Great Links for Grade 6 Studies

Arctic Animals	Astronomy	Canadian Provinces	Chemistry	Fairy tales, fables, and folk tales
International Day	Language Arts	Latin America	Marine Life and Tide pools	Math Enrichment
Native Plants	Shakespeare	Science in the News	South American Adventures

Arctic Animals

Alberta's Endangered Species
    http://raysweb.net/specialplaces/pages/species.html
Artic Animals
    http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/arctic/Awildlife.html
Arctic Refuge: Wildlife
    http://www.r7.fws.gov/nwr/arctic/wildlife.html
Arctic Studies Center, this site contains information about the people, history ,animals, and environment of the arctic
    http://www.nmnh.si.edu/arctic/
Arctic Wildlife Portfolio
    http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/wildlife.html
Enchanted Learning-Arctic Animals
    http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/arcticanimals.shtml
Excellent site for tons of stuff such as many arctic and Antarctic animals, including simple sketches of many of them. Also plant life, weather conditions, and much more!!!
Grizzly Bears
    http://www.nps.gov/bela/html/bears.htm
Harp Seal
    http://otn.uoregon.edu/holmans/HarpSeal/PageyZwei
Kids Planet ESPECIES Animal Fact sheets
    http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html
Sea World/Busch Gardens Animal Resources
   http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/index.htm
    Here you can find information on Polar Bears, Walruses, Baleen, Beluga, and Killer Whales 
Species (Arctic) Home Page
    http://collections.ic.gc.ca/arctic/species/species.htm
University of Idaho-New Century Classroom-Artic Animals
    http://www.uicda.uidaho.edu/newcentury/html/internetsupport/contentlinks/arcticanimal.html

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Astronomy Sites

Astro for Kids
    http://www.astronomy.com/content/static/AstroForKids/default.asp
Funbrain Constellation Quiz
   http://www.funbrain.com/constellation/index.html
Moon and Earth Phase Viewer
    http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonphase/
The Nine Planets
    http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/
Phases of the Moon and Percent of the Moon Illuminated
    http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/moon_phases.html
StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers
    http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
Views of the Solar System
    http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm
Windows to the Universe
    http://www.windows.ucar.edu

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Canada

Canada Information Office, Facts on Canada, Recommended by Mr. C.!
    http://canada.gc.ca/acanada/acPubHome.jsp?lang=eng
To change American Dollars to Canadian dollars, use this Currency Converter:
    http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic

For information about Canada and the provinces:

General facts for each province with links to other sites
    http://homer.ca/province/
Symbols of the Province
    http://canadaonline.about.com/cs/symbolsprov/index.htm
About.com portal for Canadian Provinces
   http://canadaonline.about.com/cs/provincestopic/
Quick facts sites
    http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/canada/facts.html
Encyclopedia articles
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_provinces_and_territories
Links to all provinces and general facts on Canada
    http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/countries_canada.htm
Learn the origin of the names of Canada's provinces, territories, capital cities and
national parks
    http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/index.html
Official sites for Province information
Alberta
British 
Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick  
Newfoundland and Labrador  
Northwest Territories  
Nova Scotia  
Nunavut  
Ontario  
Prince Edward Island  
Quebec  
Saskatchewan       
Yukon

General Information on Canada
Site portal for Canadian provinces and cities. Links organized into 22 major categories and by province, regions, and major cities. 
    http://listingsca.com/index.asp   
First Nations sites
    http://www.dickshovel.com/firstnations.html
    http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?TCE_Version=A
    http://www.autochtones.com/en/first_peoples/index.html
Gander Academy
    A list of sites on all things Canadian, created by a school in Gander, Newfoundland, Canada
    http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/canada.htm
InfoPlease.com General information on Canada, map, and flag
    http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107386.html
Introduction to the Government of Canada Official Site
    The official web site of the government of Canada
    http://canada.gc.ca/main_e.html
Statistics on Canada 
    http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php

Traveling in Canada

Canada WorldWeb Travel Guide: Tourism and travel information for Canada.
    Excellent site for planning a trip in Canada
    http://canada.worldweb.com/index.html
Parks Canada
    Link to the National Parks in Canada, by province
   http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/np-pn/index_E.asp
Traveling Canada
    http://www.travelingcanada.com/

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Chemistry

Chem4Kids
    http://www.chem4kids.com/
Chemical Elements
    http://www.chemicalelements.com/
The Elements Song, a fun way to learn the periodic table
    http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/lyrics.html
Periodic Table ADventure
    http://web.buddyproject.org/web017/web017/
Periodic Table
    http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/pertable_j.htm
WebElements
    http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/index.html

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Fairy tales, fables, and folk tales

19^th Century German Stories
    http://www.fln.vcu.edu/menu.html
Folk tales (includes links to folk tales from around the world)
    http://www.nsc.ru/folk/folktale.htm
Grimm’s fairy tales
    http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/
German Folk Tales, some in German
    http://faculty.acu.edu/~goebeld/maerchen/maermenu.htm
Hans Christian Anderson
    http://www.pacificnet.net/~johnr/aesop/aesophca.html
Stories to grow by
    http://hazel.forest.net/whootie/default.html

