Propagandists have many tools at their disposal to influence thinking and behavior. Among the most powerful are the visual tools, posters designed to grab the attention and stir the emotions of viewers. Check out this collection of...

Just how big is the galaxy? Learners read information about the size of the Milky Way galaxy to better comprehend its size. Pupils develop an understanding of the number of stars in the galaxy by finding just how big a billion is and...

Experience Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin in an innovative, musical way. A list of audio links leads class members to spirituals from the novel, such as "Die in the Field," "The Wings in the Morning," and "Blow Ye the...

A list of 11 books about paleontology offers titles, authors, and a brief description of the tale.

This is the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators homepage. A great starting point for new writers interested in exploring this genre.

Artopia is an excellent art resource for students. They are able to examine important works of art, learn about styles, principles, and processes of the various art forms used in painting, drawing, and illustration, and view videos of...

The different types of earthquake waves are discussed and illustrated. Features geologist video clip.

Hosted by Annette Bening, Sounds and Symbols focuses on how children learn the relationship between sounds, letters, and words as an initial step before being able to decode the printed word. Features children's book author and...

This fun website offers weekly blogs including poetry videos, picture book and poetry book overviews, activities for each book or poem, interviews with children's poets and illustrators, links to resources including information on poets,...

A brief biography of the award-winning author and illustrator, Vera B. Williams.

A large collection of video interviews, along with biographical profiles, with well-known children's authors.

Adobe provides a detailed overview of their drawing application, Illustrator. Includes product information, examples of completed work created with Illustrator, customer stories, training tutorials, purchase information, and the like.

Illustrated explanation of different types of pyramid-shaped healthy-eating plans.

This image from Biology by Kenneth R. Miller and Joseph Levine illustrates the relationship between structure and function by comparing the jaws and teeth of two animals with very different ways of life: the wolf and the horse.

The biographies and pictures from a dozen children's book illustrators. Includes a teacher resource section that will lead you to important information for the classroom including activity ideas.

Canada has a long and rich history of innovation in science and technology. The artifacts collected, preserved, and displayed in the three museums of Ingenium showcase this history. Each artifact tells a fascinating story of innovation...

Hosted by Vivica A. Fox, Writing and Spelling examines the connection between reading and writing and between spelling and composition. The program features successful methods for encouraging children to write and build their...

View examples and learn how animals impact the food chain.

Site includes a wealth of information on the artillery of the civil war. There are sound clips, many pictures, text, and a large and illustrated glossary of terms. Information can be accessed using the navigation bar on the left.

This interactive site focuses on the power of illustration in books. It discusses illustrations that inspire, inform, influence, and show a process; it provides examples and book references that use each.

This is a personal site of illustrator Rowena Dugdale. It includes her portfolios of work in collage and photomontage. She explains her creative process as well some personal information about her. Her new work consists of images created...

Beautiful illustrations of Tasha Tudor's children's books and pictures of her farm and crafts give you a feel for this artist.

This overview of the Roman Empire is organized by chapters, which include The Founding, The Kings, The Republic, Early Emperors, The Decline, The Collapse, Constantinople, Religion, Society, and The Army. Content includes several maps,...

Browse through a colorful gallery of children's artwork created for an Asian's children's literacy festival. Visitors can not only explore works that share similar subjects but they can view all works submitted by children from one...