South Africa

Lonely Planet's Cape Town, South Africa site A clickable map that shows some attractions in Cape Town, south Africa, where our keypals live.

Teacher Link's Games of South Africa Games of SA

Pictorial tour of Cape Town, South Africa Some more pictures of Cape Town and what there is to do there.

http://www.capetourism.org/ VERY cool site where you have a panorama view of various places in the Cape Town South Africa area.

K-12 African Studies Virtual tours of Africa, and tours through the eyes of a child (in-other-words, from a child’s viewpoint).

Travel Discovery South African Activities  A website of activities you can do in South Africa, and where you will find them.

Travel Discovery South African Attractions  Attractions in South Africa.  This can be a great place to check out what attractions there are in South Africa so you can plan your three brochure sites.

South Africa for Tourists This site has a great picture map that can give you an idea of some of the tourist spots and attractions around South Africa.  As you click on the pictures or cities on the map, it will take you to sites about that area.

South African Tours   This site is strictly a commercial site.  It will show you how real travel agents plan tours to South Africa, along with some pricing information.  This can help you plan an itinerary and decide upon sites for your tour.

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Foss Science Units

http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/index.html for most units

Water Unit

Washington's K12 Water Cycle Pilot  Elementary page of the water cycle

http://www.wef.org/WefStudents/Elementary/index.jhtml Lots of links on the water cycle

ProTeacher Water Cycle Links Lots of links and lessons on the water cycle

http://www.fi.edu/fellows/fellow8/dec98/watercycle/jigsaw.htm Interactive jigsaw puzzle on the water cycle

http://www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Nature/The_Earth/Ecology/Water_Cycle/ Lots of water cycle links from Yahooligans

http://www.brainpop.com/science/ecology/watercycle/ Brainpop's movie about the water cycle

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Hero Project

http://www.myhero.com/home.asp  What is a HERO?  Read some great stories about real life heroes and find out

http://www.semredcross.org/heroes/meet_2001.htm More stories about heroes

http://www.habitat.org/jcwp/99/ Can presidents be heroes too?

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Holidays  Halloween  Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas/Chanukah, Dr. Martin Luther King + Black History, President's Day

Halloween

http://www.halloweenmagazine.com/rules.html Students read the rules on the first page, then take a virtual trick or treating tour and answer questions about what they should do to stay safe.  It is pretty cool, kids will love it.

Columbus Day

Columbus Day Columbus Day information for kids from "Sunnie Bunniezz"

Teaching Heart Columbus Day Poem

   Thanksgiving

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/thanks/hlinks.html More on Thanksgiving, pilgrims, and native Americans

http://www.plimoth.org/  Links from "Plimoth on the Web"

http://www.everythingesl.com/downloads/Thanksgiving_story.pdf Thanksgiving story

http://www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/pilgrims.htm Lots of straightforward information about Thanksgiving

http://www.usathanksgiving.com/thanksgiving.html Here you will see a very cool movie about the housing of the pilgrims

http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plimoth/index.htm Scholastic's Plimoth site, where students can explore what it was like to be a pilgim or as a Wampanoag.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/mayflower/ Explore the Mayflower on Scholastic's site.

http://www.new-life.net/thanks01.htm  More information on the first Thanksgiving

http://www.abcteach.com/Reading/comps/FIRST%20THANKSGIVING.pdf  A quiz - how much do you know about Thanksgiving?

http://www.night.net/thanksgiving/lesson-plan.html  More background on pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving

http://www.myschoolonline.com/ Thanksgiving information from Mrs. Elliott's second grade, and from Mrs. Pugh's second grade, there is http://www.myschoolonline.com this link

http://rats2u.com/thanksgiving/thanksgiving_kids.htm Kid friendly Thanksgiving links and games

http://legendsprings.dvusd.org/thanksgiving_resources.htm Links to much information about Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving-for-Kids.html Better Homes and Gardens Thanksgiving for Kids

http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Thanksgiving/ Links and activities for Thanksgiving

Thanksgivingstoriesandpoems.htm Thanksgiving stories and poems

http://www.jeannepasero.com/thankskids.html More crafts and activities for kids- Thanksgiving based

http://www.riverdeep.net/current/2001/11/111901_thanksgiving.jhtml Thanksgiving background

http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/turkey.htm All about turkeys for kids.

