RESOURCES

Here are some of the important web sites that you will be using throughout the year:

Homework

B.J.Pinchback's Homework Help

http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/index.html

Homework Help

http://www.startribune.com/homework_help/

1750 - 1939 Timeline

http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/timeline/timeline.html

InfoPlease.com

http://www.infoplease.com/

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The United States of America

The 50 States

States and Capitals game

Memorize States and Capitals

Fun Information on States and Capitals

Facts about The United States

History Matters

U.S. History Documents

http://ushistory.org/documents/index.html

The Bill of Rights

http://www.aclu.org/library/pbp9.html

The History Place

http://www.historyplace.com/

Historical Biographies

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/index.htm

De Tocqueville's Ghost

http://www.teachingamericanhistory.us/

American Experience/Murder at Harvard

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/murder/

Documenting the American South

http://docsouth.unc.edu/

A Colonial Family in America

http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/colonial/intro/index.html Living Under Enslavement-African Americans on Hermitage Plantation

http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/hermitage/open.html

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The United States Presidents

Internet Library: The Presidents of the U.S.

Drill on The United States Presidents

The American Presidency

The White House/The President of the U.S.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

The Presidents of the United States

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The 13 Original Colonies

The Mayflower

http://pilgrims.net/plymouth/history/mayflower.html

The 13 Founding American Colonies

History On Line

Colonial American History

Declaration of Independence

Founding-Declaration of Independence

http://www.founding.com/home.htm

Mourt's Relation-Primary Source Journal of Plymout

http://members.aol.com/calebj/mourt.html

Mourt's Journal-Primary Source

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/deetz/Plymouth/mourt1.html

Plymouth

http://pilgrims.net/plymouth/history/#Plymouth

Mayflower Society website for kids

http://www.quiknet.com/~moseley/

The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony 1620

http://www.rootsweb.com/~mosmd/links.htm

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WOMEN'S HISTORY

Women's History Month

http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/whm/index.html

Education World

http://www.education-world.com/

Woman's Suffrage

http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/sites/sites024.shtml

National Women's History Month

http://www.nwhp.org/

Profiles on Women

http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/womenhist/main.html

Women of the American Revolution

http://rims.k12.ca.us/women_american_revolution/

Gender and Genius

http://cfge.wm.edu/Publications/GenderGenius.htm

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7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD

7 Wonders of the ancient World

http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/

7 Wonders of the World

http://www.123world.com/wonders/

7 Wonders of the World

http://library.thinkquest.org/J002388

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Poetry

Poetry Web Sites

http://www.my-ecoach.com/online/webresourcelist.php?rlid=367

Poetry Contest

http://www.youngpoets.org/

River of Words Poetry Contest

http://www.riverofwords.org/contest.html

What is a metaphor?

http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsAMetaphor.htm

The Simile Satallite Activities

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/listenandwrite/teachers/simact.htm

Poets and their Poetry

http://www.terry.uga.edu/~dawndba/poetry.htm

Mule The Poetry Archives

http://www.emule.com/poetry/?page=top_poems

The EServer Poetry Collection

http://eserver.org/poetry/

Let America Be America Again

by Langston Hughes

http://www.poets.org/poems/poems.cfm?prmID=1473

I Hear America Singing

by Walt Whitman

http://www.poets.org/poems/poems.cfm?prmID=1731

Poets.Org
http://www.poets.org/
Poetic Nest-Tanka
http://www.boloji.com/poetry/learningzone/pkz12b.htm

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Boys

Man to Man

http://www.nagc.org/Publications/Parenting/man2man0601.htm

When Bright boys Play Sports

http://www.nagc.org/Publications/Parenting/sports.htm

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Science

The Heart Online

http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html

My Heart

http://www.songsforteaching.com/jennyfixmanedutunes/myheart.htm

Pump Your Blood

http://www.bloodbook.com/pump_your_blood.html

Inner Body

http://www.innerbody.com/image/cardov.html

The Heart

http://kidshealth.org/kid/body/heart_noSW.html

The Avian Brain

http://www.avianbrain.org/

Shaping of Hooks in New Caledonian Crows

http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/crow/

Enchanted Learning-The Brain

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/brain/label/lateralbrain/label.shtml

