Social Studies and Science Links from Miss Likins
China
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Pandas
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Inventions
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Inventions (2)
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Chinese New Year
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What is your Chinese zodiac sign?
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Chinese New Year Information
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Food for New Year
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Things NOT to do on New Years
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The Lion Dance on New Years
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Fortune Sticks
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Neat Facts
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Chinese Animals
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Chinese Holidays
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Chinese People
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Four Great Inventions from China
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Find your name in Chinese Characters!
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Visit the Great Wall of China. Excellent panoramic views!
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Learn how to write Chinese Characters.
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Ancient China on BrainPOP Jr.
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Chinese Tangrams
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Bronze History for Kids
Economics
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Kinds of Money
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Kids Bank
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U. S. Mint
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Identify Natural, Capital, and Human Resources
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Producers
Interactive Activity and Quiz
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Producers
Matching Activity
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Producers and What They Produce
Matching Activity
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Producers Making Good and Providing Services
Interactive Activity and Quiz
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Who provides the service?
Matching Activity
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Economics Links
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Scarcity Story
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The Trading Game
Christmas Around the World
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Christmas in 30 Different Countries
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Around the World
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Countries
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Christmas Crafts
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Scavenger Hunt
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St. Lucia Day
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Zuzu Sampling of Christmas Around the World
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Christmas Around the World Virtual Journey
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Russian Christmas - Story of Baboushka in English and Russian
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Anancy and the Christmas Plant
Jamaican Christmas Story
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The Little Fir Tree
Danish Christmas Story
Environmental Sites
Famous Americans
Geography
Living Systems - Habitats, Animal Adaptations, Living/Nonliving,
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Land Habitat Links from McGraw Hill, our textbook company
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Water Habitat Links from McGraw Hill, our textbook company
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BBC - Habitats
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BBC - Living things around us
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Journey North - Migration of North American Animals
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Habitats on BrainPOP Jr.
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Animal Adaptations on BrainPOP Jr.
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BBC - Interdependence and Adaptation
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Migration - Activity and Information
NASA website about migration
Matter - Solids, Liquids, and Gases
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Matter Links from McGraw Hill, our textbook company
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Water Activity Book (Printable)
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Freezing and Melting Pictures
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NASA Video about the States of Matter
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BBC Interactive Matter Experiments! (melting and cooling)
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BBC Changing States of Matter Experiements (solids, liquids, gases)
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BBC Gases Around Us (experiments with gas and matter sort)
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Matter Powerpoint Jeopardy
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Matter Powerpoint - States of Matter and How They Change
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Solids and Liquids Module
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Keeping Warm (experimenting with materials that keep containers of liquid warm)
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Characteristics of Materials (flexible, transparent, strong, waterproof)
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Matter on BrainPOP! (interactive video, game, quiz, etc,)
Native Americans
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Eastern Woodland American Indians
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Southwest American Indians
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Plains American Indians
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Pow Wow Pictures
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Native American Memory Game
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Famous Native Americans
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Interactive Map of Native American Tribes
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Map of Native American Tribes
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Native American Games
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What is a pow-wow?
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Virtual Tour of the Eastern Woodlands
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National Museum of the American Indian
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Match Native American Tribes with their homes
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What can you make from a buffalo? (A matching game)
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Native American Jeopary Game
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Virginia's First People
Past and Present, Communities, Citizenship and Diversity
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Communities on BrainPOP Jr.
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Online Stories About Citizenship
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"How old do I look?" Game
Sequence items from past to present.
Plants
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Plant Parts Quiz
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The Great Plant Escape
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Life Cycle of a Bean Plant
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Plant Unit - Information
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Plant PowerPoint
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Plant parts salad
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Factors that Affect Plants (SmartBoard activity)
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Growing Plants
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Helping Plants Grow Well
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Ovie's Undergroud - Learn about organic farming and play some fun search games!
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Plants on BrainPOP Jr.
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Rubber Tapping
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Rubber Slide Show
Science Links - General
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Live Science Images
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Science News for Kids
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Science on BrainPOP Jr.
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Kid Wings
Neat educational website about birds. GREAT virtual owl pellet dissection!
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NASA Space Place for Kids
Social Studies Links - General
Weather
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Weather links from McGraw Hill, our textbook company
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Animated Water Cycle
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NASA Video about Weather Tools
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NASA Day and Night Video
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Cloud Information
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Learn how to be a weather tracker!
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Hurricane Information
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Tornado Information
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Winter Storm Information
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Clouds Information 2
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Rain and Floods Information
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Thunderstorms Information
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Lightning Information
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Weather Games
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Wild Weather Adventure Game
Activity provided by NASA
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Cloudspeak from NASA
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Unscramble the Clouds
Real photos of clouds to unscramble
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Weather Instruments
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Weather Wiz Kids Site
Lots of interesting information and activities about weather.
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Weather Activities on Edheads
Animals
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SeaWorld Animal Bytes
Descriptions and pictures of animals
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Yahoo Animals Database
Find each animal under its animal family.
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Animal Diversity Web
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Animal Sounds Library
Neat site from SeaWorld
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Animal Info Books
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Amazing Animals
Animal database from BBC for children.