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Mandarin Class
Animals/Endangered Species
Amazing Animals from the BBC - 2nd - 3rd grade reading level, describes hundreds of animals
Enchanted Learning Animals
Animal Websites listed by the American Library Assoc.
Animal Diversity Web
Kidsplanet  - good fact sheet on over 50 endangered animals.
Animal Bytes from Sea World - Fact sheets about hundreds of animals, includes endangered status of the animals
Fish & Wildlife Service/Endangered Species
EndangeredSpecie.com  - great, comprehensive resource.
Animal Cams - live video feeds of many animals in zoos
Thinkquest/Endangered Species  - basic fact sheets about many endangered animals.  
Red List of Most Endangered Animals  - these animals face immediate risk of extinction.  Site inlcudes data/graphs and pictures.  Very well-done site.
Endangered Species of California

Digital Storytelling
Adobe Digital Storytelling
The Grammar of TV and Film
Digital Storytelling Examples
DigiTales
Center for Digital Storytelling
Filmmaking links from SchoolTube

Dinosaurs
Dinsoaur websites listed by the American Library Assoc.

Explorers
1492: An ongoing voyage - Columbus, his voyage, and the World in 1492
Spanish Explorers Webquest
Enchanted Learning/Explorers
Columbus story told as journal entries by Columbus, 5th grade reading level
Explorers of the Millennium - about 4th grade reading level
Flash animation showing the explorers' routes
Thinkquest/Explorers' Hall of Fame
Spanish Explorers, short and easy to read
Balboa article - from the Encarta encyclopedia
Cortes article - from the Encarta encyclopedia
Cortes and the Aztecs - interactive, multimedia site from PBS
Coronado from Discoverers' Web
Ponce de Leon - story told from his perspective
Ponce de Leon - from Enchanted Learning
Ponce de Leon - from Encarta
Pizarro from PBS.com; interactive and multimedia
Pizarro from the Encarta encyclopedia
Hernando de Soto from Encarta
Hernando de Soto from rootsweb

Global Warming
Laurence School's Global Warming Wiki
StopGlobalWarming.org
Global warming 101 - view an arctic expedition and interact with scientists
Climate Change for Kids by the EPA
Climate Change Animations by the EPA
Global Warming for kids - focuses on the things kids can do to combat global warming
fightglobalwarming.com
Global warming site from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
Wikipedia/global warming
Extensive links resource
Tiki the Penguin teaches about global warming.   For grades 3 - 6.
Global warming animation from Greenpeace
Causes of Global Warming by EcoBridge
Global Warming Survey: Americans' beliefs about Global Warming
Climate Change page from Der Spiegel, click on the Graphic Evidence link for useful graphs

Mayans
Belize Virtual Tour/Mayan Sites - Text and pictures about the Mayans
Mayan Writing and Hieroglyphics
Mayan Calendar
Mayankids.com - easy reading level, good introduction to the culture
Journey through Tikal - a 360 degree tour of Tikal
Gallery of pictures and videos (with text) from Tikal
Wikipedia/Mayan Culture
Textual information about the Mayan culture, about 7th grade reading level
Mayaruins.com - a picorial tour of Mayan archaeological sites
Mayans Kids' Guide from the National Gallery of Art
Mayan Art
Mayan Maps
Mayan Pictures

National Parks
Deserts: Death Valley National Park - from national park service
Deserts: Death Valley National Park - from American Southwest.net
Deserts: Joshua Tree National Park
Deserts: Joshua Tree National Park - from AmericanSouthwest.net
Forests: Sequoia National Park
Forests: Sequoia National Park - from AmericanParkNetwork.com
Forests: Olympic National Park
Forests: Olympic National Park - from dlmark.net
Mountains: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mountains: Great Smoky Mountains National Park #2
Mountains: Rocky Mountain National Park
Mountains: www.RockyMountainNationalPark.com
Oceans: Point Lobos State Reserve
Oceans: Point Lobos State Reserve #2
Prairies: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Prairies: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve #2
Rivers: Ozark National Park
Rivers: Ozark National Park - from StateParks.com

