Biographies for Kids

Yahooligans Animals

Welcome to the American Presidency

Internet Public Library POTUS

The Whitehouse Presidents of the United States

World Almanac for Kids Presidents of the United States

Sites for "Why Not a Woman?"

Why Not a Woman Webquest

Biography.com - Notable Women

Sites about Earthquakes:

Nevada Earthquake Safety Council

Earthquakes

USGS Earthquakes for Kids Only

Earth's Interior

Plate Tectonics, The Cause of Earthquakes

USGS Latest Quakes

Virtual Earthquake

Savage Earth: Restless Planet: Earthquakes

What is Richter Magnitude?

Center for Earthquake Research and Information, University of Memphis

The Great New Madrid Earthquake

USGS: The Mississippi Valley Earthquakes of 1811 and 1812

USGS: The Mississippi Valley - "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"

The New Madrid Fault System

Recent Midwest Earthquake Locations

Simple Machine Sites:

Inventor’s Toolbox

The Franklin Institute Online: Simple Machines

Simple Machines Learning Site

Scholastic's Simple Machines (scroll down and then click on the simple machine links on the right side of the page)

Pieces of Science: Understanding Simple Machines (click on the "Next" at the lower right until you find the simple machine you want)

Sites About the Pequot:

Pequot Museum

Timeline of Events

Tribal Nation History

Mashantucket Pequots Come Home

Tribal Symbol

The Pequot War

emuseum on the Pequot Tribe

Pequot History

The Society of Colonial Wars: The Pequot War

Sites about Colonial America:

LEISURE TIME AND GAMES

http://noahwebsterhouse.org/games.html

http://www.stratfordhall.org/ed-games.html?EDUCATION

http://www.history.org/Almanack/places/geddy/geddychi.cfm

http://www.stratfordhall.org/ed-music.html?EDUCATION

http://www.wm.edu/act2online/projects/Anbahelab/music.htm

EDUCATION FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

http://www.stratfordhall.org/ed-boysgirls.html?EDUCATION

http://www.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/colonial.html

http://www.cedu.niu.edu/blackwell/books.html

CLOTHING

http://www.history.org/history/clothing/children/index.cfm

http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/activities/dressup/index.html

http://www.wm.edu/act2online/projects/Anbahelab/clothing_men.htm

TRADES

http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/trades/tradehdr.cfm

http://hastings.ci.lexington.ma.us/Colonial/Life/Occupations.html

http://www.gpschools.org/ci/ce/elem/fifth/ss5/trades/trades.htm

FOOD

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13coloniesfood.htm

http://www.creativecuisine.com/foodinfo.htm

http://www.wm.edu/act2online/projects/Anbahelab/food.htm

http://hastings.ci.lexington.ma.us/Colonial/Life/Food/Kitchen.trivia.html

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

http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodcolonial.html

COLONIAL NEWSPAPERS

http://www.historybuff.com/library/refnews1692.html

http://www.historybuff.com/library/refcolonial.html

http://www.historybuff.com/library/refseventeen.html

http://www.usahistory.info/colonial/newspapers.html

http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/spring03/journalism.cfm

http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/16071783/news/

COLONIAL CURRENCY

http://www.frbsf.org/publications/federalreserve/annual/1995/history.html#A4

http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCurrency/

http://www.frbsf.org/currency/independence/index.html

http://www.phil.frb.org/education/colonial.html

HOUSES/HOMES

http://www.takus.com/architecture/1colonial.html

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/travilahes/ColonialBuild.html

http://www.history.org/Almanack/places/places.cfm

http://architecture.about.com/cs/americancolonial/index.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/panoramas.html

HOLIDAYS

http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/xmas/customs.cfm  (Christmas in Williamsburg)

http://womenshistory.about.com/library/etext/whx/bl_christmas_earle.htm   (Christmas)

http://www.dcboces.org/sufsd/nassau/hhv2/holidays.html

SITES WITH LINKS TO MANY COLONIAL SITES

http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_Colonial_Life.html

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/coloniz.html

http://www.dasd-ew.org/history.htm#colonial

http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Colonial.html

http://eev.liu.edu/KK/colonial/resources.htm

GENERAL

http://www.stratfordhall.org/

LIFE IN COLONIAL LEXINGTON, MA

http://hastings.ci.lexington.ma.us/Colonial/Life/Life.html

FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS – An interesting history site

http://www.americasstory.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/colonial

COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG SITE

http://www.history.org/Almanack/life/life.cfm

Activity

http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/colonial/intro/index.html

Sixth Grade

Choose one site without an author and one site with an author and create citations (reference) for those sites.

Elephants: http://www.wwfus.org/elephants/index.cfm 

Piping Plover: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/piplover/

Great White Shark: http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/chondrichthyes/selachii/lamniformes/great-white-shark.htm

SuperCroc: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/supercroc 

St. Patrick: http://www.americancatholic.org/Messenger/Mar1997/feature1.asp

J.R.R. Tolkien: http://www.tolkiensociety.org/tolkien/biography.html 

Pyramids: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/pyramidintroduction.htm

Volcanoes: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volc/nature.html

Online Databases

1. USGS Earthquake Facts and Lists

2. All About Baseball 

3. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 

4. NCDC (National Climatic Data Center) Storm Events Database

5. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference 

Other Online Databases: 

Find biographical information on many famous people http://www.biography.com/

A listing of links to a variety of scientific databases http://www.nist.gov/srd/online.htm

Search for records of people who entered the country through Ellis Island http://www.ellisisland.org/default.asp

U.S. Government Printing Office – List of online databases

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/databases.html

United Nations Population Division http://esa.un.org/unpp/index.asp?panel=1

Plant Viruses Online

http://image.fs.uidaho.edu/vide/

Recipes

http://www.recipesource.com/
 

Element Resources (Periodic Tables)

http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/

http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/index.html

http://www.chemicalelements.com 

http://www.webelements.com/

http://www.chemicool.com/

http://www.cs.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/nph-pertab/periodic-table

http://www.tabulka.cz/english/

http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/

Elementymology & Elements Multidict

http://www.catholic.org/saints/

http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/indexsnt.htm

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/

http://www.daughtersofstpaul.com/saintday/index.html

Biologists Who Studied Cells

Schleiden, Matthias

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Schleiden.html

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0843957.html

http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Matthias_Jakob_Schleiden

Schwann, Theodor

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Schwann.html

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0844044.html

http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Theodor_Schwann

Hooke, Robert

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Hooke.html

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/hooke.html

http://www.roberthooke.org.uk/

Van Leeuwenhoek, Anton

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/vanLeeuwenhoek.html

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/leeuwenhoek.html

http://www.carolina.com/achievements/leeuwenhoek.asp

Virchow, Rudolph

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Virchow.html

http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0850975.html

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/uvwxyz/virchow_rudolf.html

Acid Rain Sites

Acid Rain | US EPA

http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/english.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215471/welcome.htm

http://www.ec.gc.ca/acidrain/acidfact.html

http://www.geocities.com/narilily/acidrain.html

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/9111/DOC.HTML

Sites to Evaluate for Fun

California's Velcro Crop under Challenge (1993)

Dihydrogen Monoxide FAQ

Republic of Molossia

The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

Lake Michigan Whale Watching

What are Computer Viruses?

Writing HTML Lessons