Book Fair Page - Meet Douglas Florian

http://www.eyeontomorrow.com/embracingthechild/aflorian.htm

DIRECTORY

How to Evaluate a Web Site

http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/criteria.html

Teachers: The Internet Search Tool Quick Reference Guide

http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/iqr/ - This site will help you determine which search engine to use and how to use it.

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ - Blue Web'n is a searchable database of over 1000 outstanding Internet learning sites categorized by subject area, audience, and type (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools). Blue Web'n does not attempt to catalog all educational sites, but only the most useful sites -- especially online activities targeted at learners.

Bibliographies - Citing Internet Sources

http://www.connectedteacher.com/newsletter/citeintres.asp - "Just as students need to cite the books and periodicals they use to support their research, they must also cite online sources of information. Classroom Connect developed the following method to help students cite Internet sources..."

Awesome Library

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/ - Excellent curriculum resource. 14,000 reviewed age appropriate sites for elementary level students. Links to primary resources.

The Internet Public Library Youth Division

http://www.ipl.org/youth/ - An extensive directory. "The collection of the Youth Division of the Internet Public Library is developed for children ages 4-11, their parents, teachers... Material used and sites recommended are chosen based on their appropriateness for the subject matter."

Ask Jeeves for Kids

http://www.ajkids.com/ - Searches may be stated in plain English.

http://www.ajkids.com/teachers/TeachersMR.asp -Visit the teacher portion of the Ask Jeeves Web site

Yahooligans

http://www.yahooligans.com/ - Designed for Web surfers ages 7 to 12. Sites selected by Yahoo staff.

KidsClick

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ - Compiled by librarians: excellent directory with search engine geared for

children.

Research - The Big 6

http://www.Big6.com/ - The Big6 is an innovative approach to problem-solving and critical thinking/information skills development.

Stately Knowledge

http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/ - "Facts and information about the American states, plus where to go to find more."

http://www.50states.com/ - This is a great resource. A great place to begin research. Includes many useful facts about each state: population, state bird, flower, bordering states, geography, industry, etc.

National Geographic for Kids

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/index.html

http://www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/Countries/ - Information about different countries around the world

Biographies

http://www.Biography.com - Biographies plus search for your birthday and who was born on this day.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/ - Zoom Explorers, Links to explorers arranged by countries and time periods

http://www.britannica.com/ - Encyclopedia, Excellent resource for biographies.

Biographical Dictionary

http://www.s9.com/biography/ - This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. Brief descriptions of famous people. A good starting place.

Biographies/United States History

http://www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/Countries/United_States/History/Biographies/ -Extensive list of biographies including ones not found elsewhere such as John Jay and Crispus Attucks.

POTUS: Presidents of the United States

http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS - Do you need information about any of the Presidents of the United States? Check here for facts, pictures, and links to other sites.

Presidents

http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/glimpse/presidents/html/presidents.html - Biographies of the presidents.

Reference

Information Please Almanac

http://ln.infoplease.com/ - Infoplease provides easy-to-use reference materials on just about

every subject, with millions of facts, plus definitions, articles, photographs, maps, lists, and tables.

Factmonster

http:// www.factmonster.com - Fact Monster is unique in combining reference materials, fun facts

and features, and homework help - all in one safe, searchable environment created especially for kids.

Anthems, Flags, Facts of Nations of the World

http://www.imagesoft.net/flags/anthems.html

Encyclopedia

http://www.britannica.com/

Encarta Encyclopedia

http://encarta.msn.com/

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm

The World Factbook 1999

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Wordsmyth Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus

http://www.wordsmyth.net - Online useful, usable dictionary with an integrated thesaurus. Contains 50,000 headwords, and very precisely defined and hyperlinked synonyms. Search engine allows for very flexible searching, including searches on definitions, examples, synonyms, and even phonetic similarity.

