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CLASSROOM BLOG
Room 22 Blog
Our Classroom Blog
** RESEARCH TOOLS **
Historic Figures - BBC
Historical Figures - Kids Info
Women Historical Figures - Living Vignettes of Women from the Past
Academy of Achievement - Washington DC
GAMES, FUN, and MISCELLANEOUS
Interactive Wordplay - On-line Boggle, Scabble, Crosswords, Word Jumbles, etc...
Discovery Kids Puzzle Maker
Fun Brain
PBS Kids Organization Website
Over 10,000 brain teasers, riddles, logic problems and mind puzzles
Kids Place Brain Teasers - Education Place
Brain Bashers
Free Puzzles - Geometry, Logic, Math, etc...
ART/MUSIC
Art Encyclopedia
Guggenheim Collection
Museum Spot site - Lists of Museums on Internet
Renoir Collection and Biographies
Vintage Graphics
Mark Hardens Artchive website
Artist Biography
Georges Seurat - Pointillism
Paul Signac - Pointillism
Photography
Photovault - A library of images specializing in an intangible and warm quality
Art Styles
Pointillism
Pablo Picasso
Mark Harden's Artchive - Pablo Picasso
Ibiblio - Pablo Picasso
Mr. Picasso Head - Create your very own Picasso
Artchive - Pablo Picasso
Music
The Beatles - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The Beatles - Wikipedia Site
The Beatles Fans Website -
Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart website
The Mozart Project
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Wikipedia
DSO Kids - Composers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig Van Beethoven
DSO Kids - Ludwig Van Beethoven
George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel - DSO website
Handel Website - Arts Alive Website
Film and Cinematography
Actor/Actress Biographies - Biography Channel website
History of Cinema - Motion Picture - Precinemahistory website
History of Motion Picture - History Channel website
Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
Actor/Actress Directory - Google Kids and Teens Directory
Musicians
John Lennon
John Lennon Official Website
John Lennon Timeline - Beatles website
John Lennon Biography - VH1
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan Biography - VH1 website
Bob Dylan Biography - Yahoo Music webpage
Bob Dylan Biography - Biography Channel website
Bob Dylan Biography - Musician Guide website
HEALTH/SPORTS
Sports
Winter Sports - Kids Health
Winter Sport - Wikipedia website
Football
American Football website
History of American Football - History of Football website
History of American Football - Wikipedia
History of American Football - About Inventors website
Basketball
History of Basketball - World Alamanac for Kids website
Basketball - Oracle Thinkquest website
Basketball - Google Directory for Kids website
Pat Summit Womens Basketball Coach - Infoplease website
Iditarod
Iditarod Official Website
Scholastic website on Iditarod
HOMEWORK HELPERS
Multnomah County Library - Homework
Homework Spot - Homework helper site
How Stuff Works website
Kids and Family Research Center - Library of Congress
Internet Public Library - kidspace - www.ipl.org
Internet Encyclopedia - Answers.com
INTERNET LITERACY
Internet Safety - Parents and Children
Internet Sites
Victorian Robots
Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
Feline Reactions to Bearded Men
Dihydrogen Monoxide - DHMO Homepage
The Dog Island - Free Forever
MATH
A+ Math - games, flashcards and puzzles
Fun Brain - online math activities
Cool Math 4 Kids - online math activities
BBC Education - Maths Files Games
Math League website - Polygons
Online Math Games - gamequarium.com
Geometry
Find a Circle's true center
Measurement
Measuring Measurement - History, Definitions, Student Actvities
READING
Create your very own 10 page Flip Book
Multnomah County Library - Catalogue
Authors
IPL Authors Page - Kidspace Authors website listings
Carl Hiaasen Official Site
Chris Van Allsburg - Mysteries of Harris Burdick online pictures and stories
Chris Van Allsburg Official Website
Cornelia Funke website
Cynthia Kadohata Official Site
EL Konigsburg - site at eduplace.com
Jerry Spinelli
Joan Hiatt Harlow site
Kate Di Camillo official website
Lemony Snicket official website
Lois Lowry Official website
Natalie Babbitt - Kidspace website
Patricia Reilly Giff Site
Scott O Dell Official Site
Sharon Creech official website
Louis Sachar Official Website
Pam Munoz Ryan Official Website
Powells Bookstore - Authors Interviews and Biographies
Edgar Allen Poe - Online Literature website
Edgar Allen Poe - Poe Museum
Christopher Paul Curtis
Jane Austen
Jane Austen Biography - Victorian Web Organization
Jane Austen Biography - Thomson Gale website
Jane Austen biography - Biography website
Jane Austen UK Site - United Kingdom website
Jane Austen - Austen website
Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss Seussville - Official Random House website
Theodor Seuss Geisel - Catinthehat Org. Website
Dr. Seuss Art - Dr Seuss Art Website
Dr. Seuss - Seuss Org. Website
Quotes
Brainy Quote - quotes
Reading Lists and Recommendations
Multnomah County Library - Book lists
Nancy Keanes Reading List - 100s of books
Kids Reads site - authors, titles, etc...
