Room 12 WWW Assignments

Below you will find all the web assignments done by the third graders in Room 12 at Arbor Heights Elementary School. Each assignment is designed to be done independently by a student and handed in at the end of his/her weekly half hour time on the web. As the school year progresses, the assignments become more complex and more challenging. You are welcome to take a look and share in our journeys on the World Wide Web! A new assignment will be posted here every Sunday or Monday of a school week.

Please Read - Notes on Format:

• Each assignment is in .pdf format. It was created first in Word for Windows 95.
• You will need to get the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, available at: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html
• Feel free to download, print, and modify these documents for your own classroom.
• Each file is designed to print out on one page.
• Comments can be sent to teacher Mark Ahlness.

The Assignments:

(from the 2004 -2005 school year)

1. Learn about the Arbor Heights home page (Sept. 27)
2. Exploring Project Athena (Oct. 4)
3. Christopher Columbus (Oct. 11)
4. Learn about electing a President
5. Veterans' Day (Nov. 8, 2004)
6. Learning About Owls (Dec. 6)
7. Martin Luther King (Jan 10)
8. Weather on Project Athena! (Jan 18)
9. Butterflies! (March 7)

(from the 2003 -2004 school year)

1. Learn about the Arbor Heights home page (Sept. 29)
2. Exploring Project Athena (Oct. 6)
3. Christopher Columbus (Oct. 13)
4. Learning About Owls (Oct. 20)
5. Halloween Fun (Oct. 27)
6. Wetlands (Nov. 3)
7. Happy Thanksgiving! (Nov. 24)
8. Martin Luther King (Jan 13, 2004)
9. Butterflies! (March 4, 2004)
10. Have Some St. Patrick's Day Fun! (Mar. 15, 2004)

(from the 2002 -2003 school year)

1. Learn about the Arbor Heights home page (Sept. 16)
2. Exploring Project Athena (Sept. 23)
3. Christopher Columbus (Oct 7)
4. Learning About Owls (Oct. 14)
5. Weather on Project Athena! (Oct 21)
6. Halloween Fun (October 28)
7. Learn about our Solar System on Athena (Nov. 4)
8. Animals of the Rainforest (Nov. 12)
9. Happy Thanksgiving! (Nov. 18)
10. What is your impression of Claude Monet? (Dec. 2)
11. Tweeters (Dec. 9, 2002)
12. Holiday Fun (Dec. 16, 2002)
13. Butterflies! (Jan. 6, 2003)
14. Learn about Martin Luther King, Jr. (Jan 13, 2003)
15. Wetlands (Jan. 21, 2003)
16. Frogland!! (Jan. 28, 2003)
17. The Underground Railroad (Feb. 24, 2003)
18. Have Some St. Patrick's Day Fun! (Mar. 10, 2003)

(from the 2001 -2002 school year)

1. The Arbor Heights Home Page (Sept 24)
2. Exploring Project Athena (Oct. 1)
3. Christopher Columbus (Oct 8)
4. Learning About Owls (Oct. 15)
5. Weather on Project Athena! (Oct 22)
6. Halloween Fun (October 29)
7. Learn about our Solar System on Athena (Nov. 5)
8. Happy Thanksgiving! (Nov. 13)
9. Whales and our Oceans (November 26, 2001)
10. What is your impression of Claude Monet? (Dec. 3, 2001)
11. Tweeters (Dec. 10, 2001)
12. Holiday fun at Yahooligans (Dec. 17, 2001)
13. Animals of the Rainforest (Jan 7, 2002)
14. Learn about Martin Luther King, Jr. (Jan 14, 2002)
15. Wetlands (Jan. 28, 2002)
16. Winter Olympics (Feb. 4, 2002)
17. The Underground Railroad (Feb. 11, 2002)
18. Butterflies! (Feb. 25, 2002)
19. Frogland!! (March 4, 2002)
20. Have Some St. Patrick's Day Fun! (Mar. 11, 2002)
21. Museum of Unnatural Mystery (March 25, 2002)
22. Have some fun at Puzzlemaker! (April 1, 2002)
23. Visit some peregrine falcon nests! (April 15, 2002)
24. Learn about some great states! (April 29, 2002)
25. The POTUS (May 6, 2002)
26. Learn About Emus! (May 13, 2002)
27. Learn about Memorial Day! (May 20, 2002)
28. 2002 Young Authors' Conference (May 28, 2002)

