Monthly Activity Calendar:
August 2008
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| 1 New Moon Color a page on the moon. Total Solar Eclipse Heman Melville (author of Moby Dick) born, 1819 Colorado became a state, 1876 |
2 Persian Gulf War started when Iraq invaded Kuwait, 1990 Label a map of the Middle East. |
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| 3 First ships passed through the Panama Canal, 1914 Label a map of Panama. National Watermelon Day |
4 John Venn born, 1834 Read about Venn diagrams, and pick one to make. National Friendship Day |
5 Neil Armstrong (first man on the moon) born, 1930 Read about Armstrong and the moon, then take a quiz on the moon. |
6 Independence Day, Jamaica Color, read about, and take a quiz on the flag of Jamaica. Hiroshima Day, anniversary of atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan,1945 |
7 US Launches Explorer VI, taking the first pictures of Earth from space, 1959 Label a map of the Earth. |
8 Matthew Henson (Arctic explorer) born, 1886 Do a cloze activity on Henson. |
9 International Art Appreciation Day Pick a painting and color it. Jesse Owens wins four gold medals, 1936 |
| 10 Construction Began on Mt. Rushmore Color and read about Mt. Rushmore. Independence Day, Ecuador (Ecuador declared its independence from Spain in 1809) Missouri became a state, 1821 |
11 Independence Day, Chad (Chad gained independence from France in 1960) Label a map of Chad. |
12 A Huge T. rex found by Susan Hendrickson, 1990 Take a quiz on T. rex. Perseid meteor shower (it is debris from the Swift-Tuttle Comet) |
13 International Left-Handers Day Do a cloze activity on left-handedness. |
14 Pakistan became independent of British rule, 1947 Color, read about, and take a quiz on Pakistan's flag. |
15 Neptune at Opposition Neptune is at its closest approach to Earth. Color Neptune. Independence Day India, 1947 |
16 Full Moon Read about the phases of the moon. Partial Lunar Eclipse
Joke Day |
| 17 Davy Crockett born, 1786 Read about and color a page on Crockett. Phobos, a Martian moon, discovered, 1877 |
18 Helium discovered on the Sun, 1868 Read about the Sun, then take a quiz. |
19 Potato Day Label the vegetables in Spanish, in French, or in German. |
20 Roger W. Sperry (brain researcher) born, 1913 Label the parts of the brain |
21 State Day, Hungary Color, read about, and take a quiz on the flag of Hungary. Hawaii became a state, 1959 |
22 National Tooth Fairy Day Label the parts of a tooth |
23 Mexico gained its independence from Spain with the Treaty of Aquala, 1821 Take a quiz on the geography of Mexico. |
| 24 Mt. Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii, AD 79 Make your own volcano. Ukrainian Independence Day |
25 Amelia Earhart completes non-stop transcontinental flight (across North America) in 19 hrs and 5 mins, 1932 Label a map of North America and draw Earhart's route from Los Angeles, California, to Newark, New Jersey. |
26 Liberia became an independent republic, 1847 Read about, color, and take a quiz on the flag of Liberia. |
27 Krakatoa erupted, 1883 Label the structure of a volcano. |
28 Dream Day -Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech, 1963 Take a quiz on MLK. |
29 Atahualpa, the last Incan King of Peru, was murdered on orders from Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro, and the Inca empire died, 1533 Label a map of South America. |
30 New Moon Color a page on the moon. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (author of "Frankenstein") born, 1797 Jacques-Louis David (artist) born, 1748 |
| 31 Maria Montessori (teacher) born, 1870 Write a page on what you'd do if you were a teacher. |
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