So you know how in class we were just talking about how it can be scary that kids have so much information at the tips of their fingers? Well I accidentally sent my kids looking for some information that some could see as inappropriate. Let me explain. So yesterday, we were talking and reading about the animals and plants found in different biomes. The book we were reading mentioned the Jack rabbit lives in the taiga. One of my kids asked why the Jack rabbit was called Jack. I told them I wasn't sure, but that if someone researched it, I'd offer a few points extra credit in Science. So today, one of my kids comes in beaming ear to ear, just about to burst out laughing, when he hands me a slip of paper. He has written, "The Jack rabbit got its name from an abbreviation of the term Jack ___. The rabbit got this nickname because its long ears makes it look like a donkey. I googled jack rabbit" I thought I'd die when I read this, but he was laughing out loud at this point (I'm sure from the expression on my face!) Anyway, I can't believe I encouraged all my kids to read up on this topic. Luckily when I saw his mom this afternoon his mom had that same huge grin when I mentioned it. She told me that they saw that info at the first website they went to, so they confirmed it by going to several other websites.Oops! So has anything like this happened to you guys?
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This almost happened to me. I was just set to get my kids to go on the Keep North Carolina Beautiful website. They have a listing of the trash collected on the Big Sweep days. I thought it would be a great site to have them find data to use in our math lessons on graphing. Wellllll.......... not only do they have that data, the site also has a listing of "unusual" litter collected. You can only imagine what some of the "unusual" items were. I don't teach family life until 5th grade! And most of the items are not in the script provided by the department of public instruction!
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