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National Geographic for Kids

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Test Your Geography Skills

http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/index.html
Maps.com
click on "free stuff" to access Geo Games

http://www.maps.com
Mapman

http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/mapman/index.asp
Global Trek

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/globaltrek/index.htm
Dare to Compare
How does your knowledge compare with that of kids in other countries?

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/eyk/index.asp?flash=false
Planet Green Game

http://www.planetgreengame.com/index.html
Gapminder World

http://www.gapminder.org
Earth From Space

http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/efs/
GEO Sense : An on-line geography game

http://www.geosense.net/
Geographia: A Geography Mega Site with country info

http://www.geographia.com/
GEO Bee * National Geographic

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/
Geography: maps, atlases, religions of the world

http://home.comcast.net/~tbrown117735MI/Maps.html
Great Geo Games

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html
Millionaire Game

http://www.quia.com/rr/31012.html
Latitude/Longitude Map Match

http://kidsgeo.com/geography-games/latitude-longitude-map-game.php
On-line map library

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/country_sites.html
eduweb games

http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/peopleculture.php
Fling the Teacher Game!
Population Game

http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/activities/population.html
Maps that teach U.S. and World Geography

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/geography.htm
World Atlas
Excellent resource

http://www.worldatlas.com/
Geography YouTube Quiz
Great images to test your geo knowledge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYz-ateNoRY&feature=related
Latitude and Longitude Game

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/latitude-longitude-map-game.php
Latitude and Longitude Game

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/latitude-longitude-map-game.php
Maps and Globes Geo test
Test Yourself!

http://cuip.uchicago.edu/www4teach/97/jlyman/default/quiz/geogtest1.html
Treasure Hunt: latitude and longitude Comuter Game
Practice your map skills!

http://www.abcya.com/latitude_and_longitude_practice.htm
Map Man Game
Computer Game/many topics

http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/mapman/index.asp
Rags to Riches : lat/long computer game

http://www.quia.com/rr/31012.html
Learn Latitude and Longitude
From NASA EARTHKAM

https://earthkam.ucsd.edu/resources
Google Earth Sightseer

http://www.google.com/earth/connect/newsletter/nov10.html
Best States and Capitals Games
Last year's group liked this one best

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm
Canary Geog
Interesting site from U.K. Includes both physical and human geography as well as excellent study tips!

http://canarygeog.canaryzoo.com/index.html
Africam
Go On a SAFARI!

http://www.africam.com/wildlife/

Human Geography

Playpumps International

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMs_Z80JYls
15 Teens, 7 War Zones, 1 Hope for Peace

http://www.beyondthefire.net
Free Rice . com

http://www.freerice.com
Economics: Not Your Grandma's Lemonade Stand

http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/popup.php?lesson_number=276&&flash_name=em276_interactive.swf
Dare to Compare: How does your Knowledge compare with that of kids in other countries?

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/eyk/index.asp?flash=false
Planet Green Game

http://www.planetgreengame.com/index.html
You Tube: Did You Know?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8W1WuxGniE
Camino Seguro (Safe Passage)
Guatemala Dump

http://www.safepassage.org/
Kids Web Japan

http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/
Green Game

http://go.ucsusa.org/game/
My Sustainable House

http://www.mysusthouse.org/game.html
What is an Ecological Footprint? Bobby Bigfoot

http://kidsfootprint.org/lessons/Science/What%20is%20an%20EF%20-%20ES,%20MS.pdf
Redefining Progress/Eco.Footprint

http://www.myfootprint.org/en/your_carbon_footprint/
JayZ -- water for life

http://www.archive.org/details/Unworks-MTV-WFL
Power Up
Power Up

http://www.powerupthegame.org/
Meatrix Website

http://www.themeatrix.com/
The Cove -- Japan, Dolphins

http://savejapandolphins.com/
Culture Shock: Peace Corps Kids' Challenge

http://www.peacecorps.gov/kids/
Earth Hour

http://www.earthhour.org/
I Civics
GAMES!! How good a lawyer are you? Try this game and see. Check out the other branches too!

http://www.icivics.org/
Population Reference Bureau
Great site for population data

http://www.prb.org/
Around the World
Time for Kids ~ Country Profiles

http://scholastic.com/readeveryday/read.htm
Grandma's Lemonade Stand Games
also see above, Economics: Grandma's Lem. Stand for quiz

http://www.ae4rv.com/games/lemonade.htm
National Geo Interactive : The Face of 7 Billion
The FACE of 7 Billion

