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  1. Fairfax Network's Meet the Author returns to the Folger Shakespeare Library & wins a Telly Award. tinyurl.com/84by4bj. vimeo.com/42771701
  2. Add Science Safari to your resources for May 18’s Endangered Species Day. tinyurl.com/74aaegp vimeo.com/42416593
  3. Fairfax Network now has Video on Demand. Visit our website at fcps.edu/fairfaxnetwork for more information. twitter.com/FFXNetwork/sta…
  4. Celebrate #SpaceDay with our Udvar-Hazy Partnership—distance learning technology bringing science to life. tinyurl.com/ctmzjt5
  5. Why did Oney Judge, a Mt. Vernon slave, run away? Was Slammin' Joe ever freed? Join us 5/9 for Hear My Story. tinyurl.com/bub8vcv
  6. We don’t know his exact birth date. Celebrate the life of #Shakespeare with Dr. Michael Witmore on April 25. tinyurl.com/84by4bj
  7. The Earth Day Network recommends Lynne Cherry's The Great Kapok Tree. For more about the author, tinyurl.com/bv2w77w vimeo.com/40728655
  8. We saw #Discovery’s final flight! During Flight School 3, CDR Readdy discussed the missions. tinyurl.com/8x6k5lu vimeo.com/40610115
  9. Our Design a Satellite Contest winners: 1st, Halla E; 2nd, Alex P.; and 3rd, Lauren C. See the designs at tinyurl.com/bqnhvsz.
  10. Celebrate Thomas Jefferson's birthday with "The Musical Side of Thomas Jefferson". vimeo.com/40303238 tinyurl.com/7wqoccb
  11. The new Flight School website has resources, timelines, videos, and classroom activities. tinyurl.com/7kzw3bv twitter.com/FFXNetwork/sta…
  12. Celebrate Poetry Month with Meet the Author and Kalli Dakos 4/9-14 at noon. tinyurl.com/7sl8l6h. tinyurl.com/d6yhxrq vimeo.com/39780218
  13. April 2, 1513—Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida. Find out more at “Snippets of Learning”. tinyurl.com/7xjqo8m
  14. Watch “I Ain’t No Three Fifths of a Person” anytime online. Registration is required. tinyurl.com/cc9n846
  15. Watch "Flight School 5: On the Red Planet" online anytime for free! Registration is required. tinyurl.com/6oaw5xt
  16. “I Ain’t No Three Fifths of a Person” explores the reactions of slaves during the founding of our nation on 3/28. tinyurl.com/7fxwdgp
  17. Only a few days left in our Design a Satellite Contest. Designs will be displayed at Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center. tinyurl.com/7suetgg
  18. Flight School 5: On the Red Planet will stream live on March 21. On March 27, we will uplink the program via satellite. tinyurl.com/7sseyzc
  19. “Meet the Author” is in the March/April issue of ISTE's "Learning & Leading with Technology". tinyurl.com/88c7pca twitter.com/FFXNetwork/sta…
  20. March was named in honor of the Roman god Mars. On March 21, we explore Mars, the Red Planet. tinyurl.com/7sseyzc. vimeo.com/38457800