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Subject Resources

Biography	Food and Recipes	Mythology	English
Social Studies	Space and Solar System	Weather	Science
American Decades	Explorers	Africa Project	Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Mesoamerica	Atlases/Maps	Ancient Egypt	General Cool Stuff

Don't forget to check the Library Gear section for online references including encyclopedias, thesauri, dictionaries, quotations, and reference searches. Also check EBSCO for online reference materials in addition to those listed below.

	Biography
	While the library and CultureGrams are great resources for biographical data, the Web also has some reliable resources listed below. Biography.com - This easy to use resource from A&E allows students to search by name, keyword, or browse by popularity. Information Please – Biography - Fast searches by typing in the biography required, or search by directory. Information Please’s home page will also list other information searches (see search engines below).
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	Food and Recipes
	Food festivals are great – here’s some pages to check out! Don’t forget to check for podmates’ food allergies. Allrecipes.com - A Web site devoted to all types of food – including ethnic recipes. Cheap Eats - a wide assortment of unusual recipes The Congo Cookbook - a collection of recipes from Africa with observations about African food and cooking Aussie Foodies - Typical Australian Food
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	English
	Teenreads.com - Cool new books, reviews, author interviews, etc. The Academy of American Poets RhymeZone - Rhyming dictionary General Knowledge of Sentence Construction & 4 kinds of Sentences English Basics Quia Grammar Pages Guide to Grammar and Writing Subject and Predicate MyEnglishLessons.net Subject/Compound/Complex Sentences English Lessons Daily Grammar Lessons Parts of Speech Parts of Speech Grammar (parts of speech) Eduplace (Parts of Speech) Parts of Speech Game Webster–Commnet Applied English Grammar Virtual Salt, Conjunctions Exhaustive list of links by type
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	Mythology
	General Greek, Celtic, and Roman mythology sites. Greek Mythology - Greek mythology with some Roman tie-ins. I love the trivia quizzes. Greek Mythology Today – aka MythMan - Greek mythology with a sense of humor – includes both major and minor deities, as well as monsters. Mythography - A mythology for the serious student.
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	Science
	Getting frustrated trying to find Science facts? I loved some of these sites! Cells Alive! - Many types of cells and their internal workings displayed for students. Includes video clips. Chemical Elements - An interactive periodic table which gives information on individual elements. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Student Page - Ecosystems, conservation and water topics, along with other topics, put together from the US Government. Extreme Science - A science link page covering everything from news to weather. How Stuff Works - This Web site contains everything that could possibly relate to Science. The menu bar for each subtopic runs across the top of page – the pop culture in the PeopleStuff category is trivial and fun. Neartica - Information regarding “The natural world of North America”. NSDL Scout Reports - Great resources for students on many different science topics. ScienceNews Online - ScienceNews has been digitized! Great for Science current event assignments, but only gives full magazine access to subscribers. If you want full access to past issues – use EBSCO. Animals Online - a photo-based animal database with fact sheets Primate Center - Duke University Landscape Plant Fact Sheets - Tree Fact Sheets Plant Species of New Hampshire OLogy - Interactive science projects from the American Museum of Natural History "Science behind the News" - everything from Mr. St. Helens to sharks. Helpful for preliminary research on science topics.
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	Earthquakes/Volcanoes
	United States Geological Survey Home Page (USGS) - Plate tectonics, volcanoes and earthquakes, along with many other Earth Science related issues. VolcanoWorld “The Web's Premier Source of Volcano Info” Earth Floor - Plate Tectonics All About Plate Tectonics: Earth's Plates and Continental Drift - Enchanted Learning site US Geological Survey site - gives links for all types of volcano and earthquake questions Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco 1906 Earthquake and Fire - First hand accounts and photos of the 1906 Earthquake. Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker - Online shockwave demos of earthquakes as well as tectonic theory. The Exploratorium in San Francisco discusses Loma Prieta and the 1906 Earthquake, includes earthquake engineering. The Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network - Sponsored by the USGS, has very current information regarding West Coast incidents. Tsunami! - Bookmarked sites on tsunami information from the University of Washington. DIS - Damage Statistics for Recent Earthquakes
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	Social Studies