http://www.everythingesl.net/downloads/thanksgiving_book.pdf PDF format "make a book" for you to print out for students to make about Thanksgiving

http://www.everythingesl.net/downloads/mayflower_pattern.pdf Simple pattern of the Mayflower for students to print and construct, and http://www.everythingesl.net/downloads/sail_pattern.pdf the sail for the boat.  For the interior of a Pilgrim's house, click http://www.everythingesl.net/downloads/pilgrimhouse_interior.pdf , thatched roof for the house at http://www.everythingesl.net/downloads/thatched_roof.pdf , a chimney and door pattern at http://www.everythingesl.net/downloads/door_chimney.pdf  and a plain square for the outside of the house at http://www.everythingesl.net/downloads/house_pattern2.pdf

http://www.creativeteaching.com/cornucopia.html "I am thankful for" print out pattern

http://www.janbrett.com/hedgie_as_a_pilgrim.htm Jan Brett pilgrim hedgehog coloring page

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems9.html Thanksgiving songs from CanTeach. 

Thanksgiving Day Songs and Poems Thanksgiving Day poems by CanTeach

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/thanksgiving/puzzles/index.htm Online Thanksgiving Puzzles

http://www.kidzone.ws/plants/collection.htm Autumn leaf collection project

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Christmas/Chanukah

http://northpole.net/world.htm Short, fun and very easy to read website that lists the important customs for celebrating Christmas around the world.

http://www.rcas.org/mb/christmasTrad.html This website has several links to Christmas celebrations and traditions around the world.

http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/index.htm Christmas around the world

http://www.santas.net/aroundtheworld.htm Christmas around the world

http://www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/ Christmas around the world

http://www.aish.com/chanukahbasics/chanukahbasicsdefault/What_is_Chanukah$.asp Chanukah basics

http://www.christmas.com/worldview/ Worldwide Christmas traditions

http://www.umkc.edu/imc/kwanzaa.htm Kwanzaa traditions

http://www.homeschoolzone.com/pp/christmas.htm Christmas crafts

http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/school_bell/social_studies/religion/christianity/christmas/christmas_around_the_world/

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President's Day links:

http://www.divy.net/Washington.html Easy to read information page about George Washington

http://www.divy.net/Lincoln.html Easy to read page about Abraham Lincoln

http://www.berwickacademy.org/lincoln/timeline.htm Lincoln Timeline: Click on the pictures drawn by kids to get facts about Abraham Lincoln

http://rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/special_events/presidents_day/index.html Virtual museums and information about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln

http://www.nps.gov/liho/home/home.htm The National Park Service's virtual tour of the Lincoln Home.

http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/lesson/k5/k5slide1.html George Washington slide show, with questions at the end.

President's Day Quiz President's Day quiz about Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, 10 questions

Martin Luther King Day/Black History Month:

Doctor Martin Luther King Time Line  This site features a time line designed by young children.  It is fairly easy to read, and the pictures created by the children are great

http://users.rcn.com/tstrong.massed/Martin.htm  Scavenger hunt on Dr. Martin Luther King.  Pretty advanced, best for the teacher to click through and interpret for the children to see the pictures and hear the sound files.

Dr. Martin Luther King - a KidPix Report Dr. Martin Luther King's life explained in KidPix report form- created by children, easy enough for children to read

http://www.creativeprocess.net/gp/king.html Three nicely written, informative, short paragraphs about Dr. Martin Luther King, and a picture of him.  Beware that it has an order form for items for sale on it, not flashing or pop up, but there all the same.

http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/ This website has sound byte that plays for the children right away, nice to let the students hear his voice

http://www.webcorp.com/civilrights/mlkfr.htm Sound files of Dr. Martin Luther King's famous speech in Washington

Mrs. Nash's Second Grade MLK Day Activity Page Links to age appropriate Martin Luther King day activities

Escape to Freedom An online game which teaches all about the underground railroad.

Mrs. P's Famous Americans- Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson's biography, very simple

Mrs. P's Famous Americans - African Americans Famous African Americans

http://www.edhelper.com/BlackHistory.htm Links to biographies of many famous African Americans

African American History Kids' links to biographies and information about famous African Americans

http://www.kathimitchell.com/blackhist.html Many links to black history

http://www.edhelper.com/BlackHistory.htm Many links to famous African American Biographies

Famous Blacks  Biographies of Famous African Americans

http://www.edhelper.com/BlackHistory.htm Links to biographies of many famous African Americans

African American History Kids' links to biographies and information about famous African Americans

http://www.faithringgold.com/ringgold/bio.htm Biography of Faith Ringold

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Iditarod (Begins First Weekend in March)

http://www.iditarod.com/index.shtml Pick a musher to begin, and then hit back and read his or her biography.  Then read general information, and lastly, watch the video clips.  Keep checking the race updates.  Try every area of this website but the merchandise area.  Take a look too at Jr. Iditarod.

