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Animal communication, rituals, & interactions with Humans

Therapy Llamas
help comfort sick and elderly
Names for animal groups
List of multitude designations
Pictures with names of 36 animal groups
Animal Odd Couples
Not available online: I have DVD.
Prairie Dog Language
NPR radio broadcast
Spy Prairie Dog
Puppies Behind Bars
Inmates training service dogs
Comfort Creatures
Emotional Support Animals (certified ESA's) -from Time Magazine - 4/22/2013
Crows - communicate
Not available online: I have DVD.
Crows Never Forget a Face
New York Times Article
Lesson Plans for A Murder of Crows
Murder of Crows support materials and discussion questions
Cat in the Hat
test
Leopard saves baby baboon
YouTube
National Geographic Photo Gallery of intelligent animals
with commentary on aspects of their intelligence
The Girl who gets Gifts from Crows
BBC article with video clip
Think Tank: Testing Animal Intelligence
National Zoo
Photo Gallery - Intelligent Animals
Cooperation and Fairness: Moral Behavior in Monkeys
NOVA - Do Animals have Morals?
TED Talk on Animal Morality
Research on animal's sense of fairness
TED TAlk on Moral Behavior in Animals
Monkeys Don't Like Mean People
Reunion of Shirley and Jenny: two elephants
Elephant and Sheep: a friendship
Saving a Humpback Whale entangled in net
3 1/2 min Monkey intelligence - seed pod
Killer Whale vs Great White Shark
Snowbound: Animals of Winter
full episode
Echo the Elephant
BBC Natural World BLOCKED

Invasive Species

Burmese Python caught by guide in Everglades
Video from Time Magazine

Animals on Trial

Fantastically Wrong: Europe’s Insane History of Putting Animals on Trial and Executing Them
from WIRED magazine
Animal Trial
Beastly Justice 0 In the Middle Ages, animals that did bad things were tried in court. Maybe that’s not as crazy as it sounds.
Slate.com
Animals on Trial
Cabinet magazine

Art- out there, unusual, different

David Zinn: Animal Magic in the Urban Jungle
Cinemagraphs
adding movement to a part of a still picture
Stunning Photos of the American Wildreness
Google Street Art Project
Google Cultural Institue
27 Stunning Works of Art that look real like photographs
75 Photos of Amazing PAPER Art
Typewriter Art
What is the "democratization" of art?

Architecture as Art

80 Strange & fascinating buildings

Art in Nature and Landscapes

Rice Terraces of Vietnam

Artificial Art

Reach for the Stars
Created with POV-Ray 3.6 and rendered on the International Space Station (April 25 - May 5, 2002) by astronaut Mark Shuttleworth
Narration of how "Reach for the Stars" was created

Illusion Art

Performance Art

Women Hauling Water in Africa - Performance Art
"Will I still carry water when I am dead?"
The Event of a Thread - Ann Hamilton
Swings and sheets flowing in NYC Armory
4 1/2 min video of Event of a Thread with Ann Hamilton commenting

Sister Corita Kent

Street Art

The Life and Death of 5 Pointz

Assessments

Monarch Quizzes

Bloom's Taxonomy

Bloom's Taxonomy through Pirates of the Caribbean

Cities & Infrastructure

Victory City
A "concpet" future city all under one roof.
Concept Future Cities
6 Amazing Concepts of Cities of the Future
Seoul Korea - High tech city
Taking high tech living to a new level in Seoul, Korea
New York's City Sky Park
Raleigh, NC - Concept city of Future
Raleigh, NC envisioned as a city of the future
Cars - Transportation - Sprawl solutions
Dealing with Sprawl
IBM's Smart City Interactive
Select infrastructure topic to explore solutions of the future city
IBM- Smarter City Solutions
This site breaks down the components of a city into Infrastructure, Operations, and People: Scroll down to the circle and explor
Siemens Sustainable Cities
Explore the links on this site to learn more about sustainable solutions and practices for smarter cities.
Mega Cities on the Move
Forum for the Future: Sustainable solutions for cities
Planetizen
Articles on cool solutions being implemented now
Cool public spaces
Scroll down and take a look at some neat ideas that are being implemented in U.S. cities.
Series of Ted Talks on Cities
10 talks under 20 minutes each

City Simulations - Online Game

Create a smarter city through Infrastructure
IBM software
Basic City Building simulation

Civics Education

THE CENTER FOR INFORMATION & RESEARCH ON CIVIC LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT

Rights, Justice, and Democracy

Mural in Oregon, protested by Chinese consulate
Held dear in U.S., Free Speech Perplexing Abroad 4:52
September 19, 2012
A Look at Islam and Free Speech 12 min
September 12, 2012
World Press Freedom Interactive Map
Newseum
What are Civil Rights?
Cornell University Law School
Civil Rights - what are they?
FindLaw
Citizen's United - Reclaim Democrach