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/03/age-of-man/face-interactive
Geography Matters
You Tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyhSHDGg-cw&feature=related
LifeStraw, YouTube
Safe drinking water

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzzCSATFiyM
Against the Odds
The game which lets you experience what it is like to be a refugee.

http://www.playagainstallodds.com/
Human Population Jeopardy

http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergames/Dec201150/game1323739963.php
Earthpulse: A Visual Guide to Global Trends

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/earthpulse/
Games to learn about the environment
10 games...check them out

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-environmental-games-teach-kids-earth-ecology-conservation/
A Student's Guide to Global Climate Change from the Environmental Protection Agency

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/kids/index.html
Thinkquest: Breaking Down Walls
Explore other cultures with "A Kids Life In..."

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212302/mexico.html
NASA Climate Kids

http://climate.nasa.gov/kids/
Beads for Life
Awesome...background videos and materials for students

http://www.beadforlife.org/en/take-action/educate-engage/teach-our-curriculum/educational-resources

Government and Economic Systems

Brainpop
Democracy

http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhistory/democracy/
Where in the World and What in the World is Money
Time Travel Adventure

http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/center/students/money/index.htm
Scholastic News On-line
Unrest sweeping the Middle East

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=816
Sweatshop
Games For Change

http://www.playsweatshop.com/
The Curfew
Which freedoms would you miss most? Explore this futuristic dystopian state.

http://www.thecurfewgame.com/
September 12th: A Toy World
Terrorism

http://www.newsgaming.com/games/index12.htm
Peacemaker
Can you bring peace to the Middle East? Try a demo of this award winning game.

http://www.peacemakergame.com/
Democracies in the World
It calls itself a democracy, but is it? Check this map!

http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/peace/democracy_map/index.html
China Blue
Do you know where your jeans came from?

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/chinablue/index.html
Kahn Academy - Communism
captialsim-socialism-communism

http://www.khanacademy.org/humanities---other/history/v/communism
Universal Currency Converter
the money exchange!

http://www.xe.com/
win the White House
Election 2012!

http://www.brainpop.com/games/winthewhitehouse/
The Electoral Challenge
Election 2012!

http://junior.scholastic.com/issues/10_01_12/Games

Games for Change

Ayiti: The Cost of Life (Haiti)

http://www.gamesforchange.org/play/ayiti-the-cost-of-life/
Hunt for the Noor Stone

http://www.gamesforchange.org/play/hunt-for-the-noor-stone/
CodeAcademy

http://www.gamesforchange.org/play/codecademy/
Peacemaker

http://www.gamesforchange.org/play/peacemaker/
DREAM BIG -- Change the World
Careers...

http://www.engineeryourlife.org/?gclid=CJy6ye_XqJsCFQ6jagode0AHCA
DREAM BIG -- Change the World
Awesome!

http://www.engineergirl.com/

A Long Walk to Water

Book Trailer: images/Themes from the book

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuMtREdnY4M
Book Trailer: Author and Salva Dut

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkxkisRUmMM
Several clips from a film based on the book

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgW6BMy3GLY

Origami

Easy Lotus Flower
Youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGPK1vvdyLE

Time Zones

World Sunlight Map: Satellite Images

http://www.die.net/earth/hemisphere.html
The World Clock

http://www.die.net/earth/hemisphere.html
The Living Earth

http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Earth
Time Zone Measurement

http://staff.argyll.epsb.ca/jreed/math7/strand3/3103.htm
WorldTime Interactive Atlas

http://www.worldtime.org/cgi-bin/wt.cgi
WorldTime Interactive Atlas

http://www.worldtime.org/cgi-bin/wt.cgi
World Time Zones

http://www.worldtimezone.com/

Earth's Physical Features: Landforms, Bodies of Water, Vegetatio

Gooru: Landforms
A Cool Collection of Resources to learn about landforms

http://www.goorulearning.org/gooru/index.g#!/collection/landforms/search
Landforms
great overview

//www.edu.pe.ca/southernkings/landforms.htm
Brainpop
Many great links related to landforms. Check out tectonic plates, mountains, Mt. Everest, Volcanoes, Continents. Available Mon

http://www.brainpop.com/
Brainpop Jr.
Geared for K-3 but still helpful. Check out continents and oceans and landforms. Same username and password will work.

