I just got this email in the mail and I thought it might be a great way for a biology whiz to get a free laptop. The rules are very specific so check your entries twice to make sure that you don’t get disqualified on a technicality. Here are the details:
Contest – Dell 15 Inch Laptop Computer
This contest is open to all homeschooling families subscribed to this newsletter – if you have homeschooling friends who would like to subscribe and participate in this contest, please forward this message to them. They can subscribe here:
One person will win this laptop. Here’s how to enter: (Hint: be careful
Go to this page http://www.homeschoolscienceacademy.com/OnlineClasses.htm Find the first word (key word #1) after the “creek photo” that ends with the same letter as the first letter of the name for the first section of the small intestine.
The third letter of the fourth word after key word #1 is the first letter of a bone (bone #1) whose fifth and sixth letters are “ib”.
Bone #1 is superior to a bone (bone #2) whose second and third letters are “ib” and this bone (bone #2) is anterior to a muscle whose second letter is “a”.
The first letter of bone #2 is the first letter in the name of a muscle (muscle #1) that is proximal to the Brachioradialis.
What is the name of muscle #1? (once you determine what this muscle name is, please keep it to yourself)
At exactly 9:37 pm eastern time on Tuesday, August 31, send email to:
Email: Greg@LandryScience.com
Subject line should be: “Laptop Contest”
In the body of the message:
=> your name, age, state, and telephone number
=> what’s the name of muscle #1 from above?
=> state that you are in a homeschooling family
Please email us ONE time only
Students, please get your parents permission before emailing us.
The person whose email we receive closest to exactly 9:37 pm eastern time on Tuesday, August 31, who has included the correct “muscle #1 name”, will win the laptop.
We’ll notify the winner via email or phone. Have fun!
I just received this notification from Mathletics about registration for Math Day. Registration ends on March 1st, so be sure to hurry over and get signed up. Here are the details:
Over one million participants have registered for World Math Day! Join us in a celebration of numbers as children from across the globe unite in their quest to set a world record in answering mental arithmetic questions. Be a part of this great education event involving over a million students from hundreds of countries, even parents and teachers can participate this year! There is an exciting new format for 2010 with all new levels so make sure you and your child register today and get plenty of practice!
Why should you take part?
• World Math Day is the education event for the world!
• Your child will love it! Be part of setting a world record!
• It will create an amazing buzz around Mathematics in your home.
• Designed for all ages and ability levels.
• Simple to register and participate.
• Great prizes. And it’s absolutely free!!
How will it work?
• Register your child online. Students already subscribed to Mathletics can use their existing usernames and passwords.
• Students take part in real-time mental arithmetic challenges.
• Students play live with other students around the globe.
• In 2009 more than two million students from 204 countries combined to correctly answer 452,681,681 questions. Can we break the record this year?
• All you need is internet access.
• Students can compete at school or at home.
Great news! Nature Friend Magazine has a few surprises up their sleeves since my review and I wanted to let you in on it. First and most important are those coupon codes that you add at the time of checkout. This is a limited time offer, so be sure to place your orders before November 30, 2009.
Magazine Subscription Savings: BLOG93
30% off Hardbound Volumes: Coupon Code: HBV30P
Now for the other exciting news for the kids. Nature Friend Magazine is having a story contest that’s open for the kids. Here are the details:
We are announcing a story contest in the December issue of Nature Friend. The contest will be open to families that subscribe to Nature Friend, and will appear in the May 2010 issue. The complete rules will be in the December issue, but here are a couple of notes. Three entries will be selected from each of four age groups, 6-8, 9-11, 12-14, and 15-17. From the three stories selected in each group, we will randomly draw a name and give that writer a pair of binoculars or $35, winner’s choice. The other two writers will also receive something.
Secondly, Judy Kauffman, the writer of our Creative Writing lesson in each Study Guide, has recently lost her house in a fire. No one in the family was injured, but most things are gone, including her writings. Those of us that have been following her lessons know how important it is to her that a nature journal be kept. We want to get her new nature journal off to a running start. We need your help to do this. We invite you to send two photocopies of the pages in your journal. We will forward one copy on to Judy to jump-start her new journal, and the other copy we will keep for consideration in the story contest. See the details in the December issue concerning how to submit your stories.
Submissions that are not selected for the story contest will automatically be considered for the June Readers’ Issue.
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