Maps

http://www.atlapedia.com/ - Full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/europe/grbrit-d.html - You've got the whole world in your hands&emdash;and nearly 600 NationalGeographic maps at your fingertips. Just click to a state, province, country, or continent; choose your settings; and print away! Crisp and clear, these page-size maps were designed for printing and copying.

http://www.kapili.com/terrarum/ - A beginner's look into the world of physical geography. Includes basics on climate, earth, land, water, sky, and energy. Hopefully you didn't come here to find out where a country is located on the map. This is a site about Physical Geography. When you pull out a map and look for a place, say the Island of Yap. You need a map which shows Political or Social Geography. Here in Physical Geography we talk about the Earth you walk on, the air that you breath, the water in the oceans. Basically, the "stuff" that existed long before there were countries and humans and will exist long after humans. All you have to do is look for the stones. They will take you to the different sections of Terrarum.

Information Please Kids' Almanac

http://kids.infoplease.com/

Resource Tools

http://www.school.discovery.com/teachers/index.html - Discovery School teacher resources link you to the puzzlemaker and other tools.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html - "Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated daily to include the best sites for teaching and learning."

Internet Scavenger Hunts

http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/training/scavenger.html

Election 2000

www.timesforkids.com - Learn more about the candidates and the issues of Election 2000

Grade Level Curriculum

Mrs. Grossman/Mrs. Lipman - Stock Project

http://www.bloomberg.com/

Mrs. Day's Animal Web Sites for Fourth and Fifth Grade Classes

Sixth Grade

Fifth Grade

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Sixth Grade

Ms. La Rosa's Sixth Grade Science Classes

Dear Sixth Grade Students,

Use both of these web sites as a beginning. They offer brief descriptions of famous people. Biography.com gives slightly more information than s9.com. Remember, this is only a starting point in your research.

Famous Scientists - Biographical Dictionaries

http://www.s9.com/biography/

http://www.Biography.com/

Directories and Encyclopedias - Use the following sites for more indepth research.

Yahooligans

http://www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Nature/Scientists/

4000 Years of Women in Science

http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html

Famous French Scientists - Links to Marie Curie and Louis Pasteur

http://www.ambafrance.org/HYPERLAB/PEOPLE/_index.html

Erice Weisstein's World of Scientific Biography

http://www.treasure-troves.com/bios/ - "Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography is one part of the author's Treasure Troves of Science site, which contains topically similar material about astronomy, scientific biography, scientific books, physics, and other areas of science."

Egypt

Directories

Exploring Ancient World Cultures

http://eawc.evansville.edu/ - University of Evansville in Indiana. This site provides online course supplements, primary texts, and histories for teachers and students of the Ancient World. Valuable resource for teachers.

The British Museum's Web Site on Ancient Egypt.

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/ - Links to Egyptian Life, Geography, Mummification, Pharaohs, Pyramids, Temples, Time, Trade, Gods and Goddesses, and Writing.

Glossary

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7837/glossary.html - Definitions of words you may need to know in your Egyptian studies.

Timelines

A Chronology of Ancient Egypt

http://www.clpgh.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/timeline.html - Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh, PA)

Mythology

Bulfinch's Mythology

http://www.bulfinch.org/fables/bull34.html#Egypt

Religion

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7837/religion.html - The Ancient Egyptian Religion. What was the basis for all life for the Egyptians?

The Ka and the Ba

http://www.clpgh.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/kaandba.html - Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh, PA). Egyptian religion held that what we call the spirit or soul consisted of three distinct parts: the ka, the ba, and the akh

Geography

Orientation to Life in Ancient Egypt

http://www.clpgh.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/orientation.html - Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh, PA)

Maps of the Ancient World

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/Ancient%20Web%20Pages/AncientL.html - Index of Cartographic Images illustrating maps from the Ancient Period: 6,200 B.C. to 400 A.D.

Ancient Maps 6200 BC to 400 AD

http://www.iag.net/~jsiebold/carto.html - Time chart, index, and bibliography of ancient cartography

The Natural Life

http://www.clpgh.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/natural.html - The most important geographic feature in Egypt is the Nile River itself. It was the lifeblood of ancient Egypt, and still makes life possible in the otherwise barren desert.