http://www.brainpopjr.com/socialstudies/geography/
Canary Geog
More advanced info on landforms created by glaciers, volcanoes etc. Check out the study skills section too!

http://canarygeog.canaryzoo.com/index.html

Quizlet: Bodies of Water
Learn the terms, play games and then test yourself

http://quizlet.com/_8o781
Quizlet: Landforms
Learn the terms, play games, and then test yourself

<a href="http://quizlet.com/14563539/earths-physical-features-landforms-flash-cards/">Earth's Physical Features: Landforms</a>
Landform Detectives
Great game/challenge.

http://www.brainpop.com/games/landformdetectives/
Quizlet World Extremes

http://quizlet.com/_9uict

Weather and Climate

Weather and Climate
NASA video: excellent background

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wUiwtVSkUwQ#!
SciJinks - Weather
Great background on a variety of weather related topics

http://scijinks.jpl.nasa.gov/weather-menu
Youtube: Blue Man Group on Climate Change

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKBI_N3g6ro
Youtube: Water Cycle Rap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Yi4dAzHsc
Basics of Geography: Climate
Solid background info...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95TtXYjOEv4

NASA

My NASA data live access server
Use for Rock Star Precipitation

http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/las/getUI.do

Natural Disasters

Maps

U.S. Road Map
Detailed Road Map of U.S.

http://www.onlineatlas.us/interstate-highways.htm
National Geographic: MapMaker Interactive
Excellent resource which allows you to add layers of information

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/mapping/interactive-map/?ar_a=1
Great Map of U.S.

http://www.gobookee.org/get_book.php?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5yZWFkeS5nb3YvdHJhbnNsYXRpb25zL3NwYW5pc2gvYW1lcmljYS9fZG93bmxvYWRzL0tpZHNQb3N0ZXJfSmFuMjAxMV9tYXBfd2ViLnBkZgpQaHlzaWNhbCBNYXAgb2YgdGhlIFVuaXRlZCBTdGF0ZXMgLSBIb21lIHwgUmVhZHk

ArcGIS

The Last Month in Earthquakes

http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=114e098f4e5e4d1ea02e4608de54c02d
My Map
Explore your world and create maps adding layers of information

http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?useExisting=1

Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/menu.html
Cool sites ~ ancient world

http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/ABZU/YOUTH_RESOURCES.HTML
Dig Into History: Ancient Mesopotamia

http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu/interactives/DigIntoHistory.html
You Tube: Royal Tomb of Ur
Excellent!! Worth watching

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4uuoHc6k9w
U. of Chicago Interactives

http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu/interactives/index.php
Electronic Passport to Mesopotamia

http://www.mrdowling.com/603mesopotamia.html
Mesopotamia

http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/index.html
Translator -- english to Assyrian/Babylonian cunieform

http://www.virtualsecrets.com/assyrian.html
Translator -- english to Sumerian cunieform

http://www.virtualsecrets.com/sumerian.html
Write Like a Baylonian

http://www.penn.museum/cgi/cuneiform.cgi
International World History

http://history-world.org/
Discover Babylon

http://www.fas.org/babylon/

World Studies: The Ancient World textbook

Web link to self tests and activities

http://phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?wcprefix=LBK&wcsuffix=1000&fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&x=8&y=12
Hands on History for kids
BBC site.. fun activities including Iron Age

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/
World History Matters

http://worldhistorymatters.org/
Best of History Websites: Games and Animations

http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.php/games-animations
BBC History for Kids
Excellent Interactive Sites for ancient and modern world

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/

Eygpt

Tomb of the Unknown Mummy

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/InteractiveAdventures/Tomb-unknown-mummy
Pyramid Challenge

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_pyramid_builder.shtml
Millmore's Egypt

http://www.discoveringegypt.com/
Ancient Egypt: Science and Technology

http://www.mos.org/quest/
The Mummy Maker

http://bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_mummy_maker.shtml
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Mummy
Disgusting Things You Don't Want to Know

http://salariya.com/web_books/mummy/index.html
Ancient Egypt Webquest

http://iwebquest.com/egypt/ancientegypt.htm
Ancient Egypt - British Museum/interactive Site

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/
Interactive Mummy Maker (a bit gross)

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/egypt/mummies.htm
Cartouche Maker

http://www.virtual-egypt.com/newhtml/glyph/glyph.html
Great Hieroglyph Maker

http://www.eyelid.co.uk/e-name.htm
fun activities -- kid created

http://library.thinkquest.org/5356/mummifying.html
Ancient Egypt Virtual Tour
Boston MFA

http://www.mos.org/events_activities/virtual_exhibits&d=1207
Interactive Egypt
New from the Boston Museum of Science!

http://www.mos.org/quest/
Pyramid Challenge

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/launch_gms_pyramid_builder.shtml

Just for Fun!