2004 Iditarod Updates  Click here for race updates!  When you get on the page, click top ten and/or detailed statistics to see where your musher is right now!  On this page you can also check the race archives and see how your musher fared in prior years.  You may see a picture of your musher at a checkpoint, and information on what he or she is doing.  When you find your musher, click on the link by clicking on his/her name.  This will bring you to a brief biography and will show you where your musher is on the map.

Dogsled.com More coverage of the Iditarod.  This is where you can see web cams of the Iditarod as well.  Remember, if it is night, you won't see much!

http://www.cabelasiditarod.com/ A great place to get more day by day pictures and all kinds of neat information about the race and mushers. 

Iditarod Air Force See the pilots that ship the dropped dogs to Nome to wait for their owners to catch up.  See what it looks like from the air!

The Smith's Interactive Iditarod Unit This website has student activities

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/sleddogs/index.html Learn about Balto and the first race to save lives here.

http://members.valley.net/~aarin/checktrail.html Iditarod trail and mileage

Weather at each checkpoint CHECK the weather on the Iditarod on this link

Scholastic's Iditarod Activities Scholastic's base for the Iditarod activity

Ultimate Iditarod This is a website with many easy to understand information about the Iditarod for kids, and "Iditarod for Dummies."  Good day by day coverage.

Iditarod.com's Teacher and students   Great activities and links, follow the trail and see trail notes.  Don't forget to click on Zuma's Paw Prints to see the weather and temperature in Alaska, and read Zuma's behind the scene look at what is going on in the race.

Printable Iditarod Game Iditarod game from HiLine Lake Camps.  This game is one you can print out and play as a board game, and it really teaches you all about the Iditarod.  VERY FUN.Rainey Pass Photos Photos taken by a bush pilot of the terrain being crossed by mushers in the Iditarod

http://www.iditarod.com/teacher_on_the_trail.html  Teacher on the Trail activities

http://www.iditarod.com/2002_jr_iditarod.html  Check out the Junior Iditarod- a shorter race by kids not much older than you.

Spiders and Bats Unit

http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/spidhome.htm Spiders of North West Europe.  Excellent close-ups of spiders and their spinnerets, the types of webs various spiders spin, and on the page bottom are some links to great close-up shots of the silken web fibers, the spinnerets under electron microscope, and close- ups of the FANGS!

http://www.kidskonnect.com/Spiders/SpidersHome.html Home page for countless links to spiders and arthropod websites!  SPOOKY but cool.

http://members.aol.com/bats4kids/index.htm Primary information on bats

http://www.yahooligans.com/content/animals/mammals/ More bat links for kids

http://www.batcon.org/ Bat conservation International website, with great photos of bats

http://www.thewildones.org/avocado.html A bat unit from Avocado Elementary

http://www.davison.k12.mi.us/elementary/batrpt.htm A bat unit developed by third graders

http://www.batsnorthwest.org/ Facts about bats, photos, and more

http://arthur.k12.il.us/arthurgs/a2lilelo.htm Links to bat trivia, facts, and more

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Westward Movement Project

http://webpages.marshall.edu/~irby1/laura/frames.html Laura Ingalls Wilder website

Oregon Trail The Oregon Trail Web Site complete with unbelievable information about the Oregon Trail and pictures from historic archives

http://www.endoftheoregontrail.org/5centers.html The End of the Trail, links to museums and information on the Oregon Trail

http://www.42explore.com/pioneer.htm Great site with many links on pioneer life

Illinois State Library Pioneer life Pioneers, volume 1+2, historic pictures and information about pioneer life, including the life the children led

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States Projects and US History

http://www.50states.com/ Excellent jumping off place for finding everything you need for the US States project

Stately Knowledge Stately Knowledge, a site by Internet Public Library with facts about the states

ABC Teach States Great place to start on state project!