Book Hive - Guide to Childrens Literature and Books
ALA Newbery Medal Lists
Powells Bookstore Childrens Section
Borders Bookstore Childrens Section - Ages 9-12
Multnomah County Library - Book List for Young Readers
Character Traits
Character Traits - Tech Academy
200 Character Traits - ReadWriteThink Organization
Character Traits
SCIENCE
STARS web site
NASA Ceres Project
OMSI online activities
How Stuff Works website
American Institute of Physics - AIP Orginanization Site
World Almanac for Kids website
National Geographic Website
Animals A to Zoo - Animal Planet Website
Flight
EEA Youth website
Airplane and Flight - Howstuffworks website
Aviation History - To Fly is Everything website
How Gliders work - Howstuffworks website
Science Fair Projects
Mad Scientist Organization - Edible Inedible experiments
Discovery - Science Fair Central
Make It Solar website - Science Fair Projects
National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project - Science Fair Projects
Science Fair lists for 4-6 grades
The Free Science Fair Projects Network
US Dept of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Science Projects
Yahooligans Science experiments and activities
Science Fair Project Ideas by Categories - Julian Trubin
Science Fair Project Ideas- Sciencebuddies Org
Science Fair Project Ideas - Science Hound
Science Fair Project Topics - Internet Public Library
Our Moon
Moon Legends and Folklore in North America
5 Moon Legends
Our Solar System
Windows to the Universe - Our Solar System and more...
Nine Planets website - Our 9 planets
Exploring the Planets - National Air and Space Museum
The Nine Planets - A multimedia experience
The Nine Planets - A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System
Views of Space
NASA views from space
Space Telescope Science Institute
Microscope
History of the Microscope - Microbus
History of the Microscope - About.com
Scientist
Marie Sklodowska Curie - AIP Center for History of Science
Marie Sklodowska Curie - Nobel Prize Site
Marie Sklodowska Curie - Wikipedia Organization
Albert Einstein - AIP Center for History of Science
Albert Einstein - Wikipedia website
Albert Einstein - Nobel Prize Site
Natural Sciences
Global Warming Student Research Site
Global Warming - Wikipedia
Global Warming - Kids Site
International Space Station
International Space Station - ESA Kids Information
Internation Space Station - Living in Space - National Geographic Kids Site
International Space Station - Discovery Channel website
International Space Station - Time for Kids article
International Space Station - Yahoo Kids Listing of Information
Trains
Two Centuries of Trains timeline - Association of American Railroads Organization website
American Railroad - Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania website
Outline of Railroad History - About Inventors website
Orphan Trains - The Adoption History Project
Human Body
Human Heart - The Franklyn Institute
Kids Health - All about the Heart
American Heart Association
Cardiovascular System - Innerbody website
Whales
Whales - Ecokids website
Whales - Australian Government website
Whales - ZooSchool and Enchanted Learning
Polar Bears
Polar Bears - National Geographic Kids website
Polar Bears - Kids Planet Org website
Polar Bears - Smithsonian Institute Educational website
Natural Disasters
Earthquakes - USGS Website
Hurricanes - National Geographic Website
Natural Disasters - Community Learning Network Org. Website
Hurricanes
Hurricanes - National Geography website
Hurricanes - FEMA Government website
Hurricanes - Weather Wizkids website
Tornado
FEMA website on Tornado
