What isMs. Martin's favoritegreen drink? ![End of the Rainbow End of the Rainbow](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/gold%20rainbow.gif)
Find theanswer below!
![Start the Parade Start the PARADE!](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/music%20band.gif)
![Somersaulting Mickey somersaulting mickey](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/0013.gif)
![Somersaulting Penguin somersaulting p](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/penguin2.gif)
![Tigger Marching tigger marching](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/graphics-tigger-020239.gif)
![Lucy Jumproping lucy jumproping](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/lucy1.gif)
![Bouncing Sheep! bouncing sheep!](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/Bouncing_sheep.gif)
![Dog Running run, dog, run!](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/dogrunning.gif)
![Here comes Spring Break Here comes Spring Break!](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/Bouncing-Bunny-Graphic.gif)
By the Numbers
![History History](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/history_channel_us-200x200.png)
Web Quest and Leprechaun Hunt
![Web Hunt Web Hunt](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/Leprchan.gif)
Snoopy Word Search
![Snoopy Word Search Snoopy Word Search](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/st-patricks-day-comment-011-228x300.jpg)
Find the Lucky Four Leaf Clover
![Search for the Leprechaun Search for the Leprechaun](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/starfall1.jpg)
Find the Leprechaun
![Find the Leprechaun Find the Leprechaun](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/game1.png)
Lucky Four Leaf Clover
![Find the Four Leaf Clovers Find the Four Leaf Clovers](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/lucky%20clover.png)
St. Patty's Puppy Puzzle
![Patty Puppy Puzzle Patty Puppy Puzzle](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/st-patricks-day-puppy.jpg)
Another Word Search
![Another Word Search Another Word Search](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/0027.gif)
A Green Crossword Puzzle
![Green Crossword Puzzle Green Crossword Puzzle](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/309.gif)
Help the Leprecaun get his gold back!
![Lucky Drops Get the Gold Lucky Drops Get the Gold](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/lucky%20drops%20gold.jpg)
A STORYNORY St. Patrick Audio Story
![The Legend of St Patrick The Legend of St Patrick](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/bertie-icon.jpg)
Spot the Leprechaun Differences
![Spot the Leprechaun Differences Spot the Leprechaun Differences](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/pats_spot.gif)
Shamrock Sudoku
![Sudoku Shamrock Sudoku Shamrock](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/sudoku.png)
Shamrock Solitaire
![Solitaire Solitaire](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/claover%20card1.jpg)
St. Patrick Day SnakeFacts
![The Irish Flag The Irish Flag](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/irish-flag-source_re2.gif)
A Little More History
St. Patrick's Day honors a 5th-century saint who not only spread Christianity in Ireland, but also supposedly ridded the island of snakes by herding them out to sea. As a popular Irish folk song puts it, "Success to bold St. Patty's fist / he was a saint so clever / He gave the snakes and toads a twist / and banished them forever."
Is that true? Did St. Patrick really banish all snakes (and toads) from Ireland?
Not exactly. Ireland didn't have snakes in the first place, due to its geographic location and glacial history. When snakes first evolved 100 million years ago - slithering around the ancient supercontinent of Gondwanaland - Ireland was still underwater. As continents drifted and sea levels changed, Ireland eventually rose up from the Atlantic, and was even briefly linked to Britain and mainland Europe by land bridges. But as the Smithsonian Institution explains, "any snake that may have slithered its way to Ireland would have turned into a popsicle when the ice ages hit."
Perennially frozen ground is unkind to cold-blooded animals, so Ireland stayed snake-free until it finally thawed about 15,000 years ago. And while snakes could have invaded after that, there was still one problem: the ocean. Thanks to 12 miles of chilly seawater separating it from Britain, Ireland is now one of just five major landmasses on Earth with no native snakes, joining Antarctica, Greenland, Iceland and New Zealand.
![St Patrick Snake Herder St Patrick Snake Herder](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/snake_green.jpg)
![Flashing Shamrocks Flashing Shamrocks](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/ani-shamrock-line.gif)
![You found it You found it](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/0058.gif)
Yes, Ms. Martin does love Mountain Dew!
![Flashing Shamrocks Flashing Shamrocks](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_27843867/Image/Students/Computer lab/St. Patrick's Day FUN/ani-shamrock-line.gif)