Pilgrims
The First Thanksgiving from Scholastic.com
The History of Thanksgiving, from History.com
MayflowerHistory.com
Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony

Presidents
Biographies for Kids/Presidents
Whitehouse.Gov/Presidents
President Choices Survey for 3rd grade

Science
www.scilinks.org for interactive and/or engaging science lessons and multimedia presentations
Brain POP Science
Oceanography from JPL
JPL Images - Flash slideshow of outer space pics
Virtual Genetics lesson , from the Genetic Science Learning Center
Exploring the Environment educational website
The Globe Program
Ask a Geologist - Send an Earth Science question to a professional geologist, who will answer it!
U.S. Geological Services - Comprehensive Earth Science information
ScienceHack - a search engine for science videos
http://www.billnye.com - Bill Nye the Science Guy
Science Videos from Yahoo News

Science Fair
Science Buddies - Science Fair project resources

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/index.html

Julian T Rubin DOT com

Has information and sample projects to view.

Julian T Rubin/Global Warming

Environmental education topic sample projects to view

Science New for Kids

Great place to find ideas for the science fair.

http://www.makeitsolar.com/
Science Fair Website Links
school.discovery.com/science fair - Great resource for ideas and questions

Internet Public Library/Project Guide -

Gives you guidelines, on each step of the scientific method.

homeworkspot.com/sciencefair - Has many different websites for ideas

Search
KidsClick - list each site's reading level
Yahooligans - Yahoo's kids search engine
Google Kids - Safe search for kids
http://thinkquest.org/library/ - educational websites developed by students
Quintura Kids - a good search engine for kids
www.dsc.discovery.com - Discovery Education
www.pbs.org - PBS

Sounds
www.soundzabound.com user name: laurence; password Laurence; Click on Volume 5.  We only have access to Volume 5.
Soundsnap - thousands of sound clips and samples
Royalty free music organized by mood.
findsounds.com - Find thousands of sounds and sound effects.
Freesounds project - searchable database of sounds
Royalty Free Music.com
List of 55 great sound sites

Space
NASA Photojournal for Solar System
Kids Astronomy
Solar System online software from JPL
Virtual Solar System from National Geographic - Interactive, requires 3D plugin
Planet images from JPL
Star Child - Information for younger and middle grade children.
Windows to the Universe
Interactive Solar System from KidsAstronomy.com
Uranus Photo Gallery
Mercury Photo Gallery
Saturn Photo Gallery
Neptune Photo Gallery
Jupiter Photo Gallery
Venus Photo Gallery
Mars Photo Gallery
Earth Photo Gallery
Biomes
The World's Biomes
Biome site from Missouri Botanical Gardens - 3rd grade reading level
Earth Observatory: Biomes
Worldbiomes.com
NASA's Earth Observatory/Biomes
Enchanted Learning/Biomes
California Photos from U of Cal/Berkeley

Black History Month
Biography.com/Black History - awesome site!  4th grade and up. Has interactive timelines, biographies, photo gallery, etc.  Don't use the videos, they take up too much bandwidth.
The interactive timeline from Biography.com
Time for Kids/Black History Month  - About 3rd grade reading level. Has a timeline and a quiz.
Civil Rights Movement Video from BrainPop.  Probably good for 2nd - 5th grades. 
I've Known Rivers, by Langston Hughes.  This beautiful poem is read and discussed by the author (it's an audio file, with written text).  Approximately 4th grade and up.
Image Gallery with captions from Encyclopedia Britannica
Biographies of 70 prominent African Americans. About a 5th grade reading level. Few pictures.
AOL Kids/Black History
Encyclopedia Britannica's Guide to Black History.  You can download multimedia files.