Order of the Planets

http://kids.nineplanets.org/intro.htm

Super Science Fair Project Help

http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/

Lessons for Hope

http://www.lessonsforhope.org/

Jane Goodall

http://www.janegoodall.org/

About Watersheds

http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/

Earth Day

http://www.earthday.net/

Brain Pop

http://www.brainpop.com/

Science Learning Network

http://www.sln.org/

SpaceWander Round Trip 1st Class

http://spacewander.com/USA/english.html

NASA Computational Sciences Division

http://ic.arc.nasa.gov/

Destination Mars

http://ic.arc.nasa.gov/mars/

Ology!

http://www.ology.amnh.org/

Science: Loose in the Lab

http://www.looseinthelab.com/

Chemistry-The Periodic Table

http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/pertable_fla.htm

Powers of Ten

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/

Kids' Castle

http://www.kidscastle.si.edu/

Space Penguins

http://www.bigideafun.com/penguins/arcade/spaced_penguin/info.htm

Adopt Your Water Shed

http://www.epa.gov/adopt/patch/

The Jason Project

http://www.jasonproject.org/

Science Fair

California Science Center

Nasa

http://www.nasa.gov/

The Nine Planets

http://www.seds.org/billa/tnp/

Johnson Space Center

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/

Maya Astronomy -U.V.A.

http://www.michielb.nl/maya/astro.html

Maya Astronomy-Pomona

http://pages.pomona.edu/~crm01998/

eNature

http://www.enature.com/ads/popup/mem_pop_up.asp

The Exploratorium

http://www.exploratorium.edu/

Frog Disection

Science for Fifth Grade

The Solar System

Solar System Web Quest

Whale Club

http://www.whaleclub.com/

The Cheetah Spot

http://www.cheetahspot.com

SnowCrystals

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals

Space Station View of Northern Hemisphere at Night

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg

Astronomy Picture of the Day

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001127.html

Satelites

http://www.heavens-above.com/

Science Race

http://www.epsrc-sciencerace.net/outer.htm

100 Years of Flight

http://www.time.com/time/2003/flight/

National Geographic

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

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Math

Differentiated Math Strategies

http://www.k8accesscenter.org/training_resources/mathdifferentiation.asp

Multiplication

Addition

Subtraction

Prime Numbers

http://www.utm.edu/research/primes/

Prime Numbers 2

http://www.math.umd.edu/~krc/numbers/prime.html

Mersenne Prime Numbers

http://www.mersenne.org/prime.htm

Pythagorean Theorem

Pi Day 3.14 at The Exploratorium

http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/pi/

Math Forum

Tessellations

(http://mathforum.org/sum95/suzanne/whattess.html)

Totally Tessellated

(http://library.thinkquest.org/16661/essentials.html)

World of Escher

http://www.worldofescher.com/gallery/

Fibonacci Numbers

http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat.html

Math Forum

http://www.mathforum.org/

Dr. Math

http://www.mathforum.org/dr.math/

Louis Braille

http://www.duxburysystems.com/braille.asp

How Far Is It?

http://www.indo.com/distance/

Great Circle Mapper

http://gc.kls2.com/

Airlines, Airplanes, and Airports

http://www.airportcitycodes.com/aaa/

The Ultimate Statistical Data

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

Tabular Data to Spreadsheets

http://www.landmark-project.com/d3.html

Pi Day with Mr. Herte

http://www.mathwithmrherte.com/pi_day.htm

The Joy of Pi

http://www.joyofpi.com/

The Exploratorium Pi Day

http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/pi/

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Fun Math Sites

All Math

http://www.allmath.com

Knight's Tour

http://www.borderschess.org/KnightTour.htm

Set Game Site

http://www.setgame.com

Previous Puzzlers

http://www.actualentertainment.com/previous.htm

Puzzels, Games and Mind Teasers for the Very Intelligent

http://www.webcom.com/duane/games.html

Logic Puzzles, Other Math Problems

http://www.karplus.org/eli/puzzles/

Free Puzzle Collection

http://www.freepuzzles.com/

Mathematics and Art

http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/teaching/math-art-arch.shtml

