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Anglo saxons.net: England C.450 1066 in a Nutshell
This site has a wealth of information on the Anglo-Saxon period in England. A few questions at the beginning provide general background. For more specific details, you can search the timeline, an On This Day section, or the list of...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: The Bustards
Howard Youth's article, "The Bustards: Puffing, Jumping, Running Toward Oblivion" covers topics including Invisible Wanderers, The Case of the Harried Houbara, More Danger in the Grass, Enough Room for Bustards?, and more.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Science Fair Central
Are you, your students, and their parents wandering lost in the Science Fair desert? Here's an oasis! The Science Fair Central website provides a complete guide to the topic. There's a "Soup to Nuts Handbook" that assists the student in...
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Peregrine Falcon
The name "peregrine" means wanders and this detailed site contains many facts about this falcon. Topics include: cool facts, description, range, habitat, food, behavior, reproduction, and conservation status. Sounds of this species can...
Read Works
Read Works: Keeping Bears Out
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about why bears wander into camp sites and how to keep them out. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Sharon Creech's Biography
Learn more about the awardwinning author Sharon Creech when you explore this resource. This site provides a biography of the author, an interview transcript and a booklist.
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Ibiblio: Web Museum: Caspar David Friedrich
Biography of German Romantic painter Caspar Friedrich, including pictures of some of his paintings.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Author: Walter Scott
This site features the author Walter Scott including a biography and the full text of two novels and a short story.
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Chaim Potok: Maps of Meaning
Read about a speech, given by Chaim Potok, at Seattle Pacific University, in which Potok discusses his novels and their cultural and religious messages. "A Conversation with Chaim Potok," includes Potok's responses to several questions...
Smithsonian Institution
National Air and Space Museum: Exploring the Planets: Ancient Times & the Greeks
In ancient times only five planets were known: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Learn about Greek astronomer Ptolemy's theory for the solar system that was to survive for fourteen centuries.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Langston Hughes
This resource focuses on the works of famous African-American author, Langston Hughes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Magnetic Polarity Evidence for Continental Drift
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How magnetic polarity provided more evidence for moving continents.
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Sharon Creech
This is Sharon Creech's personal website. Offers the reader more about the author herself as well as her books.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Continental Drift Part Ii Study Guide
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on continental drift. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide. Part II of II.
Curated OER
Etc: Scene of Defeat, Wanderings, and Victory of Alfred the Great, Ad 871 899
A map of the area in Somerset and Wiltshire, England, at the time of Alfred the Great (AD 847-899), showing the place of his retreat from the Danes (Isle of Atheleny), the battlefield where he defeated the Vikings under Guthrum in AD 878...
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The Cryptid Zoo: Yeti
There seems to be some confusion around the various legends of the Yeti. Usually the "sightings" refer to a large ape-man that wanders in the snowy heights of the Himalaya Mountains. Fact or fiction? This site offers some thoughts.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Brown Lemming
Unlike Norwegian Lemmings, Brown Lemmings do not migrate en masse when they overpopulate their homes in the treeless regions of the north, but they do tend to wander. These are stout-bodied, herbivorous rodents with extremely short...
English Verse
English Verse: Robert Browning (1812 1889)
Find here a brief biography of Browning, with links to biographies of some of his associates, as well as the text of some of his poems, and recommended print resources.
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Tb: Spiders Considered as Medically Important
This article investigates how humans vary in their vulnerability to venomous spiders and the importance of certain spiders to medical research. It investigates what factors contribute to this difference.
American Academy of Family Physicians
Family doctor.org: Strabismus (Cross Eyes)
This article addresses some common questions regarding strabismus such as, "What is strabismus?" "Why is strabismus a problem?" "What can be done to fix the problem?" It is a good site to check out for information on the subject.
My Hero Project
My Hero: Langston Hughes
This introduction to the life and writing of Langston Hughes profiles the poet who emerged with the Harlem Renaissance to earn "a place amongst the greatest poets America has ever produced."
Bible Study Tools
Easton's Bible Dictionary: Sarah
This resource gives a brief description of the woman, Sarah, from the Christian Bible story.
Virginia Tech
The Alan Review: An Interview With Will Hobbs
This interview with author Will Hobbs was conducted in 1994. Although not recent, it gives interesting and thoughtful views on the art of writing fiction. If you're thinking of being a writer, or just wonder how a writer works, this is...
Curated OER
Peregrine Falcon, Adult
The name "peregrine" means wanders and this detailed site contains many facts about this falcon. Topics include: cool facts, description, range, habitat, food, behavior, reproduction, and conservation status. Sounds of this species can...