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 American Revolution | Animals | Biographies | Connecticut | Cultural & Maps | Current Events
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     ~ American Revolution ~
  1. Liberty Bell - What weights over 2,000 pounds and can sound a perfect e-flat tone despite a crack in its 12-foot circumference? Why is Pennsylvania misspelled on the bell? Take a tour to see historical photographs, many facts, trivia, and quotations, you will even hear John Philip Sousa music.
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  2. Marching Tour - Philadelphia's Independence Hall Association follows the history, battles, and encampments of the Revolution from the landing of the British troops to the final moments of the Revolution while listening to music of the times. Multimedia games are available to test knowledge of your tour.
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  3. Valley Forge - For six months, Washington and his 12,000 soldiers - some as young as 12 years old - campled at Valley Forge, struggling against a harsh winter, low morale, and shrinking provisions. Here you can visit the encampment and share the experience of soldiers through their journals, letters, and personal effects.

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  4. Williansburg, Virginia - Take a tour of where the Revolution was won. Meet George and Martha Washington, Patrick Henry, and George Wythe, the gentle man who taught law to Jefferson and James Madison. You will be able to experience colonial life by spending time with the Geddys in their home and their foundry, where they craft guns, buckles, cutlery, and swords.
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     ~ Animals ~
  1. Animal Encyclopedia - Not many animals, just one for each letter of the alphabet.
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  2. Oakland Zoo animals from A to Z - Lots of animals and then a few links to animals in Africa, Asia, and Australia.
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  3. Monterey Bay Aquarium - At this site you choose a habitat, then click living species to see a list of the animals that there along with their picture OR click find it to search for a particular animal.
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  4. Natural History Notebook by the Canadian Museum of Nature - Good pictures.
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  5. Sea World/Bush Gardens Animal Resources - all kinds of good information from the people at Sea World/Busch Gardens, click the Animal Info Books to get info on a specific animal.
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  6. Desert Animals - This site has mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and spiders.
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  7. Smithsonian Zoology - A great site to go to for an animal picture for your report.
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  8. Animal Vertebrates Hotlist - A great site to go to for an animal picture and information for your report.
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     ~ Biographies ~
  1. Academy of Achievement - This hall of fame highlights important figures of history and the contributions they made to society in a true multimedia format. The site includes a Gallery of Achievers, containing interviews with individuals in the arts, public service, sports, business, and science; Achievement TV, an electronic forum featuring text, video, and audio highlights of Achievement TV broadcasts; the Library, in which visitors explore the books that influenced some of the world's great achievers. Although some of the areas are slow to load, they're all well worth the wait!

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  2. Biography one A & E - Search for biography by name, keyword, or category. This gives a short summary on person's life.

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  3. Digital History - This site provides interactive timelines, essays, visual histories, and a reference room with speeches, music, images, maps, and more from various periods of American history.

    4. Grade ~ 3-8   Rating ~ 
  4. Time Capsule - Type a specific date and see highlights including music, politics, TV, movies, prices of goods, etc.

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  5. Who2 - Black History Month - This link is specifically for profiles of prominent figures celebrated in Black History Month. There is also a search box to enter a name of any prominent person in history.
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     ~ Connecticut ~
  1. ConneCT Kids - Official State of Connecticut site for kids. There is a wonder state history link bringing you to links about Native Americans, important dates (inventions), and much more.
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  2. Connecticut State Library - Everything you ever wanted to know about Connecticut... gives mostly titles of books at library, but names give info.
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  3. Famous Nutmeggers - Gives a list of famous Connecticut people including inventors, entertainers, politicians, etc. You are prompted to enter their name to find more info about them.
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  4. You Belong In Connecticut - Links to many sports, entertainment, activities, jobs, education, business, etc. Sponsored by the Department of Economic & Community Development.
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     ~ Cultural & Maps ~
  1. Atlapedia Online - Contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.

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  2. CIA World Factbook - A pull down list by country to see map, flag, and facts.

    3. Grade ~ All           Rating ~ str4
  3. Country Reports - web site which profiles every nation and province of the world. You can look at maps and flags or listen to national anthems.There are over 1,500 pages of written text on the nations. Test your knowledge with the monthly quiz.

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  4. KidsWorld - Geography - Lots of links to and about different countries around the world.

    5. Grade ~ All           Rating ~ str4
  5. Country at a Glance - This United Nations site allows you to click on the name of the country and discover its flag, geographical facts, currency information, and other important data.

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  6. Flags and Maps of the World - Here you can view national flags and maps for countries of the world. .

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  7. World Atlas - just click any country in the world and see it's map, you can also see what time it is anywhere in the world.

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  8. Lonely Planet - Destinations - click on a continent, choose a region, or choose a country and learn a lot.

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  9. Around the World in 80 Clicks - This site has the links to the continents on the right under Go Directly To, just place your cursor over the name of the continent. Once you are at the continent page, the countries are listed on your left to click.

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  10. Atlas - Xpeditions - A National Geographic site in which you choose the country to print or copy a map of.

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  11. National Geographic Map machine - A National Geographic site with lots of info, you could even listen to music from around the world.

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     ~ Current Events ~
  1. New Haven Register - Our local newspaper.


