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Link directly from this page to all sites in Geography Online 2003 version.
These links have been updated as of August 24, 2004.
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/pphtml/nature.html
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
*Maps and Globes: http://www.mariner.org/age/lat_long.html
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 or http://www.rossmaps.com/north_america_whole_sanson_3659.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://www.volcanoworld.org/volcanoes.html
Mt. St. Helens: http://www.volcanoworld.org/vwdocs/msh/msh.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
Santa Monica Bay Restoration Project: http://www.smbay.org
Los Angeles River Virtual Tour: http://www.lalc.k12.ca.us/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://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/grasslnd/index.htm
Desert habitats: http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/desert/index.htm
Temperate deciduous forest habitats: http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/temp/index.htm
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.zocalo.net/iceland/home.htm or http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/europe/iceland
Greece: http://www.greece4kids.com or http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/europe/greece
South Africa: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/goingplaces2/south_africa/index.html or 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.welcometoindia.com/home.html or 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: http://www.peak.org/~jeremy/dictionary/dictionary
*Web 66 is currently unavailable. We will let you know when and if it returns.
Yahooligans! Around the World: http://www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/Countries
Activity 12: Introduction to United States Place Names
Grolier Online: American Presidency: http://www.grolier.com/presidents/nbk/quickfac/qlaunch.html
U.S. Gazetteer: http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
Chicago, Illinois: http://cpl.lib.uic.edu/004chicago/chihist.html
Los Angeles: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/north_america/los_angeles/history.htm
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/north_america/philadelphia/history.htm
Unusual and Unique Canadian Place Names: http://www.members.shaw.ca/kcic1/places.html
National Geographic Map Machine: http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine
*Kids Window "Say it in Japanese" (formerly "Language Lab"): http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/say.html
*"Welcome to Our School": http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/life.html
*The Nagatsuka Elementary School page is no longer available.
Katoh Elementary School: http://www.katoh-net.ac.jp/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://www.cies.org/country/cotedIvoire.htm
Manila, Philippines: http://www.worldexecutive.com/cityguides/manila/photos.html
UNICEF Voices of Youth: http://www.unicef.org/voy/meeting/urb/urbphoto.html
Activity 15: Old and New World Foods
*Seeds of Change Garden History: http://www.mnh.si.edu/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
The Middle Eastern Cookbook: http://www.mecookbook.com
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/fdind.htm
Activity 16: Traffic Jams and Smog
Los Angeles Traffic Map: http://trafficinfo.lacity.org
Smog Photographs: http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/getaways/122597/birdpix1.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: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/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: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook
Activity 19: Helping the Earth and Its People
*7 Steps for Kids to Take: http://kids.ran.org/kidscorner/action/s01_seven.html
E-Patrol Energy Savers: http://www.sprint.com/epatrol/ep-energy.html (link to Energy Savers)
E-Patrol Quiz: http://www.sprint.com/epatrol (link to the quiz)
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