What is the Capital Quiz Quiz yourself on the capitals of all the states!

http://www.primarygames.com/states/start.htm Name that State for fourth graders

Alfy's USA State Thematic Resources Many different links to various USA studies

http://www.state.me.us/sos/kids/links/statelinks.htm  Many links to kid -friendly websites on various states

Enchanted Learning's State resources  Enchanted Learning's page of links to the states

Individual State Symbols:

Netstate All the state flags and information for your project

Geobop symbols Good source for symbols and state animals or birds

Tourism Search results Official State tourism links

State Tourism links  More links to Official State Tourism

Individual State History Information:

The US 50 Great place to find state parks and historical information on your states- USE THE PULL DOWN state listing on the left side of the website for information (state parks are on the right side)

History of New York New York State History for Kids

Kansas State History  Kansas Info for kids

Washington State Websites Bellingham School's Washington State websites for Kids

Americas Library of Congress Explore the States and famous Americans on the website for the Library of Congress

Webgrammar's State Resourcesl Links to State, Commonwealth, & Territory Resources

Internet Public Library's Stately Knowledge Stately Knowledge - Internet Public Library's website.  Gives basic facts about the states

http://www.state.pa.us/   Great site about Pennsylvania, including a kids' area

National and State Parks for Individual States:

National Parks Service  This is where you will find any National Parks located in your state.  Go to the section "Visit Your Park" and click on the map for easier location of parks when you don't know if there are any in your state.  IF there are no National Parks, National Monuments or National Historical Sites may be substituted, or you can add an additional state park.

Alabama State Parks Alabama's state parks for your state park information

Alaska for Kids Alaska "Kewl Kids" page

Arizona for Kids The kid's section of the state of Arizona, a wonderful place to get your facts on Arizona

Florida Kids Page Florida for Kids

General and Miscellaneous State Web Sites:

First Gov for Kids First Gov for Kids - a place with easy to read information about various states and parts of government

Pony Express Lesson Pony Express history activity

US Geography Page  Many MANY interesting links to sites about the US in general and US Geography, such as the National Zoo, the National Debt clock, US Census Bureau information, and lots more.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/  The White House for Kids

Whistlestop.org American History site involving presidential election history

PBS Democracy for Kids  Citizenship lessons from PBS

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Newspaper Project

http://www.writesite.org/ Information about how to write a newspaper article, who, what, when, where, and why

http://www.5andup.com.ph/ Examples of newspapers on the web for kids

http://kidsnews.about.com/kids/kidsnews/cs/elementarypapers/index.htm A site that shows some of the best Elementary School Newspapers in the USA that are up on the web

http://kidsnews.about.com/kids/kidsnews/cs/beareporter/index.htm Be a reporter!

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/infocus/  Online kid's version of the Jim Leher news. 

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/ Perfect website for getting information on weather for newspaper article on weather reporting

http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/volcanoes/index.htm  Good place to find information on earthquakes, volcanoes, and the like for the newspaper articles

http://www.hwwilson.com/currentbio/baseball.html Baseball star biographies

http://www.worldcup.isn.pl/index.htm Great place to get information on the World Cup for articles

http://www2.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/authorhome.jhtml?authorID=11&collateralID=5106&displayName=Biography  This site is good for getting biographies of authors for newspaper articles or book reviews

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Math

http://www.aplusmath.com/  On this site you can practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and geometry.  You can create worksheets or flashcards too!

Foss Science Units: 

For most units, and http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/index.html

Plants

Plants and Seeds A wonderful compilation of websites about plants and seeds from Westport schools

http://pan.tcnj.edu/plant.htm All about plants

The Great Plant Escape Try to solve a mystery of the Great Plant Escape, and have fun while learning

Life Science Safari Go on a Life Science Safari to learn about plants

Kidport's How Plants Grow How plants grow- talks about pollination methods, great pictures

Photosynthesis Alien Explorer's explanation of photosynthesis

Yahooligans Ask Earl How are plants helpful to our ecosystem?

http://www.quia.com/custom/99main.html Plant games (requires flash)

EEK! Vegetation Fascination  Environmental Education for Kids Vegetation Fascination site, plant facts and fun, wetland plants

The Secret Garden Flowers taken with radiography.  This is a cool site to get a different view of flowers, seeing through the petals and seeing the veins in the petals and leaves.

http://pittsford.monroe.edu/jefferson/calfieri/plants/PlantsMain.html All about plants; stems, seeds, and more.

http://www.cnps.org/kidstuff/pollin.htm Why do plants have flowers, fun activities with plants, good diagram of a flower and its parts

