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			<description>&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/index.html"&gt;&lt;FONT size=5&gt;People We Know&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=left&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/index.html"&gt;Unit 1 - Families Now and Long Ago&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
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&lt;DIV align=left&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/01lesson01.html"&gt;Lesson 1 - People and Places Change&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
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&lt;DIV align=left&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/01lesson02.html"&gt;Lesson 2 - Tracing My History&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
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&lt;DIV align=left&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/01lessonbp.html"&gt;Biography Page - Amy Tan&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
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&lt;DIV align=left&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/01lesson03.html"&gt;Lesson 3 - A Family's History&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
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&lt;DIV align=left&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/01lessonps.html"&gt;Primary Sources - Discovering Family History&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
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&lt;DIV align=left&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/01lesson04.html"&gt;Lesson 4 - Daily Life, Then and Now&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
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&lt;DIV align=left&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/01lessonft.html"&gt;Field Trip - Avila Adobe&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P align=left&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/index.html"&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;Unit 2 - The Land Around Us&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/02lesson01.html"&gt;Lesson 1 - Different Kinds of Maps&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/02lesson02.html"&gt;Lesson 2 - Living in California&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/02lesson03.html"&gt;Lesson 3 - North America&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/02lessonbp.html"&gt;Biography Page - Benjamin Banneker&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/02lesson04.html"&gt;Lesson 4 - Moving From Place to Place&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/02lessonft.html"&gt;Field Trip - Joshua Tree National Forrest&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/index.html"&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;Unit 3 - Governing the People&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/03lesson01.html"&gt;Lesson 1 - A Country of Many People&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/03lesson02.html"&gt;Lesson 2 - Community and State Governments&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/03lesson03.html"&gt;Lesson 3 - Our National Government&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/03lessonbp.html"&gt;Biography Page - Thurgood Marshall&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/03lesson04.html"&gt;Lesson 4 - Our World Neighbors&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/03lesson05.html"&gt;Lesson 5 - Working Together Around the World&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/03lessonft.html"&gt;Field Trip - Yerba Buena Gardens&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/index.html"&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;Unit 4 - Using our Resources&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/04lesson01.html"&gt;Lesson 1 - Land and Water Resources&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/04lesson02.html"&gt;Lesson 2 - Getting Food Long Ago&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/04lessonps.html"&gt;Primary Sources - Tools Long Ago&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/04lesson03.html"&gt;Lesson 3 - Farming Today&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/04lesson04.html"&gt;Lesson 4 - From Farm to Table&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/04lessonbp.html"&gt;Biography Page - Delores Huerta&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/04lessonft.html"&gt;Field Trip - Abalone Farm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/index.html"&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;Unit 5 - People in the Marketplace&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/05lesson01.html"&gt;Lesson 1 - Producers and Consumers&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/05lessonbp.html"&gt;Biography Page - Levi Strauss&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/05lesson02.html"&gt;Lesson 2 - Work and Income&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/05lessonps.html"&gt;Primary Sources - History of Money&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/05lesson03.html"&gt;Lesson 3 - How&amp;nbsp;Much and How Many&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/05lesson04.html"&gt;Lesson 4 - Trading&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/05lessonft.html"&gt;Field Trip - Port of Oakland&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/index.html"&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;Unit 6 - People Make a Difference&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/06lesson01.html"&gt;Lesson 1 - Discovery and Invention&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/06lesson02.html"&gt;Lesson 2 - Character and Courage&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/06lesson03.html"&gt;Lesson 3 - Caring and Compassion&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/06lessonbp.html"&gt;Biography Page - Eleanor Roosevelt&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/06lesson04.html"&gt;Lesson 4 - Exploring New Worlds&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/hss/02/06lessonft.html"&gt;Field Trip - Mount Rushmore&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:08:34 GMT</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Michelle Duncan</dc:creator>
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			<title>Math</title>