(from the 2000 -2001 school year)

1. The Arbor Heights Home Page (Sept 25) 
2. The Seattle Mariners! (Oct 2)
3. Christopher Columbus (Oct 9)
4. Learning About Owls (Oct. 16)
5. Halloween Fun (October 23)
6. Weather on Project Athena! (Oct 30)
7. Learn about Veterans' Day (Nov 6)
8. Happy Thanksgiving! (Nov. 13)
9. Learn about our Solar System on Athena (Nov. 27)
10. What is your impression of Claude Monet? (December 4, 2000)
11. Whales and our Oceans (December 11, 2000)
12. Holiday Fun (Dec. 18, 2000)
13. Martin Luther King (Jan 8, 2001)
14. The POTUS (Jan. 16, 2001)
15. Tweeters (Jan. 22, 2001)
16. Animals of the Rainforest (Jan 30, 2001)
17. The Civil Rights Movement (Feb. 5, 2001)
18. The Underground Railroad (Feb. 12, 2001)
19. Wetlands (Feb. 26, 2001)
20. Butterflies! (March 5, 2001)
21. Frogland!! (March 19, 2001)
22. Museum of Unnatural Mystery (April 2, 2001)
23. Have some fun at Puzzlemaker! (April 16, 2001)
24. Learn about some great states! (April 23, 2001)
25. Visit a Peregrine Falcon nest! (April 30, 2001)
26. See what's erupting on Volcano World! (May 7, 2001)
27. Learn About Emus! (May 14, 2001)
28. The Invention Dimension (May 21, 2001)
29. The Room 12 Top Ten List! (June 4, 2001)

(from the 1999-2000 school year)

1. The Arbor Heights Home Page (Sept 13) 
2. Exploring Project Athena (Sept. 20) - (same as last year)
3. Searching with Yahooligans (Sept 27) - (same as last year)
4. Learning About Owls (Oct. 11)
5. Halloween Fun (October 25)
6. Weather on Project Athena! (Nov 1)
7. Learn about Veterans' Day (Nov 8)
8. Happy Thanksgiving! (Nov. 15)
9. Learn about our Solar System on Athena (Nov. 29)
10. See what's erupting on Volcano World! (Dec. 6)
11. Holiday Fun (Dec. 13)
12. The POTUS (Jan. 3)
13. Martin Luther King (Jan 10, 2000)
14. Tweeters (Jan. 18, 2000)
15. Animals of the Rainforest (Jan 24, 2000)
16. The Civil Rights Movement (Feb. 1, 2000)
17. Valentine Fun! (Feb. 7, 2000)
18. Wetlands (Feb. 14, 2000)
19. Butterflies! (Feb. 28, 2000)
20. The Earth Day Groceries Project, 2000! (Mar. 6, 2000)
21. Irish Fun! (March 13, 2000) 
22. What is your impression of Claude Monet? (March 20, 2000)
23. Visit Mae, the peregrine falcon! (March 27, 2000)
24. Whales and our Oceans (April 3, 2000)
25. Frogland!! (April 17, 2000)
26. Schools on the Web! (May 1, 2000)
27. Museum of Unnatural Mystery (May 8, 2000)
28. White House for Kids (May 15, 2000)
29. Room 12 Top Ten List (May 22, 2000)
30. The Young Authors' Conference (May 30, 2000)
31. Have some fun at Puzzlemaker! (June 5, 2000)

(from the 1998-99 school year)

1. Introduction to the Arbor Heights Home Page (Sept. 21) - (same as last year)
2. Exploring Project Athena (Sept. 28)
3. Searching with Yahooligans (Oct. 5)
4. Getting to know Arbor Heights Staff (Oct. 12)
5. Meet John Glenn (Oct. 19)
6. Halloween Fun! (Oct. 26)
7. White House for Kids (Nov. 2)
8. Museum of Unnatural Mystery (Nov. 9)
9. Thanksgiving Fun (Nov. 16)
10. Learn about our Solar System on Athena (Nov. 30)
11. See what's erupting on Volcano World! (Dec. 7)
12. Holiday Fun (Dec. 14)
13. The POTUS (Jan. 4)
14. Martin Luther King (Jan 11, 1999)
15. Room 12 Top Ten List (Jan. 18, 1999)
16. Tweeters (Jan. 25, 1999)
17. The Civil Rights Movement (Feb. 1, 1999)
18. Valentine Fun! (Feb. 8, 1999)
19. Wetlands (Feb. 22, 1999)
20. Butterflies! (March 1, 1999)
21. Time Capsule (March 8, 1999)
22. The Earth Day Groceries Project (March 15 and 22, 1999)
23. What is your impression of Claude Monet? (March 29, 1999)
24. Peregrine falcon (April 5, 1999)
25. Whales and our Oceans (April 26, 1999)
26. Schools on the Web! (May 3, 1999)
27. Storm Chaser (May 10, 1999)
28. inQuiry Almanack (May 24, 1999)
29. Frogland!! (May 31, 1999)
30. Room 12 Top Ten List (June 7, 1999)