Buddhism
Introduction to Buddhism
Brief history of Buddhism
Wikipedia/Buddhism

Egypt (Ancient)
Digital Karnak - multimedia tour of Karnak temple
Eternal Egypt
The British Museum's Ancient Egypt Website
Ancient Egypt Webquest - For the 6th grade Ancient Egypt Social Studies unit.
Egypt site with good info about Kings, Queens, Temples, Pyramids and Hieroglyphics.
Site with good pictures and some panoramic videos.
Wikipedia/Ancient Egypt
History for Kids/Ancient Egypt
Mummies site - very small, and simple site.
Minnesota State University’s Ancient Egypt site - extremely informative and detailed site.  Very well organized.  Reading level is high school.  Poor photos.  
Ancient Egypt Webquest - For the 6th grade Ancient Egypt Social Studies unit.

Food Pyramid
The official food pyramid from the government.   This is an interactive pyramid, but it is organized differently from the pyramid we are using at school.  The different food groups are organized by columns instead of rows. 
Tips from mypyramid.gov about choosing healthy foods from each of the food groups.
The food guide for kids
Food pyramid website created by first graders
Food Pyramid from PBS .  Has good info about the vitamins found in the different food groups.

General Interest
Wikipedia - Free encyclopedia developed by a community of volunteers.
Dictionary.com
Encarta online encyclopedia for students
CIA W orld Factbook  - Detailed information ab out every country.
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
The U.S. Library of Congress Online Catalog
Great Websites for students, compiled by the American Library Association

Google Earth kmz and kml files (tours)
Worldwide Panoramas
Travel Adventures
Visual Travel Guide
Sites of Ancient Rome
San Francisco
American Revolution
Most Extreme Places on Earth
Boston Freedom Trail (Revolutionary War)
Trip around Asia
Wildlife sounds from around the world for Google Maps
3d Cities from around the world
Religious Sites (Temples)

Martin Luther King Jr.
Comprehensive MLK site , including photo gallery, from the Seattle Times
Audio of I Have a Dream speech
Video of I Have a Dream speech, from Google Video - best to download the file
The King Center

Math
HarcourtSchool.com - Math lessons and activities for grades 3-5.
AAAMath - Drill and practice covering all topics and subtopics
Math E-Lab - Interactive math activities, organized by grade, for grades 3 - 6.  From Harcourt School.
Math sites listed by the American Library Assoc.
Math Puzzles from Pearson Education
Games - With Many Primary Grade Math Games

Native Americans
National Musuem of the American Indians
Native American tribes, text based, and thorough
Native American Folk Tale Example
Native American Links, very thorough
Native American Legends from the U. of Virginia
Myths and Legends of the Sioux from the U. of Virginia
Iroquois Legend: The Girl who was Never Satisfied
The Origin of the Iroquois Nation
Links to 150 Native American folk tales
Native American Legends and Stories
Native American Legends, Myths and Lore - over 170 stories

Plants
KidPix drawings of plants 

Prescott
Sarah Plain and Tall Activities
Capitalization Concentration by Quia
Verb Viper
Punctuation and Grammar Games
Compound Words by Quia
Compound Words - by draggeneric
On line quiz – Sarah, Plain and Tall
Ten lessons
The “Sumer” song
Activities

Rainforest
Animals of the Rainforest
Blue Planet Biomes/Rainforest - Reading level is about 6th grade.
Rainforest Animals.net - Only has 8 animals.  Reading level is about 3rd grade.
Enchanted Learning/Rainforest
Rainforest portal including a rainforest search engine
Rainforest facts - textual information
Rainforest Webquest
Video tour of the Amazon from Greenpeace
Rainforest Tour
Virtual tour, containing pictures and text
Very cool rainforest animation
Rainforesteducation.com - good blend of text and pics, covers the rainforest layers, virtual tour
Written rainforest information, 6th grade reading level
Rainforest Links from EnchantedLearning.com

Revolutionary War
HistoryCentral.com/Revolutionary War
Liberty! The American Revolution, by PBS
Chronology of the American Revolution
Pictures of the Revolutionary War
Revolutionary War KML file (Google Earth Tour)
Boston Freedom Trail (Google Earth Tour)
Revolutionary War Google Earth tour by Mr. Wexler
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