Zman

Zman

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00 The Zman Menu

01
Flying Spaceman
Read The
Zman Story.

02
Beth Sharonian Zman
Greetings
to Earthlets

03
Zman Green
Colors of Zman.

04
Flowers and What?
What could it be?
Flowers and What?

05
Aliens!
Picture us
Aliens

06
Sailboat
A Sailboat
picture for Tom

07
Eagle Tear
9/11/2001
Nine Eleven

08
Peace
Peace Pictures
for Zman

09
Colors of Humans
Colors of Humans

10
Estimate
Beth Sharon Math
Estimate

11
Sun
Vote for a
Sun Picture

12
Paint
New Computer Lab
We Can Paint

Start Here: 01. The ZmanStory

01 Zman Story
Zman and Sherose

Zman

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01 The Zman Story

Aliens from Beth Sharon

Introducing Zman

01 Zman Story
Spaceship

Back in the 20th century, an explorer from another galaxy visited earth.
Sherose arrived from Beth Sharon IV, the 4th Planet from the star Beth Sharon.
Sherose fixed his communications to work with the new Internet.

Sherose wrote to school children in England and they wrote back.

Sherose asked the Earth children questions about peace and violence.

Children from New York and Ohio and Virginia wrote to Sherose.
And Sherose wrote back.

Children from Texas and Alaska wrote to Sherose.
And Sherose wrote back.

Children from Australia and New Zealand wrote to Sherose.
And Sherose wrote back.

Children from Iceland and Massachusetts wrote to Sherose.
And Sherose wrote back.

Sherose asked how Earth children feel about violence.
And, from some places on Earth the children wrote back.

Sherose asked the Earth children more questions.
And, children from around the world wrote back.

01 Zman Story

Sherose wrote so much to the children on Earth that he got tired.
So he asked his friend Zman to come and help.
Zman flew in to help Sherose write to the children on Earth.

Spaceman

01 Zman Story

Zman called the Earth children Earthlets.

Zman asked Earthlets how they think.
Many Earthlets wrote back to Zman.

Zman learned that Earth children all think differently.
Zman learned from the Earthlets.

When Sherose was called back to Beth Sharon IV, Zman asked to stay.
Sherose said that Zman should stay on Earth.
Sherose flew back to Beth Sharon IV alone.

Zman moved into New York City.
Many Earthlets live in New York City.
Zman could write to Earthlets all around the world.

A homeschooler e-mailed Zman from the Chesapeake Bay.
Students in Dinwiddie e-mailed Zman.
Zman visited the Dinwiddie students.

01 Zman Story

Think and Discuss

Activities

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Make A Sky Map Your Sky

Email

01 Zman Story

Back: Zman Menu

Next: 02. Greetings, Earthlets

02 Greetings to Earthlets
Flying On Star

Zman

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02 Greetings, Earthlets

What does an Alien Look Loike?

First Email from Zman

02 Greetings to Earthlets

Greetings, Earthlets, from the Star Beth Sharon,

I want to learn about your planet and how you think.
Here is a Beth Sharonian picture of me.
Can you tell what I look like?
Draw a picture of what you think I look like.

zman &&(*)

02 Greetings to Earthlets

Think and Discuss

What do you know about Zman from this picture?

What else would you like to know?

Activities

Draw a picture of Zman.

Links

Email

Send email explaining Life On Earth.

Scan and send pictures to Zman.

02 Greetings to Earthlets

Back: 02. Greetings, Earthlets

Next: 03. Colors of Zman

03 Colors of Zman
Kids at Cimputers

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03 - Colors of Zman

What color are aliens?

Choose - Vote - Chart - Spreadsheet

Greetings,  Earthlets,  from the Star Beth Sharon,
Your drawings were wonderful!
		  	           I learned that Earthlets come in different colors.
                       Here are some pictures of me. 
					   They are in different colors. 
                       Which color do you like best?
zman &&(*)

01
Zman White
White

02
Zman Green
Green

03
Zman Brown
Brown

04
Zman Red
Red

05
Zman Yellow
Yellow

03 Colors of Zman

Think and Discuss

Which color do your classmates like best?
Did any color get no votes in your class?

Activities

Print and display all pictures of Zman
Use a voting system to answer discussion questions.
Record and display the results on Chart below.

Download

Colors of Zman

Email

Send email with vote results

03 Colors of Zman

Back: 02. Greetings Eathlets

Next: 05. Flowers and What?

04 Flowers and What?
Glads

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04 Flowers and What?

