- Learn about famous and influential African
Americans. Great for our African American Biographies celebrating Black
History Month (February)
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Black History
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- This site gives maps and timelines of Lewis
and Clark. Great for our Lewis and Clark unit!
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Lewis and Clark
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- This beautifully illustrated page offers all
kinds of facts about the expedition. You can even lead the expedition!
Great for our Lewis and Clark unit!
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Lewis and
Clark |
- Create your own "specimen box" and test your
packing skills on this interactive journey along the trail of Lewis and
Clark. Great for our Lewis and Clark unit!
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Scholastic Lewis and Clark |
- Click on WA sites to enjoy a wealth of
information about our beautiful state! Great for our WA State unit!
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Mrs. Bullock's WA Website!
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- Click on WA sites to enjoy a wealth of
information about our beautiful state! Great for our WA State unit!
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Mrs. Weatherbie's WA Resources Page! |
- Take a "virtual" photo tour of Seattle!
Great for our WA State unit!
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Seattle Virtual Tour |
- This site leads to great Eastern Washington
animals.
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Animals,
Insects, and Plants of Eastern Washington
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- On this site, you can click on places
around WA or on the animals themselves. There are great photos from real
explorers. This site even features slugs!
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Exploring the Great Northwest |
- On this page, you'll find wonderful,
specific facts about Bighorn Mountain Sheep. You can also click on the
links on the left of the page to go to information about many other
animals, such as: badgers, beavers, elk, wolves, raccoons, porcupines,
skunks, and many more!
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Bighorn Mountain Sheep |
- Birds and more birds is what you will
encounter as you peruse this site! Filled with birds of every color and
hue from around Washington, it's a great place to get information for
bird watching in your own backyard!
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BirdWeb
Homepage |
- The wonderful Burke Museum, on the
University of Washington campus, offers this informative website all
about the animals of Washington State. Click on the Research and
Collections links to go to: arachnology (the study of SPIDERS),
ornithology (the study of BIRDS), herpetology (the study of REPTILES and
AMPHIBIANS), mammalogy (the study of MAMMALS). These are GREAT!
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Burke Museums' Animals of Washington Website |
- This site has fantastic photos of aquatic
life of the Puget Sound
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Virtual photo album of Puget Sound marine life |
- If you are interested in researching about
reptiles and amphibians, this is the site for you!
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Reptiles and Amphibians
of Eastern Washington |
- Get photos of real Washington animals from
live-feed cameras around Washington! This interactive site let's you
"spy" on a variety of animals in their natural habitats.
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Wild Watch Cam |
- If you've ever been to the Seattle
Aquarium, you know how wonderful it is! This is the Website they
maintain. The page I've linked to is a Beach Animals Guide. There is a
great presentation if you click on: View Feeding Adaptations
Presentation. This links to a FANTASTIC presentation all about
critters you yourself can spy and identify on the beaches of Washington!
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Seattle Aquarium |
- This search engine will help you find
specific information about almost any animal. Simply type your animal
name in the search engine.
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Animal Diversity Web |
- This site shows the infamous "gooey-ducks"
(Geoducks) of Washington state!
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Geoducks |
- Link here to see my example of an animal
report.... Remember! Your report has to be about a Washington State
Animal!!!!
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WA State Animal Report Power Point Example |
- Enjoy music from other countries! You can
also order the music from this site. Great for kids who love music, or
parents who like to have multicultural music in the car!
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Putumayo Kids
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- Read about American History... This site
is great for our Pioneer Unit!
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Scholastic History Site |
- Great site for general info!
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Think Quest |
- This is a school research page
from Oregon!
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On the Oregon Trail |
- This will help you understand the
timeframe in which the events of the Oregon Trail happened.
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Timeline of the Oregon Trail |
- Follow the route of the Pioneers
and visit the Oregon trail.
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Emigrant
Road |
- This site provides links for the
Oregon trail that show diaries, general information, and all sorts of
other sites!
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"Overland"-
links to the Oregon Trail |
- You can actually go to this place
with your parents for fun to experience the Oregon Trail yourself! Click
on the "Historic Trails" tab to find out facts!
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Oregon Trail Center |
- On this site, you can find out
about provisions, prairie schooners, who the pioneers were, life and
death on the Oregon Trail, and MANY MORE facts! This is a VERY
INFORMATIVE site! Try it!
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"End of the Oregon Trail" Interpretive Center |
- Would you ever pay $100 for a
glass of water? Read about it on this site!
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All
About the Gold Rush |
- Read more about why people rushed
for gold, and who lived and died in trying to find it!
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California Gold Rush |
- Before the Oregon Trail, Lewis and
Clark explored the West when it was EVEN MORE WILD! Find out facts about
this famous historical duo!
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The
Lewis and Clark Corp of Discovery |
- Visit this site for facts about
buffalo chips, how people dressed, cooking, games, and more!
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Everyday
Life on the Oregon Trail |
- Did you know that some people
walked over 2,000 miles on the Oregon Trail using only a wheelbarrow?
You can find out this and lots more interesting, weird facts on the
"fantastic facts" section of this site. You can also do basic research
about the trail, such as: the food, games, what the wagons were like,
the timeline, etc. A FANTASTIC site!
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All
About the Oregon Trail |
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Washington State Jeoprody |
- Look up words on this "Word Hub"...
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Word Central |
- Fun word puzzles that are similies! This site is as fun as a
circus.... It's as cool as an ice cube... As exciting as a trip to
the moon...
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Animal
Similies |
- Read Author interviews, get book recommendations, hear what
books other kids are reading...
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Kids Read!
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- This non-fiction site has great information about
up-to-the-minute subjects that matter to kids! Do you enjoy
NON-FICTION? Read up!
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Scholastic |
- This site has writing by REAL KIDS! Enjoy...
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Stone Soup |
- In this site, you get to rearrange those little word magnets to
create cool poetry. Groovy, man!
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Magnetic Poetry |
- Read these elegant nature poems. They are short and sweet...
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Haikus |
- These little fables are especially great in December, when we
study fairytales!
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Aesop's Fables |
- More of those little life lessons that are FUN to read...
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More
Aesop's Fables |
- These little fables are especially great in December, when we
study fairytales!
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Classic
Fairy Tales |
- Read about the author, Beverly Cleary. She has written MANY
well-known and well-loved books, such as: Ralph S. Mouse, Besus and
Ramona, and Strider...
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Beverly
Cleary
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Book Jackets' |
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Lemony Snicket |
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The Official Harry Potter Website |
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Meet Molly Moon |
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Starfall |
- Wow! If you have a set of earphones on,
you can listen to a fun story read aloud by a great narrator!
CAUTION: for this site, you REALLY DO need to have your headphones
plugged in! Enjoy!
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Tumble Books |