5th Grade Resource Page
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Oregon High Desert
Zoology
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Rhinos
Physics
Leonardo da Vinci - Scientiest, Inventor, Artist
American History
U.S. Committee for Refugees - learn about refugees
The Daggetts - a Colonial Family
You be the Historian - a great site where you use clues to learn about a family that lived in colonial times.
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - a good site for teachers to get ideas on teaching about colonial history.
Life for Colonial American Kids - go back in time and see what life was like for colonial kids.
Children - Leisure time and Games - colonial period.
Children - Education for Boys and Girls - colonial period.
The Colonial Period - incredible selection of colonial history sites!!!
The History Place - American Revolution - great sites here.
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Colonial Hall - Biographies of America's Founding Fathers
Rare Map Collection - Colonial America: Maps dating back to 1625!
Colonial Soap Making - It's History and Techniques - learn how they made soap!
Colonial Williamsburg Home Page - variety of great information, even lesson plans.
The Declaration of Independence - includes a photograph of the Declaration.
The Declaration of Independence - a history.
State Reports
Maps on Us - Map all the destinations on your itinerary! Click on "Routes" and then enter your destinations, and create a map for your route. You will also have exact driving directions and miles. Total driving time will also be listed.
Mapquest - Get exact driving directions between any two points on your itinerary. You also get a map, and total driving time.
Projected State Populations, by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1995-2025
Practice for the States test - this includes state name, capital, and state code.
Take a sample States test - this will give you automatic scoring!
Welcome to Puerto Rico - excellent information
Puerto Rico Links - many Puerto Rico related links
State Report Information - Links provided by Multnomah County Library
50 States and Capitals - provides information about each of the fifty states and their capitals, including information such as state bird, flag, motto, flower, nickname, population, geology, legistlators and more.
Geology
Geological Survey Home Page - includes "Ask a Geologist" and "Latest Earthquake Information"
A Geologist's Lifetime Field List - this presents a fine list of places for travelors to visit for geological events.
Rock Hounds - a GREAT site for students to learn about geology!!!
Earthquake ABC - a child's view of earthquakes.
International Earthquake Information Center - lots of earthquake info
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries - links to mining, earthquakes, landslides and other geologic info for Oregonians.
Savage Earth - neat looking site! Learn the science behind volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis.Animations illustrate these!
Geologylink - geology in the news, virtual classroom, virtual field trips.
Hanukkah
Country Report Sites
CIA world factbook – up to date and basic info on most countries
New 9/25/2 - U.S. Committee on Refugees
UN High Commissioner on Refugees info on refugees in many countries
Maps.com - tons of info
Lonely Planet.com - great info on countries
Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne, the Destination - great site about Melbourne including a slideshow with sound!
Dewey Decimal System at the Middletown Thrall Library
Fiction or Fact?
Space Art
Good Sites from Students December 2001:
SSI Space Art Gallery - good site found by students
Glass Nebula - way cool looking site!
The Space Art of Gary Tonge - another cool site!
Ladies of the Lake by Kim Poor - a neat image.
Space-art.co.uk - by Mark A. Garlick - some fine pictures here!
Space Art on the Web - links to several good sites.
NASA Kids - this is a great site for kids!
Space Art Home Page - Space Educator's Handbook - another wonderful looking site!
Space Art - a collection of artworks about space and the final frontier
Hobbyspace Space Art - seeing above and beyond.
Alex Michael Bonnici's Space Exploration Page - tons of links and a cool photo on the homepage.
The Astronomical Image Library
Pages From Last year:
The History of Space Art - new site from Mrs. Carrithers 11/27/1. Note the good links to more space art at the end of this page.
IAAA - International Association of Astronomical Artists - Space Art
Solar System
Welcome to the Solar System - Excellent pictures and information.
Solar System - wonderful site with great info and pictures - worth giving your students a tour.
Views of the Solar System - A profound site containing not only photos of the heavenly bodies but also information. It also has excellent space history and the people involved in space exploration.
Position of the planets - this site give you the current position of the planets
The 9 Planets - excellent site with wonderful photographs.
Solar System Planets - some good descriptions and interesting, sometimes fanciful pictures.
NASA Observatorium image gallery - many great photographs of the planets, moon, universe, spacecraft, spaceflight, artwork and aeronautics.
Exploring the Planets - another site for great pictures and information.
Hologlobe - Colorful and clear graphics display the planets and the earth and its atmosphere. See how El Nino effects the earth, where the earth's tectonic plates are located, and what the earth's vegetation cycle is.
Exploring the Planets - Lots of information about the planets and other space goodies.
Homework Center - Astronomy and Space - This wonderful site from the Multnomal Library has tons of solar system and other links - top notch!!!!!
Weather from USA Today
Current Events
Kids Corner - news on a child's level plus many age appropriate sites on MANY subjects.
KidNews Home Page - this is a highly interactive site in which children are invited to write news and a variety of other ideas. Children can find penpals through this site. It also has a teacher section.
Weather/Astronomy - much information about weather and astronomy.
