This Surfrider Foundation link gives ideas to help educate about the importance of beaches. There are experiments and projects for children, which are especially good for a science lesson.
I can relate to this list about writer's block. I had a mild case of "writer's block" near the end of fall semester 2008 - I was working full time and had three writing intensive courses. I'm sure my fellow students have suffered in similar ways
Great ways to practice grammar and other writing issues. Not only helps work and improve as a writer, but provides powerpoints and helpful hints to use to work with students in learning language.