Popular Lenses on How-To & Education
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- Free Pumpkin Carving Patterns (LensRank: 12) Is your Jack-o-lantern a simple grinning pumpkinhead? Turn him into something wild and creative with free pumpkin stencils you can find on the web. See the list of sites offering free stencils below, and learn some more about the history of jack-o-la...
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- How to Donate Your Hair (LensRank: 23) There's been a lot of publicity over the past few years related to hair donation, including Hillary Swank's highly public hair cut on Oprah. Before you take the plunge and donate your hair, however, make sure you do your homework in choosing...
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- Frog Unit Study: Hopping to Learn (LensRank: 27) Take trips to the frog pond, play games and sing songs, gobble up the insect words and swat the fly verbs. This lens will give you dozens of ideas, resources, hints and tricks to create frog-themed activities for both homeschool families and classro...
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- Daylight Saving Time Begins March 14, 2010 (LensRank: 28) You know the old saying: spring forward... fall back. During Daylight Saving Time, which begins in the spring, clocks are turned forward an hour, shifting an hour of light from the morning to the evening. When Daylight Saving Time ends in the fa...
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- Making a Shoebox Diorama (LensRank: 30) The classic shoebox diorama is a childhood rite of passage. Although it can be used for school work, your children may enjoy making them just for fun. Make a diorama alongside your child today with this step by step tutorial.
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- How To Use Twitter (LensRank: 31) Welcome to How To Use Twitter! Before we get into the detail let me make one thing very clear! Twitter is a way of connecting with other people who share your interests or who might be interested in what you have to say. Please do not view it simply...
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- Are you a Stay at Home Mom (or Dad) Interested in Earning a Monthly Income? (LensRank: 35) Okay, I am sure you are all thinking, "What's the catch?" Don't worry, there isn't one. I promise. I am a stay at home mom and I will show you how Squidoo is helping me earn a monthly income while still being home to take care of my children. What i...
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- How to Write a Condolence Note or a Sympathy Note (LensRank: 36) Taking a bit of time to write a condolence note or condolence letter can be a great source of comfort and provide a gift of healing for a friend or a loved one who is grieving a loss. According to research by Hallmark, Americans send nearly 125 mill...
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- Dollar Bill Origami (LensRank: 53) Isn't money grand? It can do all sorts of great things for you, like keep you fed, pay for that cell phone bill, and get you that great pair of shoes you've been eyeing up. What's even better is when you can play with your money and have it too. Hav...
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- How to Make Keyboard Symbols Using the "Alt" Key (LensRank: 76) When you need to make symbols and letters that aren't on your computer keyboard - such as © for Copyright or the Trademark, cents, Euro, or one-half symbols - or a real bullet instead of an asterisk - here's a handy tutorial to book...
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- How To Build A Food Smoker (LensRank: 103) The smokehouse was about 30 ft out the back door of the house I lived in when I was a small boy. There was always Sausage, bacon and ham in the smokehouse. It was one of those things in life that I just took for granted like so many things of my you...
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- Copyright Infringement (LensRank: 108) Know Your Copyrights If you've had your work stolen or copied there are usually steps that can be taken to protect your work, although some legal avenues can be expensive. However, your work illegally posted by someone else on the Internet m...
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- Not another list of free Halloween pumpkin carving patterns (LensRank: 120) Have you ever searched the Internet for free pumpkin carving templates? Each Halloween I jump online with my brother's kids and search for pumpkin carving templates. After visiting a few sites, we usually decided on a few that we all liked. &nbs...
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- Color: Meaning, Symbolism and Psychology (LensRank: 129) Our reaction to color is almost instantaneous and has a profound impact on the choices we make everyday. This lens is a quick look at general responses to colors based on research, historical significance of color and word association studies. I ha...
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- Thanksgiving Lapbook (LensRank: 142) Take a break from your regular homeschool curriculum and have a Thanksgiving unit study! History, culture, and food all come together in this topic! Create a lapbook to record what you learn. This page will direct you to great books to read and free...