  2. USA Today - A national newspaper.
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  3. Front Page News - Press Daily -  For older students, replicas of 200 daily newspapers from 55 countries .str4
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  4. Front Page News - Newseum  -  For older students, replicates local newspapers,403 daily front pages from 44 countries .str4
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  5. CNN - International news.
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  6. ABC News - Not very current.
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  7. National Geographic -  For the younger students there is a Kids Magazine link in the In Our Magazines column.str3
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  8. Time for Kids - There is a today's new link, good for the younger students.str4
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  9. Scholastic News - Good for the younger students.str3
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  10. National Wildlife Federation - In it's What's New column you will find some current articles from Ranger Rick and other nature news and features.
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  11. Kids Newsroom - Lots of news for kids, front page, weekly, around the world, sports, history, music and entertainment, and government news.str4
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     ~ Encyclopedias ~
  1. Encarta - Your gateway to 17,000 articles, multimedia, a dictionary, and our world atlas. Once you click this link, look on the left midway down for an encyclopedia link.

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  2. Encyclopedia Britannica - brings you the best Web sites, leading magazines, related books, and the complete Encyclopedia Britannica.
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  3. Encyclopedia.com - More than 14,000 articles from The Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third Edition have been assembled to provide free, quick and useful information on almost any topic.

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  4. Fact Monster - Contains essential reference materials, fun facts and features, and free individualized homework help. From the dinosaurs to the stockmarket to the latest on Harry Potter, Fact Monster has the information kids are seeking, all in one easy-to-use, searchable site.

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  5. Info Please - Encyclopedia - Access more than 57,000 articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

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     ~ Educational Games ~
  1. Houghton Mifflin Education Place - EduGames - Six different games - Wacky Web Tales (Grd 3-8), Fake Out (Grd K-8), Geonet, Power Proofreading (Grd 2-8), Brain Teasers (Grd 3-8), and Spelling Match (Grd 1-8).

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  2. Count On - Math games - sudoko, third demension, a geometry game, etc.
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  3. Math Playground - Math Playground is an action packed site for students in grades K to 6. Practice your math skills, play a logic game and have some fun!



     ~ Health ~
  1. My Pyramid Blast Off Game - United States Department of Agriculture created this interactive computer game where kids can reach Planet Power by fueling their rocket with food and physical activity. “Fuel” tanks for each food group help students keep track of how their choices fit into MyPyramid.

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     ~ Literature ~
  1. Aesop Fables - Our online collection of Aesop's Fables includes a total of 656+ Fables, indexed in table format, with morals listed.
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     ~ Math ~
  1. Tessellations - Investigating tesselations.
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     ~ Reference Tools~
  1. >>> CITATION <<<
    1. Citation Machine - First click the type of resource you wish to cite, enter your information into a form, then you will be given the correct citation to copy & paste.


    2. Easybib - Select type of resource from a pull down, then enter your info, easybib will create the correct citation, then you have the choice to edit it, then go on and add more citations, easybibs keeps an alphbetic list for you to copy & paste.

  2. >>> DICTIONARY/THEASURUS <<<
    1. Word Central - Enter the word you are looking up.


    2. Dictionary - Enter a word to look up, you have the option to click a button to change to thesaurus, encyclopedia, or the web.


    3. Hyper Dictionary - Enter a word, the definition that is displayed is hyperlinked, if you don't understand a word in the definition, just click it to read its definition.


    4. Merriam-Webster OnLine - From this one page you enter a word into the dictionary lookup or the thesaurus lookup.


    5. Rhyme Zone - Type in a word to find its rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more.


    6. The Free Dictionary - The free dictionary, on the main page there are various learning games, there are links to a medical dictionary, a computer dictionary, a legal dictionary, acronyms, idioms, and a financial dictionary.


    7. Write Express Online Rhyming Dictionary - For poetry and songwriting.

  3. >>> QUOTATION <<<
    1. The Quotations Page - Browse by author or subject.


    2. Quotation Guide - Browse by author or topic.


    3. Quotation Reference - Quote search by quotation, authors, or subject. You also can look at a subject index or an author index.
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     ~ Catholic Saints ~
  1. Catholic Forum - Patron saints indes, once your there the easiest way is to click this the link on the right hand side - list by NAME.

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  2. Catholic Online - The largest collection of Saints and Angel information. To see the saints in alphabetical order click the Saints Index located in the list of links on the right side of the page.
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  3. Catholic Pages - Saints index, will link you to information.

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  4. Catholic Encyclopedia - Brings you to a searchable site, in the upper right hand side of the page you enter the Saint you are researching and then click Search New Advent box and a list of links will be displayed for you to reseach.

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     ~ Science Fair ~
  1. Try Science - Links include live web cams, experiments, adventures, and field trips.

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  2. Science Fair Central- The Discovery Channel offers project ideas, tips, books, and more links.
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  3. Kidspace Internet Public Library- Science fair resource guide from start to finish - taking you through all the steps.

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  4. The Ultimate Science Fair Resource- Sponsored by the Society for Amateur Scientists, includes an idea bank.

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  5. School Science Fairs- Projects listed by grade, linked by Primary (grd 1-4), Elementary (grd 4-6), and Intermediate (grd 7-9).

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  6. Fun Science Resources- Lots of fun, interesting links.

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  7. How Stuff Works- Learn how anything works!

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     ~ U.S. States ~
  1. Stately Knowledge - Facts about each state.
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  2. 50 States.com - State information: the capital, cities, state flags, state songs, and much state trivia.
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     ~ Will be adding more ~ Come back again!
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