Communication Advances - Technology

Timeline of advances in Communication
Aboutcom

Connections: The History of Technology

Six Degrees of Separation

What is Six Degrees of Separation
The Human Chain
ABC News experiment on Six Degrees of Separation
4.74 Degrees of Separation
ABC News Video
Exercise on Six Degrees of Separation
The Oracle of Bacon
Ideas and Links for teaching Six Degrees

Debate & Mock Trials

Famous Trials
Detailed information on 84+ famous trials from history
Awesome Stories: Famous Trials
Provides links to some trials which have very interesting stories behind them
The top ten most influential trials affecting American history
This site provides short descriptions of ten influential trials in American history
Text of the Constitution of the United States
First Amendment Center
Lots of great information on each of the five freedoms of the first amendment
Cornell Law School
Good explanation of first amendment and what it means
Constitutional Topic: The Bill of Rights
Why do we have a Bill of Rights?
The Constitution Center
Click on an article, an amendment, or an issue to get more in-depth information on understanding our Constitution.

Debate- How to prepare

Read about what Debate is
INtroduction to Debating in the MSPDP Format
Debate Format Rules
Taking notes on your opponents arguments during the Debate
short summary of how format will proceeed
Introduction to Refutation
Debate Judging Manual
1 Page Guide to preparing an effective debate
SAMPLE of an Issue Brief
SAMPLE 2 of an Issue Brief
Research guide on selected topics
Preparing for a Debate
Podcast on inductive & deductive debates
Podcast on constructing an effective argument
Podcast on how to do Refutation
Podcast of an actual Debate
Topic: Voting - Use it or Lose it
Debate Central
Many links to training podcasts on debate related skills
Evaluating two sides of a Debate
great short video on how students can evaluate a debate and use a graphic organizer to do so
Debate Across the Curriculum Guidebook
Teachers Guide to Introducing Debate in the Classroom
Boston Debate League Teacher manual
International Debate Association
Benefits of Debate
U.S. Dept of Education on why debate is so helpful in school
Debate Games and Activities

Resources for Various Debate Topics

Puerto Rico - Pro- bailout
Scroll down to video and watch
Video on effect of financial problem on Puerto Rico

Design

What is Good Design?
New York Times article by a desgin critic tries to fill in the on what makes good design.
Ten Principles for Good Design
Famous German industrial engineer, Dieter Rams outlines his "ten Commandments" for good dseign.
More on good design
Anders Toxboe of Copenhagen, Denmark expands on Dieter Rams principles for good design
Good Design vs. Bad Design
A brief (5 paragraph) reflection on how to evaluate good design.
This is how design works
A sweet, highly graphic reflection on what composes good design.
Slide show on Design considerations.
Slide Show by design firm, Capsule, on ideas to provoke your thinking on design.
Short reflection & interview on design concepts
article in Houston Chronicle - August 12, 2011
4minute video of famous designers expounding on good design
Swiss Miss blog - read comments associated with the video (always!)
Performance as Design
Looks at website and app design and the nexus of performance and design.
6 min. YouTube video on design considerations
Form follows function - design solutions - considerations of design
Problem Solving Ideas that Work
1st setp of Design is problem solving - Here are some tools for problem solving including mind-mapping
Design contest - for creative thinking
10 Things to do with an Old Monitor

Elections

White House Campaign Election Kit
with many links and lesson ideas
15 other-worldly looking places

Focus on Incredible Earth

Turquoise ice on Lake Baikal
Slide-show - incredible phenomenon
Waves - many slo motion pictures of waves
from Weather Channel
10 Breathtaking Views
from platforms at amazing sites
Bridges
Astounding views of amazing bridges
Extreme weather pictures from U.S. cities
from Weather Channel
Surreal Places
You are made of star stuff -
water on earth that is older then the sun
Best swimming holes in each of the 50 states
35 Exotic Destinations

Climate Change and/ or Global Warming

Evangelical Christian Climate Scientist
NPR Interview

Food

Food as Art
designs made out of food
Honey Bee die off threatens food supply
CBS Sunday Morning News Magazine show
The future of find chocolate
CBS Sunday Morning News Magazine Show
Child labor for harvesting Cocoa
BBC
Article on Child labor harvesting cocoa
BBC
Children working on cocoa bean farms
16 X 9 - Canada
History of Chocolate and Child Labor
Denmark: good comprehensive video on economics & geography of chocoalte
Edible SchoolYard Project
Growing food & learning through it.
Why Does Food Taste so Delicious?
Scientific American Article - Sept 2013
The Truth about Genetically Modified Food
Scientific American Article - Sept 2013
Is Obesity an Addiction?
Scientific American Article - Sept 2013
Our Early Ancestors - when did they begin to use fire to cook?
Scientific American Article - Sept 2013
Microbes Help build better Crops
Scientific American article - Sept 2013
How Bees may save Agriculture
Scientific American article - Sept 2013
Mind boggling math of migratory beekeeping
Scientific American article - Sept 2013
2 million year history of processed food
Scientific American article - Sept 2013
One solution for Invasive Species: Eat them!
Scientific American article - Sept 2013
Calories or Type of Carbohydrates: which is the villain in weight control?
Scientific American article - Sept 2013
Why calorie counts can't be accurate
Scientific American article - Sept 2013
Flavor Connection Interactive
Scientific American article - Sept 2013
Video explaining Genetically Modified Food
Video - Scientific American - Sept 2013
Why toothpaste makes Orange Juice taste bad
Video - Scientific American - Sept 2013
Why Does cooked food taste good?
Video - Scientific American - Sept 2013
Friendly fungii help crops get nutrients
Video - Scientific American - Sept 2013
Invasive Seafood for Dinner
Video - Scientific American - Sept 2013
Does low-fat yogurt make you fat?
Video - Scientific American - Sept 2013
Why Calorie counts are wrong
Video - Scientific American - Sept 2013

