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Native Americans  

Indian Statues

Settlements in North America
Eastern Woodland Indians
Southwest Native Americans
Vocabulary

Space

 

Saturn

Outer Space
Starchild
The Future Astronauts of America Foundation
Your Weight On Other Worlds
The Nine Planets

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder, Frontier Girl
The Ingalls Family Travels
The Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Songs and Music Memories

Dinosaurs

Dinosaur

Zoom Dinosaurs
Dinorama
Dinosaurs

Mythology-Greeks and Romans

Greek god

Norse Mythology
Trojan War
Greek Mythology
Ancient Rome

Tornadoes

Tornadoes
Dan’s Wild Weather
Tornadoes
Did You Know

Poetry

Boy on skateboard

Baking Spiders
Little Dog Poems
Inki & Taz’s Poetry Corner
Giggle Poetry
Figurative Language
Container of pens Fun-With-Words: Oxymora
Basics of Metaphor and Simile
The Absolutely Amazing All-Alliteration Area!
Onomatopoeia
United States Presidents
White House
George Washington
John F. Kennedy Library
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
The White House
Sound: Turn Up the Volume
Magnifying Glass and Ear Sound and Waves
The Physics of Sound
Hearing My Own Voice
The Ear
How Stuff Works
Let’s Hear It for the Ear
Fables: The Moral of the Story
Grasshopper and Ant Land of Fables
Aesop’s Fables
The Ant and the Grasshopper
Matilda Finds a New Home
The Water Cycle:  Earth’s Precious Resource
Water Cycle Hydrologic Cycle
The Water Cycle
Dragonfly: Water Cycle
Environmental Protection Agency
The Evergreen Project
Sign Language:  Your Hands Can Say a Lot
Sign Language for "J" SIGNhear
Handspeak
A Conversation with Koko
Infoplease
Fingerspelling
Where Do We Go From Hear?
Dental Care:  Proper Dental Hygiene
Tooth Brush and Teeth Good Grooming for Kids
Kids’ Dentistry
Healthy Teeth:  Cavities
About Your Teeth
Attack of the Plaque Monsters
The Caldecott Medal:  Honoring Illustrators
Caldecott Medal The Caldecott Medal
Randolph Caldecott
Caldecott Medalists
The Randolph Caldecott Medal
Volcanoes:  Don’t Blow Your Top
Volcano Volcanoes Online
Volcanoes: More About Melting Rocks
Volcanoes: Melting Rocks
Location of Volcanoes
Ask a Volcanologist

Conservation:  Save the Planet

Recycle Symbol The Three R’s of the Environment
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle at Home
Aluminum Recycling
Keep America Beautiful:  Just for Kids
Garbage
Recycle City

Inventors

 Biplane Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man
The Wright Story 
Hall of Fame: Eli Whitney
US Patent and Trademark Office
Fun With Franklin
Invention at Play

Level 2

 

Hieroglyphics

Rosetta Stone Pyramids-The Inside Story
Finding the Rosetta Stone
Egyptian Numerals
Ancient Egypt
Genealogy
Tree Genealogy.com
Genealogy Help
What is Genealogy?
Deciphering Old Handwriting
USGenWeb
Mythology: Explaining Our World Through Myths
Greek god Pegasus’ Paradise
Encyclozine-Mythology
Greek Mythology Link
MythWeb