Weather Links - Kids Weather Links
Plants and Flowers
The Flower Expert website
Wild Flower Information Organization
Plant Parts Information - The Great Plant Escape
Clouds
42explore website - Clouds
NASA website - Clouds
Wikipediea - Cloud
Bats
Bat Conservatory
Great Horseshoe Bat - Animal Planet
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Intro to bats
Antarctica
Library ThinkQuest Organization - Antarctica Information
PBS Online Site of Antarctica
Think Quest Website information on Antarctica
Yahoo Kids links to Antarctica websites
Fire
Fire - How it works
Fire - How stuff works
Astronaut
Astronaut Interviews - NASA website (written and audio)
Trees
Sitka Spruce Tree - Geosymbols organization
Tree Information and Facts - Real Trees for Kids
Sitka Spruce Tree - Answers.com
Supernatural
Ghosts Website
Turkeys
Turkeys - National Geographic
Turkeys - Kidzone
Wild Turkeys - Cornell University
Turkey Facts - Student at Sask School California
SOCIAL STUDIES
National Park Services
National Geographic - Parks
Nettrekker Search Engine - School-approved
Fact Monster - Teacher Approved Search Engine
20th Century Timelines
Newseum Organization - 20th century
About History - 1900's
Biography Sites
Galileo Project - Galileo Galilei (1564-1642).
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt - Whitehouse Government Site
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt - PBS webiste
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt - Federal Library - .edu site
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt - Wikipedia org.
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt - Time Mag. - 100 Most Influential People
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart - Official Website
Amelia Earhart - Wikipedia
Amelia Earhart - Government Site
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison - Wikipedia
Edison National Historic Site
Rosa Parks
Official Rosa Parks website
Rosa Parks - Academy of Achievement Organization website
Rosa Parks - Time Magazine website
Rosa Parks - Wikipedia website
Eleanor Roosevelt
Chocolate
All About Chocolate - Field Museum Org
Links to Chocolate - Science News for Kids
Milton S. Hershey - Hershey website
Chocolate Chip Cookie History - American Heritage Recipe Website
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus - Biography Channel Website
Christopher Columbus Video, Timeline, Quick facts - Biography Channel Website
Christopher Columbus Facts - Enchanted Learning Website
Christopher Columbus - History Channel Website
Cuba
Facts on Cuba - Kids Yahoo Website
Links to Information on Cuba - Kids Yahoo Website
Explorers and Exploration
Academic Kids Website
Wikipedia List of Explorers
Kid Information Website - links to explorer websites
International Studies
China
Chinese New Year - University of Victoria
Chinese New Year - Fridgedoor website
Chinese New Year - US Embassy in Sweden site
Chinese New Year - Apples for Teacher website
Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site
The Seattle Times Martin Luther King Jr Site
The Stanford Martin Luther King Jr Site
The King Center - Official Correta King Memorial to MLKJ
National Geographic Bee
Study Guide - Recommendations - About.com
Free Blank Outline Maps of the Countries and Continents of the World
Major Lines of Latitude and Longitude
Geography Quizzes
GeoBee Quiz
Test Your Knowledge
World Capitals
US Capitals
Highest Lowest Deepest
CIA World Factbook
Physical Geography
New 7 Wonders of the World
New 7 Wonders of the World - Official Site
List of 21 candidates - New 7 Wonders of the World Website
The Great American Road Trip (G.A.R.T.)