Ancient Artifacts

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7837/writing.html - Hieroglyphics and Writing.

Pyramids

NOVA Online/Pyramids/Table of Contents

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/textindex.html - Have you ever dreamed of exploring the pyramids of Egypt? If so, enter here, wander through the chambers and passageways of the Great Pyramid, and learn about the pharaohs for whom these monumental tombs were built. You can also follow the 1997 field season of a team of archaeologists as they excavated the bakery that fed the pyramid builders.

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7837/pyramids.html - The Pyramids and the Sphinx

Gods and Goddesses

Gods and Religion

http://www.clpgh.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/religion.html - Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh, PA). The Egyptian perspective on religion. Link to Osiris, God of the Dead.

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7837/gods.html - The Gods of Egypt.

The Goddesses and Gods of Ancient Egypt

http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/prehistory/egypt/religion/godslist.html - Minnesota State University. Glossary of Egyptian gods and goddesses.

Funerary Customs

http://www.clpgh.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/funerary.html - Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

Death and Burial Customs

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7837/death.html

Mummification

http://www.clpgh.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/mummification.html - Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh, PA)

Mummies

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7837/mummy.html

Daily Life - see also The Natural Life under "Geography"

Life by the Nile

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7837/nile.html - What was Egypt like 3000 years ago?

http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/prehistory/egypt/dailylife/dailylife.html - University of Minnesota. Links to: The Geography and Agriculture of the Nile; Religion; The priestly Castle; Medicine; Calendar System; Hieroglyphics; Astronomy; Egyptian Astrology; Chariot Making; Garment Making; Quarrying; Beer Making and Wine Making

Life in Ancient Egypt

http://www.clpgh.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/index.html - From the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh, PA), this exhibition presents a sampling of items from the Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt arranged as an introduction. The site is divided into six main sections: Orientation, Chronology, The Natural World, Daily Life, Gods and Religion and Funerary Customs. Other pages of special interest include one on the process of mummification and another on Egypt as a Crossroads.

http://users.massed.net/~mdurant/AncientEgyptWebquest.htm - Elementary and middle school students can now enjoy locating informationon Ancient Egypt! Learn about Ancient Egyptian daily life, Egyptian mummies, Egyptian Hieroglyphics, King Tut (Tutankhamen), Egyptian games and Archeology.

Daily Life

http://www.clpgh.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/dailylife.html - Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh, PA).

http://search.yahooligans.com/search/ligans?p=%22ancient+egypt%22 - Yahooligan search results on mummies, pharaohs, pyramids, Alexandria, Cleopatra, hieroglyphics, ancient Egyptian art.

http://www.eyelid.co.uk/ - Information on pyramids and temples, kings and queens, hierglyphs.

http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4368/ - Ancient Egypt Thinkquest Junior Entry - Learn about hieroglyphics, pyramids, gods and Goddesses, festivals, Rosecrucian museum, mummies, Tutankhamun.

NEW - http://www.iwebquest.com/egypt/ancientegypt.htm - Elementary and middle students can now enjoy locating information on Ancient Egypt! Learn about Ancient Egyptian daily life, Egyptian mummies, Egyptian Hieroglyphics, King Tut (Tutankhamen), Egyptian games, and Archeology.

 

Animals

Ethnozoology

http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/cultural/ethnoarchaeology/ethnozoology/egyptian.html - Animals sacred to the Egyptians.

Medicine

Egyptian Medicine

http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/prehistory/egypt/dailylife/medicine.html - University of Minnesota.

Kings and Queens

The Woman Who Was Pharoah

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7837/hatshep.html

Ancient Egypt Scavenger Hunt

http://trackstar.scrtec.org/main/display.php3?trackid=364

Greece

The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes

http://www.bulfinch.org/

Medieval Times

http://www.castlewales.com/home.html#PleaseSelect - The castles of Wales.

http://www.castlewales.com/life.html - Life in a medieval castle, the hall, the kitchen, the chapel, accommodations and water.

http://www.castlewales.com/siege.html - Castle siege craft and defenses.

