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🇺🇸🎆 Happy Independence Day, America! This FRAME Routine helps students consider the importance of the Declaration of Independence and what it meant during the time of the American Revolution. Ss will look at a brief chronology leading up to the approval of the Declaration, and then are asked which rights were wronged with grievances against King George III. Which do you think got dinged: Life? Liberty? Or the Pursuit of Happiness? Or all three?

This product includes both the completed strategic instruction, and the student guide blanked except for vocabulary, scaffolding questions, and graphics already filled in. It includes worksheets and recommended video for review. And it’s in Microsoft Word .doc form so that Ts can customize the discussion to fit the needs of their Ss.
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Resource available here with free preview https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FRAME-Routine-Declaring-Independence-4488914
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🌎 June 8 is World Ocean Day!
🌊 Help Ss contrast the “separate” oceans and examine how they are one global, interconnected body of salt water. This Frame includes worksheets with map, word search, reading and op-ed writing.

Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being an ocean world, the only one in the Solar System sustaining liquid surface water. Almost all of Earth’s water is contained in its global ocean, covering 70.8% of Earth’s crust.

Just like the oceans here’s a preview covering 70% of this TheScienceGiant.com classroom resource. This concept comparison frame contrasts the several “separate” oceans (the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean). And, it helps Ss examine how these oceans are in fact one global, interconnected body of salt water. Included are worksheets with:
🪸world map to identify the oceans and several seas
🐠 World Oceans Day: Word Search
🪸 World Oceans Day reading to introduce ocean facts. Use these facts to have Ss practice writing an op-ed essay, a common writing style in American university classes.

Stand on the shoulders, and get your feet wet!

LINK HERE https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Concept-Comparison-Frame-Oceans-and-World-Ocean-Day-worksheets-4039368
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NAVIGATE THE NIGHT SKY of MAY 2026:
PLANET PLACEMENT, MOON MOTION, METEOR SHOWERS and SUN SIGNS.
Navigate the night sky of the northern hemisphere and learn about astronomy! TheScienceGiant has easy-to-follow simplified monthly star maps to help .
Available for FREE download at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Navigate-the-Northern-Night-Sky-May-2026-16188499
🌕 (♎︎) May 1: Full Moon in Libra the Scales. Tonight is Walpurgis Night, which is linked with older May Day festivals in northern Europe, which also involved lighting bonfires at night. For example, the Gaelic festival Beltane marks the beginning of the three summer celebrations. It is traditionally held on midway between the spring equinox and summer solstice at midsummer. Rituals are performed to protect cattle, people and crops, and to encourage growth. Special bonfires were kindled, whose flames, smoke and ashes were believed to have protective powers. The people and their cattle walk around or between bonfires and sometimes leap over the flames or embers. All household fires could be doused and then relit from the Beltane bonfire. And in Germany tonight, Hexennacht ('Witches' Night') is the night when witches are reputed to hold a large celebration on the highest of the Harz Mountains with the spectre of the Brocken and await the arrival of Halloween in six months.

🌖 (♏︎) May 3: waning gibbous Moon and the bright reddish star Antares, the “heart” of Scorpius the Scorpion, very near at just 0.5° apart.
🌖 (♏︎) May 4: waning gibbous Moon in Scorpius is at apogee (farthest from the Earth) at 405,841 km.

🌠 (♒︎) May 5: Eta Aquarid meteor shower peak. Earth passes through a cloud of dust from the tail of Halley's Comet every year; this year the resulting meteor shower is predicted to produce very fast, bright meteors, around 10-30 per hour before dawn, but a late rising moon interferes. Meteors from this stream radiate from Aquarius the Water Bearer.

🌖 (♐︎) May 6: waning gibbous Moon is Sagittarius the Archer. This should help identify the star parts of the “Teapot” asterism around it: the spout stars to the Moon’s west, the handle to the east, and the lid above. Under dark skies, The Milky Way appears to be pouring from the Teapot's spout, creating a visual effect of a cloud of steam (steamed milk?) rising from the celestial teapot.

🌗 (♑︎) May 9: Last Quarter Moon in Capricornus the Sea-Goat

🌘 (♒︎) May 11: waning crescent Moon in Aquarius the Water-Bearer

🌘 ♂♄ (♓︎) May 14: waning crescent Moon appears midway between Mars and Saturn in Pisces the Fish low in the east at dawn

☀️☿ (♉︎) May 14: Mercury at superior conjunction with the Sun in Ta**us. The innermost planet passes into the evening sky by end of May.

🌘 (♈︎) May 15: waning crescent Moon in Aries the Ram

🌑 (♉︎) May 16: New Moon in Ta**us the Bull.
🌒 (♉︎) May 16: waxing crescent Moon in Ta**us is at perigee (closest to Earth) at distance of 358,075 km.

🌒 ♀♃ (♊︎) May 18, 19 & 20: bright Jupiter, brilliant Venus and the waxing crescent Moon are together in a very tight 5° circle close by the bright stars Pollux and Castor in Gemini.

