Teacher Resources
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Student Sites
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Language Arts
Children's Literature Databases http://www.dawcl.com
Librarian Lisa Bartle of California State University site indexing books that have won an award for children's literature.
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Creekside Publishing http://members.shaw.ca/CreeksidePublishing
Candice McMahon site featuring information about her spelling program, Spelling by Patterns,and workshops on spelling and technology.
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AllCrafts http://www.allcrafts.net/
Directions to creating crafts for special holidays.
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BCTF Lesson Aids http://www.bctf.bc.ca/LessonAids/LessonAids.html
British Columbia Teachers' Federation site features classroom materials prepared by teacher for teachers.
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Canada's SchoolNet http://www.schoolnet.ca/home/e/
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CyberSmart! Lesson Plans http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/lesson_plans
CyberSmart site offers lesson plans by grade level for effective computer and internet use.
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DiscoverySchool.com Lesson Plans http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans
Hundreds of original lesson plans, written by teachers for teachers.
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Education World http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson243.shtml
Designed to help educators integrate the Internet into the classroom.
Includes lesson plans.
All age levels represented.
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Gateway to Educational Materials http://www.thegateway.org
U.S. Department of Education site containing thousands of educational materials.
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Illuminations http://illuminations.nctm.org/index2.html
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics site with lesson plans and interactive math activities.
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K-6 Arts Lesson Plans http://www.csuchico.edu/educ/cguenter/229Barts.html
California State University site of fine arts lesson plans created by student teachers.
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M.I. Smart! http://www.chariho.k12.ri.us/curriculum/MISmart/mi_smart.htm
Site regarding multiple intelligences, and sciences units tailor-made to highlight all the intelligences into your classroom.
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Teacher Created Materials: Free Stuff http://www.teachercreated.com/free
Free teacher lesson plans and activities. New ones each month.
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The Teachers' Corner http://www.theteacherscorner.net/seasonal/backtoschool/index.htm
Lesson plans and activities sorted by grade level.
All age levels represented.
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Using Live Insects in Elementary Classrooms for Early Lessons in Life http://insected.arl.arizona.edu/uli.htm
Constructivist teaching approach with lesson plans in science and math.
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listservs (They search & e-mail hot
sites to you for free. Really.)
Blue Web'n http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn
Network Nuggets http://www.cln.org/lists/nuggets/nug_index.html
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Local Resources (Vernon, B.C.)
Allan Brooks Nature Centre http://www.abnc.ca
Site is home page for the centre which offers unique fieldtrips for students.
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Okanagan Science Centre http://www.okscience.ca
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School District No. 22 Home Page http://www.sd22.bc.ca/
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Virtual Vernon Maps http://www.virtualvernon.com/vernon-maps/index.htm
Print your own map for any area in Vernon.
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VTA Website http://www.members.shaw.ca/VTA/
Vernon Teachers' Association site featuring contact page and meeting dates. Includes Voices, the local newsletter, in pdf format.
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Alta Vista http://www.altavista.com
Ask Eric http://ericir.syr.edu
Ask Jeeves http://www.ask.com
Google http://www.google.ca
National Library of Canada Search Tool http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/10/4/a4-110-e.html
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Redgie's Reliable Resources http://www.redgie.ca
Website built to help teachers integrate technology into their curriculum.
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The Wayback Machine http://www.archive.org
Internet Archive site takes old broken links, and displays the Web site
as it used to look before being removed from the Web.
Fixes broken links.
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Student Sites
Build-A-Prairie http://www.bellmuseum.org/mnideals/prairie/build/index.html
Bell LIVE! site about the North American prairie. Interactive discovery of the plants and animals that occupy this ecosystem.
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Earth's Birthday Project http://www.earthsbirthday.org
Site features ideas to celebrate April 22nd.
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Kids Planet http://www.kidsplanet.org/
Defenders of Wildlife site, perfect for animal studies or Earth Day activities.
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Listen to Whales http://whalesong.net
Sites features live whale sounds from humpback whales in the calving grounds off the coast of Maui.
