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The Wild Classroom
The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Arctic Tundra Biome
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.
The Wild Classroom
The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Desert Biome
Learn all about the Desert biome. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography Games: Flags of the United States
Play this fun geography map game to learn about the flags of the 50 states of the United States.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Holocaust History Animated Maps
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.
Geographyiq
Geography Iq
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...
World War 1
Worldwar1.com: Trenches on the Web: The Trenches at Messines 1916 17
Shows British maps of trench warfare and gives a brief explanation.
Library of Virginia
Virginia Memory: Blank Space: Mapping the Unknown
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....
Other
The Himalayas
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.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Climate Changes With Latitude
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.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Map Your World
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.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: New World: Part Ii, American Beginnings: 1492 1690
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.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Loggerhead Turtle
An informative site about the Loggerhead Turtle containing images and maps of their distribution around the world.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography Games: Flags of Asia
Play this fun geography map game to learn about the flags of the countries of Asia.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography Games: Flags of Europe
Play this fun geography map game to learn about the flags of the countries of Europe.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography Games: Flags of North America
Play this fun geography map game to learn about the flags of the countries of North America.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography Games: Flags of South America
Play this fun geography map game to learn about the flags of the countries of South America.
Other
Rosala Viking Centre: Viking History
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.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Group of Pyramids: Capacity and Position
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...
George Mason University
George Mason University: World History Sources: Maps
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.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Ibn Battuta 1304 1378
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.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Rivalry I, American Beginnings: 1492 1690
Eleven documents and two maps detailing the almost two hundred year struggle between England and Spain for hegemony in the Caribbean.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Nepal
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...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Rivalry Ii, American Beginnings: 1492 1690
Two eighteenth-century maps and four accounts of the mutual perceptions, suspicions, and observations between Spanish and French explorers on the Gulf Coast.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Rivalry Iii, American Beginnings: 1492 1690
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.