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Explore the ecology of a prairie river with some free resources from The Oklahoma Biological Survey:

Life Along a Prairie River -Exploring the ecology of the wide and sandy rivers of the Great Plains. Free resources include a Prairie River poster by mail, a downloadable Educator’s Guide with activities and lesson plans to accompany the poster, and species profiles that can be viewed online or downloaded in PDF format. A free Crayfish of Oklahoma poster is also available on the poster order form. For middle school grade levels.

Please note: Free posters can only be mailed to U.S. addresses.

Denese

Tags: education freebies, free homeschooling, free-posters, freebies, nature-study, prairies, rivers, science

How would you like to change the background on your Facebook profile?

Now you can, with free layouts from PageRage:

PageRage —Free Facebook Layouts for Your Profile Pages. PageRage is the first web application that allows Facebook users to place graphic layouts right on top of their existing profile. This virtual layer of artwork is simply laid over the top of your Facebook page and can be modified at any time. PageRage offers tons of different styles, colors, and themes plus if you can’t find a layout you like, create your own.

PageRage is free, has 100’s of different styles, colors, and themes, and takes just minutes to install using a browser plugin called Yontoo Layers.

To use PageRage: install the plugin, login to Facebook, return to PageRage and choose your layout, then refresh your Facebook profile. You can change your layout as often as you like.

If you want your friends to see your new layout, they will have to have Yontoo Layers installed also.

PageRage is currently available for Internet Explorer 7.0 and 8.0. and Firefox 3.0, 3.5.

Denese

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links.

Tags: Facebook, free-apps, internet-tools

Have you all heard about BlueBehemoth.com?

BlueBehemoth.com -Providing a large-scale, cost-effective download venue for customers of all ages, featuring trustworthy, downloadable audio and video content for the Christian family.

They have music, films, sermons, audio books, home education resources  and much more -plus they also offer free products each day!

Today’s freebie:

Preparing Sons for Marriage and Life Purpose —From the conference album “Building a Family that Will Stand” -Christian men need to make dramatic changes in their lives; changes which reflect a biblical re-examination of the way our fallen culture approaches family, work, finances, education, citizenship, etc. The goal of these conference tapes is to encourage men to see “the big picture” of biblical manhood.

Most of the products are large files, so if you have dial-up internet service you may want to download them overnight. If your download is interrupted, you may redownload it within three days. Please see BlueBehemoth’s FAQ for more information.

Denese

Tags: Biblical-manhood, education freebies, free audio, free Christian resources, training-sons

Today you can join Aurora Lipper of Supercharged Science for a free Live Science Teleclass on Rocketry:

Free Science Teleclass:Rocketry - Which end of a rocket is the most dangerous? Uncover the universal laws of physical motion as you blast rockets that use a chemical reaction for propulsion!

Class date and time: Date & Time: Monday, June 7th at 11:00am in Alaska, 12pm for Pacific Time, 1pm for Mountain Time, 2pm Central Time, 3pm Eastern Time

The teleclass video is in wmv format (plays on Windows Media Player) and may be downloaded. Be sure and scroll down the page for FAQ plus tips on how to get the most out of the class.

A free teleclass on Alternative Energy will take place on June 21.

Denese

Tags: education freebies, experiments, free homeschooling, online classes, science

“It’s comin’ a fuzzikin!”

(fuzzikin: a big thunderstorm)

Tags: old-sayin's, The Ol' Hermit

He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

Isaiah 27:6

Tags: nature-photos, scripture, wildflowers

Nature Unit Study~ Biblical Style! -Praise the Lord through the study of nature with this free mini unit study that will not only have Academic Value but Spiritual as well. All core subjects covered PLUS Jewish Roots and Hebrew Fun!

This free unit is part of Evonne Mandella’s “Summer of Praise Series” -a new weekly series of mini studies that will have you praising the Lord all summer long!

Visit Evonne’s site “Wholesome Learning” to find out more.

Denese

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links.

Tags: Bible lessons, education freebies, free homeschooling, nature-study, summer

Do you have wet salt that won’t come out of your salt shaker?

Add a few grains of rice to your salt. The rice will absorb any moisture in the air and keep the salt dry and free-flowing, even in damp weather.

Denese

Tags: Cooking, kitchen-tips, salt

This week’s Living Books for the Ears program from HomeschoolRadioShows.com:

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain -a delightful half hour audio adaptation of Twain’s classic story which was originally broadcast on My Favorite Story, a syndicated radio program that aired in the late 1940s.

This week’s program also includes an audio of the classic children’s story “Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks With the Circus” by James Otis.

These programs are in MP3 format and will be available through Monday, June 7, 2010.

Denese

Tags: classic literature, education freebies, free audio, free mp3s, old-time-radio

How about some free fun for the whole family?

The Smoky Mountain Pottery Festival is going on today and tomorrow -June 4-5, 2010- in Townsend, TN:

Smoky Mountain Pottery Festival -30 pottery booths with demonstrations, hands-on children’s activities, prize drawings and music.

When: June 4-5, 2010 -from noon-5pm on Friday and 9am-5pm on Saturday.

Where: Townsend Visitors Center, 7906 E. Lamar Alexander Pwy, Townsend, TN 37882

Cost: FREE

For more information, please call 865-448-6134 or 800-525-6834.

Denese

Tags: free-events, hands-on activities, local events and activities, pottery, Townsend, Townsend TN