EHGEMS animals go on vacation! Borrow a pet for the summer! Care & feed one of our delightful school animals at your house during summer vacation.

-Parakeets, turtles (land or water), Fat-tailed Gekos

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Care for fish and plants at EHGEMS during the summer months! We need volunteers to feed fish and water plants in the life science lab one time per week during the summer months!

EMAIL ABOVE with questions or reply. Thanks!

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Scholarships available for students K-12 from E. Hartford to theTalcott Mt. Science Center summer programs. Everyone eligible to apply. Call Talcott Mt. Science Center (860-677-8571) and visit their website listed at bottom of this page. Tell them you heard about the scholarship from Donna Rand.

Not from E.Hartford? Check out Talcott Mt. summer programs anyway...the offerings are spectacular!

• CT Audubon Society Programs The CAS provides each Magnet School child with at least 3 special environmental education classes every year. Every Magnet School student visits the Holland Brook Nature Center in Glastonbury and instructor, Ms. Laurel Soper, also visits the Magnet Schoo
• Ask Jeeves Kids Type a question and Ask Jeeves will give you a list of websites where you may find some answers!
• Journey North/South Project This is an important link for our students. Grade one, two and three students, especially, should check this site regularly in the Fall and Spring to get information on the Monarch Butterfly migration and also the emergence and blooming of tulip bulbs.
• NASA Look for all up-to-date information on space, living in space, locate the International Space Station & Space Shuttle! Look on this website for new information not yet published in any current textbooks! Look for specific information available for childre
• Daily Space Reports & Happenings! Daily question and space photo. Updated information on fascinating obervations in our solar system and beyond!
• Building Bridges Grade 3 students use this program to learn about different types of bridges which span large distances.
• Recycle Magazine for Kids Excellent magazine encouraging children to use their imaginations to help the world become a greener, healthier place. Fun activities and interactive displays and contests for all ages!
• EHGEMS Weather Reports & CT Weather View Magnet School student weather reports. Click
• Talcott Mt. Science Center Check out the exciting programs and facilities available for children from pre-school to adult to programs for the whole family. Holiday, weekend, summer programs available for everyone who enjoys science, technolgy, art & music, astronomy, or the great outdoors!
• E. Hartford-Glastonbury Magnet School Home Page Find links to teachers & staff, learn more about our Magnet School or introduce friends to our school!
• Weather- Great Interactive Weather Photos & Maps See video tracking of storms, hurricanes, etc. Many excellent, easy-to-use weather visuals.
• Wright Brothers Centennial Celebration Movies of flights, photographs, original letters, activities for kids!
• Mars Rover Video
• Invention at Play Excellent website for students! Inventive games to play, sketch & design inventions and send plans to others, famous inventors, interactive site!
• CT Invention Convention Website Check out CT's website for young inventors and adults who would like to inspire ingenuity and problem-solving skills in youngsters! Date, schedule, judging criteria for inventions.
• www.wcsu.edu/starwatch/
• www.astro.wesleyan.edu/events/
• Kid Wings Excellent! Excellent! site for learning about owl pellet dissection and birds of prey!
• New England Air Museum
• By Kids For Kids Invent a Toy Contest! See real kid inventors!