Which picture do you like best?

Choose - Vote - Chart - Spreadsheet

04 Flowers and What?
Greetings,  Earthlets,  from the Star Beth Sharon,
I hope that all of you celebrated the Solstice last month.
	                   Sherose visited and we made sausage.			  
		  	           Here is a picture of our Solstice table.
					   Which version of the picture do you like best?
zman &&(*)

01
Glad 1
glad1

02
Glad 2
glad2

03
Glad 3
glad3

04
Glad 4.
glad4

05
Glad 5.
glad5

04 Flowers and What?

Think and Discuss

What is next to the flowers?

Activities

Print out your favorite picture.
How many classmate printed the same picture?

Download

Flowers and What? ..

Email

Send the vote results in an email

04 Flowers and What?

Back: 03. Colors of Zman

Next: 05. Picture Us Alien

05 Picture Us Aliens

Zman

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05 - Picture Us Aliens

Aliens made in photo-editing

Learning Software

Shylo-1

In the spring, Zman came to visit Earth. He lived in a house in Brooklyn. The children who wrote to him from Virginia, wanted to see him. So, Zman got on an airplane, which was much slower than his spaceship, to visit Virginia.

Zman showed the students at Southside how to turn a picture into an Alien.

Shylo-2 Shylo-3

Zman showed the students how to explore the software to see what it did. Zman showed the students how to use the "special effects" in the software.

Zman also showed the students to use the Control-Z to go back when they did not like an effect.

Shylo-4 Shylo-5

The students at Southside had fun when Zman visited. After Zman flew back to his house is Brooklyn, the students at Southside practiced what he taught them. Mrs. P took digital pictures of all of the students.

Each student made their picture into an alien. The students tried all of the "special effects" on their pictures. The students worked very hard to make alien pictures of themselves.

The students were very proud of their pictures. Some of the students emailed their pictures to Zman.

Alien Us

Click to enlarge a picture

05 Picture Us Aliens

Think and Discuss

What is next to the flowers?

Activities

Print out your favorite picture.
How many classmate printed the same picture?

Download

Email

Edited Photo

05 Picture Us Aliens

Back: 04. Flowers and What?

Next: 06. Tom's Sailboat

06 Best Sailboat Picture
Boat 4

Zman

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06 Sailboat for Tom

Photo-Editing possibilities

Choose - Vote - Chart - Spreadsheet

Zman took a photo of a sailboat in Sheepshead Bay.
Zman made some pictures from his photo
Zman has a friend named Tom. Tom likes sailboats.
Which picture should Zman send to Tom?

Click picture to enlarge and print.

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boat1

02

boat2

03

boat3

04

boat4

05

boat5

06 Best Sailboat Picture

Think and Discuss

Activities

Print out your favorite picture.
How many classmate printed the same picture?

Download

Download Sailboat Spreadsheet.

Sailboat

Email

Send charts and Spreadsheets

06 Best Sailboat Picture

Back: 05. Flowers and What?

Next: 07. New York Skyline

07 Nine Eleven
NYC Skyline Aug, 2001

Zman

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07: Nine Eleven

Zman and Students were sad.

Expressions in Words and Pictures

NY Skyline before 9/11

Nina went to visit Zman in August, 2001.
Nina and Zman took a cruise around Manhattan Island.
They took pictures of the New York skyline from the Hudson River.

Eagle with Tear

Zman was very sad on September 11th, 2001.

On September 11th the World Trade Center Twin Towers were destroyed.
Two airplanes flew into each of the Twin Towers.
Each of the towers began to burn and collapse.

A few minutes later, another airplane crash into the Pentagon

A fourth airplane crashed in the mountains of Pennsylvania.

Many people were killed that day.

Some children died on September 11th.
A lot of mothers and fathers died that day.

Learn more about the Twin Towers

Timeline of 9/11/2001

Skyscrapers
Pix and information on skyscrapers around the world!
The Mohawks Who Built Manhattan

9/11/2001 Patriots Day

Credits: Photos in "Tribute to the Towers" by Robert Zenhausern and Nina Alexander, August, 2001.

The original New York City Skyline page was created November 29, 2001.

07 Nine Eleven

Think and Discuss

Discuss what happened on September 11, 2001
Discuss the symbolism of the Eagle with a Tear.

Activities

Draw a picture of September 11th.
Write your thoughts about September 11th.