			<description>&lt;H2 align=center&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.mhschool.com/math/2009/ca/student/grade2/"&gt;MACMILLAN MCGRAW-HILL ONLINE SUPPORT&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=center&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Chapter &amp;nbsp;1&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.mhschool.com/math/2009/ca/student/grade2/chapter_01.html"&gt;Number Sense and Patterns&lt;/A&gt; 
&lt;LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Chapter &amp;nbsp;2&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.mhschool.com/math/2009/ca/student/grade2/chapter_02.html"&gt;Addition Strategies&lt;/A&gt; 
&lt;LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Chapter &amp;nbsp;3&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.mhschool.com/math/2009/ca/student/grade2/chapter_03.html"&gt;Subtraction Strategies&lt;/A&gt; 
&lt;LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Chapter &amp;nbsp;4&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.mhschool.com/math/2009/ca/student/grade2/chapter_04.html"&gt;Data and Graphs&lt;/A&gt; 
&lt;LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Chapter &amp;nbsp;5&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.mhschool.com/math/2009/ca/student/grade2/chapter_05.html"&gt;Two-Digit Addition&lt;/A&gt; 
&lt;LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Chapter &amp;nbsp;6&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.mhschool.com/math/2009/ca/student/grade2/chapter_06.html"&gt;Two-Digit Subtraction&lt;/A&gt; 
&lt;LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Chapter &amp;nbsp;7&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.mhschool.com/math/2009/ca/student/grade2/chapter_07.html"&gt;Money&lt;/A&gt; 
&lt;LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Chapter &amp;nbsp;8&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.mhschool.com/math/2009/ca/student/grade2/chapter_08.html"&gt;Multiplication and Division Concepts&lt;/A&gt; 
&lt;LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Chapter &amp;nbsp;9&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.mhschool.com/math/2009/ca/student/grade2/chapter_09.html"&gt;Fractions&lt;/A&gt; 
&lt;LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Chapter 10&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.mhschool.com/math/2009/ca/student/grade2/chapter_10.html"&gt;Numbers to 1,000&lt;/A&gt; 
&lt;LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Chapter 11&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.mhschool.com/math/2009/ca/student/grade2/chapter_11.html"&gt;Geometry&lt;/A&gt; 
&lt;LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Chapter 12&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.mhschool.com/math/2009/ca/student/grade2/chapter_12.html"&gt;Measurement and Time&lt;/A&gt; 
&lt;LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Chapter 13&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.mhschool.com/math/2009/ca/student/grade2/chapter_13.html"&gt;Three-Digit Addition&lt;/A&gt; 
&lt;LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Chapter 14&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.mhschool.com/math/2009/ca/student/grade2/chapter_14.html"&gt;Three-Digit Subtraction&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;P class=la&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;LI class=la&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.mhschool.com/math/2009/ca/student/grade2/lookingahead.html"&gt;Looking Ahead&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:07:24 GMT</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Michelle Duncan</dc:creator>
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			<title>Language Arts</title>
			<description>&lt;H2 align=center&gt;&lt;U&gt;Houghton Mifflin Online Support&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/H2&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;Theme 1 - Silly Stories&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr05/2/1/bibliography.html"&gt;Bibliography &lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr05/2/1/links.html"&gt;Internet Links&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr05/2/1/activities.html"&gt;Extension Activities&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;Theme 2 - Nature Walk&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr05/2/2/bibliography.html"&gt;Bibliography&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr05/2/2/links.html"&gt;Internet Links&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr05/2/2/activities.html"&gt;Extension Activities&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;Theme 3 - Around Town: Neighborhood and Community&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr05/2/3/bibliography.html"&gt;Bibliography&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr05/2/3/links.html"&gt;Internet Links&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr05/2/3/activities.html"&gt;Extension Activities&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;Theme 4 - Amazing Animals&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr05/2/4/bibliography.html"&gt;Bibliography&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr05/2/4/links.html"&gt;Internet Links&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr05/2/4/activities.html"&gt;Extension Activities&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;Theme 5 - Family Time&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr05/2/5/bibliography.html"&gt;Bibliography&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr05/2/5/links.html"&gt;Internet Links&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr05/2/5/activities.html"&gt;Extension Activities&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;Theme 6 - Talent Show&lt;/H4&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr05/2/6/bibliography.html"&gt;Bibliography&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr05/2/6/links.html"&gt;Internet Links&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr05/2/6/activities.html"&gt;Extension Activities&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;H4&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr/pdf/gr_2.pdf"&gt;ADDITIONAL SPELLING WORDS&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/H4&gt;</description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:06:10 GMT</pubDate>
			<dc:creator>Michelle Duncan</dc:creator>
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			<title>Science</title>
