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Welcome Learning-Lovers!

1st

Bat Con Int'l
Bracken Cave & Resources

http://batcon.org/
Bat Sounds,et al

http://junglewalk.com/sound/Bat-sounds.htm
Batquest
In Search of Stellaluna's Family

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/chavez/batquest/batquest.html
Bats4Kids
Engaging and resourceful

http://bats4kids.org/
San Diego Zoo

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-bat
ZooQuest!

http://NationalZoo.si.edu

Kdg. and 1st

Abyss Creatures (vid)
Bizarre!

http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/hd-video-shows-bizarre-deep-sea-creatures/267r725s
Black Smokers
Intro to Hydrothermal Vents

http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/expeditions/blacksmokers/
Into the Ocean
Ocean Layers & The Critters Within!

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/18/gk2/doubiletocean.html
Magic School Bus Takes a Dive
Pirates and Coral Reefs!!!

http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=9f227295-4594-4b46-9238-b14e30217c67

2nd

BBC Matter
Fun and interactive

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/materials/
Kidspiration Matter Activity
Simple sorting

http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~elem/kidspiration/harhager/matter.htm
Matter
brief video

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/
Matter Webquest
NASA !

http://www.vp.k12.mo.us/es/teacher/agrundstad/Matter%20Webquest/index.html
Matter ~~~games,etc

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/sci-units/
Strange Matter

http://www.strangematterexhibit.com/

3rd

Human Impact
Human impact on Rainforests

http://nationalgeographic.com/eye/overpopulation/
Interactive Rainforest Scene

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/earthpulse/rainforest/index_flash.html
Rainforest

http://www.richland.k12.wi.us/RMS/RMS%20Web%20Page/RMS6/BauSS/BauerWeb/RFweb/AmazonRainforestWebquest.html#top
slide show #1

http://www.dancingpelican.com/tropical_rainforest_detail.html
slide show #2

http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/tbiol/zoology/sundry/walk1.htm
Totally Tropical Rainforest
slide show included

http://tinyurl.com/39bn9y

4th

A Christmas Carol
Dickens and Christmas

http://www.fidnet.com/~dap1955/dickens/christmas.html
American Civil War

http://www.fredericksburg.com/CivilWar/index_html
BBC~~~Dickens

http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/bleakhouse/animation.shtml
Civil War-global
Global concept of "civil war"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_war
Resource Site
Advanced

http://thwt.org/USinquirysites.html
VA Battles (et al)

http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/classroom/archival_resources.html
Valley Campaign

http://www.civilwartraveler.com/virginia/valley/
Victorian Era/British Literature
Unit Matrix

http://www.curriculumproject.com/cgi-bin/tcp_uw_matrix.cgi?unit=463&matrixType=1&agency=Indiana+Department+of+Education&href=www.doe.in.gov&uw=true&sw=false

5th

Antarctic Crittercam Game
Re-locate the crittercams!

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/ActionGames/Crittercamantarctic
Black Smokers
Cutting-edge Marine Bio

http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/quests/hydroventwq.html
Marine Animal Quest

http://sd71.bc.ca/sd71/school/courtmid/marinebio/dictwebquest.htm#introduction
More Black Smokers
more video

http://www.nsf.gov/news/overviews/earth-environ/interactive.jsp
Nat'l. Geo. Photos

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Photos/Underwater-exploration
Ocean Acidification-BBC
CO2 effects on ocean ecosystem

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7936137.stm
Tierney Thys
Emerging Explorer

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/06/g35/thys.html

Ancient Rome

Ancient Romans BBC
ALMOST everything you need to know about Anc Rome

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/
Ancient Rome

http://internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/rome
Challenging, but EXCELLENT source

http://www.forumromanum.org
Roman Empire
Activities for Children

http://www.roman-empire.net/children/index.html

MATH

Johnnie's Math Goodies
Interactive math activities students LOVE!

http://jmathpage.com/
MATH Activties, Lessons, and Links, Oh, My!
Resources for teaching K-12 math from NCTM

http://illuminations.nctm.org/
Soccer and Fractions
FUN way to practice fractions!

http://www.funbrain.com/fractop/index.html

Keyboarding

Dance Mat Typing
Fun and interactive way to learn keyboarding!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/about/

Parent & Teacher Resources

American Association for Gifted Children
Nation's oldest advocacy organization for gifted children, based at Duke University

http://aagc.org/
Davidson Insitute
Davidson Institute is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting profoundly gifted students 18 and under

http://www.davidsongifted.org/
Hoagie's Gifted Education Page

http://hoagiesgifted.org
National Association for Gifted Children

http://www.nagc.org/
Nieman Enhanced Learning Center
Site provides information to gifted students and the parents and teachers of gifted students

http://connections.smsd.org/nieman/EL/gifted.htm
TAG~The Association for the Gifted
Special interest group of the Council for Exceptional Children

http://www.cectag.org/
The National Foundation for Gifted and Creative Children (NFGCC)
Non-profit organization focusing n the problems of over-prescription of drugs to gifted and creative children

http://www.nfgcc.org
Virginia Association for the Gifted

http://www.vagifted.org/
broken link

https//:sites.google.com/site/scpsgate/gifted-resources