	Please find below a selection of sites for general Social Studies projects. Castles of Britain - Ignore the “tourist-y” stuff! The page is broken down into helpful categories, such as “castles with ghosts”! This is ONLY British castles. Castles on the Web - World locales for castles. Also covers many types of mythology, medieval studies, heraldry and weaponry. Watch out for information overload! The CIA World Factbook - Includes facts and figures required for country reports. Don’t Buy It! - Put together by PBS, this site presents ways in which media sources manipulate teens. Columbia Newsblaster - Collects news articles from e-sources (boston.com., msnbc.com, cnn.com, etc.). Categorizes “hot issues”, as well as placing news in its site of origin. Great for Social Studies current event papers! United States House of Representatives - Main page of the United States House of Representatives. Supreme Court of the United States - The home page of the Supreme Court The American President The United Nations CyberSchool Bus - Political information displayed in an easy to understand format. Country specific information is at students’ fingertips. United States Senate Home page of the US Senate. National Geographic for Kids - Great fun! Aussie-Info - all about Australia, places to go, capital cities, food, slang, etc. Central and South America Online Resources - State Rd. Elem. School Lib.
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	Mesoamerica - Aztec/Inca/Maya
	General http://mayaruins.com/yucmap.html http://www.mayalords.org/ http://www.mesoweb.com/ - this one is really intense http://www.famsi.org/ http://www.pbs.org/opb/conquistadors/mexico/mexico.htm - on conquistadors Mesoamerica http://www.ancientmexico.com/content/map/index.html - nice map http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/kids/history/html/home.html http://www.edunetconnect.com/TimeMachine/centralamerica.php http://ancientworlds.net/aw/Places/Place/324965 Aztec history http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history.html - nice timeline! http://www.crystalinks.com/aztecs.html http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAMRCA/AZTECS.HTM - nice set of links at the bottom, including Olmecs Maya History http://www.mayankids.com/mkintro.htm http://www.oneworldjourneys.com/jaguar/mayan_timeline.html http://berclo.net/page01/01en-hist-maya.html http://www.digitalmeesh.com/maya/main.htm Glyphs http://www.civilization.ca/civil/maya/mmc04eng.html Collapse http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/index.html
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	Atlases / Maps
	National Geographic Map Machine - Create maps according to theme or period – including Mars. Zoom in and get some great detailed maps. Periodical Atlas of Europe “An atlas depicting in 21 maps the states of this continent at the end of each century from AD 1 to AD 2000”. World Atlas of Maps, Flags and Geography Facts - Great spot for country information if you need “fast facts”. World Gazetteer - Country, flag and population information at your fingertips! Education Place - Outline Maps - current world maps in pdf format Infoplease Atlas - online maps National Geographic - Maps and Geography
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	Ancient Egypt
	Discovery Channel - Building the Great Pyramids BBC History - Pyramid History The British Museum - Ancient Egypt
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	Explorers
	Discoverers Web “…all kinds of information found on the web about voyages of discovery and exploration.” Students may search by period or region, or by alphabetical order. Explorers Links Pirates, Privateers, and Bucaneers Theme Page - An annotated page of links; annotations contain reviews of the pages. Exploration of the Western Hemisphere
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	Space and the Solar System
	NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Great stuff – check out NASA’s home page too, http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html . The Nine Planets “The Nine Planets is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information.”
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	Weather
	I figure you all already know about Weather.com! Hurricane Hunters - The non-profit Hurricane Hunters Society manages this site. I love the section showing planes flying directly into hurricanes! Miami Museum of Science Hurricane Page - Great weather stuff – check out the rest of the Museum page – great info! National Geographic Kids Hurricane Site - Ok, ok – so it’s a little bit young-ish for Middle School. The facts in this site are laid out clearly and are easy to understand. Always a plus!
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	Africa Project
	Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth - The Field Museum Serengeti National Park The Theban Mapping Project Wonders of the African World - PBS website
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	American Decades
	1930's in Print A Century in Review - A Final Look at the Decades of the 20th Century American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century - Kingswood College Library Decades in 20th Century America - Alameda County Library Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century Popular Songs In American History The First Measured Century Themes - Aspects of Life in the 20th Century Transistorized! - History and science behind one of the most important inventions of the 20th Century Women of the Century - Decade by Decade American Vintage Blues - very cool American fashion site!
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	General Cool Stuff
	All-American Girls Professional Baseball League 1943-1954 Kids' Page - by Seminole County Public Library
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