom China.

We're starting to collect Maya resources and think about what Maya food might be for that Friday potluck!

I expect it will be about $170 for full day and $120 for half day. Non-refundable deposits of $25 deposits per child are being accepted for Tweksbury. For that dig signup form and more details on the Mayans in Tewksbury.

Bank of America: Museums on Us

If you have a Bank of America credit or check card or MBNA credit card, Bank of America will pay for your museum admission at selected institutions year round, the first weekend of every month.

In NEW JERSEY
Liberty Science Center
Montclair Art Museum
The Newark Museum

In NEW YORK
Bronx Zoo and New York Aquarium
International Center of Photography
The Jewish Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York Hall of Science

If you are traveling, you may want to locate a participating museum.

The Montclair Art Museum is one of 70 leading cultural institutions nationwide, and only one of three in NJ, to be selected for Bank of America's Museums on Us program. Starting this May, by simply showing their Bank of America ATM, debit, or credit card, along with a photo ID, bank customers can visit MAM free on the first weekend of every month through May 2009.