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Computer Lab

Canada

Civil War

Geology

Founding Fathers

Latin America

Philanthropy

Transportation

Volcanoes

Westward Expansion

5th Grade Curriculum Links

Too Good For Drugs

• Tobacco Free Kids

• Netsmartz Review

• Netsmartz Review 2

Water Pollution

• Kids Ecology Corps

• Start Local

• EPA: Polluted Runoff for Kids

• City of Oceanside: Just for Kids

• The Wild Blue Yonder

• Green Planet 4 Kids

• Water Kids

Book Groups

• Prince Edward Island

• Green Gables Heritage Place

• Anne of Green Gables

• Anne Animated

Lewis Hine  

• Mrs. Battaglia

• Box Maker

• Radishes!

• Berry Fields

• Glass Maker
  

Avi

• A History of the World: HMS Swallow  (W & TCoCD)
• Emigration in the Mid-1800s  (TCoCD)
• How Sailboats Sail   (W)

An Inside look: Heart Attack

• Ebsco: Kids Search*

• World Book*

• Your Heart and Circulatory System

• MS Libraries: Viewpoints and Issues*

• Smoking: Health hazards

• Body Mass Index

• Room 22 Southeast: Web quest
• Room 22 Northeast: Web quest

• History
• Culture of the Tribe
• Kansas State Historical Society
• Ohio History Channel
• About North Georgia
• Poem that Mrs. Austin will love

• Introduction: Skeleton
• The Facts About Broken Bones
• Arthritis
• Bursitis
• Emphysema
• Fractures
• Rickets
• Osteoporosis
• Scoliosis
• Tendinitis
• Scurvy
• Leukemia
• Talipes Equinovarus
• Kyphosis
• Strains and Sprains are a Pain
• Sprains
• Polio
• How the Body Works: video clips

• On This Day (May 18)
• NY Times: Snapshot
• Article

• Ben Mikaelsen
• Gary Paulsen
• Jeff Stone

• Analyzing Theme
• Author Stream: Theme
• Authors on the Web
• Carol Hurst's Author Pages
• Individual Author Sites
• Artemis Fowl

• Giggle Poetry
• Poetic Devices
• Poetry 4 Kids
• Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky

• Animal Diversity Web
• Marine Bio
• Sea Monsters: interesting article that references several creatures
• Four-eyed Spookfish
• Glass Sponge
• Table of Ocean Creatures  (slightly dated information)
• Tridacna Costata: giant clam species
• Tylosaurus Proriger

Book Club

• Tips for Running a Book Club

• Just Read, Families!

• Kids Reads: Book Clubs

• Civil Rights Timeline
• Civil Rights Leaders
• Civil Rights Movement
• Academy of Achievement
• Biographies
• Meet Amazing Americans
• National Women's Hall of Fame
• Fact Monster: People

• America's Story
• Langston Hughes
• Encyclopedia Britannica

• Animal Testing
• Animal Experiments
• Healthcare
• More healthcare info

     Lesson 1

• www.artistsonline.biz
• www.amazon.com
• www.harvard.edu
• www.nasa.gov
• www.nato.int
• www.cps.k12.il.us
• www.navy.mil
• www.mho.net
• www.nagc.org
• Snakes have wings.*
• Hunting rules.*
• Jamaica is the largest country in the world.*
• Pizza can talk.*
• Cookies will rule the world.*
• Books can fly.
• You can be like Peter Pan if you read books.
• Cats can be president.
• China is a continent.

 *These "facts" were created to show how anyone could post anything to the web.

        Lesson 2

•   http://www.archive.org/web/web.php
•   http://www.registar.com/whois.shtml

• Canada Info- the best place to start
• Canada Facts- scroll down to search by province
• Government of Manitoba
• Kid Zone geography: Provinces and Territories
• Mr. Dowling's Passport
• Travel for Kids: Fun Things to Do
• World Newspapers

• Music of the Civil War
• Learn about Pre-Civil War Reform
• A House Divided
• Civil War Primary Documents and more...

• Wordle
• Kidipede: Bill of Rights
• Constitution for Kids
• The White House
• Congress
• The United States Constitution
• Documents from the Continental Congress
• America's Founding Fathers
• Founding Fathers
• Proceedings of the First Continental Congress
• List of Delegates (with biographical information)
• Another list of Delegates to the Constitutional Convention

• Get Ready to Rock
• Thinkquest: Metamorphic Rocks
• Thinkquest: Igneous
• Thinkquest: Sedimentary
• Rocks for Kids
• Window to the Universe: Rock Cycle
• Pangaea game
• Plate Tectonics
• Break up of Gondwana
• Geology Animations
• Geology and Earth Science
• Minerals by Name
• The Nature of Diamonds

• Webquest intro video
• Guantanamera
• Atlapedia
• CIA: The World Factbook
• Fact Monster: World
• Famous Latinas and Latinos
• International Business Etiquette and Manners
• Maps
• News Central: Online
• Welcome to Puerto Rico!
• Travel for Kids: Fun Things to Do
• Universal Currency Converter- scroll to bottom in left box to choose "Click for every world currency."
• World Almanac for Kids
• World of Education- Click on the drop down arrow to find your country.
• Zona Latina: Newspapers

• 50 States
• Factmonster
• Newspapers
• Stately Knowledge
• USA- Mexican War

• America on the Move- Smithsonian National Museum of American History
• Anti-Trust Act
• Canal Museum -(c) Panama Canal photos
• Central Pacific Railroad (r)- Photo history
• Chinese Immigrants: and the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad (r)
• Driving the Last Spike- (r)
• History of the Transcontinental Railroad (r)
• Panama Canal (c)- photos
• Pullman Strike (r)
• Railways in the 19th Century (r)
• Turnpike, Businesses and Occupations (t)

• The Restless Planet (E)
• Investigating Earthquakes
• Earthquakes for Kids
• What is Seismology?
• How Earthquakes Work
• The Earthquake Museum
• Tangshan, China
• Global Volcanism Project- search by name
• Volcanoes of the World
• Volcano Resources
• Etna
• Long Valley Observatory

• Regions of the United States
• Kid Info: Pioneers & Westward Expansion
• Westward Expansion