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Oregon Episcopal School 6300 SW Nicol Road Portland, OR 97223, USA
Updated September 26, 2008

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Study Links:

Wetlands Information:

Wetlands: Be sure to click on the links on the left edge.

Wetland Plants: Good site on plants of wetlands. Click the links on the left to learn about animals, soil, and other wetland components.

Wetland Animals

Wetlands: Many links to many wetlands sites. Check these out!

Oregon Wetlands - this site has a high reading level. Check out the links to different parts of Oregon at the bottom of the page.

Oregon's Greatest Wetlands Map - the red shows the wetlands areas of Oregon

Wetlands of Oregon
- click the links for specific wetlands, such as Jackson Bottom

Rivers, Streams, Wetlands, Lakes photos near Portland

Rivers, Streams, Wetlands, Lakes photos near Portland

Wetland Resources - high reading level. There is some good information here on the different kinds of wetlands.

Nutria Websites:

Nutria to eat?

Nutria - not Oregon, but some good info about nutria.

Nutria: Excellent article with much information!

Nutria: Eating Louisiana's Coast: Many links to info.

Nutria Images: Lots of photos of nutria

Nutria: Good basic information

NorthWest Coast Indian Sites 2008:

General Information

Northwest Indians - really good starting site! Click the links at the bottom for more! It includes region, houses, food, religion, art, legends, and Chinook Jargon vocabulary.

Story of the Northwest Coast - Excellent maps of the areas the various Northwest Coast Indian Nations occupied plus descriptions of early experiences of non-Indian visitors to some of these nations. Hint: at the bottom of the first page be sure to click on "To the next page" button.

Directory of Northwest Indian Poems

The Grand Hall - this site is a feast for the eyes, showing homes of different Northwest Nations, maps, masks, and much more!

Northwest Coastal Indians - a student report.

Northwest Coast Indians - good overview.

Pacific Coastal Indian Life - lots of good info here.

Great Sites for Photos and Descriptions:

Library of Congress photo collection - click on Next or Previous to look at alphabetical titles. You can look for certain Northwest tribes alphabetically, or go through the pages, and click on items that are from the Northwest.

Three Examples: if you wish to find out about canoes, find the page with Canoes, then try the links titled Canoes --British Columbia--1910-1920, Canoes--Northwest, Pacific--1910-1920, or Canoes--Washington (State)--1910.

Northwest Coast Indian Nations:

Coast Salish (Bella Coola) Nation

The Coast Salish Nation - good basic info and maps.

Bella Coola Words - learn some words in the Bella Coola language.

Coast Salish Canoe Racing - be sure to click on the buttons at the bottom of the page!

Coast Salish House - terrific site for Coast Salish Houses!

Brian Thom's Coast Salish Home Page - info.

Coast Salish Villages of Puget Sound - clickable maps

Coast Salish Languages - there are a bunch of them!

Coast Salish Maps - all the way south to California! Includes Tillamook.

Curtis Photos - Salish - click on the links. Note: not all Salish are coast people.

 

Haida Nation

The Haida - excellent site!

Haida Words - words in the Haida language.

Carving at Skidegate - excellent series of photos of carving a totem pole!

Haida Spirits by the Sea - very interesting site with great photos!

Kwakiutl Nation

Kwakiutl Recipes - learn how to cook a whale, and salmon guts!!!

Kwakiutl Words - learn some words in the Kwakiutl language!

Kwakiutl - info on numbers of people, language family, etc.

Kwakiutl Tales Index - great photo and many myths!

Kwakiutl Indian Tribe History - gives the subdivisions of the Kwakiutl tribe. Scroll down to read.

Kwakiutl Music - a short explanation.

Curtis Photos - Kwakiutl - scroll down to the Kwakiutl Indians links.

Makah Nation

Makah Nation - info on the Makah Indians today and some of their history.

The Makah Nation - modern times info

History of the Whale Hunt - good info.

The Makah Tribe - click on the links and then scroll down to read.

Makah Language - learn about their language.

Makah Cultural and Resource Center - good photograph of a Makah woman.

Welcome to the Makah Nation - a good site about the Makah people today.

Makah Whaling Site - a modern whale hunt - click on the movie link for the movie.

 

Nootka Nation

The Nootka Indians - great information!

