Summer Fun with INFOhio!
July 2004

OK, so we know that school is just out and you can’t wait to ride your bike, go swimming, take a vacation or just hang out with your friends. But remember last summer, there was that day when you said “I’m bored!”?  When that happens this time, check out the Summer Fun Calendar for July.

July		July is National Picnic Month. Help make a picnic for friends or family. Go to SIRS Discoverer, click on Activities in the lower right corner, then find Food Projects & Recipes. Just follow the directions to make something yummy!
4		Independence Day Fireworks, swimming, parades and family cook-outs are all great ways to celebrate the Fourth. But if want to know the real reason for this holiday, go to Annals of American History and select the dates 1755-1783. Now, beside the word Year use the pull-down menu to choose 1776 and click Go. Read the documents from that period of history, including the Declaration of Independence. Then, beside Show Only choose Multimedia and click Go for drawings, photos and -- near the bottom -- video clips recreating the events of this period of America's history.
14		Bastille Day This French holiday is very much like our own 4th of July. Check Britannica Online School Edition to find out how it's the same and how it is different. Be sure to scroll down and view the video in the right column…it's old, so Francois Miterand is no long president.  Can you find out who is the president of France now?
18-24		Space Week AccessScience is the perfect place to learn more about Space Week. Under Choose a Topic select Astronomy and Space Science. Then click on Study Guides in red. For cool animations, select The Visible Sky then Eclipse, or go to Solar System and find Planet. Find the little icon that looks like a movie projector to play the animation. Can you find more?
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