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL - Online Medieval and Classical Library.

http://www.castlesontheweb.com/ - Castle building, history and location.

http://tqjunior.advanced.org/4051/ - Journey through the middle ages.

Sixth Grade

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Fifth Grade:

Mrs. Day's Science Web Sites for Fifth Grade Classes

Folk Tales and Fairy Tales

http://www.yahooligans.com/School_Bell/Language_Arts/Folk_and_Fairy_Tales/ - Folk and fairy tales from around the world.

Aesops' Fables

http://www.pacificnet.net/~johnr/aesop/ - 655+ Aesop's Fables includes a total of 655+ Fables, indexed in table format, with morals listed.

Hudson River Unit

A Virtual Trip on the Historic Hudson River

http://www.ccsd.edu/bardonia/4thwebquests/HudsonValley/index.htm - A web site for students, educators, and those interested in the history, culture, and conservation of the Hudson River Valley.

Henry Hudson

http://www.hudsonriver.com/halfmoonpress/stories/hudson.htm - Who was he and what happened to him?

http://www.georgian.net/rally/hudson/ - The life and times of Henry Hudson.

Giovanni da Verrazzano

http://www.italianhistorical.org/verrazzano.htm

Verrazzano's Travels

http://www.lihistory.com/2/gverr.htm

George Washington Bridge

http://www.structurae.de/DataEnglish/str00032.html - Technical information with links to the history of the bridge. Extensive bibliography included.

http://www.enr.com/new/A0426.asp - Engineering News Record. History of the GW Bridge.

http://bridgepros.com/projects/George%20Washington/GeorgeWashington.htm - Facts and figures on the GW Bridge.

http://www.inventionfactory.com/history/RHAbridg/gwbuild/ - Constructing the George Washington Bridge

Daily Life in the Colonies

Colonial Games

http://www.ctstateu.edu/noahweb/amusements.html

What did the Colonists eat?

http://www.apva.org/exhibit/eats.html

American Revolution

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/ - Timelines with brief descriptions of major events.

http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/cut/summer2000/revwar/default.html - Information on the American Revolution and a WebQuest on the American Revolution.

Maps

http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/maps/index.html - Historical maps from early America: The Siege of Charlestown, The Battle of Saratoga, Boston 1800, The Siege of Quebec, The Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, General Washington's Battle Engagements in 1776, North America 1797, and The Thirteen Colonies,

Biographies - Please see General Biography links as well as the following specific links.

Biographies/United States History

http://www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/Countries/United_States/History/Biographies/ - Extensive list of biographies including ones not found elsewhere such as John Jay and Crispus Attucks.

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi - America's Story, Library of Congress. Fun informative site with links to biographies and information on individual states.

New - Haym Salomon: An American Patriot

http://www.etz-chayim.org/salomon.htm

New - Tempe Wick

http://osage.voorhees.k12.nj.us/FOURTH/LARSEN/JKIDS/STORIES/page6.htm - The Story of Tempe Wick

http://www.nps.gov/morr/morr1.htm - Morristown National Historic Park, Picture of and facts about the Wick family's house.

http://www.dailyrecord.com/25walks/walk19.htm - March through Jockey Hollow, Map of area surrounding the Wick House and information pertaining to its historical significance.