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Ranger Rick's Kid Zone http://www.nwf.org/kids/
National Wildlife Federation site for learning about the environment.
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Space for species http://www.spaceforspecies.ca
Monitoring migratory animals from beyond the Earth's atmosphere.
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Wanted! Kicking or Non-Kicking http://www.denniskunkel.com/PublicHtml/Education05.asp
Site humorously shows which bugs are wanted by the FBIA (Federal Bug Intelligence Agency). "Zoom In" allows students to study the anatomy of insects using images from a Scanning Electron Microscope.
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Arts Alive http://www.artsalive.ca/en/mus/index.cfm
The National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa online tour of the instruments
of the orchestra and some people who play them for a living.
Offered in both French & English languages. http://www.artsalive.ca/fr/mus/index.cfm
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Musictheory.net http://www.musictheory.net/index.html
Ricci Adams interactive site about music theory.
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SFS Kids http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1
San Francisco Symphony Kids' interactive site featuring instruments of the orchestra and their sounds, as well as a music lab demonstrating musical terms and ideas.
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The Song book Music List http://pages.map.com/~freek/booklist.html
Site to help you find those needed lyrics.
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Songs for Teaching http://songsforteaching.homestead.com/index.html
Site features lyrics to songs and clips for use by teachers in their
classrooms.
Offered in both French & English languages. http://songsforteaching.homestead.com/French.html
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Children's Butterfly Site http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/resources/education/butterfly/bfly_start.asp
A site for learning about butterflies. Offered in both French & English languages.
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Collectionneurs en herbe http://www.mint.ca/wheat/french/index.html
Célébration du 100e anniversaire de la découverte du blé marquis.
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First Among Equals for Kids http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/primeministers/kids/index-e.html
Canadian Government site about the Prime Ministers of Canada.
Offered in both French & English languages. http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/premiersministres/jeunesse/index-f.html
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Kidspace (Canadian Space Agency) http://www.space.gc.ca/
Features space playground, careers and studies in space, educator resources,
and special projects.
Offered in both French & English languages.
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Internet Picture Dictionary http://www.pdictionary.com
Site is an on-line, multilingual picture dictionary.
Offered in both French & English languages.
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Miscositas.com http://www.miscositas.com
A collection of on-line storybooks in French and English and curriculum suggestions.
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Songs for Teaching http://songsforteaching.homestead.com/index.html
Site features lyrics to songs and clips for use by teachers in their
classrooms.
Offered in both French & English languages. http://songsforteaching.homestead.com/French.html
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Between the Lions http://pbskids.org/lions
PBS television site featuring on-line storybooks. Use in the classroom or share site URL with parents.
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Chateau MeddyBumps http://www.meddybemps.com
Authors, Susan & Jerry Jindrich, site featuring on-line storybooks and teachers' guide.
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Internet Picture Dictionary http://www.pdictionary.com
Site is an on-line, multilingual picture dictionary.
Offered in both French & English languages.
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Miscositas.com http://www.miscositas.com
A collection of on-line storybooks in French and English and curriculum suggestions.
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Starfall http://www.starfall.com
A Boulder Interactive Learning Group site designed to help teach emergent readers. The site features on-line storybooks that phonetically sound out unfamiliar words for the user.
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Coolmath.com http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
Interactive math site features activities, games, and lessons in a variety of Math areas.
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Fun and Interactive Math Websites http://www.telecompricer.com/article/fun-and-interactive-math-websites.html
A great variety of free math games.
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FunBrain.com http://www.funbrain.com/
Family Education Network site with math games for young students.
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Multiflyer http://www.gdbdp.com/multiflyer
Online game for practising multiplication and learning about the planets.
Suitable for grade three and beyond.
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PBS Kids Cyberchase http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/
Public Broadcasting System site featuring new math related games each day.
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BBC Learning http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
British Broadcasting Channel site. Click on "Schools" to access age-appropriate
curricular lessons and links.
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CBC4Kids http://www.cbc.ca/kids
Media site for children.
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Don't Buy It - Get Media Smart! http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit
PBS Kids site aimed at helping students become aware of advertising tricks on the Web, radio, and television.