(from the 1997-98 school year)

1. Introduction to the Arbor Heights Home Page (Sept. 15)
2. Blast off with the Space Shuttle Atlantis! (Sept 22)
3. Cross the USA with Skate America! (Sept. 29)
4. Getting to Know Project Athena (Oct. 6)
5. Searching on the Internet (Oct. 13)
6. Halloween for Kids (Oct. 20)
7. The White House for Kids (Oct. 27)
8. The Pacific Northwest Ballet (Nov. 3)
9. Happy Thanksgiving! (Nov. 17)
10. Virtual Field Trip! (Dec. 1)
11. Get yourself in a Holiday mood! (Dec. 8)
12. Learn about animals at Kratt's Creatures! (Jan. 5, 1998)
13. Martin Luther King (Jan 12, 1998)
14. Getting to know Arbor Heights Staff (Jan 19, 1998)
15. Groundhog Day (Jan. 26, 1998)
16. Winter Olympics Fun (Feb. 2, 1998)
17. Civil Rights Movement Tour (Feb 9, 1998)
18. The Real Titanic (Feb 23, 1998)
19. Whales and Our Oceans (March 2, 1998)
20. The Earth Day Groceries Project (March 9, 1998)
21. Irish Fun! (March 16, 1998) - Weekly link not working as of March 18.
22. Send Your Name to Mars! (March 23, 1998)
23. Wetlands! (March 30, 1998)
24. Claude Monet (April 6, 1998)
25. Earth Day Groceries (April 20, 1998)
26. The Children's Butterfly Site (April 27, 1998)
27. Mae, the Peregrine Falcon (May 3, 1998)
28. Flutter on Over to Tweeters! (May 10, 1998)
29. Schools on the Web! (May 17, 1998)
30. Weather on Project Athena! (May 25, 1998)
31. Learn About Emus! (June 1, 1998)
32. The Arbor Heights Young Authors' Conference! (June 8, 1998)

(from the 1996-97 school year)

1. Introduction to the Arbor Heights Home Page - 16k
2. Introduction to Project Athena - 29k
3. Introduction to Yahooligans - 17k
4. Forrest Trails School - Halloween Edition - 12k
5. Getting to know Arbor Heights Staff - 7k
6. Voting on the Top Ten List - 15k
7. Project Athena - Space Task Card - 71k
8. Project Athena - Today's Weather - 13k
9. The Rain Forest Workshop - 129k
10. Thanksgiving - 72k
11. The Solar System at "Starchild" - 120k
12. Chanukah - 63k
13. Searching on Yahooligans - 26k
14. Project Athena - Four City Weather - 43k
15. Martin Luther King - 41k
16. The Presidential Inauguration - 53k
17. Project Athena - Today's Earthquakes - 32k
18. Myths and Fables - 15k
19. Project Athena - Clouds - 22k
20. Presidents of the United States - 32k
21. Volcano World - 69k
    (all documents below have links embedded)
22. Durand Elementary School - 119k
23. St. Patrick's Day - 20k
24. Project Athena - Comet Hale-Bopp - 44k
25. Earth Day Groceries Project - 29k
26. The Froggy Page - 15k
27. 50 States of the United States - 10k
28. Project Athena - Continents and Weather - 79k
29. The Children's Butterfly Site - 99k
30. The Invention Dimension - 35k
31. Mount St. Helens - 18k
32. Observing Birds at "Tweeters" - 49k
33. Arbor Heights Young Authors' Conference - 13k
34. Updating the Room 12 Top Ten List - 37k
35. Top Ten List Voting - 2k

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