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- A Christmas Carol Unit Study (LensRank: 148) The classic story "A Christmas Carol" ~ a famous author, Charles Dickens ~ creative animation genius, Walt Disney Productions ~ & one uniquely facinating actor, Jim Carrey ~ what else can I say!? With the new Disney...
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- Pumpkin Carving 101 (LensRank: 162) Pumpkin Carving is easy once you know a few tricks. Find everything you need, right here, the best pumpkin carving tools, pumpkin carving books, tips to make your pumpkin carving job easier and fix any pumpkin...
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- Who is Roy G. Biv? (LensRank: 191) Have you ever been asked to Name the Colors of the Rainbow or to Name the Colors of the Color Spectrum? If so, then you may know of old Roy. Roy G. Biv is a mnemonic device for learning the answer to those questions. That's righ...
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- It's Turkey Time! (LensRank: 219) Wild Turkeys nearly became extinct in the 1930's but times have changed and turkeys have benefited. Now turkeys are often found in fields and on the edge of the woods. In this unit you will learn about Wild Turkeys, read turkey facts and stories, pl...
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- How to Create Backlinks (LensRank: 225) Backlinks are really important in the world of Search Engine Optimization. If you want your site to do well in google search results you have to have a good page rank. If you want a higher page rank you're going to need some backlinks. Backlinks...
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- Condolence Message Sample (LensRank: 229) If you're finding it difficult to find the right words to express your feelings of compassion then you've come to the right place. Here you'll find plenty of examples of condolence message samples. You'll also find great books that are geared toward...
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- Mini Offices (LensRank: 254) A mini office is a particular application of lapbooks. Each child can make his own mini-office -- a lapbook filled with reference pages for his own learning. The sky is the limit on what you can include. Fill the mini office with the charts that your...
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- The Perfect Hairstyle For Your Facial Shape... (LensRank: 262) By Sharon Stajda Without a doubt, hair is the most important changeable feature we have. Today's woman is very fortunate. We live in a time when no one hairstyle is considered the fashion of the day. Hairdos today run the gamut of possibility. They...
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- How to Grow Crystals (LensRank: 307) Anyone can grow their own crystals. It's fun, easy, and educational. You don't need to buy a kit or any unusual chemicals to grow great crystals. The only materials you need are ones you probably already have at home. Let's get started! [Photo: Coppe...
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- How to Start Freelance Writing (LensRank: 321) This lens is to help teach you how to be a freelance writer. Learning to become a freelance writer is difficult, but it is possible - maybe even more so today than ever before. I write full time for a company now (I job I acquired through impr...
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- Algebra Games - The fun way to learn Algebra (LensRank: 326) One of the best ways to teach kids and make them think they are just playing is by using games. Algebra is an easy subject but the kids don't understand the basics quickly. Some kids just don't like to do it because it is hard and boring. Many parent...
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- How to Make YouTube Videos Look Great (LensRank: 331) The key for YouTube to display your video the best possible way, is to upload the best possible quality video that meets or exceeds their requirements. That is by encoding videos the right way. I'll show you a few ways on how to enco...
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- Pumpkin Carving and Gifts (LensRank: 332) The longest lasting Jack o' Lantern that we had in our household was not carved out at all.The pumpkin was left completely intact. The face was drawn on with marker. This pumpkin lasted well into Thanksgiving. But if you want to cut out a face or des...
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- Reading Body Language (LensRank: 339) Reading body language is very exciting indeed! If you know how to read and interpret body language, you can predict other people's mood and thinking process. You can persuade and influence them more effectively by doing things that are in harmony wi...
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- Shakespeare for Children (LensRank: 340) When should students first be exposed to the world famous works of William Shakespeare? Should it be during high school or college years? Isn't it true that Shakespeare is inaccessible for most modern readers and certainly for all children? No, not...
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- Send Files From Your Computer To Any Cell Phone! (LensRank: 343) Would you like to: * Turn your music into MP3 ringtones? * Create and share pictures and wallpapers on your cell? * Watch and share videos on your phone? * Let friends download your pictures and videos from MySpace? ALL THIS FOR FREE?? I bet you do....