BBC Plants Site BBC Nature site- Plants

Living Things Franklin Institute's Living Things Unit, plants, life cycles, and more

Plant Glossary Enchanted Learning's Plant Glossary

http://www.perspective.com/nature/plantae/index.html Plant classification (advanced)

http://www.sd22.bc.ca/hillview/treeid1.html Tree ID, perfect for 4th grade

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/ Plant mysteries

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Tessellation Unit

http://www.coolmath.com/tesspag1.htm  Fun, easy to understand "COOL MATH" web site for explanation of tessellations

http://www.tessellations.com/ Some lessons on tessellations

http://mathforum.org/sum95/suzanne/tess.intro.html Math Forum's introduction to tessellations

http://www.camosun.bc.ca/~jbritton/jbsymteslk.htm  Tessellations, Symmetry, and Patterns

http://forum.swarthmore.edu/sum95/suzanne/tess.intro.html  A tutorial on tessellations and lesson plans, a Math Forum Unit

http://www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~aly/escher/  A VERY comprehensive list of websites dealing with MC Escher and tessellations

http://library.thinkquest.org/16661/cgi-bin/load.cgi Totally Tessellated, a wonderful Thinkquest winning site about tessellations and MC Escher

http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/database/RR.09.96/archamb1.html A series of math lessons on tessellations

http://www.geocities.com/williamwchow/javagraf/javagraf.htm  This is a great page, with java tessellations.  Unfortunately, Bess or other type filters may block it because it is a geocities site.  Try it at home.

http://www.geom.umn.edu/~demo5337/Group4/Tsslatns.html  A nice web site with some samples of tessellations done with TesselMania DeluxeŠ software

http://www.cln.org/themes/tessellations.html  An educational site with several links on tessellations for various elementary ages

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Astronomy and Space Project

http://kidsastronomy.about.com/kids/kidsastronomy/ Links to interesting sites in astronomy and space for kids

http://www.kidinfo.com/Science/Astronomy.html more links to astronomy for kids

http://sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzastro.html Many links on astronomy on page designed by a teacher

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html Multimedia tour of the nine planets

http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/Puzzles/ NASA for Kids, puzzles

http://connect.larc.nasa.gov/ More activities and information for teachers and students, provided by NASA

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/ NASA's Educational webpage- a wealth of projects and information regarding space and astronomy

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html   Highlights information about our solar system and universe.  Space-related vocabulary

http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/solsys.htm   Tour of solar system, facts, photos, and illustrations

http://www.spacekids.com/ Many activities about outer space and the solar system

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html Nasa's Astronomy Picture of the Day

http://www.harcourtschool.com/explorations/activity_ca/blast/ Investigations and explorations of the planets

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/universe_level1/universe.html Nasa's starchild site- has information on the universe, doppler shifts, black holes, galaxies, and more.  Easy to read and follow

http://www.alfy.com/teachers/teach/thematic_units/Space/Space_1.asp   Alfy's portal to several space related games and links

http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/   Answers to puzzling astronomical questions.  Sky map to explore the stars, info about meteor showers

http://tqjunior.advanced.org/3645   Black holes, comets, constellations, eclipses, scientific instruments, phases of the moon, and a virtual telescope.  Easy to understand explanations

 http://www.staq.qld.edu.au/k9p/  The Nine Planets - Just for Kids.  Inner and outer solar system, with special notes explaining difficult terms.  Photos, movies, and views from the Hubble telescope, and  http://www.seds.org/billa/tnp/ is the adult version of the site with complex information.

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/1364/   Jessica's Solar System Page.  Clear definitions and diagrams of planets, comets, stars, asteroids, meteors, and meteorites

http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm A tour of the solar system, beautiful pictures of the planets, related to NASA

http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/planet_volcano/other_worlds.html   Volcanic eruptions on other planets and moons in our solar system