			<description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/science/grade2_ca.html"&gt;HARCOURT ONLINE SUPPORT&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Introductory Unit&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp; Ready, Set, Science&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Biographies&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;OL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies_science/fulton/"&gt;Robert Fulton&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies_science/gutenberg/"&gt;Johannes Gutenberg&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies_science/mccoy/"&gt;Elijah McCoy&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies_science/whitney/"&gt;Eli Whitney&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/OL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Unit 1 - Physical Science - Motion&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Biographies&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;OL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies_science/ford/"&gt;Henry Ford&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies_science/fulton/"&gt;Robert Fulton&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies_science/johnson/"&gt;Anthony Michael Johnson&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies_science/newton/"&gt;Isaac Newton&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies_science/rillieux/"&gt;Robert Rillieux&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies_science/watt/"&gt;James Watt&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies_science/whitney/"&gt;Eli Whitney&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies_science/wright/"&gt;Orville and Wilbur Wright&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/OL&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/moving_things/index.html"&gt;How Things Move&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.scilinks.org/harcourt_hsp/hsp_student.asp?sl=746367221055"&gt;What Are Forces?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="javascript:newWin('/activity/science_up_close/205/deploy/popup.html', 'home', 770, 560)"&gt;Bike Brakes&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/playgrnd/playgrnd.html"&gt;Lets Go Work on the Playground&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="javascript:newWin('/activity/science_up_close/104/deploy/popup.html', 'home', 770, 560)"&gt;How Things Fall&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="javascript:newWin('/activity/science_up_close/316/deploy/popup.html', 'home', 770, 560)"&gt;Magnetic Poles&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="javascript:newWin('/activity/science_up_close/103/deploy/popup.html', 'home', 770, 560)"&gt;Musical Instruments&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="javascript:newWin('/activity/science_up_close/206/deploy/popup.html', 'home', 770, 560)"&gt;Parts of the Ear&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/bird_songs/index.html"&gt;Bird Songs&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Unit 2 - Life Science - Life Cycles&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Biographies&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;OL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies_science/bartram/"&gt;John Bartram&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies_science/eastwood/"&gt;Alice Eastwood&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies_science/mccormick/"&gt;Cyrus McCormick&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies_science/thmorgan/"&gt;Thomas Hunt Morgan&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/biographies_science/newton/"&gt;Isaac Newton&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/OL&gt;
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&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="javascript:newWin('/activity/science_up_close/212/deploy/popup.html', 'home', 770, 560)"&gt;The Life Cycle of a Frog&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="javascript:newWin('/activity/science_up_close/108/deploy/popup.html', 'home', 770, 560)"&gt;Animals and Their Young&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/animalcom/animalcom.html"&gt;Animal Communities&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="javascript:newWin('/activity/science_up_close/109/deploy/popup.html', 'home', 770, 560)"&gt;Seeds (patterns and sizes)&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.scilinks.org/harcourt_hsp/hsp_student.asp?sl=746367111010"&gt;What Are the Parts of a Plant?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="javascript:newWin('/activity/science_up_close/213/deploy/popup.html', 'home', 770, 560)"&gt;Parts of a Flower&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/exploring_ecosystems/index.html"&gt;Exploring Ecosystems&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.scilinks.org/harcourt_hsp/hsp_student.asp?sl=746367221011"&gt;What is a Habitat?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Unit 3 -&amp;nbsp; Earth Science - Earth Materials&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="javascript:newWin('/activity/science_up_close/201/deploy/popup.html', 'home', 770, 560)"&gt;Different Textures&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.scilinks.org/harcourt_hsp/hsp_student.asp?sl=746367661055"&gt;What Are Igneous Rocks?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="javascript:newWin('/activity/science_up_close/112/deploy/popup.html', 'home', 770, 560)"&gt;The Grand Canyon&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="javascript:newWin('/activity/science_up_close/307/deploy/popup.html', 'home', 770, 560)"&gt;How Ice Cracks Rock&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="javascript:newWin('/activity/science_up_close/309/deploy/popup.html', 'home', 770, 560)"&gt;Soil Horizons&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/dirt/"&gt;Soil Formation&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="javascript:newWin('/activity/science_up_close/207_ca/deploy/popup.html', 'home', 770, 560)"&gt;A Trilobite Fossil Forms&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="javascript:newWin('/activity/science_up_close/105/deploy/popup.html', 'home', 770, 560)"&gt;Ways to Save Resources&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.scilinks.org/harcourt_hsp/hsp_student.asp?sl=746367221022"&gt;What Other Natural Resources Do People Use?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;</description>
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