For all groups

Foreign Aid

Transparency International
The Global Coalition against Corruption
OECD Organization for Economic and Cooperative Development
0 member countries forum for governments to consult and co-operate with each other in order to develop and refine economic and s
Student Instruments made from Trash

U.S. Foreign Aid

Summary of U.S. Foreign Aid
Foreign Assitance and the U.S. Budgegt
Center for Global Development

Gifted Education

Global Studies

Nation Infrastructure Comparison Tool
Compares countries based on criterion selected from a checklist
CIA World Factbook
Detailed information on every country broken down by subject
How to create "My Maps"
Video on how to create your own custom map on GoogleMaps
Newseum Freedom of Press Interactive Map
Tells the state of freedom of the press in each country around the world, while ranking them.
National Geographic site on Nations
Travel information, as well as links to NG stories.
Links to the embassies of countries throughout the world.
Stories from and by young people as they travel throughout the world.
Perspectives of young people encountering cultural differences
To see video clips on your country
Please enter "signet1" OR "signet2" as both username AND password for access.

Freedom Information

Color-coded interactive world map
comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties
Freedom of the Press
Freedom House's ranking of press freedom throughout the world.
Democratic Development in former nations of USSR
Countries formerly under the autocratic control of the Soviet Union and how they are progressing toward democracy.
Country reports on nations struggling with freedoms
A ranking of nations on democracy, press freedom, and corruption.
Heritage Foundations ranking of Economic Freedom
Global coalition against Corruption
Reports show the effect that corruption has on democracy.
InfoPlease on Freedom in the World

Freedom of Religion

Freedom House Report on Religous freedom
U.S. State Dept Reports on Religious Freedom
Please go to the tab which says "Go to a country report," then choose your country from the pull-down menu.
Pew Report on Global Restrictions on Religion
Scroll down to the Government Restrictions Index

Grants & Support resources for Outdoor Studies

Donors Choose
Teachers put up requests
Fiskars
privides garden tools + $1,000 in materials
Project Learning Tree
$1000 - $3000 for gardening related grants
Lawrence Foundation
Provides $5,000 for program and operating support to projects that focus on education and the environment
Lowe's Toolbox grants
Provides $2,000-$5,000 for public school improvement projects that encourage parent involvement and build stronger community spi
SPARK
Supports innovative projects at the classroom, school, and Division levels. Grants typically average in the $3,000-$5,000 range.
Virginia Environmental Endowment
Supports community-based efforts to strengthen environmental education and to promote stewardship of Virginia’s waterways. Prefe
TARGET Field Trip Grants
School Garden Grants
Fund K-12 schools that are developing or currently maintaining a school garden project that will help children engage with fresh

Great Slideshows of Interesting Places, Facts, Things

10 Facts about Space to Blow Your Mind

History through Art - 8th gr Unit

Online Exhibitions
Choose from a large selection of online exhibitions displayed through slideshows - click on the picture in the slide to enlarge
Google Art Project
View the slideshow of many artworks from the SAAM collection
Browse the SAAM collection
Enter suggested search terms for results
Timeline of American Art
This interactive timeline represents the art of the Philips Collection, housed in Washington, DC
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Great interactive timeline of art that includes sculpture, faskion, furniture, and architecture
Kids.gov
Incredible collection of useful websites in researching art and history in America plus more!
Tools for Researching your Art
SAAM site with a central location for useful research tools & links
It's About Time- Comprehensive blog by historian Barbara Wells Sarudh
The authors states, ""It's About Time" scours history, art, nature, & everyday life for unique perspectives, uncommon grace, & u
Winslow Homer and other artists
Page down to the list of "Other Artists" to see if the artist you are researching is on this list of very useful websites, each
Edward Hopper (and links to other artists)
From the artist list in the Winslow Homer site. If your artist is here, you are lucky because these sites provide wonderful and
Norman Rockwell - gallery
Choose a category of subject matter from the list on the upper left
Thomas Hart Benton
Nice collection and descriptions of some of Benton's works from Barbara Wells Sarudy's blog
On the Road with Thomas Hart Benton: Images of a Changing America
Has good links to multitudes of images of Benton's works
Life of the People
Library of Congress Exhibit: Choose a link under "Exhibition Selections" - collection of American prints and drawings informed
Exploring American Art: An Online Resource for the American Collections
Currier Museum of Art
Whitney Museum of American Art
You can browse for images by artist's last name or by decade.
Artcyclopedia
Search for works & interpretations by artist's last name.
Cultural History
1900 -1990 summaries of cultural topics by decade
Researching Your Art
SAAM site with links and guidelines for reseraching an artwork

