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Collections of great links :
Enchanted Learning has information for MANY topics, including holidays,
explorers, dinosaurs, space, earth science, inventors, animals, plants,
and MORE!
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/Home.html
http://www.Kidsclick.org
http://www.kinderkorner.com
http://blackdog.net/
http://kidzone.ws/
http://www.kiddyhouse.com
Holidays
Groundhog Day
Punxsutawney, PA
http://www.visitpa.com/GroundHog/index.html
Zoo Cam
http://www.visitpa.com/GroundHog/zoocam.html
Enchanted Learning activites
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/groundhogday/
Another Groundhog site
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/funology1/groundhog.htm
Gingerbread people
http://www.teachingheart.net/gingerbreadman.html
BATS
http://members.aol.com/bats4kids/index.htm
Batty about Bats (from the CT department of Environmental Protection)
http://dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/Wildlife/kids/kpbats.htm
Slide show of bats up close
http://www.batconservation.org/content/Batslideshow.html
Bats on Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/bat.shtml
Children Around the
World
Unicef
http://www.unicef.org
Oxfam
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/kidsweb/children.html
Agriculture
http://www.cookcfb.org
Soybeans
http://www.ilsoy.org
http://www.soygrowers.com
http://www.admworld.com
http://www.soya.be/
Biodiesel
http://www.biodiesel.org/
http://www.ilbiodieselprefeas.com/
American Indians - 4th/5th grade
unit
Cradleboard Resources
http://www.cradleboard.org
http://www.cradleboard.org/curriculum/powwow/lessons/elemsocial/index.html
http://www.cradleboard.org/curriculum/index.html
http://www.cradleboard.org/2000/tribal_w.html
Research sites for Boarding Schools
Indianboardingschools.html
The following web sites can be used for research:
KidsClick search results for Native Americans - 75 sites
listed here:
http://www.kidsClick.org/cgi-bin/searchkids.pl?keywords=Native+Americans&searchtype=all
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The King Center
http://www.thekingcenter.org/
The History Channel - audio speeches
http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/archive/speech_167.html
Frogs
http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Themes/frogs/
http://www.michelesworld.net/Frogs/frog.htm
http://www.pca.state.mn.us/kids/frogsforkids.html
http://www.frogsonice.com/froggy
http://www.naturesound.com/frogs/frogs.html
a new one...
http://allaboutfrogs.org/froglnd.shtml
Quilt activities
http://www.quiltmakersgift.com
Space
NASA Picture of the Day
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Enchanted Learning - Space and Astronomy
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/subjects/astronomy/
Amazing Space Explorations
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/
Adler Planetarium site
http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/
Cernan Earth and Space Center on-line -
includes lists of good links to astronomy and earth science sites
http://www.triton.cc.il.us/cernan/cernan_home.html
Camouflage - 2nd grade
Camouflage sites
Longfellow Camouflage page
Plants, Trees, Pumpkins K-1
Create your own virtual pumpkin:
http://www.thepumpkinfarm.com/jack/jackboard.html
Trees are Terrific - Travels with Pierre
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/trees1/flash/33b.html
Bats & Squirrels
bats&squirrels.html
Insects/Bugs
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html http://www.kidsclick.org/cgi-bin/searchkids.pl?keywords=insects&searchtype=all
Human Body - Anatomy
Enchanted Learning - Anatomy
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/subjects/anatomy/titlepage.shtml
Virtual Children's Hospital - A Map of your organs
http://www.vh.org/pediatric/patient/pediatrics/organmap/index.html
A Look Inside the Human Body
http://users.tpg.com.au/users/amcgann/body/
Dinosaurs
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/
Extinction Theories:
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/dinosaur.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/extinction/Asteroid.html
http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/dinosaurs/wipeout.jsp
Illinois
Illinois History links
http://www.historyillinois.org/hist.html
State of Illinois Information
http://www.illinois.gov/
On-line exhibits from the Illinois State Museum
http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/index.html
ELECTION 2004
http://www.op97.org/beye/election.html
Apples - K-1
New York Apple Growers - apple varieties, apple facts, apple history,
and great photos.
http://www.nyapplecountry.com/education.htm
See photos of an apple orchard:
http://www.kidsfarm.com/apples.htm
Johnny Applesseed info and activities:
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/school/usa/people/Appleseedindex.shtml
Color Johnny Applesseed picture on your computer:
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/paint/school/usa/people/Appleseed.shtml
Apple Math:
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/school/USA/people/Appleseedq2.shtml
Holiday activities:
http://blackdog.net/holiday.html
Thanksgiving:
http://www.plimoth.org
South American research sites:
http://www.op97.org/~hhutchinson/exploring_south_america.html
Asia
Overview by country
http://goasia.about.com/cs/azsiteindex/a/featsbycountry.htm?PM=ss12_goasia
Focus on one particular country
http://www.laofamily.org/lifestories/index.htm
Happy Chinese New Year!
