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Topic Areas: State of Maine - a list of resources Mrs Thompson's web pages Ms Christman's web pages Online References Maine InfoNet - Data Bases for Student research Includes Searchasaurus, Primary Search and EBSCO Animals Encarta Online Thesaurus of Geographic Names Enter a keyword, for example a city, and the site will return a list of all the places in the world that match your search with the exact longitude and latitude and its hierarchial position: continent, nation, state, county. SearchEngines Ask Jeeves for Kids Yahooligans AltaVista Infoseek EBlast HotBot Metacrawler Webcrawler Lycos Maine Resources Fall Scavenger Hunt Populations of Maine Cities and Towns - a comparison table from the US Census Bureau of the population of cities and towns State of Maine facts at Factmonster.com State of Maine Demographics and Population page Maine Resource list Maple Syrup Maple Sugaring - a page created by a JM Kindergarten Class in 2002 State of Maine Kids page Maine Animals Maine Facts Maine History Resources at the Waterboro Public Library Christmas Cultures Around the World World Map of Cultures Christmas Celebrations World Over Christmas Around the World Christmas Traditions Around the World Our 50 States Fifty States Resources Regions of the United States - A webquest project Timelines in U.S. History Biomes Biomes and Geography http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/index.php Biome Resources Rainforest Resources from Gander Academy, Newfoundland http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/rforest.htm South and Central America South and Central America Resources Mayan Time Travel Webquest The MesoAmericans by National Heritage Academies http://www.michiganepic.org/NHA/MIA/MIA_Index.html Inca - A ThinkQuest made by students http://library.thinkquest.org/5058/inca.htm Ancient Aztecs http://library.thinkquest.org/27981/ The Mayans http://mayankids.com/mmkpeople/peoplemain.htm Biographies Author Biographies Biography Resources - from the American Library Association http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template= /cfapps/gws//gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/ gws/displaysection.cfm&sec=11 Biography Resources - from the NTAEA http://www.aea267.k12.ia.us/curriculum/biography.html Biography Resources - from the Mishawaka, IN public library http://www.mppl.lib.in.us/childbios.htm Art Artist Self-Portrait webquest National Gallery of Art Inventors Inventors Resources Time Lines Today in History Time Line Links Native Americans and Colonies The First Americans - A Third Grade Project This site includes Northwest, California-Intermountain, Plains, Southwest, and Woodlands. Learn about Native Americans http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/Curriculum%20Info/NativeAmericans/index.html This site has information on the following cultures: Woodland, Southeast, Great Plains, Great Basin, Southwest, and Northwest. First Nations' Histories - Lots of information about many tribes. Long readings Native American listing at Frank Jewett School Jamestown Colonial Kids Back to Plymouth - A Third Grade Webquest Animals Kids Planet - Defenders of Wildlife Long list of Endangered Wildlife and lots of cool stuff Maine Animals Elephant Sanctuary Enchanted Learning Information for every animal with labeled print-outs Museum of Natural History Arctic Studies Page The Arctic and the Animals that live there Electronic Zoo The Howard Hughes Medical Institute invites curious kids to explore biology... on screen, off screen, and in between. Classify animals, Monarch butterflies and more. Animal Diveristy Web Search for animal by name Dinosaurs Discovery - When Dinosaurs Roamed America - what dinosaurs lived in your ZIP code KidsDomain on-line dino games - quizzes, games and puzzles Enchanted Learning Dinosaurs -try the dinosaur dictionary Natural History Museum DinoDirectory Dinosaur Web-Quest for Grade 2 Kings Park Elementary School DinoQuest - Another Dinosaur Web-Quest for Grade 2 Dinosaur Valley Weather Weather Webquest Weather Activities - great for classrooms with worksheets Weather Information - lots of links from Kathy Schrock Weather Activity Lessons for classrooms Great Weather Webquest, "Where in the Weather Am I?" Human Body A Human Body Scavenger Hunt Enchanted Learning - Anatomy Inside the Human Body - organized by systems Virtual Human Body - very nice graphics Kidshealth for Kids: How the body works Your Gross and Cool body: The yuckiest site on the net Crest Sparkle City (must have flash) A lesson plan for teachers with links to Human Body Sites Space The Great Planet Webquest - A Grade Three Project Planet Hop Your Age and Weight on the Planets And your weight on planets, moons and stars. Strap into your computer chair, and go on a 12 minute space flight throughout our solar system, visiting the best Kodak Photo spots. All video is Nasa-authentic. http://www.spacewander.com/USA/english.html Remarkable visual discoveries in space by the Hubble telescope http://hubble.stsci.edu/gallery/ Build a scale model of the Solar System General Elementary Resources Comprehensive Teacher Resources Listing Listing of Themes for Grades 3 - 5 The Internet Public Library Sample Lessons, webquest and other resources from Kings Park Elementary 42Explore Links to Many themes for different levels Literature and Publications Portland Press Herald Online Great Writers and Poets- extensive listing of other pages! Maine Schools on the 'Net A Maine Schools Web Directory SAD #55, Sacopee School System SAD #57, Massabesic School System SAD #61, Lake Region School System Gorham Schools Kennebunk Schools Saco School Department Scarborough School Department Westbrook Schools Windham School Department