Selected Exhibits and Artists

Tribute to the American Working People by Honore Sharrer
Anatomy of a Painting
Video on William Johnson's 'I Baptize Thee"
Director's Choice SAAM
Hermia & Helena
Director's Choice SAAM
Elizabeth Winthrop Chandler
director's Choice SAAM
Achelous and Hercules, 1947 Thomas Hart Benton, Part 1
Rodeo / Hoedown to accompany Achelous

Home Design & Architecture

Trendir
Links ot many innovative home designs, categorized by major features

Infographics

What makes a good infographic
This article uses infographics to demonstrate principals of a good, strong infographic
Infographic on infographics

Information Analysis - Journalism

Access to online version of Washington Post
Please use "harmonpf@pwcs.edu" as the username and "welcome1" as the password when prompted, later.
Teaching with Infographics
New York Times
What is going on in this picture?
New York Times Weekly feature using VTS strategies
Visual Literacy
Frank Baker site with great links and ideas for teaching visual literacy
Noodle Tools 21st Century Literacies
Visual Literacy
Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics.
NPR Ethics Handbook

Information Literacy

NPR Ethics Handbook
Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics
ASNE- Ethics statements list
This page provides links to the Ethics and Standards statements of many Major newspapers in the United States
CBS Business Conduct Statement
Fox News statement of Purpose
could not find a specific ethics statement
Emerson College Poll
truthfulness of media vs. Trump

Justice, Innocence, Eyewitness

Language Arts & Writing

Fractured Fairy Tales

Literature

Young Adult Literature
article from CNN
Little Free Library
Class project for reading
Shakespeare; Much Ado About Nothing
Side by side scripts of original language next to a modern language translation

Material Culture - Museology

Museum of World Cultures Online Exhibit
Smithsonian Natural History Virtual Tour
Google Cultural Institute
Virtual Tours of Museums and Exhibits
PBS- NOVA highlights 5 countries/ families
10 of Peter Menzel's Material World family photoes
27 Peter Menzel poster photos from What the World Eats
Link to the online Google Book "Material World"
Our Africa
Information on daily life in different African countries
Every Culture website
Where Children Sleep - Third World - First World

Developing Countries for Study

Ethiopia

Blog with great photos on people of Ethiopia

Water

Water Crisis
PBS show on water shortage in Ethiopia
Article on developing the Wello Water Wheel
Water.ogr
Water Aid
PBS stories on Water Crisis in Africa
National Geographic on Water
2 1/2 Minute Video on Water
National Geographis
National Geographic Interactive on Fresh water availability
Issues in Developing Countries: Water
Water Encyclopedia
PBS Lessons on shortages in Africa
Article on Water Scarce Countries
UNICEF
Effects on women of water scarcity in Ethiopia
Water in Crisis - Ethiopia
1 min video of Hawa Oumarou Dick of Mali collecting water
She narrates the challenges
Overview on water scarcity in Africa and its effects
Wikipedia
Gender and water sanitation
UNICEF
Water Crisis Spotlight - various countries
To find your country - go to the vertical green bar on the right of the page and scroll down to "Criss spotlights" then find cou
Really great graphic overview of water problem
Click on learn more and read then scroll down for more
How does lack of water affect women and children?
Sociology Scholars
2 1/2 min video on water in Mali
National Geographic 1 1/2 video on Burden of Thirst
NG Photo Gallery on Water in Ethiopia
Water Interactive - National Geographic
National Geographic article: Burden of Thirst
Video - Miracle Water Village -
13 min

Math

A World with no Math
2 minute video by Jon Steward
Is Math a Feature of the Universe or a Human Creation
Math on how new roads actually increase traffic
Why symmetry is at the heart of Physics
YouCubed
Which One Doesn't Belong?

