Morrisville Year-Round
Elementary School

1519 Morrisville Parkway
Morrisville, NC 27560
919.460.3400
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General Links

Fact Monster - online almanac, dictionaary, encyclopedia, and homework help
Encyclopedia.com - online encyclopedia
First Gov for Kids - links to hundreds of government websites especially for kids
CharacterEd.net
Study Island
Create a Graph

Function Machines

Subjects

Language Arts

China
China Today
China Vista

Chinese New Year21
The Year of the...
Happy Year of the Hare

Sign of the Beaver Webquests
The Sign of the Beaver - A Webquest for 5th Grade
What Would You Do? - 5th grade literature webquest

Wolves and Yellowstone National Park
The Total Yellowstone Page Wolf Report
The Yellowstone Net Wolf Page - lots of good links listed at the bottom
In Remembrance of Wolf #10
Ralph Maughan's Wildlife Report
Yellowstone Wolf Tracker
Wolf Reintroduction in Yellowstone National Park:
Defenders of Wildlife - Restoring Wolves to Yellowstone National Park
Wolves Expected to Kill 1800 Elk, Moose, Deer, and Bison
Conflict: Yellowstone Wolves - a webquest project

Social Studies

American Revolution
Intolerable Acts and the 1st Continential Congress

American Revolution Web Links
Liberty! The American Revolution
The Birth of a Nation
The History Place - American Revolution
Spy Letters
Elm's American Revolution Website

A Revolutionary Webquest - click on topics on left
Tea Act
The Five Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act Crisis
Stamp Act of 1765
Stamp Act
Revolutionary War Vocabulary Cartoons
American Revolution Timeline
Loyalist description
List of Patriot Names
Loyalists During the American Revolution
Patriots of the American Revolution
Voices of the War

Biography - Influential People
Time Magazine's 100 most important people of the 20th century
The 100 Most Influential People of the Milennium
Meet Amazing Americans

Careers
Research careers and occupations

Flag - U.S.
Facts About the United States Flag
Flag of the United States (history)

U.S. Flag History - It's a Grand Ole' Flag
U.S Flag Timeline
Early U.S. Flags
U.S. Flag Trivia Quiz
The Star-Spangled Banner - The Smithsonian

Geography
Geography4Kids
Color Landform Atlas of the United States
KidZone Geography
All About Glaciers
GeoTeacher's Geography Links
GeoNet - geography quiz game
USA Online Map Puzzle Game
Capital Fieldtrip
States and Capitals of the US

Immigration
Links to several WebQuests and Immigration sites found here

Middle America
Lonely Planet.com - maps, facts, all printable!!
Countries of the World -learn about countries & cities
Maps of Middle America - InfoPlease Atlas of Central & South America
Research countries - lots of info!

States - US - Research
Research the 50 States - 50states.com
Information Please - click on a state and learn
Online Encyclopedia - Columbia Encyclopedia
National Parks Service - visit the parks online!
National Parks Service - links to the past - history & culture
National Parks Service Nature Net

Cities - US - Research
Mapquest - get driving directions for your trip!
Mapquest - print maps to your city!
Lonely Planet.com - maps, facts, all printable!!
Countries of the World -learn about countries & cities
US City Population Information - hard to use but the info is there!
WRAL.com - Weather (local weather)
World Weather - check weather all over the world
weather.com - The Weather Channel
Research the 50 States - 50states.com
Information Please - click on a state and learn
US City Links
Travelocity - plan your trip from here to your city!
Tons of trip-planning links - currency converters, subway maps, time round the world, find an airport!

 

Washington, D.C. - 5th Grade
The White House - Official Site for Kids
National Gallery of Art - Kids Page
Virtual Tour of the National Mall
Scholastic's Washington, D.C. - use these Scholastic links for more information on the city and its attractions
Iwo Jima Memorial - here is the official site, and an unofficial site
Holocaust Memorial Museum
National Zoo
National Statuary Hall
Ford's Theater
Petersen's Boarding House - the house where President Lincoln Died


More Subjects

Science

Science - General
Cool Science for Curious Kids
FossWeb.com - great site w/ student activities on magnetism/electricity, sound, landforms, levers & pulleys, etc...

Ecosystems
The World's Biomes
Life Science Safari
Freshwater Ecosystems - Ponds and Lakes
Freshwater Ecosystems - Rivers and Streams

Energy
Energy Sources Now and Then
Foss Web - Resource ID

Energy Information Administration Kids' Page

Energy Time Machine
Watt's That - An Interactive Energy Game Show
Geothermal Information
More Geothermal Information
Energy Changes Make Things Happen
The Flow of Energy Through Plants and Animals
North Carolina Energy Data
Energy Quest - Energy Education from the California Energy Commission

Plants
Yahoo Plants Page
Botany Encyclopedia of Plants
(by common name)
What Are the Parts of a Flower?
See Wildflowers in Bloom!

Rainforests
Classroom debate rules
Rain Forests of the World

Water Cycle
The Water Cycle
Earth Floor - Water Cycle
Earth's Water

Weather - Project Weather Watch
Weather Links
Cloud Types
Dan's Wild Weather Page
Franklin's Forecast - weather events
Hurricanes for Kids
Bay Area Kids Weather Page
National Weather Service - Playtime for Kids
USA Today Weather Links

**TEMPERATURE & PRECIPITATION FOR YOUR CITY IN THE US (click on "choose state here" then click. Then, choose the name of your city and hit enter. Then, click "historic data" on the left side of the screen, then click "averages & records." Select the month and the day you need, and hit enter.
**TEMPERATURE & PRECIPITATION FOR CITIES OUTSIDE OF THE US

Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics
The World of Math

Creating Webquests

Step Zero: What to do Before you Start Searching - this gives great guidelines as you prepare to find websites and resources for your webquest.
Four NETS for Better Searching - this gives great guidelines to help you find websites and resources as you search online
WebQuest Taxonomy: A Taxonomy of Tasks - this lists different kinds of end products that you may want your intended audience to do as part of your webquest.


Information Literacy Websites
Introducing the Big Six
"Citation Machine"

Create a Newspaper
Newspaper Creater On-line
Comic Creator



 

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