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Activities: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Activity 1: Landforms and Bodies of Water
*Landforms and Bodies of Water: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/landforms/glossary.shtml
*National Geographic Map Machine: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps
Grand Canyon: National Geographic Society Park of the Month: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/media/books/grandcanyon
Fjords: http://www.natureandco.co.nz/land_and_wildlife/national_parks/fiordland/idx-fiordld.php3
or
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://pittsford.monroe.edu/Jefferson/CALFIERI/maps&globes/mapsglobesframe.html
OMC Input Form: http://www.aquarius.geomar.de/omc/make_map.html
Activity 3: Make Your Own Weather Map
The Weather Channel: http://www.weather.com
Weather Cams: http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/wxcam.html
State weather: http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/states/states.html
Activity 4: Maps: Different Ways to Show the Same Things
Peters Projection: http://www.webcom.com/~bright/page3.html
Mapquest: http://www.mapquest.com
*North America map from 1650: http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/historical_maps/northamerica/north&east.html
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
United States Geological Survey Volcano: (no longer available; if you need more information than the Earthforce site offers, look through Volcano World: http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.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 (listed as the Middle School Earth Science Explorer in your book): 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
The world biome map is no longer available.
*Links to biomes: http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/index.htm
Lincoln Park Zoo: www.lpzoo.com
*National Geographic Xpeditions Atlas: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas (use this one instead of City.net; just click on the world regions to find the countries)
*Brookfield Zoo: http://www.brookfieldzoo.org/default.asp
*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
Yahoo! zoo list: http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Zoology/Zoos
The Electronic Zoo: http://netvet.wustl.edu/zoo.htm
Activity 10: Countries: Do First Impressions Count?
Iceland: http://www.zocalo.net/iceland/home.htm
*Greece: http://www.greece4kids.com
*South Africa: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/goingplaces2/south_africa/index.html
*Saudi Arabia: http://WWW-GeoImages.Berkeley.EDU/GeoImages/TroinArabia/TroinArabia.html
India: http://www.welcometoindia.com/home.html
Activity 11: English Around the World
Atlapedia: http://www.atlapedia.com
*BritSpeak: http://englishclub.8m.com/usuk1.htm
Yahooligans! Around the World: http://www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/Countries
E-pals E-Mail Classroom Exchange: http://www.epals.com
Activity 12: Introduction to United States Place Names
The Hall of Presidents: http://www.npg.si.edu/col/pres/index.htm
U.S. Gazetteer: http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
Chicago, Illinois: http://cpl.lib.uic.edu/004chicago/chihist.html
*Use Los Angeles instead of San Francisco. Go to http://www.losangelesalmanac.com/topics/History/hi03a.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://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps
*Kids Window: http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/index.htm Go to this page and click "Say in in Japanese." Then click Lesson 1, and go to the bottom of the page. Copy one of the words or phrases on your worksheet (it might be hard, as they are very small). Then click on the word or phrase to hear it. Answer the rest of the questions on your worksheet.
*Kid's Web Japan: http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/index.html
Nagatsuka Elementary School: http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA001962/nagatuka/indexe.html
Katoh Elementary School: http://www.katoh-net.ac.jp/elementary
Additional schools: http://web66.coled.umn.edu/schools/Maps/Japan.html
*Census of Population and Housing: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet (this is a different site from the one listed in your book)
*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
*Sao Paulo, Brazil: http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~sergiok/brasil/saopaulo.html
*The UNICEF Voices of Youth page is still worth looking at, but it no longer has the pictures of cities. http://www.unicef.org/voy/meeting/urb/urbphoto.html
Activity 15: Old and New World Foods
Seeds of Change Garden History: http://horizon.nmsu.edu/garden/history
Dole 5 A Day: http://www.dole5aday.com
*Native American recipes: http://www.thegutsygourmet.net/indian.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://indy4.fdl.cc.mn.us/~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
Mapquest: http://www.mapquest.com
*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.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/popclockw
World Factbook: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook
Activity 18: Where in the World?: A Map Quiz Activity
The Biome Map is no longer available.
Biomes of the World ("What's It Like Where You Live?"): http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/index.htm
World Factbook: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook
Activity 19: Take Action! How You Can Help the Environment
*7 Steps for Kids to Take (link to "Kid's Action" and then the 7 steps): http://www.ran.org/kids_action/s01_seven.html
E-Patrol Energy Savers: http://www.sprint.com/epatrol/ep-energy.html
E-Patrol Quiz: http://www.sprint.com/epatrol
*Recycle Store (substitute for "Trashin' Fashion"): http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Recyclestore
UNICEF Kids' Cards: http://www.unicefusa.org/issues96/sep96/kidscard.html.
Kids Helping Kids is no longer available.
*Kids Korps: http://www.kidskorps.org/kids/kimages.htm
Activity 20: The Tropical Rainforest
The Biome Map is no longer available.
Rainforest Action Network: http://www.ran.org
*Rainforest Alliance Kids' Zone: http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/kids&teachers/index.html
*Tropical Forest Products in Daily Use: http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resources/daily-use.html
*7 Steps for Kids to Take: http://www.ran.org/kids_action/s01_seven.html
Rainforest Action Network Kids' Page: http://www.ran.org/kids_action/index.html
USGS satellite images of Rondonia, Brazil at http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/Rondonia/Rondonia