Resources
Websites
by Retta Eiland
October 18, 2008
DICTIONARIES AND ALMANACS:
* 50STATES.COM- information about each state in the USA- the capital, famous people, area, bird, flower, colleges, climate, flag, government and state song. Click on name of stat
* DICTIONARY - look up a definition .
* INFO PLEASE- Excellent almanac, encyclopedia, and atlas for students, teachers and parents
* THESAURUS-
NEWSPAPERS:
* INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY- Links to newspapers from around the world.
* KANSAS NEWSPAPERS - links to Kansas newspapers and Kansas college newspapers.
* NEWSPAPER LIST-Links to Newspapers in all 50 states.
* TOPEKA CAPTIAL-JOURNAL- on-line access to our capital city newspaper.
* UPI - United Press International's latest in news, politics, business, sports, news from the around the world.
BIOGRAPHY:
* AFRICAN AMERICAN BIOGRAPHIES ON-LINE- influential African Americans, past and present.
* BIOGRAPHY.COM- Oriented toward the contemporary scene and the arts and entertainment world.
* CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE - Focuses on Hispanic Biographies.
* PEOPLE IN KANSAS HISTORY- meet people through time who have connection with Kansas history.
LANGUAGE ARTS:
* AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS ON THE WEB-links to author's home pages.
* SERIES and SEQUELS- Ever wonder what book comes next in the series. Does a book you are reading have a sequel? Check this site for a listing of series and sequels.
* CALDECOTT MEDAL HOME PAGE - awarded annually to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book.
* LEXILE- search the lexile book database.
* NEWBERY MEDAL HOME PAGE - award yearly to author of superior American children's literature.
* POET'S CORNER - Discover poems and concepts behind them. Learn about poets.
* PROJECT GUTENBERG - long list of full-text books published before 1923 that are now online.
* STORYTELL.NET - online stories, games, puzzles, story starters.
* USA TODAY -Top 150 Best-selling books - updated weekly.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
* AMERICAN CIVIL WAR HOMEPAGE- General info., biographies, history, images, battles. Great site!!
* American Civil War - Links to Civil War topics such as people, battles, medicine, music and poetry, a day in the life of a soldier, photographs, women in the war
* AMERICAN HISTORY from About.com - American History from 18th century to present for middle school students.
* THE AMERICAN WEST - history and development of the American West. Many Kansas links on this site.
* THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS - history of the Buffalo Soldiers in the American West.
* GEOGRAPHIA- explore geography and cultures of the world,--especially for middle school students.
* THE HISTORY PLACE - six-part chronological history of the American Revolution. award winning site with great links.
* INVENTIONS FROM A to Z- American inventions from air conditioning to zippers. Listed alphabetically and covers 16th through 20th century inventions.
* INVENTORS- Famous American inventors throughout history. Listed Alphabetically.
* KANSAS TOWNS - Find over 4,360 Kansas towns (past and present.)
* KANSAS INTERACTIVE MAP - click on any Kansas county for links to web sites pertaining to that county.
* KANSAS HERITAGE - Links to history, towns, forts, immigration, trails, Native American tribes, cowboys and gunfighters of Kansas.
* LIBERTY! THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - Chronicles of the revolution, daily life in the colonies, the Road to Revolution game.
* MEXICO CONNECT -overview of Mexico's history, a timeline, and historical figures. Includes mythology, legends, traditions and art.
* ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY - How much did a loaf of bread cost when you were born? Find out here. This site provides news, headlines, popular songs, names of people born on your birthday.
* POPULAR SONGS IN AMERICAN HISTORY - American traditional and folk songs with lyrics, and history behind songs. Arranged by time period.
* REVOLUTIONARY WAR LINKS- Links to Colonies before and during the revolution, battles, uniforms, diaries, people, and documents.
* SANTA FE TRAIL INTERACTIVE SITE- exploring the trail- history, maps, primary sources, and the trail today.
* TERRITORIAL KANSAS- Information on the people and events that shaped the founding of Kansas.