TheThirteen Colonies - Early American Colonization
Americas Library - Library of Congress
Thirteen Colonies - Social Studies for Kids
Colonial Life - Kid Info
Meet the Daggetts - A Colonial Family and Community
Jamestown Colony Simulations - HIstoryglobe.com
13 Colonies Jeopardy
13 Colonies Blogspot - blogspot weblinks
13 Colonies - Columbia Middle School
Time
Mr Dowling's Daylight Savings Time
Daylight Savings Time
Time - National Museum of American History
History of clock - NPR
US Cities
New Orleans and Mardi Gras Timeline - Mardi Gras Digest
New Orleans Myth and History - City Guides at Carnaval.com
New Orleans History, Maps, Guides, and Culture - Ask Jeaves AskforKids website
US Events
The Great Depression - Modern American Poetry
The Great Depression - Wikipedia
The Great Depression - PBS
US Government
US Supreme Court - Govenment Site
US Supreme Court - Wikipedia Site
US Holidays
Valentine Day Origin - US Embassy website
Valentines Day - Tale of Cupid and Psyche - British Library
Origins of Valentines Day - History Channel website
Halloween - Time for Kids
Halloween History - History of Halloween
US Memorials
Pearl Harbor Memorial Website
Pearl Harbor Memorial - Wikipedia site
US Arizona - Pearl Harbor Memorial - US government website
US National Parks
Yellowstone National Park - Tourism Org Site
Yellowstone National Park - National Park Government Site
Yellowstone National Park - National Geographic Information and Pictures
US Presidents
US Presidents Biographies - WhiteHouseKids Government website
President John F Kennedy - The White House website
President John F Kennedy - The American President Org.
President John F Kennedy - Wikipedia
US Presidents Biographies - Ask Jeaves AskforKids.com
US President Profile - Explore DC websites
US President Biography - Biography Channel website
US States
State Facts - www.ipl.org
US State Information - www.netstate.com
US State Information - wikipedia.org
The Fifty States - Information on each state - www.infoplease.com
State Government Information - Library of Congress
US State Information
Historical Figures
TEACHER RESOURCES
Big 6 - Information Literacy for the Information Age
Exploratorium - The museum of science art and human perception
FNO - From Now On - The Educational Technology Journal
Nettrekker website
ReadWriteThink Organization Website
Start Spot - Simplify your search for the best of the Web
Ed Helper website - All Curriculum
Cosmeo Web page
How Stuff Works website
Research Centers - Library of Congress
Teacher Research Center - Library of Congress
Grants
Meyer Memorial Trust
Starbucks
Math
National Council of Teachers of Math Organization
Math Forum Organization
PPS Elementary Math Resource Page
NCTM Principals and Standards for School Mathematics
Writing
Stone Soup for Young Writers and Authors
ReadWriteThink - Cinquain Poetry
Persuasion Map - Readwritethink Org Website
On-line Catalogues
Instructional Images, Inc.
Library Video Company
Kids Discover Elementary/Middle School Teacher
Discovery School Elementary
PBS Video
Software for School - National School Products
Brain-ology
Brain Basics - Neuroscience for Kids
WRITING
Lookway Up Dictionary/Thesaurus
Meriam-Webster Dictionary/Thesaurus
Words Words Words
6 Traits of Writing
Famous Quotes
200 Character Traits List
Interactive Wordplay - On-line Boggle, Scabble, Crosswords, Word Jumbles, etc...
Writing Prompts
National Geographic Photo of the Day
National Geographic Photo of the Day - Polar Bear
Poetry
Poets Org - From the Academy of Poets
ReadWriteThink - Cinquain Poetry
Grammar and Conventions
Grammar Games - learnenglish.org.uk
Persuasives
Persuasive Map - ReadWriteThink Organization
Words
Postive Words
Scott Foresmen Readers
Scott Foresmen Readers