Yin-Yang Symbol

http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/yinyang.htm

Islamic Art

http://www.wsu.edu/~mmclin/math252/iga.html

Mathematics and Art Projects

http://www-uk.hpl.hp.com/brims/art/gallery/index.html

Math Forum @Drexel

http://www.mathforum.com/

5 Points (Art Mathematics Science Pattern Process)

http://www.5points.com/

Pentomino Artwork

http://pubweb.northwestern.edu/~gbuehler/index0.htm

Origami and Mathematics

http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/junkyard/origami.html

Art and Architecture Artcyclopedia

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/

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Vocabulary

Creative Quotations for Brainstorming
http://www.brainstorming.co.uk/quotes/creativequotations.html

Longman Dictionary of American English

http://www.longman.com/ae/ldae/

The Academic Word List

http://www.vuw.ac.nz/lals/div1/awl/

Newbury House Dictionary

http://nhd.heinle.com/home.aspx

Reading

Writing Strategies

http://www.k8accesscenter.org/writing/knowledgebank.asp

Vocabulary University

http://www.vocabulary.com/topsat4.html

Texas Reading Organization

http://www.texasreading.org/

Florida Center for Reading Research

http://www.fcrr.org/

Online Reading Resource

http://www.onlinereadingresources.com/

Reading Rockets

http://www.readingrockets.org

The Children's Literature Web Guide

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

Word of the Day

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/mwwod.pl

Merrian Webster Dictionary

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary

Word Games

http://aolsvc.merriam-webster.aol.com/game-aol.htm

Kid Scoop ( On Line Newspaper for Kids)

http://www.kidscoop.net./

Vocabulary Introduction

http://education.umn.edu/CI/MREA/Vocab/vocabSGA.html

Great Leaps

www.greatleaps

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Stock

Stock Market Game

http://www.smg2000.org/

New York Stock Exchange

http://www.nyse.com

SalomonSmithBarney

http://www.salomonsmithbarney.com/

NASDAQ

http://www.nasdaq.com

MorganStanley

http://www.morganstanley.com/

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Great Web Sites

Egyptian Web Quest

http://www.iwebquest.com/egypt/ancientegypt.htm

Winter Olympics 2002

http://www.uen.org/2002/

How Stuff Works

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

J.R.R. Tolkin

http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/u/relipper/tolkien/rootpage.html

Time Life Photo Site

http://www.pathfinder.com/photo

Selecting a Pet

http://aolsvc.petplace.aol.com/

Hoagie's Gifted Information Site

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/

Yahoo Fact Book

http://education.yahoo.com/reference/factbook/

Harry Potter

http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/game/index.html?fromsite=aoll

Goelitz Jelly Belly Factory

http://www.jellybelly.com/default.htm

The Goelitz Family

http://www.germanheritage.com/biographies/atol/goelitz.html

Fact Monster

http://www.factmonster.com/

East Bay Guide Dog Puppy Raisers

http://www.puppyraisers.org/

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Social Studies

California History and Social Studies

http://www.cahistorysocialscience.com/

De Tocqueville's Ghost

http://swanson.best.vwh.net/detoq/

American Memory Collection

http://memory.loc.gov/

Magna Carta

http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/magna.html

A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents

http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

http://www.archives.gov/index.html

Who Killed William Robinson

http://web.uvic.ca/history-robinson/indexmsn.html

What Exactly Do Historians Do?

http://chnm.gmu.edu/history/faculty/kelly/wciv/investigations.htm

New Deal Network-The Great Depression

http://newdeal.feri.org/

American Memory

http://memory.loc.gov/

Media Analysis Tools

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/media.html

Internet Detective

http://sosig.ac.uk/desire/internet-detective.html

Who is.net

http://www.whois.net/

Schoolhouse Encarta Collection

http://www.encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/

Global Change

http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/teachers/globalchange.htm