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National Geographic Kids http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/index.html
National Geographic interactive site called an e-zine (electronic magazine).
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Care For Animals http://www.avma.org/careforanimals/default.asp
American Veterinary Medical Association site that helps young children learn about caring for pets.
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Firefighter Protective Clothing Tour http://www.ci.davis.ca.us/fire/pct
Interactive visuals displaying each piece of standard firefighter gear from from to back.
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My Health My World http://www.myhealthmyworld.org/
Baylor College of Medicine site exploring the relationships between the environment and health.
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Practical Money Skills for Life http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/index.php
Visa site offers practical on-line lessons about spending money wisely.
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USFA Kid's Place http://www.usfa.fema.gov/kids/index.htm
United States Fire Administration (USFA) site for teaching children how to keep safe from fire.
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Zoothland http://www.zooth.com/
Zooth site concentrating on dental hygiene.
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Internet Projects Registry (Global Schoolhouse) http://www.globalschoolhouse.org/pr/_cfm/index.cfm
The Internet Projects Registry co-ordinates collaborative education projects conducted by teachers world-wide.
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The New Zoo http://www.bcpl.net/~sullivan/modules/zoo/index.html
Site contains an animal research activity for students.
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WebQuests http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/projects/featured/featured.html
San Diego City Schools Triton Project site featuring curriculum based Web projects by grade level.
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Woodland Network http://www.skolweb.vaxjo.se/biowindows/default.htm
Sweden project gathering data from around the world about local trees.
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Amazing Space http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
Web based activities designed for primary classrooms about light, stars, Solar System, Hubble telescope, and more.
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Astro-Venture http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/projects/astrobiology/astroventure/avhome.html
NASA site where students search for and design a habitable planet.
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Bill Nye the Science Guy http://nyelabs.com/core.html?flashtarget=core.html&noflashtarget=noflash.html
Bill Nye home page.
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A Chick Hatches http://msichicago.org/exhibit/chick/chick.html
Site features a 15 second condensed movie of a hatching chick.
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Children's Butterfly Site http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/resources/education/butterfly/bfly_start.asp
A site for learning about butterflies. Offered in both French & English languages.
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Children's' Discovery Museum of San Jose http://www.cdm.org
This site focuses on the areas of science, mathematics, and literacy.
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DragonFly TV http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/
PBS science site for kids with simple experiments.
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Edheads http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines
Edheads science Interactive site on simple machines promoting critical thinking skills.
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Explorations Through Time http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/explotime.html
Museum of Palaeontology at the University of California, Berkeley kid friendly site about the different aspects of palaeontology.
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Fundy Geological Museum Project http://museum.gov.ns.ca/fgm/lab/lab.html
Information on the progress of researchers working on a 200 million year old skeleton of a dinosaur. Q & A section for students.
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Jurassic Park Institute http://www.jpinstitute.com/index.jsp
A science based and educationally focused program providing a resource for dinosaur learning and fun.
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Just For Kids http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/kids/index.html
University of Illinois Extension site containing Trees Are Terrific and Let's Talk About Insects.
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Kidspace (Canadian Space Agency) http://www.space.gc.ca/
Features space playground, careers and studies in space, educator resources,
and special projects.
Offered in both English & French languages.
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Light: A Learning Unit http://www.gelighting.com/na/home/gela/students/index.htm
General Electric hands-on site on light and electricity.
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Living Things http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/units/life
Science Learning Network site about individual organism life, families, neighbourhoods, and the circle of life.
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The Little Shop of Physics: Online Physics Experiments http://littleshop.physics.colostate.edu/Experiments.html
Colorado State University's Hands-On Science Outreach Program site offers interesting experiments using common household items.
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Michigan 4-H Garden Tour http://4hgarden.msu.edu/kidstour/tour.html
Michigan State University & Michigan 4-H Children's Garden site allows students to virtually tour their garden.
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Mrs. McMahon's Home Page http://members.shaw.ca/Mrs.McMahon
Candice McMahon site featuring space, life cycles, and the human body science curriculum with information, activities, and links for young students.
