Curriculum Links by Topic

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Animals

enature.com Animal facts from National Wildlife Federation

Especies Fact Sheets from Defenders of Wildlife

NH Wildlife Profiles from NH Fish and Game

NH Animals from NH Public Television.

Authors

Jan Brett Coloring pages, biography, and more from the author of The Mitten

Climate

World Climate Average temperatures for cities all around the world.

Explorers
Samuel de Champlain

Hand Signs--American Sign Language

ASL online dictionary This online dictionary includes Quicktime movies of people making the sign.

Teach yourself ASL This site has a dictionary with line drawings and descriptions of signs as well as pictures. It can be used as an online class in American Sign Language.

Hurricanes

Atlantic Hurricane Tracking Chart PDF hurricane tracking chart to print out

National Hurricane Center Find the position of current hurricanes and tropical storms

Preparing for a Hurricane Coloring book to help you learn what to do to get ready for a hurricane

Internet

Internet Tutorial What is the internet? How does email work? These and many other questions answered here!

Math

Virtual Manipulatives--math games

Mills and Millworkers

Photographs of the Manchester mills Color and black-and-white photographs of the mills in the 60's and 70's, when most mills were closed.

History of the Mills This site was designed by Manchester teachers and written at a 4th grade reading level

The moon and Apollo 11

Moon facts from NASA simple facts about the moon, and a neat phase calculator where you can type in a date, and it will show you what phase the moon will be in

How much would you weigh on the moon? basic moon facts and a cool calculator that will tell you what you weigh on the moon

What is it like on the moon? Good facts, easier to read than encyclopedia. Short section on what it would be like on the moon

More moon facts-harder to read Encyclopedia article about the moon.

Apollo 11 Great, easy to read article on the first moon landing.

Mythology

MythNet A site created by students with lots of information about Gods, Heroes and Monsters.

Ancient Greece for Kids Basic facts about the Greek gods, some heroes, and life in Ancient Greece

MythWeb More facts about the Gods, plus nice stories about the Heroes--Hercules, Perseus, Jason,...This site has a really big index with basic facts about tons of things.

Encyclopedia Mythica This site has all the names of the Greek Gods next to their Roman names

Mythological monsters Medusa, Cyclops, Cerberus--all your favorite monsters are here

 

 

 

New Hampshire (for sites relating to the mills, look above)

NH NotablesWindham school district maintains this page of links to famous NH people

NH biographies Another links page from Monadnock Regional School District

NH Almanac State sponsored website with links to tons of information about our state

NH Wildlife Profiles from NH Fish and Game

Solar System

Around the Galaxy Facts about each planet

Fact Monster--Search "solar system" Factmonster is a reference site. Enter "solar system" in the search box.

Nine (8!) Planets Basic facts. Some multimedia features

"Star Child" Nice site from NASA

 

 

Titanic

Awesome Stories--Titanic This site has links to many photographs and other original documents about the sinking of the Titanic

Volcanoes

Volcano World This university-sponsored site has links to information on volcanoes all around the world

Mount St. Helens a link from the site above

Volcanoes for Kids This site from FEMA has simple, basic information about volcanoes and a few great photos.

Water

Groundwater Foundation This site has lots of information and activities to help kids learn about groundwater and the ways we can conserve and protect it

Water Cycle This page from the USGS has an explanation of the water cycle and links to more information about water

 

Weather

Weather Arcade From the Mount Washington Center

Web Weather for Kids Explanations of weather; games

The Weather Dude Weather and water cycle facts; songs; links to other weather sites

The Bentley Collection Digital collection of "Snowflake" Bentley's snow crystal photographs

Page Updated October 6, 2008