African Environmental Issues

Map of deforestation in Africa:  http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/maps/pdf/AFR_THEM_Environment.pdf

PBS Special on Africa: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/africa/

Independent Study about African Environmental Issues:  

http://www.unep.org/dewa/Africa/AfricaAtlas/index.asp

Social Science Sites

US Government

1. Inaugural Words: 1789 to the Present
2. Ben's Guide to US Government

US History

1. American Memory at the Library of Congress
2. American Revolution
3. Civil War for Kids
4. Rosa Parks Museum

Technology

1. Technology in 1900
2. America on the Move

World History

1. Conquistadors
2. Life in the Middle Ages
3. Walk through Time
4. Zoom Explorers
5. Renaissance Connection
6. Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Maps

1. Macro Polo
2. National Geographic Atlas
3. National Atlas

Puppet Shows

Here are some links to puppet stories and scripts.

http://www.yakaberry.com/puppetshows.html

http://www.thepuppets.com/

http://www.creativityinstitute.com/puppettheaterscriptideas.aspx

http://www.puppetresources.com/resources_links.php

Poetry

Here are some links to poetry related web resources.

1. Famous Poets and Poems (http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/)
2. Poets (http://www.poets.org/)
3. Poem Hunter (http://www.poemhunter.com/)
4. The Poetry Foundation (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/)
5. Writing Poetry (http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/index.htm)
6. Poetry from the Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/poetry/)

Gulf Coast Oil Spil

Interactive Map (http://paulrademacher.com/oilspill/):  This map lets you put the oil spill over the top of U.S. and World cities to compare its size.  NOTE ~ it needs Google Earth to be installed to work correctly.

Images (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/30/louisiana-oil-spill-2010_n_558287.html#s94093):  Over 200 images of the oil on the beaches and wetlands of the gulf coast.

Live Video Feed of the Leak (http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk _english/ homepage/STAGING/local_assets/bp_homepage/html/rov_stream.html):  Here is a link to BP's live cam on the sea floor.

HULU VIDEOS

Water -- Ecology

Waterlife (http://waterlife.nfb.ca/) is a website setup to promote a film, by the same title, co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada and  Primitive Entertainment, Inc.  Plus, it's a neat website to interact with.

Visual Language

These are free resources that connect visual images with written text.

Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus (http://www.visualthesaurus.com): This service is not free, but it should what is possible with showing the relationships between words. 

Lightweight Visual Thesaurus (http://awordlike.textdriven.com):This is a free, but less powerful version of the Thinkmap site.

Visual Dictionary Online (http://visual.merriam-webster.com): 

Chess Resources

Here are a variety of chess website that teach all elements of playing chess.  

Chess.com (http://www.chess.com/)

Thinking Machine(http://www.turbulence.org/spotlight/thinking/chess.html)

Chessbase News (http://www.chessbase.com/)

Chess Kids Academy (http://www.chesskids.com/)

Chess Corner (http://www.chesscorner.com/tutorial/learn.htm)

50 Chess Games for Beginners (http://www.50chessgames.freeserve.co.uk/): animated chess tutorial website written by beginners for beginners

Chesskit.com (http://www.chesskit.com/)

Georgia History

Here are a few links to general Georgia history sites.

Our Georgia History 101 (http://ourgeorgiahistory.com/history101/)

Georgia Historical Society (http://www.georgiahistory.com/)

Georgia History in Documents (http://ourgeorgiahistory.com/documents/)

The New Georgia Encyclopedia (http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Home.jsp)

Georgia History (http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/gahist.htm)

Science Sites

Space

1. Images from Space (International Space Station)
2. GPS: A New Constellation
3. Hubble Heritage Project
4. NASA's Kids Club
5. Planet Size Comparison
6. Gravity Launch
7. The Virtual Sun
8. NASA Satellite Tracking
9. The Apollo Program

Earth Science

1. Geography 4 Kids
2. Geology 4 Kids
3. Geologic Time Scale
4. Geology and Mineral Sciences (Smithsonian)
5. Geology.com
6. Rock Sample Photos
7. Earthquakes for Kids
8. Secrets of the Soil!
9. Underground Adventure
10. Volcano Cam
11. Volcano

Chemistry

1. Chem4kids
2. Chemistry for Kids
3. Jefferson Lab
4. Power Plants

Physics

1. The Physics Classroom
2. Physics Tutor
3. Amusement Park Physics
4. Ed Heads Simple Machines
5. World of Measurement

Weather

1. A Hurricane Hunter's Photo Album

Biology

1. Biology for Kids
2. Kids for Trees
3. What's it like where you live?
4. Dinosaur
5. Mystery Animal Quest