Download

Email

Pictures of Nine Eleven

07 Nine Eleven

Back: 06. Tom's Sailboat

Next: 08. World Peace

08 World Peace
Charles3

Zman

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08: World Peace

Zman and Students on World Peace

Expressions in words and Pictures

United Nations Building in New York City

The United Nations Building is an important building in New York City. It is where the leaders of all the nations in the world come together to make peace. The national leaders make peace by discussing how to share.

Children around the world want Peace. 

See the Cyberschoolbus Logo Cyber School Bus Peace Projects

Story of this page

Zman visited Southside in the Spring of 2001. When Nine Eleven happened, the students remembered that Zman was from New York City. The students worried until we got email that Zman was OK. Zman emailed as soon as phone were restored days later.

Mrs. F's Special Education class wrote to Zman, and he asked them to look at the pictures on Tribute to the Towers. The students discussed the pictures. Some students shared family stories with the events of September 11, 2001. The students dictated their comments to Zman about their pictures and about New York City. One student asked about the UN Building. Zman suggested they visit the United Nations' Cyber School Bus Pictures of Peace. The students were delighted with the pictures. The were amazed at the countries represented.

Mrs. F asked her students if they would like to draw Pictures of  Peace to share with Zman. By the end of the day, all the students had drawn one or more pictures. Some students drew both Pictures for Peace and Pictures of Zman. The pictures were scanned and put on the web. Then the students were asked to explain their pictures and their words were typed, read back, and added to this page.

08 World Peace

Think and Discuss

Discuss what World Peace means

Discuss the symbolism of the Eagle with a Tear.

Activities

Draw a picture for World Peace.

Write a Class Declaration of World peace.

Download

Email

send your Pictures for Peace

08 World Peace

Back: 07. September 11, 2001

Next: 09. Colors of Humans

09 Colors of Humans
Nodding Girls

Zman

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09: Colors of Humans

Counting our Colors

Collecting Data for Spreadsheets

Greetings, Earthlets,
Good to hear from you.
                            So you like my many colors. 
                            I know earthlets come in many colors too.
                            You can make spreadsheets to count your colors.
                            If you get the hair colors and eye colors from your families, we could put it all in a big spreadsheet.
zman &&(*)

09 Colors of Humans

Think and Discuss

Where did your colors come from?

Discuss the colors in the class.

Activities

Make a spreadsheet on the hair and eye colors in your class.

Download

Color of Humans spreadsheet

Email

Send completed spreadsheets

09 Colors of Humans

Back: 08. World Peace

Next: 10. Estimate

10 Estimate
Teach Math

Zman

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10 Estimate Math

Math Game from Beth Sharon

To Improve Estimation in Math

When Zman visited the students at Southside, he learned that many of the students found it hard to learn math.

Zman promised to send them a game used on the Beth Sharon IV to learn math.

Zman sent the game to the students at Southside.

The game asked students to guess the answer to math questions.

The game told students how close they were to the correct answer.

Spaceship

Students tried to make their answers closer to the correct answer.

The students learned to like math.

10 Estimate

Think and Discuss

Activities

Download

Estimate Math

Email

Is this game fun for Earthlets?

10 Estimate

Back: 09. Colors of Humans

Next: 11. Traveling Sun

11 Traveling Sun
Traveling Sun

Zman

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11 Traveling Sun

Photo-Editing possibilities

Choose - Vote - Chart - Spreadsheet

01
Traveling Sun 1
Sun 1

02
Traveling Sun 2
Sun 2

03
Traveling Sun 3
Sun 3

04
Traveling Sun 4
Sun 4

05
Traveling Sun 5
Sun 5

Zman has a friend named Patt. Patt likes the sun.

Which picture should Zman send to Patt?

11 Traveling Sun

Think and Discuss

Where did your colors come from?
Discuss colors in the class.

Activities

Print out your favorite picture: Click on picture to enlarge

Download

Traveling Sun Spreadsheet

Traveling Sun

Email

Send your completed charts and spreadsheets

11 Traveling Sun

Back: 10. Estimate

Next: 12. We Can Paint

12 We Can Paint!
Computer Lab

Zman

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12 We Can Paint !

Shapes, Colors and fun

Introduction to Software Menus

12 We Can Paint!

Think and Discuss

Activities

Color the pictures in Paint or create your own.

Download

Blanks

Email

Send your favorite pictures

12 We Can Paint!

Back: 11. Traveling Sun

Site started July 20, 1998. Robert Zenhausern. Updated Mon, Oct 15, 2012. Anne Pemberton.