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Pam Munoz Ryan's Biography -
Author's Web Site Meet the Illustrator - More on Brian Selznick |
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| Vocabulary Words and Definitions | Crossword Puzzle - Vocabulary words |
| Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride - From Scholastic....Includes information About the Book, Before Reading the Book, and Activities | The Official Site of Amelia Earhart |
| Web Adventure - As you learned when you read Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and celebrated pilot Amelia Earhart were alike in many ways. Explore the Internet and learn more about these two fascinating women. | |
| Social Studies Connection - White House and Women | |
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White House for Kids Life in the White House Panoramic Views of White House Rooms First Lady's Gallery Eleanor Roosevelt Laura Bush |
Women in History - This is a project that the students at Kimball School participate in each year..... Each student selects a famous woman in history to research and then they write an essay about the special characteristics and contributions of the woman. This would be a great project to do after reading Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride. |
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Echoes From the White House A Virtual Tour |
Famous Firsts by American Women |
| White House Jigsaw Puzzle | Women's History Month - Biographies |
| A Tour of the White House - WebQuest | Women of the Century |
| The White House - WebQuest | Women in History - Historical Figures |
| Exploring the Many Rooms of the White House - WebQuest |
Distinguished Women of Past
and Present Women's Biographies |
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Children's
Encyclopedia of Famous Women Read reports about many famous women written by third and fourth grade students at Pocantico Hills School in Sleepy Hollow, NY. Don't miss the Hotlist. |
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| Science Connection - Ecosystems | |
| Ecosystems, Biomes, and Habitats - This site offers a comprehensive look into the study of biomes. It includes an extensive list of relevant links. | What's It Like Where You Live? - Information on biomes, freshwater ecosystems, and marine ecosystems.....Great stuff!!! |
| Ecosystems - ThinkQuest | Exploring Ecosystems - Learn about the Sonoran Desert, the Arctic Coastal Plain and the Everglades at this Web site |
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Biomes - Find information on: Arctic Tundra Deciduous Forest Desert Tropical Rainforest Tropical Savannah Taiga |
Scholastic Explorers - There's several good
activities/investigations here: Endangered Ecosystems Ocean Life Be an Explorer (in your own backyard!) |
| The Watershed Game - Online simulation........Many things happen in a watershed that affect the quality of the water we rely upon. What are they? Would you make the best decisions in managing your watershed? Examine the issues in each area of the watershed, then see the impacts of your choices! | Build a Prairie - Online simulation.......North America's prairie is divided into the tallgrass ecosystem and shortgrass ecosystem (plus an area in between—the "mixed grass" prairie). Which one do you want to restore? Are you up to the challenge?? |
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Resources, Environment, and Ecosystems - Teacher Guides on:
Ecosystems and Climate Wildlife: One Piece of the Picture Soil and Ecosystems The Web of Life |
Ecosystems on the World Wide Wide - This is a great resource......There's Hotlist pages on Deserts, Oceans, Fresh Water, Wetlands, and Endangered Species. Each Hotlist has a Teacher Resource page also. |
| Your Key to the Biomes - This site includes information on various biomes including Fresh Water, Tundra, Deserts, Grasslands, Tropical Rain Forests, Marine, and Forests. | Mission Biomes - "Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to investigate biomes, then test your knowledge about the biomes by completing each mission." |
| Interactive Games - Includes Matching, Concentration, Flash Cards and Word Search | The World's Biomes - Explore the five major types of biomes: Aquatic, Deserts, Forests, Tundra, and Grasslands |
| Mission Biomes - Information on the tundra, forests, grasslands, rain forest, desert, etc. | |