Nootka Indians - good info on location, diet, dress, and society.

Nootka - photo

Nootka Language - learn words in their language.

The Nootka - good basic information.

The Nootka - good info put together by a student.

Nuu-Chah-Nulth - interesting information on the Nootka people - high lexile reading level.

Nootka - history of the name of the tribe.

Curtis Photos - Nootka - click on Nootka links.

Tlingit Nation

Tlingit man and woman - photo and information

Tlingit Words - words in the Tlingit language.

Tlingit woman in potlatch dancing costume

Tlingit home interior photo and many links to photos! Click on photos to make them big!!!!!

Heiltsuk (Bella Bella) Nation

Bella Bella Language - learn words in their language!

Tsimshian Nation

Tsimshian Villages - click on the left side links for individual village photos and info.

Tsimshian art.

Tsimshian Words - words in the Tsimshian language.

American Indians - Tsimshian - scroll down to Tsimshian Indians links - tons of photos and info!

Chinook Nation

Chinook - Many web links at this site.

Chinook Words - words in the Chinook language

Chinook Jargon - words in the Chinook Jargon, a trading language.

Chinook Nation - The official Chinook web site. Cultural information and many pictures.

Curtis Photos - Chinook - scroll down to the 5 links to Chinook photos.

Chilkat Nation

Chilkat Photos - many old photos about dance, culture, costumes, etc.

Chilkat Blanket - learn about this beautiful blanket that takes a year to make!

Chilkat Village - photo, and many links

American Indians - Chilkat - scroll down to Chilkat Indians links - tons of photos and info!

Wetlands Information:

Ocean Unit:

New April 3: Seashore Decision Research Investigation

Pacific Coast Animals:

Birds with Oregon Coast Winter Habitats - a listing, and a good Great Blue
Heron photo
List of Pacific Northwest Birds - there are many!!!
Great site of Pacific Northwest bird photos!!!

Albatross:

Albatrosses at Work - excellent photos and info.
Everything about Albatrosses - many sites with info, photos, and sounds
Albatross - from Wikipedia
Albatrosses at Work
Laysoan Albatross - from the Laysan Islands
List of Pacific Northwest Birds - there are many!!!
Great site of Pacific Northwest bird photos!!!

Anemones:

Aggregating Anemone - you will see these on the Magruder trip!
Cloning Anemone - what used to be called aggregating anemones.
Giant Green Anemone - excellent article! You will see these on the Magruder trip!
Giant Green Anemone - found on our coast - they live to be 70 years old!
Anemone - good Wikipedia info
How to keep anemones
Anemones
- great photo!
Sea Anemones - good, easy to read site!

Bald Eagles:

Everything about eagles - many sites with info, photos, and sounds
Bald Eagle Facts - lots of good and fun facts about bald eagles
Bald Eagles - good Wikipedia article
Bald Eagles
- excellent article with lots of info and photos!
List of Pacific Northwest Birds - there are many!!!
Great site of Pacific Northwest bird photos!!!

Barnacles:

Gooseneck Barnacles - you may see these on the Magruder trip!
Barnacle General Biology - excellent drawings and info
Barnacles - great article with good drawings!

Common Murre:

Common Murre - good site!
Common Murre - you can listen to it's sounds too!
Seabirds: Common Murre - good photos especially!
List of Pacific Northwest Birds - there are many!!!
Great site of Pacific Northwest bird photos!!!

Cormorants - also known as Sea Crows:

Identifying Cormorants of the west coast - great photos of many types of
cormorants
Everything about Cormorants - links to many sites about cormorants
Cormorant - Wikipedia article
Cormorants - many excellent photos!
Birds - Everything About Cormorants - click on the links.
Double-Crested Cormorant - found in America. Some good photos.
List of Pacific Northwest Birds - there are many!!!
Great site of Pacific Northwest bird photos!!!

Crabs:

Dungeness Crab - found on our coast - you will see some on the Magruder trip!
Dungeness Crab - good site, but not the easiest reading level.
The Dungeness Crab - great photo, and be sure to use the links on the left side!
Red Rock Crab - found on our coast
Red Rock Crab - life cycle, and drawing of where they are found.
Dungeness, Red Rock, and Tanner Crabs - all found on the Pacific Coast
Sand Crabs - found on our coast

Crows (see Ravens below):

Crows - Wikipedia article
Ravens - Wikipedia article
For the Love of Crows - good info, and many links.
Crows - good info about American crows
Ravens - much information
List of Pacific Northwest Birds - there are many!!!
Great site of Pacific Northwest bird photos!!!