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/kids/kids_index.html  Laugh and Learn from NASA and  http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/mip/planet.html   JPL Planetary Exploration.  History of past, information about current, future, and proposed space missions to the Earth's moon, sun, Mars, Venus, Mercury, and Saturn

http://www.nasm.si.edu/   National Air and Space Museum.  Exhibit links to early space exploration, lunar vehicles, and development of rockets

http://www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/etp/mars/MARSresources.html   Study and exploration of Mars.  Covers early missions, volcanoes, canyons, plains, craters, and water.  Pathfinder and Surveyor articles

http://www.astro.uva.nl/michielb/sun/kaft.htm    Terrific tour of the sun.  Photosphere, chromosphere, and corona clearly described.  Movies showing solar flares and time-lapse movie of the corona

http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse   What, why, how, and where of solar eclipses from the Exploratorium.  Journal excerpts from scientists and amateurs who have viewed eclipses

http://solar.physics.montana.edu/YPOP/   Learn about the sun from the inside out.  X-ray images and movies taken from the satellite Yohkoh.  Solar tour

http://einstein.stcloudstate.edu/Dome/default.html    View the stars from five different latitudes to learn their names and the names of their constellations.  Click on a star map to find a star's distance in light years and a description of the orbits

http://riverdeep.net/current/2002/01/010702t_hubble.jhtml Stargazing... a website that covers the Hubble telescope and Galileo Shuttle Project.  Many questions to inspire further investigation

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/stars   National Geographic's star chart will let you view images of the constellations and overlays of Hubble telescope pictures.  Details of the Milky Way, construction of the Hubble telescope, and nebulae

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/contellations/contellations.html   Good description of constellations, brightest stars, monthly guide to the constellations, photos of the Milky Way and lots of links

http://www.eclipse.net/~cmmiller/BH   Black holes, neutron stars, and pulsars, and how they are formed and how scientists find them

http://www.pa.msu.edu/abrams/SkyWatchersDiary/Diary.html   Abrams Planetarium Skywatcher's Diary, tells you what might be in the sky each night

http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/   History of the moon missions, myths about the moon before space science began, spacecraft, lunar geology, phases of the moon, etc.

http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/060moons   Read about evidence of ice and water on the moon, find out what it is like to walk on the moon from astronaut Harrison Schmitt

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/   NASA's missions to the moon and experiments conducted inside the lunar spacecraft on the surface of the moon.  Learn about moon trees, ice on the moon, the Apollo 13 accident, other trivia

http://tommy.jsc.nasa.gov/~woodfill/SPACEED/SEHHTML/movies.html#Rover   15 exciting movies about space explorations using QuickTime.  Watch flag erected on the moon, astronauts driving the Lunar Rover, the Apollo lunar liftoff, and a Space Shuttle launch!

http://www.forumilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html   Earth and Moon viewer.  See the Earth form space or view the moon as it looks from your latitude and longitude.

http://hawastsoc.org/solar   Images and Animation of planets, sun, asteroids, comets, meteorites, and satellites

http://www.terraserver.microsoft.com   See what your neighborhood looks like from space

http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/ National Air and Space Museum site to see all 17 Apollo manned space programs and research the early space program

http://www.hq.nasa.gov/osf/   Up to the minute details of what is happening in space flight around the world

http://www-phys.llnl.gov/clementine/images/images.html   View pictures taken from the Clementine spacecraft.  Breathtaking images of the Earth and the Earth's moon

http://www.skywise.com/strips.htm   Astronomy comic strip that tells the reasons for daylight savings time, the science behind solar eclipses, stars in the constellations, and finding the moon during daylight hours

http://www.hawking.org.uk/about/aindex.html A brief autobiography about Stephen Hawking

After checking to see if your question hasn't already been answered, post all your space questions to an expert in these links below:

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/mars/ask/question.html   You can send your questions about Mars or the Pathfinder Mission to the Mars team online.  First read the section with tips on asking good questions

http://www.windows.umich.edu/   Click on Enter the Site, then on Ask a Scientist at the bottom of the page.   Windows to the Universe posts three current questions with illustrated answers and links.  It has an archive of questions to check first, then you can scroll to the bottom of the page to ask a question if you did not see an answer

http://www2.ari.net/home/odenwald/qanda.html   Question archives and a link to ask your own question on this "Ask the Astronomer" NASA site

http://www.omsi.edu/online/whatzit/astronomy.html   Ask a question about any aspect of astronomy on the Science Whatzit page, sponsored by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

http://www.outerorbit.com/ask   Send in your astronomy questions to the Astro-Particle Physics department at Case Western Reserve University

http://syborg.ucolick.org~mountain/AAA/   Graduate students at the Lick Observatory are ready to answer student questions about astronomy.  Search the information posted there first, and if you don't see the answer to your question, ask them

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Miscellaneous Learning Links

www.noggin.com Links to "If I Were There" Black History month

http://www.kidsgames.org/home.phtml?v=29450822&w=255&y=&z=30487088 Tons of fun

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