Media Literacy -links for lesson ideas & teaching

Middle East Conflicts & ISIS

Story of young girl kidnapped by ISIS

North Korea

34 pictures of Life in North Korea
from CBS News
Written description of life in North Korea
from CBS News
Video wiht Wolf Blitzer of Life in North Korea
from CNN
North Korea: Prism to Soviet Era
a journalists personal observations during visit to N.K.
Story of Shin Dong-Hyuk - 14 min long video
Born & raised in North Korean gulag then escaped

Outdoor, Wildlife, & Nature Studies

Student Activities for Nature Mapping
Lessons to learn necessary skills for nature mapping, as well as concepts relevant to nature mapping.
VA Dept of Game & Inland Fisheries Education Site
Education resources for wildlife in Virginia
Links under Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
Virginia Naturally
Virtual library on Virginia's environment
Virginia Naturally School Recognition Project
Project Wild
Linking students to the outdoors and wildlife
Captain Planet
Best practices for school gardens
Northern Virginia Ecology
This is the best single-source of information on organisms in Northern Virginia. Maintained by FCPS, it organizes creatures acco

Bats

Bats Live
links to resources on bats
Threats to Bats & Conservation
Bats of Virginia
Facts
More on Bats of Virginia
Count the bats coming out of bat-house
YouTube video

Birds

Flying Wild
Environmental education using birds as the focus.
Nifty Fifty Birds of Virginia
Detailed guide of top 50 birds witeh 4 illustrative pictures of each bird
Birdzilla
Online field guide of birds
Birdhouse specs per species
Building the right birdhouse for each bird
Birds of Northern Virginia
PWConserve
Bird Call Identification
Interactive site step-by-step guides you through different sounds to identify your bird by its call
All About Birds
Cornell Lab of Orinthology: comprehensive guide with great detail elements for identifying birds
Tweets n Squawks
Learn HOW to identify birds by their song
Larkwire
Game based method of learning bird calls
Online Guide to North American Birds
Audubon Society bird identification site
What Bird
Helps you to identify birds by attribute gruops moving step-by-step. Click on the Search tab. The home page is so loaded with ad
e-nature field guide
Starts with bird categories then provides a list from which to choose in order to get more in-depth info & songs/calls to listen
I Know Bird Songs App
Bird Migration Slideshow
25 slide show - from CBS Sunday Morning
Urban Birds

Foraging: Edibles in the Wild

Foraging with the Wild Man
Scroll down to click on the box on "Wild Plants" also check out the many other informative sections
Foraging Pictures
1514 pictures of 235 edible plants actually found around the New York City area.
Plants for a Future
Useful plants as well as edible plants
Identifying both Medicinal and Poisonous plants
Cornell University Department of Animal Science
Take a Weed to Lunch
Article on some of the more common edible plants.
Universal Edibility Test
Earth-Connection
Wilderness Survival Skills Outfit with classes in foraging
Neighborhood Foraging
YouTube video on finding weeds in yards around you (video shots in FL). 24 min

Local Wildlife - PW

White Squirrels
National Geographic

Pollinators

Pollinatory Guide - pdf
Southeastern Mixed Forest Province (our area of Virginia) - Regional Guide for Farmers, Land Managers, and Gardeners : Selectin
Pollinator Partnership
Our forgotten Pollinators
Protecting the birds and the bees - scholarly article
The Birds and the Bees
Florida Extension
Our Forgotten Pollinators
Pesticide impacts on pollinators
Summary of our major pollinators
Pollination Mechanisms
Threats to Pollinators
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Great Pollinator Project
Crop Yields and loss of pollinators
Human Actions threaten pollinators
Natural Environment Research Council
Video on TED Talk on pollination
7 minute TED Talk on the beauty of Pollination with amazing up-close, slowed down video
National Geographic slideshow
Pollinators upclose & colorful
Pollinator Live
Distance learning adventure about pollinators
The suburban lawn - and pollinators
Interesting article in Scientific American on the evolution of the lawn and its affect on pollinators
Wikipedia article on Pollination
Describes mechanisms of pollination and how pollination affects everyone
Pollinator decline
Possible explanations for pollinator decline

Bees

The Wonderful World of Bees
how important they are to our food supply as the premier pollinators Also info on Apitherapy – using bees for medicinal purposes
The decline of bees
4 min video - CBS News
BeePedia
Bee "Encyclopedia"
11 Things you Should know right now about Bees
Animal Planet Bee Quiz
Differences between aggressive hornets and bees
Why you should be more worried about pollination than a bee sting
Tips to avoid getting a bee sting
Mason Bees as a safer alternative for pollinating
Mysterious Decline of Honeybees
... and some of the crops this will affect
Bees in guy's wall
This is a Huffington Post video followed by a series of videos on various aspects of honey bee decline
Bees value as Pollinators
Very good overview of the 92 crops in U.S. that rely on bee pollination
Honeybee Teacher
good overview of CCD
The Beauty of Bees: What They Can Teach Us and Why We Must Protect Them
PBS- What you can do to help the bees
This is a sort of an "encyclopedia" of bees with links to lots of great information on all kinds of bees
Great Lesson Plan pdf for upper elementary
It's not about hte Honey: CCD threatens our food supply
News and analysis about the Ban in Europe of neonicotinoids
Teacher Network - The Guardian
Great explanation of how the accumulation of pesticides in a hive creates a toxic soup of problems
compare this to the red dye problem with hummingbird food
Brilliant Bees: BBC Nature Video Collection