Crustaceans:

Crustacean - Wikipedia article
Crustacean Printouts - scroll down to the many crustacean printouts and excellent info available!!!
Crustacean List by Common Name - every crustacean imaginble! Click on the links to learn!
Wonders of the Sea: Crustacans - scroll down to learn about many crustaceans!

Dolphins:

Great Dolphin Site!!! - get all your questions answered!
Dolphins - good info from Wikipedia
Bottlenose Dolphins
Common Dolphin - good info!

Ducks:

Pacific Northwest Ducks and Geese - click the links for many ducks and geese
Mallard - good info and photos
Wood duck - good info and photos
Everything about ducks - many links to ducks
Ducks of the World - scroll down to the Mallard Duck
Mallard Duck - good info and a drawing by a school student
List of Pacific Northwest Birds - there are many!!!
Great site of Pacific Northwest bird photos!!

Eels:

The Virtual Zoo - photo and good info
Eels
- good Wikipedia article
Wolf Eel - found on our coast
The Race Rockx Taxonomy - good article and a great video including a wolf eel!!!

Geese:

Pacific Northwest Ducks and Geese - click the links for many ducks and geese.
Canada Goose subspecies - descriptions of the various subspecies of Canada
Geese
Canada Goose - good article
Canada Goose - another good article
Canada Goose - yet another good article
List of Pacific Northwest Birds - there are many!!!
Great site of Pacific Northwest bird photos!!!

Great Blue Heron:

Waterfowl ID - info
Great Blue Heron - great information and photos! Click on the photos to make
them bigger!
Great Blue Heron - info and good photo
Great Blue Heron - good article; scroll down for good photos
List of Pacific Northwest Birds - there are many!!!
Great site of Pacific Northwest bird photos!!!

Grebes:

Everything about Grebes - many links about this common Oregon coast bird.
Grebes - good article
Pied-Billed Grebe - includes a recording of the sounds it makes. Common at the coast.
Western Grebe - they are common at the coast.
List of Pacific Northwest Birds - there are many!!!
Great site of Pacific Northwest bird photos!!!

Gulls:

Everything about Gulls - many gull links
Gulls of the Pacific Northwest
Gull Identification in the Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest, Gulls, Terns, and other Seabirds
List of Pacific Northwest Birds - there are many!!!
Great site of Pacific Northwest bird photos!!!

Herring:

Pacific Herring

Jellyfish:

Pacific Coast Jellies - high vocabulary, but good information.
Gelatinous Zooplankton - click on the photos to see many more neat photos!
Moon Jellies

Loons:

Common Loon - mostly seen north of the Oregon coast
Great Northern Diver
Pacific Loon
- good site!

Mollusks - Includes Bivalves, Octopus, Chitons, Limpets, Cowries, Nudibranch, Clams, Scallops Squid, Cuttlefish, Nautilus:

Giant Pacific octopus - good article
Giant Pacific Octopus - another good article
Armed but Harmless

East Pacific Red Octopus - the most common on the Pacific Coast
The Sea, Part 1 - good for many mollusks - these are great for info and photos!
The Sea, Part 2 - more mollusks
The Sea, Part 3 - even more mollusks!

Octopus:

Click to see the octopus sites.

Osprey:

Wikipedia article
Osprey - good basic info and photos
All About Birds - Osprey - good site
The Osprey - lots of info
Ospreys in Oregon

Pelicans:

Everything about Pelicans - many pelican links
List of Pacific Northwest Birds - there are many!!!
Great site of Pacific Northwest bird photos!!!
Brown and White Pelican Photos

Pigeon Guillemot

Pigeon Guillemot - photos
Pigeon Guillemot Information - listen to its voice too!
List of Pacific Northwest Birds - there are many!!!
Great site of Pacific Northwest Bird photos!!!

Plovers:

List of Pacific Northwest Birds - there are many!!!
Great site of Pacific Northwest bird photos!!!

