Subject Links BIBLE Calvin's Commentaries http://www.biblestudyguide.org/comment/calvin/comm_index.htm Calvin's Institutes http://www.vor.rbdisk/calvin/ci.html Reformed Free Publishing Association http://www.rfpa.org This site has the current issue of the Standard Bearer and hundreds of back issues archived online. The web site also contains the entire catalog of books and curriculum materials for browsing and purchasing at the online store. The Hall of Church History http://www.spurgeon.org/~phil/hall.htm Includes links to creeds, confessions, and catechisms. A good church hostory site. Click Reformers to find works by Calvin, Luther and more. Protestant Reformed Churches in America http://www.prca.org Spurgeon Archive http://www.spurgeon.org GEOGRAPHY The World Fact Book http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html CIA World Factbook has maps and information about every country in the world. Country Reports http://www.countryreports.org Features over 260 countries. Historical, cultural and statistical information. Basic information is free and with a subscription of $1.50 expanded country profilesare available. State and Country Quick Facts http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html From the US Census Bureau quick easy access to facts about people, business, and geography. Flags of the World http://www.atlasgeo.net/fotw/flags/index.html This site has 60,000 flags to view and 32,000 pages about flags. There are many useful links such as coloring pages, report help, when to fly the flag and more. NASA: World Wind 1.4 http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov Satellite imagery from NASA that lets you zoom in to any place on Earth in 3-D Google Earth http://earth.google.com Satellite imagery and maps combined with the Google search engine. National Geographic Xpeditions http://nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions Xpeditions is home to the U.S. National Geography Standards—and to thousands of ideas, tools, and interactive adventures that bring them to life. TerraServer http://terraserver.microsoft.com Repository of aerial photographs and satellite images taken from miles overhead that you can view online or purchase. Features digitized aerial photos of the United ... How Far Is It? http://www.indo.com/distance Courtesy of Indo.com, this service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies). It also provides a map showing the two places, using the Xerox PARC Map Server. www.geographic.org http://www.photius.com/rankings/population.html Population stats Education Planet http://www.educationplanet.com/search/Geography Geography categories at this site: biomes,climate, compass skills, contients, culyures, flags, general resources, map skills, maps, National Parks, navigation,oceans, population, regional resources, rivers, time, U.S. states,urban studies, virtual field trips, webcams,world culture. Color Landform Atlas http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states Shaded relief maps, satellite images, various types of maps for every state. Want to know what the U>S> looked like in 1895? Look here. Country at a Glance http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/index.asp Selecting a country from a drop down menu gives you a web page with brief information about a country as well as a mapof the country and a world map depicting the location of the country. Country Studies from the Library of Congress http://www.b2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html This Web site contains brief, more up-to-date Country Profiles on select countries. Portals to the World from Library of Congress http;//www.loc.gov.rr.international/portals.html Library of Congress links to electronic resources from around the world. Geospy http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geospy Interactive website. You have 180 seconds to find all the states. You can also do continents and countries. Geohive http://www.geohive.com/default1.aspx Geohive is useful for researching geographic and country data, demographic info and global trends. GOVERNMENT Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids http://bensguide.gpo.gov Information arranged by grade level. Includes information on branches of government and how laws are made. Contacting the Senate contact your Senators, find information on committees, legislation, records and more FedStats:Federal Government Kid's Page http://www.fedstats.gov/kids/index.html Provides easy access to a full rance of publicly available statistics. FirstGov for Kids http://www.kids.gov Welcome to the U.S. government interagency Kids' Portal. This site was developed and is maintained by the Federal Citizen Information Center. It provides links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject. Explore, learn, have fun and don't forget to add us to your favorites! U.S.House of Representatives http://www.house.gov Learn how laws are made and enacted and find information on legislation and more. U.S.House of Representative Write Your Representative http://www.ouse.gov/writerep Write your Representative. The Supreme court http://www.supremecourtus.gov HISTORY American Memory from the Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index/html Browse by topic, time period or place. The History Channel http://www.history.com This site corresponds to the television network and includes the feature This Day in History. The History Place http://www.historyplace.com The History PLace isa private, independant Internet-only publication started in 1996. the Web site offers a fact-based approach in the presetation of all areas of history. Popular Songs in American History http://www.contemplator.com/america Tunes , lyrics, information, historical background, and tune related links. Hear the