Piankeshaw Trails (New!) - Native Americans

Stronger Than A Bully (New!) - Anti Bullying

The Invisible Wonder:Air! (New!) - Science

Sky Dome Planetarium  (Comments)  - Science/Astronomy

Animals and The Environment - Natural Science

Reptiles Are Cool - Natural Science

Inspector Iwannano Show (Comments) - Character Counts

Chemistry: It Really Matters - Science

Crime Scene Science - Science

The Magic of Science - Science

The Earth Dome  (Comments) - Earth Science

Our Changing Climate - Environmental Science

The Living Abe Lincoln - Social Studies

Benjamin Franklin  (Comments) - Social Studies

Frederick Douglass - Social Studies

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Social Studies

Thomas Edison - Social Studies

Women In History - Social Studies

Mime Time - Performing Arts

Forces and Motion - Science

Physics Is Fun - Science

Imathimation - Math

Lights, Camera, Action - Television Production

Reading: More Than Words - Reading

Young Authors Day (Comments) - Creative Writing

I have written before on occasion about a good friend and a truly magnificent school assembly performer, Toma the Mime. Toma was recently at Fisher Elementary in Speedway, Indianapolis. I just got off the phone with Kathryn Richards the principal there, and ... wow! 
Fisher has had many programs from us over the years but in the past they have always favored the living history characters like Lincoln and Martin Luther King. And they have always loved them! But they had never seen Toma before. Toma does our Young Author's Day school assembly. And he is really good! Ms. Richards was so excited she could hardly finish her own sentences! She told me of veteran teachers who, prior to the show, were skeptical. What can a mime teach about writing? But after Toma had finished his school assembly program, the same teachers were beside themselves with excitement! The school uses the 6 plus 1 traits of writing plan and works very hard at it but had not found the “spark” to get kids interested in it....

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Ohio and Indiana History - School Assemblies in the Midwest

All over the midwest, in states such as Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois, part of the curriculum for intermediate grades involves teaching 3rd, 4th and 5th graders about the Native American tribes that lived in this part of the country before the Europeans arrived. There is nothing strange about this. All over the country... Read the whole article!