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Wonder why Zombies, Zombie Apocalypse, and Zombie Preparedness continue to live or walk dead on a CDC web site? As it turns out what first began as a tongue in cheek campaign to engage new audiences with preparedness messages has proven to be a very effective platform. We continue to reach and engage a wide variety of audiences on all hazards preparedness via Zombie Preparedness; and as our own director, Dr. Ali Khan, notes, "If you are generally well equipped to deal with a zombie apocalypse you will be prepared for a hurricane, pandemic, earthquake, or terrorist attack." So please log on, get a kit, make a plan, and be prepared!

This Blog is written by a Mom about the inventions and ideas she uses to live, love, and have fun with her son. Each entry demonstrates creativity and joy in games, toys, learning, and how to make each day special for the whole family. Worth returning to often for inspiration and ideas. Indexed for handy searching.

Enlighten us, but make it quick.

Colorful, Cool, Collaborative Ten-year-old Augie Webster creates vivid, action-filled paintings using his wheelchair, communication device, imagination, and the help of his family. Inspired by skateboard artist Sean Greene at the Arlington Artisphere and his school's PTA art contest theme, "Together We Can," Augie told his mom, "I could make wheelchair art. I need help."

DonorsChoose.org is an online charity that makes it easy to help students in need through school donations

"On Specialbites you will find switch games to download and now tons of 'online switch games which are also great on a touchscreen and for learning early mouse skills ."

Make it Real - Give them a Reason to Write! Jonathan Alcorn for The New York Times Update | Feb. 7: We have announced our student editorial-writing contest and published a related lesson plan. What issues do you care most about? What topics do you find yourself discussing most passionately, whether online, at the dinner table, in the classroom or with your friends?

"The goal is to create as many words as you can using the ten letters that are generated in the box below. Just scribble down the words on a piece of paper as fast as you can think of them."

Do2learn provides thousands of pages of social skills and behavioral regulation activities and guidance, learning songs and games, communication cards, academic material, and transition guides for employment and life skills. To make the experience as pleasant and easy as possible, we display no ads nor require that you login to access our website

Resources for screening, progress monitoring, databased decision making and multi-level prevention.

StarTalk, from Curved Light Productions, is the first and only popular commercial radio program devoted to all things space and is hosted by renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. As Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History, Tyson makes regular appearances as the "nation's expert on space" on major news programs and popular shows (Daily Show, Colbert Report). Tyson's writings (such as The Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist) and NOVA specials (Origins, and NOVA ScienceNOW) have already won him a faithful media following. His most recent book, Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries reached the New York Times Best Seller List. Tyson was named Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential Persons in the World for 2007. StarTalk Radio bridges the intersection between Pop Culture and Science with clarity, humor and passion. Captivating subjects-such as space travel, extra-terrestrial life, the Big Bang, the future of our Earth and the environment, and breaking news from the universe-will all be explored. Hilarity ensues as Tyson is joined each week by comedian co-hosts, celebrities, and other special guests.

Crayon recycling is so easy that a major crayon manufacturer has created a small appliance that child can operate to make crayons from broken crayon bits and pieces.