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Autobiographies Children's Authors Classification Early Colonial History Human Heart
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Thirteen Colonies  The United States  Whales  

Autobiographies
"Day I was Born"
    http://www.stphilipneri.org/teacher/dayiwasborn/

Children's Authors
Index to Children’s Books Authors and Illustrators
    http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/biochildhome.htm
Children’s Authors and Illustrators on the web
    http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
Children’s Authors
    http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~tbushey/author.html
Meet Authors and Illustrators
    http://www.childrenslit.com/f_mai.htm
Yahoo Directory Children’s Authors
    http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Authors/Children_s/
Children’s Book Council Author/Illustrators Links
    http://www.cbcbooks.org/html/links.html
Bethany Roberts Directory Ofchildren's Book Authors And Illustrators On The Web From A-Z
    http://www.bethanyroberts.com/childrensbookauthors.htm

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Classification

Monera resources
Classification by Kingdom
    http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/studies/invertebrates/kingdoms.html
Kingdom: Monera*(Bacteria)
    http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/6243/diversity2.html#Bacteria
Examples of Each of the 5 Kingdoms
   http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/7th/classify/sciber/5king2.htm

Protista resources
Examples of Each of the 5 Kingdom
    http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/7th/classify/sciber/5king2.htm
Kingdom Protista 
    http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/wildlife/wns/wns6.htm
The Five Kingdoms
    http://cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/botanicalSciences/MajorDivisions/FiveKingdoms/FiveKingdoms.htm

Fish resources
BioKids
   http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Actinopterygii
Fish Classes
  http://www.geocities.com/aquarium_fish/fishclasses.htm
All About Fish
   http://www.seaworld.org/aquademics/tetra/all_about_fish.htm

Bird Resources
Birds
   http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/birds/
BioKids
   http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Aves
San Diego Zoo "sAnimal Bytes: Birds
   http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/a-birds.html

Plant resources
Understanding Plant Classification
   http://www.wildflowerinformation.org/PlantClassification.asp
Natural Perspective-Plant Classification
   http://www.perspective.com/nature/plantae/index.html
Plant Classification
   http://scitec.uwichill.edu.bb/bcs/bl14apl/Plant.htm

Fungi resources
Fungi Classification
   http://www.hiddenforest.co.nz/fungi/class/what.htm
Forest Fungi of New Zeland 
  http://hiddenforest.co.nz/fungi/class/index.htm
Natural Perspective: Fungus Kingdom
   http://www.perspective.com/nature/fungi/index.html

Mammal resources
BioKids
   http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Mammalia
San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Mammals
   http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/a-mammal.html
Classifying Criters
   http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/critters/critter3.html
Mammals
   http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/Mammals.htm

General Animal resources
Animal Diversity 
 http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Animalia.html

Reptile resources

Animal Bytes: Reptiles
   http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/a-reptiles.html
Reptiles: Animals with Scales
   http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/Reptiles.htm
Reptile Biology and Classification
   http://www.carcnet.ca/english/reptiles/biology/rbiol.htm

Amphibian resources

Animal Bytes: Amphibians
   http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/a-amphibians.html
Bio Kids 
  http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Amphibia
Amphibian Biology
   http://www.livingunderworld.org/biology

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Early Colonial History
The French and Indian War
    http://coe.ilstu.edu/jabraun/students/siebert/

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Human Heart
The Heart: An Online Exploration
    http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html
InnerBody-Human Anatomy
    http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
Label Heart Anatomy Diagram Printout
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/heart/labelinterior/label.shtml
NOVA Online: Cut to the Heart
    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/heart/

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Presidential Trivia Links

White House Jigsaw
    http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/president-js.htm
Presidential Word Guess
    http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/president-cc.htm
Presidency Game Show Quiz
    http://www.surfnetkids.com/quiz/president/
Presidential Parade Crossword
    http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/president-cw.htm
Presidents of the 20th Century Crossword
    http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/president-cw2.htm

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Reading units
Ben Franklin and his Inventions
    http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/inventor/inventor.html
Benjamin Franklin Biography
    http://www.imahero.com/herohistory/ben_herohistory.htm
Frindle     
    www.frindle.com/index.html
A Glimpse of Mary Jemison
    http://www.letchworthparkhistory.com/jem.html
Holes Webquest
    http://www.msdwc.k12.in.us/msdclass/perb/holes2.html
Indian Captive
    http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/jones/cyberguides/indiancaptive/IndianCaptive.htm
Inventor of the Week: Archive
    http://web.mit.edu/invent/i-archive.html
Inventions f Benjamin Franklin
   http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blfranklin_inventions.htm
Mary Jemison
    http://search.eb.com/women/articles/Jemison_Mary.html
Quick Biography of Ben Franklin
    http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/facts/index.htm
The World of Ben Franklin
    http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/rotten.html
Words of Wisdom from Ben Franklin
    http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/printer/abc.html

