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Curriculum Adventures |
Link directly from this page to all sites in Geography Online 2003 version.
These links have been updated as of September 11, 2009.
Activities: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
*indicates a URL that has changed since the book was printed
Activity 1: Landforms and Bodies of Water
Enchanted Learning Landforms Glossary: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/landforms/glossary.shtml
National Geographic Map Machine: http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine
*Grand Canyon: http://www.nps.gov/grca/naturescience/geologicformations.htm
Fjords: http://www.travellink.co.nz/media/page.asp?UID=60
Nile River: http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/rivers.htm
The Wabash and Erie Canal: http://k12pages.r8esc.k12.in.us/commnet/wabash1/canal1.html
Activity 2: Latitude and Longitude
*Instead of the Maps and Globes site, use "Where on Earth is Reykjavik??": http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/geography
OMC Input Form: http://www.aquarius.geomar.de/omc/make_map.html
Activity 3: Make Your Own Weather Map
*Denver Post Weather page: http://www.denverpost.com (then link to Weather on the left)
CNN weather page: http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER
Activity 4: Maps: Different Ways to Show the Same Things
*Peters Projection: http://www.petersmap.com
National Geographic Map Machine: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine
*North America map from 1650: http://www.microcolour.com/us008.htm
Activity 5: Trees: Old, Tall, and Just Plain Huge
Bristlecone Pine: http://www.sonic.net/bristlecone/intro.html
*Coastal Redwood: http://www.nps.gov/redw/faq.html
Giant Sequoia: http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/expeditions/treasure_fossil/Treasures/Giant_Sequoia/sequoia.html?acts
Earthforce: In The Core: http://sln.fi.edu/earth/core.html
*Volcano World "Volcanoes": http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/volcanoes
*Mt. St. Helens: http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/img_st_helens.html
United States Geological Survey Mt. St. Helens page: http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/MtStHelens/MtStHelens
Water Cycle Diagram: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/landmarks/riversandcoasts/water_cycle/rivers/index.shtml
Los Angeles River Virtual Tour: http://www.urbanedpartnership.org/target/units/river/tour/index.html
Activity 8: The World's Biomes
Links to biomes: http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/index.htm
Lincoln Park Zoo: www.lpzoo.com
National Geographic Terrestrial Ecoregions Map: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/terrestrial.html
Brookfield Zoo: http://www.brookfieldzoo.org
Grassland biome: http://www.mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/grasslnd/index.htm (click on the Grasslands link)
Desert habitats: http://www.mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/desert/index.htm (click on the Desert link)
Temperate deciduous forest habitats: http://www.mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/temp/index.htm (click on the Temperate link)
Mangrove habitats: http://www.oceanoasis.org/fieldguide/mangroves.html
Lincoln Park Zoo: www.lpzoo.com
The Electronic Zoo: http://netvet.wustl.edu/zoo.htm
Activity 10: Countries: Do First Impressions Count?
*Iceland: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/europe/iceland
Greece: http://www.greece4kids.com or http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/europe/greece
*South Africa: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/africa/south_africa
Saudi Arabia: http://WWW-GeoImages.Berkeley.EDU/GeoImages/TroinArabia/TroinArabia.html or http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/middle_east/saudi_arabia
*India: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/indian_subcontinent/india
Vietnam: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/south_east_asia/vietnam
Activity 11: English Around the World
Atlapedia: http://www.atlapedia.com
*American-British British-American Dictionary (use the drop-down menus): http://esl.about.com/library/vocabulary/blbritam.htm
*Web 66 is currently unavailable. We will let you know when and if it returns.
Yahooligans! (Yahoo Kids) Around the World: http://kids.yahoo.com/directory/Around-the-World
Activity 12: Introduction to United States Place Names
Grolier Online: American Presidency: http://www.ipl.org/div/potus
U.S. Gazetteer: http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
*Chicago, Illinois: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Chicago
Los Angeles: http://www.laalmanac.com/history/hi03a.htm
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania#History
Unusual and Unique Canadian Place Names: http://www.members.shaw.ca/kcic1/places.html
National Geographic Map Machine: http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine
*Kids Web Japan "Language" (formerly "Language Lab"): http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/language/index.html
*Meet the Kids (formerly "Welcome to Our School"): http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/meet/index.html
*The Nagatsuka Elementary School page is no longer available.
*Katoh Elementary School: http://c11jhpuk.securesites.net/Elementary
*Web 66 is currently unavailable. We will let you know when and if it returns.
American FactFinder: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet
*Through the Eyes of a Child: http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/eyesOfAChild/eyes1.shtml
Five Points: http://r2.gsa.gov/fivept/fphome.htm
La Paz, Bolivia: http://www.eastmead.com/Bolivia.htm
*Abidjan, Ivory Coast: http://members.virtualtourist.com/vt/s/?m=6&l.q=1e90fd
Manila, Philippines: http://www.worldexecutive.com/cityguides/manila/photos.html
*The UNICEF Voices of Youth "Images of Cities and Children" page is no longer available, so you can't do section 3 of this activity.
Activity 15: Old and New World Foods
*Seeds of Change Garden History: http://www.mnh.si.edu/archives/garden/history
*Native American recipes: http://www.kstrom.net/isk/food/recipes.html
Culture Quest: http://www.ipl.org/youth/cquest - recipes from around the world
Turkish Recipes: http://www.recipesource.com/ethnic/africa/middle-east/turkish
*Middle Eastern Recipes: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/find/browse/results?type=browse&att=20
The African Cookbook: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Cookbook/about_cb_wh.html
*Native American recipes: http://www.kstrom.net/isk/food/recipes.html
*Brazilian Cuisine (Maria’s Cookbook): http://www.maria-brazil.org/brazilian_recipes.htm
Activity 16: Traffic Jams and Smog
Los Angeles Traffic Map: http://trafficinfo.lacity.org
Smog Photographs: http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/enlarge/losangelessmog.html
Veggie Van: http://www.veggievan.org
Activity 17: The World's Population: Birth and Death Rates
World POPClock: http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop
World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook
Activity 18: Where in the World?: A Map Quiz Activity
National Geographic Terrestrial Ecoregions Map: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/terrestrial.html
*CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Activity 19: Helping the Earth and Its People
*7 Steps for Kids to Take: http://www.ran.org/new/kidscorner/kid_s_action/7_steps_kids_can_take
*E-Patrol Energy Savers: http://www.scs.sk.ca/vol/HTT/Renewable/RREnergy/savers.htm
The E-Patrol Quiz is no longer available.
Recycle Store: http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Recyclestore
Idealist Organizations Started by Kids : http://www.idealist.org/kt/youthorgs.html
Activity 20: Environmental Change
Landsat picturse of Garden City, Kansas: http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/Help-GardenCity/Help-GardenCity
Earthshots Table of Contents: http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/tableofcontents