Earthquakes

 
Seismograph Earthquakes-Just the Facts
Every Place Has Its Faults!
Largest Earthquakes in the World Since 1900
Life Along the Fault
Earthquake Terminology
Savage Earth
Earthquakes for Kids
Poetry: It’s Rhyme Time
Notebook and Pen Glossary of Poetic Terms
Poetry 4 Kids
American Tanka
Kristine O’Connell George
Giggle Poetry
Cinquain, Diamante, Haiku
Japanese Scene How to Write a Cinquain
Creative Writing for Teens
The Art of Haiku Poetry
The Shiki Internet Haiku Salon
The Olympic Games
Olympic Rings International Olympic Committee
The Olympic Games Primer
Unusual Sports in the Olympics
US Olympic Site
Ancient and Modern Olympic Sports
Award-Winning Authors:  Newbery Medal Winners
Newbery Medal Newbery Medal Home Page
The Official Katherine Paterson Website
The Author Corner
Scott O’Dell Biography
And the Winner Is…Awards for Really Good Books
National Book Medal Children’s Book Awards
Award Winning Children’s Books
Newbery Medal Home Page
The National Book Foundation
Newbery Award Winners
The Nervous System
Human Brain BrainPop: Nervous System
The Hows, Whats and Whos of Neuroscience
Nervous System
Explore the Brain and Spinal Cord
Probe the Brain
The Virtual Body
The Rainforest:  A Paradise That Must Not Be Lost
Toucan How Rainy is the Rainforest?
Rainforest Biome
Rainforest Activities
Rainforests
Tropical Rainforests
The Rainforest Workshop
Writing:  Become a Great Storyteller
Hand Writing Story Quest
The Write Site
What Makes a Good Story?
Millennium Mystery Madness

Writing a Winner: How to Get Really Good at Writing

Pencil Writing The Write Site Style Section
Guide to Grammar and Writing
The Five Paragraph Essay
The Biography Maker

Languages of the Hands:  Braille and Sign Language

Hands Reading Braille General Braille Information
Nature:  A Conversation with Koko
Louis Braille
A Basic Dictionary of ASL Terms
American Sign Language

Deoxyribonucleic Acid:   DNA Makes You Who You Are

DNA molecule I Can Do That!
DNA Workshop
Making It in a Tough Environment
National Human Genome Project
DNA Basics
DNA Testing

Libraries:  A Neat Place to Lose Yourself

girl at library Can You Do the Dewey?
President
The Internet Public Library
Find Your Library
Cincinnati Public Library
On-Lion for Kids
Grammar:  The Essentials to English

Guide to Grammar and Writing
Grammar Slammer
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
Dr. Grammar
Reference Resource: Grammar Helper
To Whom This May Concern

Letters, Letter-writing and Other Intimate Discourse
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Envelope and Letter Folding
Tips and FAQ About Penpalling
The Underground World:  Stalagmites, Stalactites, and Splattermites

Exploring Caves
Ruby Falls
Caving Tips
Lechuguilla Cave
The Virtual Cave
Colossal Cave Tour
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:  A Man with a Dream

The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King, Jr.  Civil-Rights Leader
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Online Wordsearch    Interactive Timeline
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site
Level 3  

Writing Honestly: Plagiarism, Copyright, and Internet Citing

copyright symbol

Copyright Office
What is Plagiarism?
The Elements of Citation
Plagiarism and How to Avoid It
Newspapers and Journalism:  Read All About it

newspaper  

Freedom House
The Slot
The Write Site
JobsPage
Newseum - The Interactive Museum of News
The Holocaust:  We Must Never Forget

Star of David

The Holocaust: A Tragic Legacy
The Holocaust
Holocaust Heroes
Timeline
What is the Holocaust?
World War II:  The Theaters of Battle

tank

The History Place-World War II in the Pacific:  Timeline
A People at War
D-Day
Normandy 1944
U.S. Senate
Proper English:  Writing and Saying it Right

writing tools

Guide to Grammar and Style
The Elements of Style
Crazy English
Guide to Grammar and Writing
Online English Grammar

Write It Down:  Leaving Your Legacy in Words

writing pen

A+ Research & Writing
Writing Den
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Career Toolbox
World War I:  Remembering the Great War

soldier

The Aerodome:  Aces and Aircraft of WW I
The Great War
First World War
Propaganda
American Wars
The Roaring Twenties:  Boop Boop A Doop

flapper

The Roaring Twenties
Flapper Culture & Style
Flapper Fashion
The Roaring 1920's Concert Extravaganza
Ford Model A
Broadcasting Timeline
1920 in Sports