Raven and Crows:

Ravens - Wikipedia Article
Ravens - great site!
For the Love of Crows - info, photos, and links
Crows
List of Pacific Northwest Birds - there are many!!!
Great site of Pacific Northwest bird photos!!!

Rays:

Great Site about many kinds of rays!! There are photos for each kind!
Ray photos
Manta Rays
Manta Rays - great site!
Sharks and Rays
- photos and info on four kinds of rays
Sharks, Rays, and Skates

Rockfish:

Bottom Fish - this commercial site shows a photo of rockfish and lists some of
the more common species.
Types, Lifespan, Size

Salmon:

Salmon Species information - another cool site found by Duncan!
Salmon Anatomy - cool site found by Conner!
Salmon Life Cycle - good site from Riverdale School found by Conner.
Interactive Salmon Life Cycle - excellent - check out the photo links. Found
by Conner.
Life Cycle - cool site about the life cycle of salmon!
Surface Water Word Search - this is a terrific cross-letter find the word site -
try it - you'll like it!
Salmon Links - Debbie's Unit Factory - links for salmon, Pacific salmon, and
Atlantic salmon. Includes teacher resources.
Dialogue for kids - lots of salmon links

Sand Dollars:

Sand Dollars - very good site!
Information on Sand Dollars
How sand dollars move

Sandpipers:

Sandpipers - excellent site!
List of Pacific Northwest Birds
- there are many!!!
Great site of Pacific Northwest bird photos!!!

Sea Lions and Seals:

Sea lions - good site with photos
Seal and Sea Lion facts of the Columbia River and Marine Areas
Sea Lions - Wikipedia article
Seals - Wikipedia article
Harbor Seals - good site!
Harbor Seals - Wikipedia article

Sea Otters:

Sea Otter Mystery - short description and a great photo.
Search for the missing Sea Otters - long but some good information.
Sea Otters - good information
Sea Otter Web Cam - can you see them?
The Sea Otter Project - watch the videos by clicking on the video clip links!
Sea Otter Unit - You as a student can use this even though it's designed for teachers to teach from.

Sea Stars:

Video including a sunflower star
Sea Stars
Phylum Echinodermata - just a fancy word for sea stars - check out his great site!
Sea Stars - good site for kids!

Sea Urchins

Video includes a sea urchin being eaten by a wolf eel!
Sea Urchin - lots of info and one photo
Creatures of the Sea - scroll down to Sea Urchins
Sea Anemones and Sea Urchins - a photo - the purple critters are the urchins, and the green ones are the giant green anemones we find on our coast.

Seals:

Seals - Wikipedia article
Harbor Seals - good site!
Harbor Seals - Wikipedia article
Seal and Sea Lion Photos

Sharks:

The Virtual Zoo - Shark - great photo and good info
Great Site about many kinds of sharks!! Scroll way down for photos for each kind!
Sharks, Rays, and Skates
Sharks, Myth and Mystery - click the small photos on the right.

Sturgeon:

Sturgeon - Wikipedia article

Whales:

The Virtual Zoo - Whales - great photo and good info, plus a recording of
whale sounds.
T
he Virtual Zoo - Dolphins - a great photo, info, and a recording
Humpback Whale - great photo and some information
Blue Whale Fact Sheet
Gray Whale Advocate - some excellent photos
What is an Orca? - click the links too

Zooplankton:

Plankton - good diagrams!
Zooplankton from Wikipedia
Zooplankton - good basic info.

F

Spanish Games Sites

Spanish Games Sites - check out the Special Subjects Page

Search and Citing Resources

Ask Jeeves Ask an Expert All Experts
Webhelp OSLIS Elementary Citing Internet Sources
SITES FROM KIDS!

Salmon, Watersheds, Rivers:

Northwest Culture - here's yet another cool site found by Conner. This one shows how the NW
Coast Indian Peoples caught salmon - scroll down to find it.

Species - a cool salmon species site found by Duncan!

Salmon Species information - another cool site found by Duncan!

Salmon Anatomy - cool site found by Conner!

Another cool site found by Conner - click on the species of your choice:
chinook, coho, chum, sockeye, pink

Dormick Park Elementary School - some good resources. Found by Conner.

Salmon and Watersheds - site found by Duncan.

Salmon Life Cycle - good site from Riverdale School found by Conner.

Interactive Salmon Life Cycle - excellent - check out the photo links. Found by Conner.

