Unit Plan
The Wild Classroom

The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Arctic Tundra Biome

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn all about the Arctic Tundra Biome. This site discusses where it is found, temperatures, precipitation, soil, plants and animals. It also has a few videos to view.
Unit Plan
The Wild Classroom

The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Desert Biome

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn all about the Desert biome. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
Interactive
Ducksters

Ducksters: Geography Games: Flags of the United States

For Students 1st - 9th
Play this fun geography map game to learn about the flags of the 50 states of the United States.
Graphic
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Holocaust History Animated Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
To fully understand the breadth and scope of the Holocaust, view the following maps of key locations. These maps are in video form with explanations provided. There are also links provided for further research.
Website
Geographyiq

Geography Iq

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed geographical information on any country is available at this site. Within the World Map section, you can get facts and figures about each country's geography, demographics, government, political system, flags, historical and...
Graphic
World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Trenches on the Web: The Trenches at Messines 1916 17

For Students 9th - 10th
Shows British maps of trench warfare and gives a brief explanation.
Lesson Plan
Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: Blank Space: Mapping the Unknown

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How did early maps show the mapmakers' perception of the known world? Early mapmakers used maps drawn from coastal explorations, land travels, and even information heard word of mouth from American Indians or from colonists or traders....
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Other

The Himalayas

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains helpful information and photos of the Himalayas. Learn valuable information from world traveler Mogens Larsen and journey with him to the enchanting Himalaya Mountains.
Article
National Earth Science Teachers Association

Windows to the Universe: Climate Changes With Latitude

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing the division of the world into eight biomes based on different climate types around the world. There are links to more information about each biome.
Activity
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Map Your World

For Students 2nd - 8th
Students can follow these easy steps to develop a model (drawing) of their room and the things in it. Then they can broaden the drawing to include their entire floor, apartment, or house.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: New World: Part Ii, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
Two European maps of Florida and Roanoke, and a British and a French account-with associated engravings of these settlements-that promote a European interpretation of and claim over these areas.
Handout
Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Loggerhead Turtle

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative site about the Loggerhead Turtle containing images and maps of their distribution around the world.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Geography Games: Flags of Asia

For Students 1st - 9th
Play this fun geography map game to learn about the flags of the countries of Asia.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Geography Games: Flags of Europe

For Students 1st - 9th
Play this fun geography map game to learn about the flags of the countries of Europe.
Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Geography Games: Flags of North America

For Students 1st - 9th
Play this fun geography map game to learn about the flags of the countries of North America.
Interactive
Ducksters

Ducksters: Geography Games: Flags of South America

For Students 1st - 9th
Play this fun geography map game to learn about the flags of the countries of South America.
Handout
Other

Rosala Viking Centre: Viking History

For Students 3rd - 8th
This Rosala Viking Centre website offers an excellent, but brief, history and mythology of the Vikings. The site includes photos, and images that can be clicked to enlarge them.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Group of Pyramids: Capacity and Position

For Students 4th - 5th
On this interactive website students practice various math skills using a real life scenario at the pyramids. Those skills include comparing capacity of three or more containers, using compass directions to describe locations, and using...
Unit Plan
George Mason University

George Mason University: World History Sources: Maps

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about the history of maps, what makes a map a map, and why bother with maps. Get answers to many different map questions and much more.
Website
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Ibn Battuta 1304 1378

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover some interesting details about the life of this fascinating Muslim leader. Read about his travels as he journeyed around the world and the incredible places he visited. Click on the globes for maps of his journey.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Rivalry I, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
Eleven documents and two maps detailing the almost two hundred year struggle between England and Spain for hegemony in the Caribbean.
Article
National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Nepal

For Students 3rd - 8th
Nepal lies between China and India in South Asia. The country is slightly larger than the state of Arkansas. Nepal has the greatest altitude change of any location on Earth. The lowlands are at sea level and the mountains of the...
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Rivalry Ii, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
Two eighteenth-century maps and four accounts of the mutual perceptions, suspicions, and observations between Spanish and French explorers on the Gulf Coast.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Rivalry Iii, American Beginnings: 1492 1690

For Students 9th - 10th
Two maps of English and French rivalries in North America, and two side-by-side accounts of the English and French perspectives on King William's war over power, trade, and economic dominance of the continent.

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