John Quincy Adams

http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/glimpse/presidents/html/ja6.html

Benjamin Franklin

http://www.n-polk.k12.ia.us/pages/departments/media/ben.html

Betsy Ross

http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/index.html

George Washington

http://www.n-polk.k12.ia.us/pages/departments/media/george.html

Gallery of Early American Portraits

http://www.earlyamerica.com/portraits/index.html - Engravings from original paintings with biographical sketches of the following people: John Adams, Samuel Adams, John Andre, Benedict Arnold, Gen. Charles Cornwallis, Benjamin Franklin, George III, Nathanael Greene, Alexander Hamilton, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Knox, Lafayette, James Madison, Francis marion, Increase Mather, James Monroe, Thomas Paine, Arthur St. Clair, Baron von Steuben, George Washington, Anthony Wayne.

http://www.ushistory.org/ - Created and hosted by the Independence Hall Association in Philadelphia. Homepage to an excellent site worth exploring. Contents include biographies of early Americans and descriptions of key battles

The following links from ushistory.org may be especially helpful for classroom studies:

Virtual Marching Tour of the American Revolution.

http://www.ushistory.org/march/index.html

The American Revolution-Biographies

http://www.ushistory.org/march/people.htm

Government

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/index.html - Ben's Guide to U.S. Government

http://www.kidsvista.com/SocialStudies/government.html - Links to sites about different branches of the United Nations and the U.S. government.

Congress Link

http://www.congresslink.org/ - For Teachers: Everything you need to know for teaching about Congress and Federal Law. Basic information and resources are listed.

Documents

http://earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/index.html - "Here are the "Freedom Documents" from Early America-- the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. As with all of the documents on view here at Archiving Early America, they are shown as they first appeared to the public at that time."

http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/index.html - Milestone Historic Events. Documents representing milestone events in 18th century America are presented here along with a description of how and why they originated. Included are: The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, Thomas Paine's "Common Sense," The Articles of Confederation, The Louisiana Purchase Treatment, The Paris Peace Treaty, and many others.

Philadelphia Walking Tours

Historic Mile

http://www.ushistory.org/tour/index.html - A virtual tour from the Liberty Bell to the Man Full of Trouble Tavern. Links to Franklin Court, Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, Elfreth's Alley, Christ Church, Physick House, and Powel House.

Lewis and Clark

Corps of Discovery

http://www.lewisandclark.org/pages/story0.htm - Brief History of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

http://www.lewisandclark.org/index.htm

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/lewis_clark/ch4.html

The Ethnography of Lewis and Clark

http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/Lewis&Clark/ - The Peabody Museum at Harvard University provides resources, photographs, and numerous links about Lewis and Clark, as well as the people and country they encountered. (Ethnography is the scientific description of a culture.)

Lewis and Clark Resources

http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/Lewis&Clark/resources.html - Numerous links on the Peabody Museum site.

Today with Lewis and Clark

http://www.th-jefferson.org/html/today_with_lewis___clark.asp - Here's where the Corps of Discovery was and what the expedition was doing on this date.

also see Territorial Maps under reference links.

Lighthouses

http://www.yahooligans.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Art/Architecture/Lighthouses/ - lighthouses in North America. 

Fourth Grade:

Mrs. Day's Science Web Sites for Fourth Grade Classes

Ellis Island

http://www.ellisisland.org/ - The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. invites you to explore Ellis Island and its fascinating immigration museum. Reconnect with your own immigrant heritage and discover ways to honor your family for posterity on The American Immigrant Wall of Honor® and research your family's arrival in America at The American Family Immigration History Center™.

http://www.historychannel.com/ellisisland/index2.html - As you move through this online exhibit, you'll experience Ellis Island as one of the over 12 million people who landed here, seeking to pass through this gateway to a life where hope replaced fear.

http://cmp1.ucr.edu/exhibitions/immigration_id.html - Collection of stereoscopic images from Ellis Island from the early 1900's. From the California Museum of Photography.

Lower Eastside Tenement Museum

http://www.thirteen.org/archive/tenement

Native American Web Sites

http://www.delawaretribeofindians.nsn.us/ - Lenape web site

http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha/nanav.html - Columbia University's Native American History Archive Created and maintained by The Institute for Learning Technologies. Maps, timelines, and various topics. Students may need help searching on this site. Good teacher resource.

