It's 80's Day

 Welcome Back to the 80s

Old Cars They were often unreliable and prone to rust, but there are still many of us who are very fond of the old cars from the 70s and 80s. So which were your favourites? To help you decide, you'll find lots of photos of classic and not-so classic cars, inc. models by British Leyland, as well as sports cars and some American cars, too. Plenty of car photos and plenty of memories, too - visit the80s Cars page.

Retro Computers The 1980s saw the beginning of the home computing revolution, a time when many of us actually learned how to program our computers. Which games consoles and computers did you use back in the 80s? From the very simple ZX80 to the highly popular, 16 bit Commodore Amiga, they can all be found on the 80s Computers page.

Eighties Video Games Computer games were a lot simpler back in the 1980s, but they were also a lot more accessible. Frogger, Defenderand Pac-Man were particular favourites of mine, and you can access many old classics on this page and play online for free, as well as read reviews of other computer games from the 80s.

Childhood Toys and Games Some of these are going to bring the memories of your childhood flooding back! Read about the most popular toys and games from both the 1970s and 80s including Subbuteo, BigTrak, Action Man, Cabbage Patch Dolls and many more on the 80s Toys page.

80s Fashion So what did you wear in the eighties? This page features crazy New Romantic big hair and quiff hair styles for men, Parachute Pants, Don Johnson (from Miami Vice) in his white suits, "Choose Life" T-shirts, pixie boots, boxer shorts, Ray Bans, big spectacles - the list goes on! Did you have 80s style or were you like me, an 80s fashion disaster!

Retro Sweets & Chocolate These video clips and photos will help you to relive your 70s or 80s childhood, and on this page you can look atbucketloads of old-fashionedconfectionary from the past, some of which has now disappeared, and some of which is still being made today. The question is, did you love anyone enough to give them your last Rolo?

70s and 80s TV Shows Is it just me, or was there much more to watch on the TV when we were kids? Although we only had three TV channels here in the UK, there was always something to watch, and this page features links to dozens of pages about both British and American TV Shows  from yesteryear. Were you a Dukes Of Hazzard fan, or maybe Charlie's Angelswas more your thang?

Eighties Music Videos The 1980s saw the birth of the music video revolution, thanks mainly to MTV.Here you'll find a complete A-Z of all the music video pages on the SimplyEighties site. It's an ever-growing list, and you find everything from ABBA to ZZ Top. Most of the videos are official (where available), and I've hand-picked the best quality ones from Youtube. From New Wave to 80s power ballads, they're all here!

• The Totally Awesome 80's Slang:

  Veg Out: Meaning: Relax. 

   Fresh:Meaning: Stylish or cool
  Wiggin' out: Meaning: Freaking out. 
  Stoked :Meaning: Excited
  
  
   Dude: Meaning: Person.
   I'm so sure: Meaning: Unbelievable. 
  Excellent: Meaning: Great. 
   Duh: Meaning: Obviously.
  Rad: Meaning: Awesome. Usage: Check out his rad Vans.
  Like: Meaning: Disbelief. 
   Psych:Meaning: I'm lying. 

March math madness

Try out this awesome math link Play with manipulatives 

GEOMETRY PRACTICE

• Math Open Reference (Excellent free interactive website for teaching points, lines, rays, polygons, diagonals, concave vs. convex, interior angles, quadrilaterals, triangles, circles, transformations, and more!)
• Area and Perimeter Demo
• Interactive Geoboard
• Using Area and Perimeter 

Science Links

At Home 
"SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS"   (always get your parents permission )

• EXPERIMENT:  Bottled Tornado
   
• EXPERIMENT:  Catch a Rainbow
   
• EXPERIMENT:  Colored Carnations
   
• EXPERIMENT:  Cornstarch Suspension
   
• EXPERIMENT:  Eggs with Soft Shells
   
• EXPERIMENT:  How Do Seeds Grow?
   
• EXPERIMENT:  How Does Mold Grow?
   
• EXPERIMENT:  Knotted Bones

• Study These Science Facts:
• SCIENCE FACTS:  Autumn Leaves
• SCIENCE FACTS:  Color Wheel
• SCIENCE FACTS:  Five Senses
• SCIENCE FACTS:  Planets
• SCIENCE FACTS:  Polygraphs
• SCIENCE FACTS:  Tree
• SCIENCE FACTS:  The Water Cycle

practice common core math activities each night

Gain familiarity with factors and multiples
4.OA4 
Find all factor pairs for a whole number in the range 1-100. Recognize that a whole number is a multiple of each of its factors. Determine whether a given whole number in the range 1-100 is a multiple of a given one-digit number. Determine whether a given whole number in the range 1-100 is prime or composite.

Possible Activities: Finding Multiples Prime Number Hunt Common Multiples Least Common Multiple Find the Factor

Generate and analyze patterns
4.OA5 
Generate a number or shape pattern that follows a given rule. Identify apparent features of the pattern that were not explicit in the rule itself. For example, given the rule “Add 3” and the starting number 1, generate terms in the resulting sequence and observe that the terms appear to alternate between odd and even numbers. Explain informally why the numbers will continue to alternate in this way.
Possible Activities:
Square Numbers
Triangular Numbers

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4th GRADE NUMBER ACTIVITIES: NUMBER AND OPERATIONS IN BASE TEN

Generalize place value understanding for multi-digit whole numbers
4.NBT1 Recognize that in a multi-digit whole number, a digit in one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right. For example, recognize that 700÷70=10 by applying concepts of place value and division.
Place Value Problems
Place Value Chart 

4.NBT2 Read and write multi-digit whole numbers using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form. Compare two multi-digit numbers based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.