* WOMEN OF THE CENTURY -get to know 100 years of phenomenal wo
MAPS:
* AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MAPS -Library of Congress collection of Civil War Maps. Includes battle maps
* ATLAPEDIA -Physical and political maps the world.
* EARTH AND MOON VIEWER - Images of the Earth showing the day and night regions in real time and other images of the the earth and moon.
* MAP MACHINE - Complete atlas with physical, political and historic maps, as well as flags and facts about countries. From National Geographic.
* MAPS OF THE WORLD - detailed political and reference maps of world countries.
* NATIONAL ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES - Illustrates the complex relationships between environments, place and people. Multimedia maps show active volcanoes and more.
* OUTLINE MAPS - a selection of outline maps that may be downloaded.
* U.S. GAZETTEER - allows students to type in a city and state to generate a map. Then customize by zooming in or out and adding features such as cities, street names and bodies of water.
* XPEDITIONS- Provides an atlas with hundreds of printable one-page maps.
ART / MUSIC:
* ALL GUITAR CHORDS.COM- lists over 2,000 guitar chords and 86 scales.
* ARTCYCLOPEDIA- Art encyclopedia where you can browse or search for an artist and their art.
* THE ARTCHIVE -Biographies and other info on artists.
* ASK ART - database on American artists.
CHORD FIND- guide to guitar tabs
* CHORDIE- site for guitar chords, tabs and lyrics.
* DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - musical fun & learning for students, parents and teachers.
* GRAFFITI CREATOR - Have fun generating your own graffiti on-line.
* METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART - over 3,500 objects from its collection and a Timeline of Art History.
* MUSEUM OF WEB ART - Fun site to browse and play. Divided into categories of things that work, move, change, or just stay the same.
* OLGA- How to read and write guitar tabs.
* TAB CRAWLER- this site has lots of music tabs, articles and lyrics.
* TEORIA- A great Music Theory site.
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* VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM - Amazing Pictures, actual Sounds and fascinating History of musical instruments from around the world.
SCIENCE
* ASTRONOMY - WHAT'S UP THIS MONTH- The best star chart on the web!
* BIOMES OF THE WORLD-plants, animals and climate of the major world biomes.
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* THE DIRT ON SOIL -find out what's really going on down there!
* CHEM FOR KIDS - Fun look at Atoms, Elements, Matter, Reactions, etc... with activities.
* DLESE- Teachers, Students and Scientists working together to teach and learn about Earth Science.
* ELECTRONIC ZOO- information and image of animals from Amphibians to Zoo animals.
* GALLERY OF SUPER SCIENTISTS-biographies of famous scientists and additional links.
* GEO KANSAS - Learn about eleven different regions of Kansas with unique geology.
* INVENTIONS FROM A to Z - From air conditioning to zippers. Alphabetical listing of famous inventions from the 16th through the 20th century.
* INVENTORS THROUGHOUT AMERICAN HISTORY - Learn about famous American inventords. Listed alphabetically.
* THE KID'S GUIDE TO SCIENCE PROJECTS- provides everything you need to develop a successful science project, including project ideas, sample projects, online help, project steps and more.
* PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS- information on each element.
* SCIENTIST BIOGRAPHY PROJECT - Biographies of living American scientists. Highlights Native American, Chicano and Latino scientists, methematiciant and engineers.
* THE WEATHER CHANNEL - Up to date weather reports.
* WATERSHED QUIZ - Examine the issues in each area of the watershed, then see the impacts of your choices!
* WINDOWS TO THE UNIVERSE - interactive site exploring Earth and Space sciences. Includes fun stuff to do
MATH:
* BRAIN BOOSTERS - Bend your mind around word, number and logic puzzles.
* COOL MATH.COM- great math site for students.
* FUNBRAIN.COM - Learning math is fun with creative games for middle school students.
* INTERACTIVE MATH PUZZLES - puzzles for arithmetic, algebra, geometry and probability.
* MATH FORUM - interactive site for middle school students. Math puzzles, games, homework help and activities.
* MATHLETICS - what does Math have to do with Sports? Insights on how math is used in everyday life.