Native American Folktales, Myths and Legends

http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha/nasub/stories.html - Columbia University. Links to individual pages. Not all links work, but this is well worth exploring.

http://www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/Countries/United_States/Cultures/Native_A - Yahooligans directory. Many links to informative sites and stories.

http://www.civilization.ca/membrs/fph/stones/clothing/clmenu.htm

National Museum of the American Indian - Visit online exhibits.

http://www.conexus.si.edu/main.htm

Sipapu: Chetro Ketl Great Kiva - 3-D tour of a Native American kiva (ritual house).

http://sipapu.ucsb.edu/html/kiva.html - This site presents a three-dimensional reconstruction of a Great Kiva, an architectural feature found in many prehistoric Anasazi communities in the Southwestern United States.

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/native.htm - Resources for teachers, librarians, students and parents. The site will connect you to bibliographies, directories, online documents and E-Texts, author pages, study and teaching plans, history, general links and periodicals.

Buffalo and the Plains Indians

http://www.corpcomm.net/~redeye/buffalo.html

Bison Fun

http://www.intertribalbison.org/fun.htm

Teacher Resources for Native American Studies

http://www.oyate.org/ - "Oyate is a native organization working to see that (Native People's) lives are portrayed honestly..." Excellent resource for teachers with links to books, teacher materials, and reference sources.

http://www.si.edu/nmai/ - Smithsonian Institute National Musuem for the American Indian

http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha - Extensive resources and links to other Native American Internet sites.

Study Web/Native American Studies - Designed for teachers and librarians for general background reading. Includes annotations on sites for students.

Mrs. Clancy's Class Goes Batty

Bats, Bats Everywhere (source credit: Teaching K-8 10/98)

http://members.aol.com/bats4kids/ - For students, this site is packed with activities and resources to study bats. Tour a bat cave, learn about bat myths or go to bat links.

Bats Thematic Unit (source credit: Teaching K-8 10/98)

http://intergate.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/ - Dozens of ideas at this resource for teachers. Click on <Bat Projectrs> and go on a BatQuest throughout the Internet to research interesting questions. Try the Bat Quiz or look at the literature resources.

http://searchenginewatch.com/firsttime.html

Third Grade

Kids Webrary - http://www.webrary.org/kids/

Ice Age - Survival in this Environment

http://trinculo.educ.sfu.ca/jot/wooly.html - Woolly Mammoth - Symbol of the Ice Age - site includes facts and illustrations.

http://www.idbsu.edu/bsuradio/misc/mammoth/animals.html - Pleistocene Animals - brief profile of some of the Ice Age's best-known animals.

http://www.discovery.com/exp/mammoth/mammoth.html

Cave Paintings

http://www.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/visite.htm

http://mistral.culture.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/gvpda-d.htm

Waterloo Village

http://www.waterloovillage.org/

Mayflower

http://members.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html - Read passenger lists and genealogies, learn about the ship and the history of the trip, and read some original documents by and about the Pilgrims.

http://members.aol.com/calebj/women.html - Learn a little about the history and the fates of the women who sailed on the Mayflower.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/index.htm - This Scholastic site lets you relive the voyage on the Mayflower, experience life in Plimoth in 1621, or play a Thanksgiving Cyber-Challenge.

http://pilgrims.net/plymouth/

Colonial Directory

http://www.n-polk.k12.ia.us/pages/departments/media/colonial.html

http://www.ctstateu.edu/noahweb/amusements.html

Puritan school life - clothing, dance, foods

http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plimoth/index.htm - Experience life in Plimoth Village or as a Plimoth Pilgrim or a Wampanoag.

http://www.ajkids.com/KidsMetaAnswer.asp?MetaEngine=Yahooligans%21&logQID=348256E3C15CD411BE680090276A553C&qCategory=&qSource=0&frames=yes&site_name=Kids&r=k&MetaTopic=Plimoth+Plantation&MetaURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plimoth.org%2F&EngineOrdinal=1&ItemOrdinal=1&ask=Plimoth%2Bmetasearch&origin=0&MetaList=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plimoth.org%2F&Go_to.x=21&Go_to.y=7 - Plimoth on the Web - virtual tour, historical information, The Pilgrim Story, Plymouth Colony: 1620 - 1692, The Wampanoag Indians, Thanksgiving