Change your English name into a Chinese name here:
http://www.mandarintools.com
Visiting China
http://www.ischo.com/china/chinese_new_year/
Forbidden City
http://www.kiku.com/electric_samurai/virtual_china/forbidden_city.html
Photos of Yi Village in China
http://www.curriculum.edu.au/accessasia/china/virtual/lesson/yivill.htm#photo
Weather sites:
Find a city
http://asp.usatoday.com/weather/weatherfront.aspx
Oak Park weather
http://asp.usatoday.com/weather/CityForecast.aspx?LocationID=USIL0871&ps=L1
Scarecrows K-1
http://www.thelearningleap.com/scarecrows.html
Create-a-crow
http://www.maleny.net.au/scarecrow/cre8crow.html
Marshall, Michigan Scarecrow Festival
http://www.scarecrowfestival.com/index.htm
Scarecrow Jubilee
http://www.cce.cornell.edu/tompkins/ithacachildrensgarden/scarecrowjubilee3.html
Scarecrows
http://www.kinderkorner.com/scarecrow.html
Oceans and Fish
National Geographic - Great Barrier
Reef sites with audio
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/earthpulse/reef/gbr.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0101/feature2/media2.htm
All About Oceans and Seas
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/subjects/ocean/
Landforms - 4th/5th grade
Enchanted Learning - Landforms
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/landforms/glossary.shtml
Geocities site -
find your land form - see a picture and a definition
http://www.geocities.com/monte7dco/
definitions of land forms
http://www.geocities.com/monte7dco/list_of_all_the_land_forms_and_definitions.htm
Earth Science - 4th/5th grade
All about the earth
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Continents.shtml
Layers of the Earth
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/vwlessons/lessons/Earths_layers/Earths_layers1.html
Rocks and Minerals
Student Activity and Resource Sites:
FOSSWEB - Earth Materials
http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/EarthMaterials/index.htm l
Rocky the Rockhound
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/
Pebbling Puzzle Home Page
http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/puzzles/index.html
Rocks for Kids
http://rocksforkids.com
GeoMysteries @ The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/index2.html
A Wonderful World of Minerals -- created by students
like yourselves!
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002744/adlm.html
DK eguide to Rocks and Minerals
http://www.rockandmineral.dke-guides.com
United States of America - K-2
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/games/interactive.html
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
3-5/index.html
(Guide to the US government)
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy
(Lots of info on the flag and Betsy Ross)
http://www.nyctourist.com/liberty1.htm
(Statue of Liberty)
http://www.baldeagleinfo.com/
(Bald Eagle)
Games and activities for dental health
http://www.ada.org/public/games/index.html
http://www.colgatebsbf.com/kids/kid_login.asp?switchLogin=kid
primarygames.com
Chicago - 2-3
The Chicago Public Library timeline, government,
and history
http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/004chicago.html
The Chicago Historical Society
http://www.chicagohs.org/history/
Simple Machines - 2-3
Brainpop - Simple Machines
http://www.brainpop.com/tech/simplemachines/
Simple Machines
http://sln.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/spotlight3.html
Simple Machines - Basic Quiz
http://www.quia.com/tq/101964.html
Farms - K-1 unit
The following web sites can be used for research:
4H Virtual Farm:
http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/main.html
Children's Television Workshop Farm site:
http://www.kidsfarm.com
Colonial Life - 4th/5th grade
Life in Colonial
Williamsburg, Virginia
http://63.111.53.150/Almanack/life/life.htm
A
Colonial Family and Community
http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/colonial/intro/
Be a history detective and solve a mystery based on a real family in
colonial Connecticut.
Colonial Kids
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/
Connecticut
Life
in the 1770s
http://www.ctstateu.edu/noahweb/lifein1770.html
Amusements in
Colonial New England
http://www.ctstateu.edu/noahweb/amusements.html
Updated: 11/9/07
Judy Chrisman
Whittier Librarian