SOCIAL STUDIES:
Remembrance Day:
www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance
tinyurl.com/ju4k3d2
Canadian Geographic Kids Atlas - A fantastic, interactive, fun way to learn lots of information about all things geographic (even volcanoes and dinosaurs!)
The Atlas of Canada - Discover Canada through National maps and facts. This site, produced by Natural Resources Canada, has tons of information about all things Canadian.
IPL KidSpace: Our World- All sorts of links to a variety of useful resources, including information about religion, world languages, geography, world culture, and even the ancient world.
CIA - The World Factbook - Extensive data, maps, and flags of all the countries in the world.
Canada Page - All things Canadian - made by Whitehorse Elementary
Mystery Quest 73- a working space for doing a mystery quest between schools
Outline Maps - for all the continents
Proud Canadian Kids - about being proud to live in Canada
Atlapedia Online This site contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
Google Earth This is a fantastic site that lets you zoom in to addresses all over the world, search for locations and get directions, and tilt and rotate to get 3D views. A note: to access this free download, you need a newer computer running Windows 2000 or XP, and a high speed connection. More information is available on the Google Earth site.
All Things BC - this site has a ton of links that has information on British Columbia - please read their disclaimer
Encyclomedia - a fantastic reference tool with lots of video clips on everything imaginable.
Factmonster - a great place to find all sorts of social studies info....
World Book Online - this one can only be accessed when using a school computer....not home.
New York Times on Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Japan
Background on Japan - a university in California (United States) put this one together....lots of information
National Geographic for kids and teachers
Time Machine - connect to a different time in lots of different places - click and see....
School Time Games - SS - take a look....honest you'll like it
Time Machine - learn what was happening when in different parts of the world....
Lizard Quizzes - Test your Geography knowledge - questions from all over the world.......
Remembrance Day:
www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance
tinyurl.com/ju4k3d2
Canadian Geographic Kids Atlas - A fantastic, interactive, fun way to learn lots of information about all things geographic (even volcanoes and dinosaurs!)
The Atlas of Canada - Discover Canada through National maps and facts. This site, produced by Natural Resources Canada, has tons of information about all things Canadian.
IPL KidSpace: Our World- All sorts of links to a variety of useful resources, including information about religion, world languages, geography, world culture, and even the ancient world.
CIA - The World Factbook - Extensive data, maps, and flags of all the countries in the world.
Canada Page - All things Canadian - made by Whitehorse Elementary
Mystery Quest 73- a working space for doing a mystery quest between schools
Outline Maps - for all the continents
Proud Canadian Kids - about being proud to live in Canada
Atlapedia Online This site contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
Google Earth This is a fantastic site that lets you zoom in to addresses all over the world, search for locations and get directions, and tilt and rotate to get 3D views. A note: to access this free download, you need a newer computer running Windows 2000 or XP, and a high speed connection. More information is available on the Google Earth site.
All Things BC - this site has a ton of links that has information on British Columbia - please read their disclaimer
Encyclomedia - a fantastic reference tool with lots of video clips on everything imaginable.
Factmonster - a great place to find all sorts of social studies info....
World Book Online - this one can only be accessed when using a school computer....not home.
New York Times on Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Japan
Background on Japan - a university in California (United States) put this one together....lots of information
National Geographic for kids and teachers
Time Machine - connect to a different time in lots of different places - click and see....
School Time Games - SS - take a look....honest you'll like it
Time Machine - learn what was happening when in different parts of the world....
Lizard Quizzes - Test your Geography knowledge - questions from all over the world.......