Desert Environment

http://www.desertusa.com/ - Links to information on: animal and wildlife, plants and wildflowers, minerals and geology, people and cultures, desert life, and parks.

http://library.thinkquest.org/26634/desert/introf.htm - Learn about the desert at this site.

http://www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Nature/The_Earth/Ecology/Deserts/

Arctic Environment

http://tqjunior.advanced.org/3500/animals.htm - Learn about Arctic animals.

http://library.thinkquest.org/26020/ - Natives of the Midnight Sun - ThinkQuest site on the native people of Alaska. Read about their food, history, and traditions, or learn about Alaska's land, plants, animals, and geologic past.

http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/school/Antarctica/ - Learn about the animals of Antarctica. Site includes photos and drawings of the animals besides other information about the continent.

http://www.ibiscom.com/vopeary.htm - Robert Peary's expedition is credited with the discovery of the North Pole.

Rainforest Environment

http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/rforest/index.htm - Learn about tropical and temperate rainforests.

http://www.animalsoftherainforest.com/frames.htm - Learn about the animals of the rainforest.

http://www.animalsoftherainforest.com/plants.htm - Learn about plants in the rainforest.

http://www.rainbird.com/rainforest/

Second Grade

Charlotte's Web - E.B. White

http://www.yahooligans.com/School_Bell/Language_Arts/Authors/White__E_B_/

http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/charlotte/index.htm - Second grade class presents their version of this story.

http://www.bugbios.com/ - spider stories

Winnie-the-Pooh

http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/3278/pooh-guide_highgraphics.html - Christopher Robin's Winnie-the-Pooh Character Guide, meet Winnie-the-Pooh and all of his friends.

Author Study

http://www.AuthorsOnTheWeb.com

http://www.Kidsreads.com/

Folk Tales

http://www.yahooligans.com/School_Bell/Language_Arts/Folk_and_Fairy_Tales/ - Folk and fairy tales from around the world

Personal Histories

http://www.metmuseum.org/home.asp - Metropolitan Museum of Art - family portrait paintings

Geography

http://school.discovery.com/students/homeworkhelp/worldbook/atozgeography/index.html

http://www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/Countries/ - Geography and facts on culture and environment

http://www.TryScience.org/

Nothing But Bones

http://www.marskandiser.com/Thanksquiz.html -There are many fascinating facts about the human skeleton. 206 bones make up the skeleton. At this site you can click on a bone to learn more about it and see a close up view.

Sixth Grade

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First Grade

Apple History

http://www.msc.cornell.edu/~weeds/SchoolPages/Appleseed/welcome.html - Interesting biographical information about John Chapman's life.

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/7875/apples.html

Folk Tales

http://www.yahooligans.com/School_Bell/Language_Arts/Folk_and_Fairy_Tales/

The Mitten

http://www.janbrett.com/

Types of Bears - characteristics

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/special/pandacam/

http://wwwbeartime.com

 

American Black Bear

http://www.ajkids.com/KidsFinalAnswer.asp?qCategory=SCI%5F&Link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ebearden%2Eorg%2F&Title=The+Bear+Den&Answers=3&site_name=Kids&origin=0&aj_list1=414587%2D297440&ask=Where+can+I+find+information+on+the+animal+bear+%28general%29%3F&aj_ques=snapshot%3Dkids1%26kbid%3D297422%26list1%3D414587&aj_logid=DCCB2CA6B65CD4118A3F009027F69EF1&aj_rank=1&aj_score=1

Beatrix Potter Unit

http://www.peterrabbit.co.uk/templates/indexstart.cfm

http://www.ajkids.com/KidsFinalAnswer.asp?qCategory=LIT%5F&Link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ewwwebguides%

Metropolitan Museum of Art - animal paintings

http://www.metmuseum.org/home.asp

Dictionary

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html - A picture dictionary for younger children, bilingual for ESL students.

 

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