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NASA KIDS http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/
Explores space and beyond, rocket and airplanes, our Earth, and astronauts living in space. Includes projects and games.
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NASA KIDS - Sites http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/Sites/
A variety of space sites, linking everything NASA has to offer for kids.
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National Geographic Creature Feature Archive http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/archive
Alphabetical listing of numerous animals, offering photos, video, audio, postcards, fun facts, and links.
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Ology http://ology.amnh.org
American Museum of Natural History site about dinosaurs, space, genetics, biodiversity, and Einstein.
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Ridley Sea turtle http://www.bioc.rice.edu/precollege/galbay/galbay99/teachers/turtlife/Intro1.html
Site features the life cycle of a sea turtle.
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See Learning in a Whole New Light http://edspace.nasa.gov/home.html
NASA site about space.
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SIRTF FOR KIDS! http://sirtf.caltech.edu/Education/Kidszone/beginning.html
The Kid Zone for SIRTF (Space InfraRed Telescope Facility).
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Sound Island http://kbears.com/borrico/soundisland.html
Students click on animated animals and hear the sound the animal makes.
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The Space Place http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/spacepl.htm
Instructions for making, doing, and watching spacey stuff, and for finding facts for elementary students. Scroll to the bottom of homepage for Goodies for Teachers which include printable images of Earth and space, plus space related classroom activity articles.
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Spring 2003 http://www.learner.org/jnorth/spring2003/species/index.html
Site tracks spring's journey across the northern hemisphere.
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Star Child http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
A learning centre for young astronomers. Explore the Solar System, universe, and space stuff offered at two different levels - primary and intermediate.
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Switcheroo Zoo http://www.switcheroozoo.com/default.htm
Interactive site allows students to substitute different animal body parts to create new ones. Language arts and science lesson plans.
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Tiny Planets http://www.tinyplanets.com
Pepper's Ghost Productions interactive site full of activities focused on technology, nature, light, and colour.
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TryScience http://www.TryScience.org
Adventure, experiments, and interactive field trips.
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USGS Earthquake Hazards Program http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids
USA government site for kids.
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Walking with Prehistoric Beasts http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/beasts/beasts.html
Discovery Channel site depicting evolution post dinosaurs.
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WhaleNet http://whale.wheelock.edu/Welcome.html
Interactive site focusing on whales and marine research.
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Wonderville http://www.wonderville.ca
Science Alberta Foundation interactive science site about water, wetlands, & levers.
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Canadian Colouring pages http://www.proudcanadiankids.ca/k_to_2.htm
Sites containing downloadable pages of Canadian symbols, etc. for colouring.
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Compare Your Country http://www.your-nation.com
Site allows geographical comparisons between countries (chosen by the student) and creates a bar graph displays.
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Diamond Ranch http://www.cowboyhalloffame.org/diamondr/index.html
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum site featuring cowboy songs, artifacts, paintings, and moral codes.
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ePals Classroom exchange http://www.epals.com/
A tried and true site which provides student-safe e-mail around the
world.
Offered in both French & English languages.
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First Among Equals for Kids http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/primeministers/kids/index-e.html
Canadian Government site about the Prime Ministers of Canada.
Offered in both French & English languages. http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/premiersministres/jeunesse/index-f.html
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The First Thanksgiving http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/
Scholastic site on the events that led up to the harvest feast.
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Growing Collectors http://www.mint.ca/wheat
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Discovery of Marquis Wheat.
Student activities and teachers' guide.
Collectionneurs en herbe http://www.mint.ca/wheat/french/index.html
Célébration du 100e anniversaire de la découverte du blé marquis.
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The Jamestown Online Adventure http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown
HistoryGlobe.com simulation site of landing in the New World.
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KidsWorld http://now2000.com/kids/cities.shtml
Geography kids sites from around the world.
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A Sunken Ship's Tale http://www.pacmuseum.qc.ca/quebec1690/jeu/english/intro.htm
Site contains a game where the student works as an archaeologist to collect and identify the artifacts from a sunken ship.
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Your Nation http://www.your-nation.com/
Site allows comparisons to be made between countries. results displayed in simple bar graph format.
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