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Research Skills
Dolphin-Safe Tuna
    http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects/webquest/dolphins/

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Test your geography skills

Where in the USA?
    http://www.standard.net.au/~garyradley/games/USAGame.htm#
Funbrain.com: Where is that ?
    http://www.funbrain.com/where/
State Web Games
    http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm
Maps.com-Games
    http://www.maps.com/learn/games/
Test your Geography Knowledge
    http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/index.html
U.S. State Capitals Quiz
    http://www.what-is-the-capital-of.com/state-capitals-quizzes.html
States and Capitals game
    http://www.scottforesman.com/resources/statescapitals/index.html

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Thirteen Colonies
General Information

 Kid Info-Reference Site
    http://www.kidinfo.com/School_Subjects.html#AmericanHistory
Thirteen Original Colonies
    http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html
United States--History--1600-1775 Colonial Period
    http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm
History of the United States (Colonial to Revolutionary War)
    http://www.usahistory.info/

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Northern Colonies
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut

Colonial New Hampshire
    http://www.seacoastnh.com/history/colonial/index.html
Connecticut History
    http://www.kids.state.ct.us/history.htm
Early Rhode Island History
    http://www.sec.state.ri.us/rihist/earlyh.htm
Mayflower Web Page
    http://members.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html
New Hampshire
    http://www.state.nh.us/nhinfo/history.html
Plimoth-on-Web
    http://www.plimoth.org/

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Middle Colonies
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

Colonial New Jersey
    http://www.usahistory.info/colonies/New-Jersey.html 
Delaware-A Brief History
    http://www.state.de.us/facts/history/delhist.htm
Lower Manhattan settlement 
    http://www.downtownny.com/history_index.asp 
Middle Colonies 
    http://www.usahistory.info/colonies/ 
New York 
    http://www.usahistory.info/colonies/New-York.html 
Pennsylvania history 
    http://www.ushistory.org/pennsylvania/index.html 
Pennsylvania
    http://sites.state.pa.us/PA_Exec/Historical_Museum/pahist.htm
Settlement of New Jersey 
    http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h591.html

Southern Colonies
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

Carolina Colony
    http://www.sandersweb.net/nc/carolinacolony.htm
Colonial History of Maryland
    http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/The_Great_Republic_By_the_Master_Historians_Vol_I/marylandc_cd.html
Colonial Williamsburg Almanac
    http://www.history.org/history/
Establishing the Georgia Colony
    http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/colonial/georgia/georgia.html
First Nations/First Peoples Issues
    http://www.dickshovel.com/firstnations.html
Georgia History
    http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/gahist.htm
Historical Highlights of North Carolina
    http://prioris.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/history/history.htm
Jamestowne Online Adventure
    http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/
Jamestowne Society
    http://www.jamestowne.org/
North Carolina History
    http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/history/history.htm
Roanoke Colony
    http://www.philaprintshop.com/debry1t.html
Virginia's Indians, Past & Present
    http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/vaindians.htm
Virtual Jamestown
    http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vcdh/jamestown/page2.html
Welcome to the APVA and Jamestown Rediscovery
    http://www.apva.org/

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United States of America, 50 States

Printable Maps
Outline maps of 50 states and regions
    http://abcteach.com/directory/researchreports/maps/states/
Outline maps of 50 states and regions.  Also includes climate, physical, postal abbrev.
    http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/usa.html
Map of the Thirteen Colonies
    http://abcteach.com/Maps/colonial.htm

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General Information
Connect USA
    http://www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us/connectusa/default.html
Explore the States
    http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es
50 States and Capitals
    http://www.50states.com/
Infoplease-State Info
    http://www.infoplease.com/states.html
National Park Service
    http://www.nps.gov
Netstate.com
    http://www.netstate.com/states/index.html
Postcards from America
    http://www.postcardsfrom.com/
Stately Knowledge
    http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/
State and Country Quick Facts from the US Census
    http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/
United States Travel and Tourism
    http://www.usa.worldweb.com/

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Whales
Cetacea
    http://www.cetacea.org/index.htm
Order Cetacea
    http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/mammalia/cetacea.html
SeaWorld
    http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/index.htm
Watery World of Whales
    http://www.whales.org.au/home.html
Whale and Dolphin Conservancy-Species Guide
    http://www.wdcs.org/dan/publishing.nsf/allweb/A59B71D6C8A9EB17802568F800443577

NatureServe Explorer Species Index
http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/speciesIndex/Kingdom_Animalia_100002_1.htm


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