Fun Brain for Kids

http://funbrain.com
How Stuff Works

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Miscellaneous

Great Sites from the American Library Assoc.

http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm
Great Skills Practice -- Many subjects covered

http://www.gamequarium.com/math.htm
Matt Dancing Around the World

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY
Bibliographies for kids

http://www.library.barrie.on.ca/children/homework/bibliography.htm
PolarBears

http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/
Gulf of Maine Research Institute

http://mystery.gmri.org/
Create a Podcast

http://voicethread.com/#home
Let your computer do the work!

http://easybib.com/
Social Studies for Kids
great resource for current events

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/
Quizlet
Practice Social Studies Vocab!!

http://quizlet.com/user/pknowles/
Free Dictionary

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
Kahn Academy
Began as math help...now includes some social studies topics! Great site, check it out!

http://www.khanacademy.org/humanities---other/history/v/communism
BrainPop
Check it out...search by topic

http://www.brainpop.com/

World Religions

BBC Relgions

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/
United Relgions Initiative: Kids

http://www.uri.org/kids/other_conf.htm
Relgions

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/carolrb/index1.htm
Taoism and others

http://www.religioustolerance.org/taoism.htm
Six Relgions - kid friendly

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/religion/buddhism.htm

Field Trips

Museum of Fine Arts -Tomb 10A

http://www.mfa.org/tomb/
The Tomb

http://www.5-wits.com/shows/
Fenway Park Tour

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/tour.jsp
Lowell trip 2011 and 2012
Check out the programs offered!

http://www.uml.edu/tsongas/Education_Programs/Field_Trips/Field_Trips.html
Lowell National Historical Park 2011

http://www.nps.gov/lowe/index.htm
Boston Museum of Science (Fall trip 2012)
Check out IMAX..."Amazing Journeys" and the Planetarium, "Inside Earth".

http://www.mos.org/

Math Practice

Math Play

http://math-play.com/
mathslice

http://mathslice.com/
freerice.com

http://freerice.com/
Math Playground

http://mathplayground.com/
brainpop.com

http://brainpop.com
ixlmath

http://ixlmath.com
coolmath4kids

http://coolmath4kids.com
Line Up With Math! Simulation of Air Traffic Control
Air Traffic Control Simulator

http://www.atcsim.nasa.gov/

Pi Day

The Joy of Pi

http://www.joyofpi.com/pilinks.html
The World of Pi

http://www.pi314.net/eng/piday.php
Exploratorium - Pi day

http://www.exploratorium.edu/pi/pi_activities/index.html
Cool... pi to music
musical sequence of pi

http://www.avoision.com/experiments/pi10k/index.php
Pi Day Greeting e-cards

http://www.123greetings.com/events/pi_day/
Defeating a Dragon with MATH!
TED Ed.Talk...there's a dragon and math...not so much Pi

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-defeat-a-dragon-with-math-garth-sundem

Research

Research for kids

http://www.kyvl.org/kids/homebase.html
Great Research Websites

http://www.squidoo.com/k12interactiveresearch
Helpful Clipart
see countries!

http://classroomclipart.com/
CIA World Factbook
Excellent source for country research

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
National Geographic
see country profiles

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Geographia
country profiles

http://www.geographia.com/
Time for Kids Around the World
Time for Kids (Country Profiles)

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/aw/wr/0,28125,,00.html
Create a Graph - Classic
Graph Maker for Kids

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/classic/

Iditarod

Iditarod Insider -- Official Site

http://www.iditarod.com/
Scholastic Iditarod

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/
Alaskan Newspaper Coverage

http://www.adn.com/iditarod/
Dicovery Channel 2008

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/iditarod/iditarod.html
Idita Rock and Roll You Tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21dri3Zpwzk