Meegenius

I have just found this website, www.meegenius.com. 
If you register, you can personalize well known fairy tales for students to read. You can then mail the finished book to someone else. The books come with audio playback and word highlighting, so beginning readers can read along with the finished story. A great way for students to get involved in reading. Do take the time to check this out. It would be great to use with a white board in your classroom! I know I am using this site. It seems to be all free!

Origami Hang Gliders - Science Toy Maker

I have just finished working on origami with my students and the fifth and sixth graders have just finished a unit on flight and made rockets. I am going to suggest that they look into making these origami hang gliders. It sounds great. I haven't made any yet, but hope to this summer. This web site, http://www.sciencetoymaker.org/hangGlider/index.htm has directions to build and surf your hang glider. It looks fantastic.
This Science Toy Maker site looks like a real find. All projects use very cheap materials and there seems to be a lot of science explanations about why they work. Maybe this summer, you could spend some time looking at this site.

www.sciencetoymaker.org