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October 27, 2003
Walking with Prehistoric
Beasts
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/beasts/beasts.html
This website is based
on the television program, on The Discovery Channel, by the same name. This site contains a “prehistoric zoo,” a gallery
of beast pictures, a build-a-beast game, and special features on sabretooth tigers, mammoths, mastadons,
Neanderthals, and the Stone Age. There
are features describing the way scientists learn about prehistoric beasts,
how the world has changed because of the movement of continents, and much
more. This is a fun site that is full
of learning opportunities.
October 20, 2003
Our Solar System
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/index.html
Welcome to Our Solar
System. One sun, nine planets, and
millions of other objects make our little neighborhood in the universe an
interesting place to live. You’ll find
monthly articles and pictures, from NASA, about everything in our solar
system. You can find out what’s
happening at the edge, where the solar system ends and deep space begins. You will see pictures of the asteroid
Hermes, which comes close to Earth on a regular basis. There are articles about the Leonid meteor
showers, solar storms that damage our earth-orbiting satellites, the canals
on Mars, the moons of the other planets, and NASA missions to photographs and
test the areas around the other planets.
This is a great site to visit, whether you’re doing your science
homework or you’re just looking for interesting articles.
October 13, 2003
CensusScope
http://www.censusscope.org
CensusScope is an easy-to-use tool for investigating U.S. demographic trends, sponsored by
the University of Michigan. With eye-catching graphics and
exportable trend data, CensusScope presents graphic
views of the 1990 and 2000 census data.
Students can learn strategies for turning data into graphs, how to
represent data in graph formats, and information about the demographics of
the country. The site includes
sections for charts and trends, maps, and rankings. Data include ethnicity, age, family, and
income analyses, by geographic region.
There is a special section on diversity within the U.S. population.
October 6, 2003
Xpeditions
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/
Xpeditions is the home to the U.S. National
Geography standards – and to thousands of ideas, tools, and interactive
adventures that bring those to life.
This site, sponsored by National Geographic, includes teacher-tested
lesson plans, sorted by standard and grade level. It also includes interactive activities
that can be used at home or in classrooms.
As you would expect from National Geographic, there are hundreds of
maps – on-screen and printer-friendly.
Xpeditions is a featured MarcoPolo
site.
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These sites are provided
as a service to teachers, students, and the community. Greenwood School District 50 does not
endorse any of the materials, programs, or persons associated with these
sites. The District assumes no
responsibility for the content of additional links provided by these sites.
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