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International Day

Foreign Embassies of Washington, DC
    http://www.embassy.org/embassies/index.html 
United Nations--Infonation Data Base
    http://www.un.org/pubs/cyberschoolbus/infonation/e_infonation.htm 
US Census Bureau Summary Demographic Data
    http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbsum.html 
US Department of State Background Notes
    http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/whabgnhp.html 
The Virtual Tourist
    www.vtourist.com 
World Fact Book
    http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
World Flag Database
    http://www.flags.ndirect.co.uk/mainindex.htm

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Language Arts

Paragraph Punch-guided practice site to writing paragraphs
    www.paragraphpunch.com

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Latin American

INCA
Ice Treasures of the Inca
    http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/mummy/splash/splash.html
The Inca Trail and Machu Picchu
    http://www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/SouthAmerica/Peru/IncaTrail/index.html

AZTEC
Aztec calendar to convert dates
    http://www.xs4all.nl/~voorburg/aztec.html
Nahuatl Culture
resources about Aztec culture including beauty tips
    http://www.azteca.net/aztec/nahuatl/index.shtml
Aztec calendar
    http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/montalvo/Hotlist/aztec.html
Aztec Mythology
    http://www.sneaker.net.au/docs/encyclo/D6.HTM
Short history of the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs
    http://www.umich.edu/~proflame/texts/mirror/conflict.html
Links to many topics on Aztec civilization
    http://www.mayalords.org/aztecfldr/aztecbase.html

MAYANS
Links to many topics on Mayan civilization
    http://www.mayalords.org/mayafldr/index.html
Welcome to Maya Adventure (a virtual Mayan trip)
    http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/ma/
Maya Mathematics
    http://www.michielb.nl/maya/math.html
Classic Mayan Beauty Tips
    http://www.halfmoon.org/beauty.html
Mayan Date Calendar
    http://www.halfmoon.org/date.html
The Mayan Calendar
    http://www.halfmoon.org/calfork.html
Mayan folktales
    http://www.folkart.com/~latitude/folktale/folktale.htm
Maya Astronomy page
    http://www.michielb.nl/maya/astro_content.html
Mayan Hieroglyphic Writing
    http://www.halfmoon.org/writfork.html

LATIN AMERICA, general sites
Latin America arts and culture etc.
    http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/americartes/artsedge.html
Latin America Network Information Center
    http://lanic.utexas.edu
Latin America on the Net
    http://www.latinworld.com 

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Marine life and Tide pools

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Math Enrichment

Brainpop
    http://www.brainpop.com
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
    http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm2/nav/vlibrary.html
Cool Math for Kids
    http://www.coolmath4kids
Education for Kids-Flashcards
    http://www.edu4kids.com/math
Math Mastery
    MathMastery

Native Plants

If you are using a search engine to find information on your plant you may have better luck if you use the plant's scientific name

eNature Field Guides
    http://www.enature.com/
List of endangered plants by state
    http://endangered.fws.gov/wildlife.html#Species
Maine Native Plant Recommendations:  Common Name Index
    http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/htmpubs/2500.htm
Nature Watch-Celebrating wildflowers
    http://www.fs.fed.us/outdoors/naturewatch/wildflowers/flower.html
Northeast Wetland Flora
    http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/1999/neflor/list.htm
PFAF Database Search
    Try this search engine first to find your plant's scientific name
    http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/D_search.html#NAME
Plant of the Northeast and their uses by Native American Indians
    http://www.nativetech.org/plantgath/plantgaht.htm
USDA Forest Service - CELEBRATING WILDFLOWERS Coloring Book
    http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/uma/urban/flowers.htm
United State Department of Agriculture Plant Database
    http://plants.usda.gov/

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Shakespeare

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Science in the News

Astronomy Today-News
    http://www.astronomytoday.com/news.html
Discovery News
    http://dsc.discovery.com/news/news.html
Environmental News Network
    http://www.enn.com/
Explorezone  links to general information different  science topics and past new Articles
    http://explorezone.com/
Space.com
    http://www.space.com/
National Geographic News (Articles on many different science topics)
    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/index.html
Scholastic News Zone: Super Science
    http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/magazines/superscience/current/index.asp
ScienceDaily Magazine
    http://www.sciencedaily.com/index.htm
Science in the Headlines
    http://www.nas.edu/headlines/
Science News Online
    http://www.sciencenews.org/
Scientific American News Briefs
    http://scientificamerican.com/
Time for Kids/News
    http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/news/index.html

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South American Adventures

Patagonia
The Living Edens:  Patagonia
    http://www.pbs.org/edens/patagonia/
The Fabulous Machu Picchu, Peru
Machu Picchu
    http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/south/sites/machu_picchu.html
    http://www.sacredsites.com/americas/peru/machu_picchu.html
Mystic Places, Nazca Lines
    http://www.exn.ca/mysticplaces/nazcalines.asp
Manu
The Living Edens:  Manu, Peru's Hidden Rainforest
        http://www.pbs.org/edens/manu
The Pampas of Argentina
    www.blueplanetbiomes.org/pampas.htm