Life Cycle - cool site about the life cycle of salmon!

Surface Water Word Search - this is a terrific cross-letter find the word site - try it - you'll like it!

Salmon - a good basic site created by students in a school.

Salmon Links - Debbie's Unit Factory - links for salmon, Pacific salmon, and Atlantic salmon. Includes teacher resources.

Dialogue for kids - lots of salmon links

Other Salmon Websites:

BPA - Power of the Columbia - a neat site for all ages.

Pacific Coast Salmon Fisheries - a fine site found by Mrs. Walhood. Designed for teachers and students.

Website Evaluation Site

Virtual World - Columbia River - interactive site

The Salmon Page - Saving salmon, catching salmon, cooking salmon, and more.

Salmon - this page provide links to many salmon sites!

Save our Wild Salmon Home Page - much info including scientific principles for restoring Northwest wild salmon.

Oregon Coast Public Views of Salmon Restoration

Play the Salmon Challenge - good site for kids found by Mrs. Walhood. See how your decisions help or harm our environment and the salmon.

Pacific salmon – detailed info at a high reading level.

The Oregonian’s Endangered Fish Page – several articles about salmon.

Salmon Recovery Viewpoints – the salmon as regarded by many different groups of people!

BPA Won’t Risk Power to Aid Fish Migration – good article from the Oregonian.

Salmon and Trout Topics from King County, Washington

General Background Info on Pacific Salmon – excellent site describing the species and life cycle of salmon. Includes photos and a lifecycle drawing.

The Salmon Listserv – here is a listserv discussion group for students hosted at Riverdale School here in Portland. Also tons of links about salmon. An excellent site!

Tillamook Bay National Estuary Project – this may be of some use to the teachers.

Salmon and Watersheds from Oregon Sea Grant – includes k-12 materials

Meet the Pacific Salmon from the Canadian Fishing Company – excellent site describing salmon species, including jack salmon. Links to photos and info about alevin, parr, and much more. This looks like a great site!

Where do salmon go in the ocean – a basic site with a few interesting tidbits.

Endangered salmon put damper on construction in the Puget Sound area.

Sea Grant and Salmon in Washington State

Pesticides and Salmon

Salmon Report for Congress – high level language, but may be interesting.

Salmon and Dams, Can we Have Both?

Chinook Proposed for Endangered List

Salmon Recovery in Clark County – quite good.

Salmon’s Hazardous Climb Back – excellent site!
http://www.aquarium.org/salmon/salmonclimb1.htm

Anadromy in 6 Easy Steps – terrific site explaining anadromous fish!

Life Cycle of Salmon

Hanukkah:

Not Just for Kids: Hanukkah

Celebrate with Joi 

Dewey Decimal System at the Middletown Thrall Library

 

Forestry Sites:

Students and Teachers:

Oregon Forest Atlas - great maps of Oregon forests, and more.
Oregon Forests - the Oregon Forest Practices Act (OFPA)
A Guide to Exploring Oregon's New Forests, includes private and public forestlands, driving tours, featured forests to explore, museums and historical sites.

Flora and Fauna Sites:

Trees of the Northwest - great info!
Trees and shrubs of the NorthWest - another great site!
Flora and Fauna Northwest - great site! Photos of Oregon flora and fauna of
great variety. This is a must see site for flora and fauna.
Oregon -The Land - basic description of the flora and fauna of Oregon.
Wildflowers of the Oregon Cascades - photos and descriptions.

 

Ology:

Ask an Expert - Get your Ology Answers Here!!!

Scientific American Ask an Expert in the fields of Astronomy, Biology
Chemistry, Computers, Environment, Geology, Mathematics, Medicine,
Physics

 

Women's History Sites:

Encyclopedia of Women's History

 

Oregon History &Geography:

Oregon Blue Book

National Association of Counties - excellent sites for each Oregon county.

Oregon History - Historical headlines, Lewis & Clark trip planning, all about the wagons, mountain men & the fur trade, Oregon Trail, Lewis and Clark Trail, and more.

History of Oregon Names - fascinating history of the names of many places in Oregon.

Oregon Facts: Interesting Names and Places in Oregon - History of Oregon names including the name, Oregon.

 

Other:

Citing Internet Resources in Bibliographies - how to give credit for information taken off the net.