tunes and lyrics. Repositories of Primary Resources http://www.uiaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html "a listing of over 5,000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources." Has a link to Calvin College. World War II Statistics Statistical Resources on the Web http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html a good site to go for statistics on many different subjects. American Memory Collection: World War II Military Situation Maps http://memory.loc.gov.ammem/collections/maps/wwii The World War II Military Situation Maps contains maps showing troop positions beginning on June 6, 1944 to July 26, 1945. Starting with the D-Day Invasion, the maps give daily details on the military campaigns in Western Europe, showing the progress of the Allied Forces as they push towards Germany. Some of the sheets are accompanied by a declassified "G-3 Report" giving detailed information on troop positions for the period 3 Mar. 1945-26 July 1945. These maps and reports were used by the commanders of the United States forces in their evaluation of the campaigns and for planning future strategies. The collection consists of 416 printed maps and 115 reports, the originals of which reside in the Library of Congress' Geography and Map Division. Online National Archives Videos http://video.google.com/nara.html view over 100 free videos offered in a partnership between Google and the National Archives. Archiving Early America http://www.earlyamerica/freedom Here are the "Freedom Documents" from Early America-- the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. As with all of the documents on view here at Archiving Early America, they are shown as they first appeared to the public at that time. LANGUAGE ARTS Children's Literature Web Guide http://www.acs.acalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html This site has lists of award winning books, teaching ideas for books, and links to author pages. KidsReads http://www.kidsreads.com This online book club for kids features book reviews, author profiles, polls, and lots of other resources. Glossary of Linguistic Terms http://www.sil.org/Linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms Grammar Bytes http://www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm English Grammar http://members.cox.net/teachro This site has help for digramming plus grammar and writing help. Focus on Words http:///www.wordfocus.com A rich resource of vocabulary information that will enhance your English-vocabulary skills! Online Writing Lab Brought to you by the Purdue University Online Writing Lab. In this section of our site, we offer you handouts and exercises on grammar, spelling, and punctuation. We also have PowerPoint presentations related to grammar, and we have an entire section of handouts and resources for English as a Second Language learners that might also prove useful. Current Events Writing Prompts MIDDLE SCHOOL WRITING PROMPTS NoodleBib MLA Starter NoodleBib MLA Starter is designed for students in grades 1-5, introducing our youngest scholars to the basics of citing a source. A rework of our Quick Cite tool used by hundreds of schools since 1999, MLA Starter gives the student clear, color-coded examples of how to cite the sources they are most likely to encounter (printed and online books, reference sources, magazines, newspapers, etc.). Literature CyberGuides http;//www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cy68.html CyberGuides are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric. Famous Poets & Poems http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/indexpoetdate.html Favorite American Poets Bookwink Young Adult Literature http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/yalit.htm Resources to support the curriculum in English and Language Arts for K-12 educators. Literature Resources http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/cyalr_index.html Cynthia Leitich Smith's Children's & Young Adult Literature Resources Link English Zone http://www.english-zone.com Very comprehensive site!! MUST SEE Bookhive http://www.bookhive.org Kay Vandergrift's Special Interest Page http://www.scils/rutgers.edu/~kvander Hosted by Professor Kay Vandergrift at Rutgers University, this site includes sections covering: Materials for children, Gender and Culture inPicture Books, Young Adult Literature, History of Children's Literature, Linking Literature with Learning. Guide to Grammar and Writing Students can learn more about the parts of speech under the section Word & Sentence Level. Write Express This website offers a free online dictionary. Giggle Poetry Link MAGAZINES Weekly Reader http://weeklyreader.com Time for Kids http://www.timeforkids.com sports Illustrated for Kids http://www.skids.com Scholastic News http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/index.asp National Geographic Kids National Geographic National Geographic Index http://www.nationalgeographic.com/publications/evplore.html The libray has CDs. Ask at the desk. Go! Magazine that discusses transportation and jobs related to that field. MATH A Maths Dictionary for Kids http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com An animated interactive dictionary for students which explains over 500 common mathematical terms in simple language. Has defintions, activities, practice and calculators. Math Playground http://www.mathplayground.com Grades K-6 a five star rating.Math Playground is an action-packed educational site for elementary and middle school students. Practice your math skills, play a logic game, and have some fun AAA Math http://www.aaamath.com K-12, a good site for ANY kind of math. Interactive use available. Ask Dr. Math http://mathforum.org/dr.math A question and answer service for math students