Fireworks Safety Month

Caution!! Fireworks are for professionals only!

http://www.preventblindness.org/safety/fireworksafety.html

June 8

Celebrate World Ocean Day

12th annual World Ocean Day. The Ocean Project is helping to coordinate events and activities worldwide with aquariums, zoos, museums, and the World Ocean Network. Use the sample letter to the editor to express your concerns about ocean health in your local newspapers.

http://www.theoceanproject.org/news/oceanday.html

June 14

Flag Day

Lesson suggestions for elementary grades

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson005.shtml

 U.S. Flag Page-history, documents, government sites, essays, and speeches

http://www.usflag.org/toc.html

June 18, 2006

Father's Day

Gifts, crafts, and projects

http://homeschooling.about.com/education/

homeschooling/library/bljun18a6.htm

June 19

Juneteenth

African-Americans first heard of their emancipation

http://www.juneteenth.com

June 21

First Day of Summer-Summer Solstice

This article contains a Quick Time movie illustrating the tilt of the Earth's equatorial plane relative to the Sun.

http://www.treasure-troves.com/astro/Solstice.html

Activities, including instructions for building your own Stonehenge

http://familyeducation.com/topic/front/0%2C1156%2C1-7122%2C00.html