Birds

The role of birds in pollination
Birds .com
Ornithophily
Wikipedia
Wildflowers & bird pollination
U.S. Forest Service
Flowers go Red
Flowers are evolving and changing color in order to attract birds as pollinators as specific insect pollinator populations decli
Biotic Pollination

Butteflies

Butterflies of Northern Virginia
Prince William Conservation Alliance
A Beginner's Guide to Butterfly Identification in Northern Virginia & Washington, DC
pdf - very descriptive of all elements of identification along with pictures and descriptions of local species
The Butterfly Site
List of butterflies of Northern Virginia
Buttefly Society of Virginia
A wealth of offerings on Butterflies in Virginia
Creating a Butterfly Garden
Virginia Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries
USING NATIVE PLANTS TO ATTRACT BUTTERFLIES IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA AND VIRGINIA
Fairfax County Park Authority pdf
Monarch migration through Virginia
Fairfax County Conservation Currents
Butterflies and Moths
site for identification and information on many butterflies
Gardens with Wings
all about attracting butterflies to your garden
Butterflies and Moths
Regional Checklists, Tools for identifying and information on butterfies
Creating a Butterfly Garden
specific to the DC - MD - VA area
Good genes in Monach help them to migrate

Designing Garden

Landscape Design Principles
Gio through each page and click on links
Garden Design software - Garden Planner Online
Garden Design Ideas
Creating a Garden Design
The Garden Helper - alpha site of plants with pictures and descriptions of features

Gardens - Pollinator

Ideas for creating a butterfly garden
How to make Butterfly Gardens
University of Kentucky
How to start a butterfly garden
North American Butterfly Association
Butterfly Gardening
The Butterfly site
Gardening & Plants for Creating a Butterfly Garden
Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries
Short overview on creating a butterfly garden
Create & Register a Monarch Waystation
List of Virginia Native Species to attract butterflies
A few tips on butterfly gardening
Great tips & suggestions to consider in designing your butterfly garden
Minnesota extension layouts for butterfly gardens
List of links and books for butterfly gardening
Mapping for Garden
Cornell Citizen Scientist
Kansas School Gardens
has many resources and links including a history of school gardens
KidGardening
School Garden Wizard
site for planning garden
Video on how to start a School Garden
YouTube on Baltimore school
Community Garden
University of Minnesota
School Garden Wizard Planning Guide
U.S.Botanic Garden created materials
School GardenWizard - Creating the Garden Guide
School Garden Wizard - Learning in the Garden
School Garden Wizard - Maintaining the Garden
Plants for butterflies - great interactive graphical site with good selection info
The Garden Helper

Monarch Support

Monarch butterfly information site
Live Monarch Foundation
Got Milkweed?
short video on monarch decline with pro-active answers
U.S. Forest Service on Monarch Migration
This great site is perfect for educators teaching all aspects of the Monarch migration.
Everything you want to know about Monarchs
Monarch Watch
Monarch Migration
Monarch Waystation
learner.org - great site with lots of info on Monarch butterflies
Animated Map of Monarch movement - current
Monarch Migration
use the links in yellow horizontal bar or in vertical list on left
Flight of the Butterflies - website to accompany 3D IMAX movie
Wash Post article on new federal aid to save Monarchs - Feb 2015
Includes access to two informative videos
Making a Future for Monarchs
from CBS Sunday Morning show of March 8, 2015

Native Plants

Why use Native Plants
Short explanation of why native plants are preferred.
Using Native Plants for Virginia
Virginia Dept of Conservation & Recreation
Required reading on Native Plants
* Must read: Great article that really explains why we need to use native plants and what the results of introducing alien plant
Native Plants for Conservation
U.S. Forest Service provides a short & sweet explanation of the value of native plants. Also has many great links.
How to use Native Plants
Database Search for Native plants by state and additional optional filters
Use the advanced search on left to search database for native plants to buy for Virginia
Newspaper article
Great article highlighting North Carolina gardeners with the native plants movement

Non- Native Plants

Photographic explanation of Kudzu
The Story of Kudzu
Kudzu covered houses in Georgia
Goat Busters
Novel solution to kudzue overgrowth
Invasive Plants Database

Raising Painted Lady Butterflies

Painted Lady Butterflies
lost of great info on raising them
Raising Painted Lady Butterflies
More helpful information on raising the caterpillars to
http://www.butterfliesallaround.com/2009/01/raising-painted-lady-caterpillars.html
experience in raising painted ladies from caterpillars
A 5 1/2 min video
time lapse video on caterpillars developing into butterflies
Advanced Caterpillar & Butterfly Care
lots of really helpful answers to questions that arise in the course of caring for larva and caterpillars and butterflies

Soil

Student Work on Garden Project

Animoto Video of first garden unit
Spring (3rd) Trimester 2013 -2014
First sample website
Shell Web page created by Mrs. Harmon
Mrs. Harmon's GVMS Library Website
for a sample of what you can do with Weebly
Student Log-in for creating your own Weebly Website

