Freebies Tips
Read these 7 Freebies Tips tips to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. Each tip is approved by our Editors and created by expert writers so great we call them Gurus. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Teaching tips and hundreds of other topics.
Free Services and Materials
Are you in a school district located near a Boeing Company office in Alabama,California, Florida,Georgia,Kansas,Oregon, Pennsylvania, or Washington ? Then, you are in luck. You may very well qualify for free equipment, consulting services, renovation funding, student career counseling, and technical assistance from Boeing. Make sure you contact Christine Jones at the following address:
Boeing Corporate Giving Program
P.O. Box 3707
Mail Stop 14-50
Seattle, Washington 98124
Phone: 206-655-0803
United Nations Information
If you don't have any postcards handy, run(well,drive if it's too far) to your nearest post office to get some. Why, you ask ? To request a terrific kit that has interesting facts about how the United Nations works. Mail a postcard to :
United Nations Public Inquiries Unit
Room GA-57
United Nations
New York,New York 10017
Jump Rope Materials
The American Heart Association has a great program called Jump Rope for Heart. Call them about the jump ropes, posters, videos, and lesson plans available for this very healthy program.
Their number is : 800/AHA-USA1 (800-242-8721).
JUMP ON IT !!
Free Video On Peer Pressure
"Triggering Positive Health Choices" is a free videotape and teacher guide kit designed to help kids discover how to deal with peer pressure and decision making. Write to :
Met Life,Health,and Safety Education
One Madison Avenue
New York,New York 10010-3690
Free Map Packet
Hey, teachers of grades 4-8, have I got a deal for you ! The US Geological Survey has a wonderful map packet titled," What Do Maps Show, " available just for the asking. Write to :
U.S. Geological Survey
Earth Science Information Center
US 507 Mail Stop
Reston,Virginia 22902
Booklets On Health Topics
The Will Rogers Institute has free booklets available on topics such as stress, tuberculosis,and asthma. Write to the following address or call for their booklets:
Will Rogers Institute
1640 Marengo Street
Suite 406
Los Angeles, California 90033
Whatta terrific resource for PE and Health educators !
Postal Pack
Designed for elementary and middle school students, this excellent postal pack contains activity sheets that encourage letter writing and explore historic letters and stamps. Available from:
National Postal Museum
Education Department
2 Massachusetts Avenue
Smithsonian Institution
Washington,DC 20560-0001
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