Think Quest library

http://www.thinkquest.org/

Anatomy of a Murder

http://library.thinkquest.org/2760/

Ben's Guide to U.S. government

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Encyclopedia Smithsonian

http://www.sl.edu/search.htm

Pocket Change

http://www.usmint.gov/Kids/

Seven Wonders of the World

http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/

Benjamin Franklin

http://www.jacksonesd.k12.or.us/k12projects/jimperry/colony.html

Biographies and Autobiographies

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/

Native Americans Navigator

http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha/nanav.html

National Museum of the American Indian

http://www.si.edu/organiza/museums/amerind/natsite.html

Colonial History

http://historicaltextarchive.com/

Flight Path

http://www.usatoday.com/advertising/orbitz/orbitz-window.htm

Chronicle of the American Revolution

http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/chronicle/index.html

Declaring Independence: Drafting the Documents

http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara1.html

Archiving Early America

http://earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/index.html

Pledge of Allegiance
http://home.att.net/~poofcatt/july.html

Art History

http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html

The State Hermitage Museum

http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/

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Virtual Tours

The Andes Expedition
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/andes/
The Metropolitan Museum
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/index.asp
E-Patrol
http://www.epatrol.org/
The Grand Canyon River Running
http://www.azstarnet.com/grandcanyonriver/

Art

Kids Domain Clip Art Index

http://www.kidsdomain.com/clip/

The Vatican

http://www.vatican.va

ArtCyclopedia Educational Programs

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/education.html

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Poetry

The 13th-Balaclava/Charge of the Light Brigade

http://www.pinetreeweb.com/13th-balaclava2.htm

Poetry Corner

http://www.geocities.com/~spanoudi/poems/

Love of Country

http://www.geocities.com/~spanoudi/poems/scott01.html#4

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Search Engines

Google

http://www.google.com/

Yahoo

http://www.yahoo.com/

Teoma

http://www.teoma.com/

Vivisimo

www.vivisimo.com

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Hobbies

The Fish Finder

http://www.thefishfinder.com/

Stamp Collecting

http://www.stamplink.com/

Coin Collecting

http://coincollector.org/

MAPPING

Mapping

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html

Maps of Iraq

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/iraq.html

WEB RESOURCES

FromCanterbury to Little Rock

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/crandall/Crandall.htm

Black History Museum

http://www.afro.com/history/history.html

Beyond Face Value

http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/BeyondFaceValue/beyondfacevalue.htm

Negro Baseball Leagues

http://www.blackbaseball.com/

The History Makers

http://www.thehistorymakers.com/

eNature (Natural Environment)

http://www.enature.com/home/

Mt Erebus Online (Active volcano)

http://www.ees.nmt.edu/Geop/mevo/mevo.html

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2004-163

Kidpost (The Washington Post Online)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/kidspost/orbit/kidspost.html

Slylock Fox (Brain-boggling mysteries)

http://www.slylockfox.com/

Philharmonic Kids Zone (NY Philharmonic Symphony)

http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml?

A Science Odyssey (Resources for Educators)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/

HCI Bibliography- Human-Computer

http://www.hcibib.org/

The Bibliographic Society of The University of Virginia

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/bsuva/sb/

Comics Research Bibliography

http://www.rpi.edu/~bulloj/comxbib.html

Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography

http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/ejab/

World Shakespeare Bibliography

http://www.worldshakesbib.org/

Chinese New Year
http://www.web-holidays.com/lunar/

The Heart

http://www.teachingheart.net/

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FOOD/COOKING

Shakespeare and Food

http://www.soupsong.com/ibard.html

Fine Cooking

http://www.taunton.com/finecooking/index.asp

Gourmet
http://www.epicurious.com/gourmet/
Bon Appetit
http://www.epicurious.com/bonappetit/

Renewing America's Food Traditions - RAFT
http://www.environment.nau.edu/raft/

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