Trees of Virginia

Common Native Trees of Virginia Tree Identification Guide
132 page pdf produced by the Virginia Department of Forestry
What is a Tree Worth?
Wonderful article assessing the value of trees in our urban landscape
Scientific evidence of the value of the services that urban trees provide.
March 2012 Virginia Tech Study
Virginia Loves Trees License Plate project
Get a new license plate approved
Tree ID & Propogation
pdf Unit 4 of the Tree Steward Training Manual of the Virginia Urban Forest Council
Trees - Fairfax Co. Government
Fairfax County site on local tree issues and concerns as well as care of trees with many good links
Article on Champion Trees in Northern Virginia
Brochure on Conway - Robinson State Forest in Gainesville, VA
444 acres of old growth forest right here in Gainesville!
Interactive Map of State Forests in Virginia
Map indicating location of the two National Forests in Virginia
George Washington National Forest is closest and Jefferson NF is in southwest VA
Step by step interactive tree identification guide
Arbor Day Foundation - for Eastern & Central United States
Field Guide to Desired Native Trees of Northern Virginia
Scroll down through Content on left side of screen to the Field Guide

Wildlife Mapping

Field Preparation
Field preparation for Wildlife mapping for Virginia
Wildlife Mapping sites in Virginia
Virginia Tech's Weed Identification Guide
step by step identification of grass weeds

Playwriting

Theater Education Database
Brigham Young University - includes lesson plans for each element
Arts Integration

School-Yard Habitat

USFWS SchoolYard Habitat Guide
NWF Gardening for Habitat
NWF Gathering Information for building Habitat
NWF Assembling final elements for Habitat
Edible Landscaping
Edible SchoolYard
The Forager's Wild Food Basics
School of Self Reliance
Many ideas on how to store and save or use wild edibles.
Gardening for Habitat
website

Smithsonian

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Home page
The Evolving Universe
Exhibit at SI Musuem of Natural History
Sant Ocean Hall
Oceans exhibit at SI Museum of Natural History
Atmosphere: Change is in the Air
This is an old exhbit from the Museum of Natural History but the resources are still available here on line

Social Studies Trade Books - Lesson

Link to Assignment Instructions
This includes links to each of the GoogleForms

Soil

SOL Review

Solar Flares - Northern Lights - CMEs

Street Art

Trompe L'Oeil Sidewalk "Chalk Art

Sun Safety Awareness

Skin Cancer Foundation: Prevention
Read, understand, and apply all of the information on this page
12 Ways to Prevent Skin Cancer
CDC: How to prevent Skin Cancer
American Academy of Dermatology
Preventing Skin Cancer

Good Sun Safety Awareness INFOGRAPHICS

Sun Safety Awareness Infographic Example 1
Sun Safety Awareness Infographic Example 2
Sun Safelty Awareness Infographic Example 3
Eye Protection
Sun Safety Awareness Infographic Example 4
Skin Cancer prevention
Sun Safety Awareness Infographic Example 5
Balancing Vitamin D with Sun exposure
Sun Safety Awareness Infographic Example 6
Sun Safety Awareness Infographic Example 7
Sun Safety Awareness Infographic Example 8
Melanoma

Survival

Curricular - Survival

Survival pre and post activities

Travel- Places to see

Most Beautiful Streets in the world
Slideshow

Video Game Design

Game Star Mechanic
This site has many games and lessons that teach you how to design a video game
Storyboard example 1
Video Game Revolution
PBS interactive on how to create a VG
StoryBoard That
software for storyboarding
The Art of Video Games
A tour through a variety of media links to explore the art of video games
How Stuff works
a variety of articles on different topics related to Video Game Design
The Future of Video Game Development
as a career
Video Game Revolution
PBS site on video game design
Video Game History Timeline
A History of Video Games
TED Video clip
Computer and Video Game History

Water

Water Wars Lesson Plans

Resources for Teaching about Water

Weather

Scholastic weather simulator
Adjust dial on weather contributors to change results
8 principles to help you understand weather
Overview of how weather works
Video of 6 principles of weather
Video of how weather works
Historical Weather Data
Many avenues to find a plethora of weather data
U.S. Government site of resources to learn about weather mechanics
One of the best sites for valid, reliable information on the mechanics of weather
NOAA Weather education site
tabs for different weather phenomena
Hurricane Sandy coverage
video
Weather Simulators or Simulations

Climate Change

Christian Climate Change scientist
NPR - June 14, 2014

Greenhouse Effect

How the greenhouse effect works
Description with diagrams of greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide,
Great explanation with short animated video
Information on Ozone Depletion

Weather in the Solar System

Weather on other planets
Desriptions of weather events occuring on other planets in our solar system
Local daily observations over the past month
Monthly observations