and their teachers. A separate archive is available by grade level and topic as well as summaries of frequently asked questions. Click on FAQ to find links to math history and math reference. Approximate Conversions to Metric Measures Chart Approximations for converting distance, area, mass, volume, and temperature. Online Calculators Measure 4 Measure A site for calculating and converting anything. Scrool down on the page to find links to sciece and math tables, health, finance, and a section entitled " a measure of everything else"containing calculation tables for everyday use. Nova Roma: Roman Numeral Conversion type ina number up to 4,000 and click to covert it to a Roman numeral, or type in the Roman numeral and convert into Arabic numbers. Universal Currency Converter Type in an amount and convert from one international currency to another. NEWS ONLINE ABYZ News Links A portal to online news resources from around the world composed mainly of newspapers....doesn't contain news only links. CNN Student News CNN War Tracker Online Newspapers http://www.newspaperindex.com Online newspapers in all countries. SCIENCE-ANIMALS Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html Shambles Virtual Zoo http://www.shambles.net/pages/school/virtualzoo Yahoo Animals http://kids.yahoo.com/animals Great sites for Kids...Animals http://www.kidsbookshelf.com/gsfk/animals.asp Science and Nature Websites Animals Animal Pictures Archive http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com Nature Video Database from PBShttp://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/database.html Watch video clips from the NATURE archives! Search by keyword or by program title. And keep checking back, as video will be continually added to this section. You will need the free RealPlayer to view the clips. Franklin Institute's Resources on Science students can use this site to develop background knowledge about bugs. Amazing Animal Senses SCIENCE- BIOLOGY Five Senses Ten Activities for Teaching the Five Senses SCIENCE-CHEMISTRY Periodic Table of Elements http://www.c-f-c.com/charts/periodic.htm Web Elements http://webelements.com Who discovered the Elements? http://education.jlab.org/qa/discover_ele.html A complete list of all the elements and who discovered them. contains links to additional information. chem4Kids http://www.chem4kids.com Thanks for visiting! Right now, you're on CHEM4KIDS.COM. If you are looking for basic chemistry information, stay on this site. It's not just for kids, it's for everyone. We have information on matter, atoms, elements, the periodic table, reactions, and biochemistry. If you're still not sure what to click, try our site map that lists all of the topics on the site. If you surf and get lost in all of the information, use the search function on the side of the pages. Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/chemistry Eric Weisstein's World of Science -- Chemistry contains 495 entries = and over 600 cross-references. The topics are organized for hierarchical-browsing but can also be keyword-searched. Entries may = contain figures or animations, or hyperlinked bibliographies.=20 Chemical reactions;=20 Experimental chemistry;=20 Geology;=20 Inorganic chemistry;=20 Mineralogy;=20 Organic chemistry;=20 Petrology;=20 Quantum chemistry." SCIENCE-GENERAL How Stuff Works http://www.howstuffworks.com This award winning site explains the nuts and bolts of everyday things. Created by Marshall Brain, it uses photos and illustrations to elaborate on easy-to-read explainations. Flying Turtle Exploring http://www.ftexploing.com Grades 3-8. Follow the energy flows to discover how the same basic principles influence and control the way things work in creation, living organisms, ans hunam technology. Click on Sites for Teachers to find many links to sites useful for teachers. Environmental Literacy Council http://www.enviroliteracy.org This site contains the following topics: Air and Climate, Land, Water, Ecosystems, Energy, Food, Environment and Society. Grades K-12, a five star rating of well presents research on all tings environmental. Invention Dimension Invention Dimension is a site for anyone who wants to learn more about American inventors and their discoveries. The site highlights a different American inventor every week. Magic School Bus find out what Ms. Frizzle and her class are up to now. Science Animations http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/animatio.htm This site has interactive tutorials, animations, and movies on science topics. Science News for Kids http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Science News for Kids is a new Web site devoted to science news for children of ages 9 to 14 Infomine http://infomine.ucr.edu A site for advanced science articles, lectures and papers. SCIENCE-EARTH SCIENCE Earthquakes from Ask.com Recent Earthquake Activity Hurricanes-Ask.com from National Hurricane Center Web Weather for Kids http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather Learn what makes weather wet and wild, do cool activities, and become hot at forecasting the weather on Web Weather for Kids! US Weather site http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_loop_php See the movement of the weather patterns all across the US. Weather Classroom Encyclopedia http://www.weatherclassroom.com/encyclopedia Space Weather http://spaceweather.com Resources for Earth Science and Geography http://webs.cmich.edu/resgi This website contains links which are organized alphabetically around the sequence of topics typically taught in an introductory earth science or physical geography class. Links are also available for environmental science, earth science/geography education, career opportunities, and more. 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