☀️ (♉︎) May 21 – June 21: Under the tropical zodiac, the sun transits the sign of Gemini the Twins (In the sidereal zodiac, the Sun will move through Gemini from June 21 to July 20). In classical antiquity, Cancer was the location of the Sun on the northern summer solstice (June 21st). During the first century CE, axial precession shifted it into Gemini. In 1990, the location of the Sun at the solstice moved from Gemini into Ta**us, where it will remain until the 27th century CE and then move into Aries.

🌒 (♋︎) May 21: waxing crescent Moon in Cancer the Crab

🌒 (♌︎) May 22: waxing crescent Moon within 0.5° of bright star Regulus, the “heart” of the Lion.

🌓 (♌︎) May 23: First Quarter Moon in Leo the Lion.

🌔 (♍︎) May 25: waxing gibbous Moon is near the star Porrima in Virgo the Virgin.
🌔 (♍︎) May 26 & 27: waxing gibbous Moon is near the bright star Spica in Virgo the Virgin, just 1.9° away.

🌕 (♏︎) May 31: Full Moon very near the bright reddish star Antares, the “heart” of Scorpius the Scorpion very near at just 0.4° apart. A "Blue Moon" is the second Full Moon in a month. You may have heard the expression, “once in a blue moon,” meaning “almost never,” because having 13 full moons in a calendar year — instead of the usual 12 — is rare. The next blue moon will be on New Years Eve, December 31, 2028. Why always on the 31st of the month? Usually, Full moons are separated by 29 days, so most months have only one full moon. But once every 29 months, a second one sneaks in if the first one was on the 1st of a month 31 days long. So it is possible to fit two full moons in a single month, but that “once in a blue moon” happens, on average, once every two and a half years.

🚨Deadline for registration is Friday. April 10, 2026! 📆
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SAVE THE DATE: SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2026
From : We are pleased to announce that the 39th Annual Engineer It! Competition, presented by Kristen and Russ Bissett, will be held on Saturday, April 18, 2026 at the Cox Science Center and Aquarium!

Engineer It! is an annual engineering design competition jointly presented to students in grades 1 - 12 by the Florida Engineering Society & the Cox Science Center and Aquarium. $5,000 in cash and prizes awarded to winners in elementary, middle and high school categories! The award ceremony will be emceed by Nikki Sheaks, meteorologist at WPBF 25 News.

Rules and regulations for this year’s competition can be found here - Engineer It! 2026 Rules. Please pay special attention to the changes in the Thrill It event and to our new competition category Quake It! Stay tuned for updates and full schedule.

​2026 Engineer It! Events

Drop It - Design and build a container that will prevent an uncooked egg from breaking when dropped from a height of 50ft.
Launch It - Design and construct a rocket propelled by “fuel” (12 ounces of water) and compressed air to achieve the maximum flight time possible.
Thrill It - Design and build a marble roller coaster powered by gravity.
Clean It - Design and build a water filter to clean non-toxic soil-contaminated water.
Power It - Design and build a watercraft that is powered by a solar panel. (NOTE: This event has limited participation and slots will be given on a first-come-first-served basis. All those registering who do not receive a spot will be placed on a waiting list. Participants will be required to pick up a materials kit from the Cox Science Center and Aquarium upon registrations. Participants who have not retrieved their materials kit within two weeks of their registration will be removed from the Power It event and their spot given to the next name on the waiting list.)
Quake It - Design and construct the tallest spaghetti and marshmallow tower capable of withstanding a simulated earthquake.
Entry Deadline: Friday, April 10, 2026

🚨DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 2026 📆
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SAVE THE DATE: SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2026
From Cox Science Center and Aquarium: We are pleased to announce that the 39th Annual Engineer It! Competition, presented by Kristen and Russ Bissett, will be held on Saturday, April 18, 2026 at the Cox Science Center and Aquarium!

Engineer It! is an annual engineering design competition jointly presented to students in grades 1 - 12 by the Florida Engineering Society & the Cox Science Center and Aquarium. $5,000 in cash and prizes awarded to winners in elementary, middle and high school categories! The award ceremony will be emceed by Nikki Sheaks, meteorologist at WPBF 25 News.

Rules and regulations for this year's competition can be found here - Engineer It! 2026 Rules. Please pay special attention to the changes in the Thrill It event and to our new competition category Quake It! Stay tuned for updates and full schedule.

​2026 Engineer It! Events

Drop It - Design and build a container that will prevent an uncooked egg from breaking when dropped from a height of 50ft.
Launch It - Design and construct a rocket propelled by "fuel" (12 ounces of water) and compressed air to achieve the maximum flight time possible.
Thrill It - Design and build a marble roller coaster powered by gravity.
Clean It - Design and build a water filter to clean non-toxic soil-contaminated water.
Power It - Design and build a watercraft that is powered by a solar panel. (NOTE: This event has limited participation and slots will be given on a first-come-first-served basis. All those registering who do not receive a spot will be placed on a waiting list. Participants will be required to pick up a materials kit from the Cox Science Center and Aquarium upon registrations. Participants who have not retrieved their materials kit within two weeks of their registration will be removed from the Power It event and their spot given to the next name on the waiting list.)
Quake It - Design and construct the tallest spaghetti and marshmallow tower capable of withstanding a simulated earthquake.
Entry Deadline: Friday, April 10, 2026