Weather Maps

Understanding symbols on weather maps
list of symbols with names you can click on for more detailed information
How to read a weather map
Putting together the various conditions symbolized on the map in order to forecast potential scenarios
1 Minute Video on how to read a weather map
animated description of how to read a weather map
How to read a weather map
A little more detailed explanatino of how to read a weather map

Weather Simulators or Simulations

Activites and Exercises to demonstrate weather

History Resources

State by state archives and digital libraries and special exhibits

Debate Tools - Forms - Graphic Organizers

Issue Analysis Form
Prop - Op Research Organizer Option 1
Prop- Op Research Organizer Option 2
Outlining Arguments Worksheet
Flow Sheet
for students in audience to follow a debate they are watching/ analyzing
Debate Roles & Format Summary Sheet
1 page summary
MSPDP Format
10 page detail of debate format, timing, procedures and roles
Guide to Speaking & Listening
1 page summary of ARE & Refutation & Research Tips
Debate Scoring Rubric
To be used by both student audience members and teacher

Debate Articles & Sites for Lessons

Summer Matters
Why kids need summer off - not year-round school
National Association for Year-round Education
Why kids should go to school year-round
National Education Association
Arguments for and against year-round school
Teaching Year-round
Journalists Code of Ethics
PBS broadcast on WV year round school

Playwriting - Student Resources

Origami & Paper crafts

Fascinating articles to share

A Quick Puzzle to tell whether you know what people are thinking

Plays

Taming of the Shrew - full script
Taming of the Shrew summary
Spark Notes

Socratic Seminar

Civilizations

Quiz on civilization vs culture

Infographics on Civilization

Infographics - Favorites

animal vs human intelligence

8th grade Field Trip

Literary Magazine

Geography

40 Maps that Explain the World
GoogleMaps Scavenger Hunt
Five Themes of Geography
Student song on YouTube
5 Themes demonstrated with fast drawing to musical backgrouund
5 Themes for students to watch on laptop

VR Google Cardboard

First World Problems - Third World Problems

M-Pesa currency
The Future of Money
60 Minutes show on virtual currency in third world nations
Tune-in recording of 60 Minutes - The Future of Money
audio only
25 Top Developing Countries and DEveloped Countries
also explains the metrics and measurements used in determining whether a country is developing or developed

LifeHack - Inspiration

8th gr FT

Prince William County

RELIC- Prince William Co Library has an entire department on Prince William Co, called RELIC
There are many links to more detailed information

Waterways of Prince William County

Lakes

Rivers

Occoquan River

Streams and Creeks

Quantico Creek
Bull Run
tributary stream of Potomac River

WebCams of Manassas and PW County

Historic Places of Manassas and PW County

Maps

Cemeteries of Prince William County
PWC County Mapper
versatlie tools for mapping and layers of PWC
Manassas Map of Government Services
Manassas Parcels
Separate plots of owership
Manassas Historical Map Tour
Prince William Co Parks Finder
Broad Run Trail System Map
Parkland and Trails in PWC
PWC Conservation - Open Space info
Scroll down to the category heading "Maps" for more maps on PWC open space
Map of Prince William County and Manassas
Prince William County - located on map of Virginia
Counties of Virginia - map

Geology of PW County

Shoreline changes over time of Potomac River in PW County
Geology of the Piedmont region
Links to Geological maps of various features
The Geology of Virginia
broken down by regions
Bull Run Mountain

Outdoor, Wildlife and Conservation Resources

Hiking Trails in PWC

Broad Run Linear Park
Turn into Bridlewood Manor and take Hunting Cove Pl to end for parking and Trail head
Conway-Robinson Memorial State Forest Trail Map
color coded trails marked on satellite view map
Bristoe Station Battlefield Park Map
Bristoe Station Battlefield Park wesite
many links to details on what Bristoe Station offers
Manassas Battlefield National Park
Map of the 40 miles of trails within the large boundaries of the park
Bull Run Mountains Conservancy Natural Area Preserve Trail Map
Just 7 1/2 miles from the school for nearby mountain hiking
Bull Run Trail
17 1/2 mile trail starts in Bull Run Regional Park - parts of trail are arduous
Bluebell Trail in Bull Run Regional Park - about 10 miles from school
Pleasant 1.8 mile loop that runs partially along a lovely stream
Cub Run Valley Stream Park Trail
9.3 mile lightly trafficked trail runs partially along stream - 12 miles from GVMS
Hemlock Overlook Park Trail
2.8 mile trail near Manassas to explore Union Mill and Bull Run - entrance is 13221-13247 Yates Ford Rd, about 20 miles from sch
Fountainhead Regional Park Trail
Prince William Forest Park - 20 miles from school, but still in PWC
38 miles of numerous trails - List is at https://www.nps.gov/prwi/planyourvisit/hiking.htm
List of individual trails in Prince William National Forest Park
links to details of features, and pictures from, every trail
Silver Lake Regional Park - 7 miles from GVMS
4 miles of trails located behind Reagan Middle School