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The Burn Resource Center Gives statistical information, as well as types of burn and scar and survivor links.

The Burn Institute Offers a burn and fire prevention section with curriculum guides, fact sheets, educational programs and information on wildfires.

Shelby Mustang Great photo of a classic Shelby and a history of this famous “muscle-car” of the 1960s.
 

Read Write Think  How to write your own scary story.

Ghost Research Ghost photographs and fake or explainable ghost pictures. 

Haunted Places Includes links to places that are rumored to be haunted.

Hail’s Angels  Guardian angels paintings 

Quote Garden  Quotes about grandmothers
 

The Holland Ring The Race Site for Elfstedentocht explains all about this racing marathon likening it to running marathons held in the United States.

BBC: Children of World War II Produced by the BBC, this website looks at the war through a child’s eye. 

 Kid’s view of World War II Visitor’s to this site may click on links to topics such as fashion, toys and games, entertainment, the military, memorabilia, and recommended reading lists.

Winter Sports: Speed Skating Learn about the different speed skating events during the Winter Olympics, the clothing worn by competitors, and the track skaters race on in this Flash presentation. 

Fact Monster: Speed Skating Learn the difference between the short-track and long-track speed skating competitions. This brief article provides information on both forms of speed skating, including historical information, a list of events, and links to articles on individual speed skaters: Eric Heiden, Bonnie Blair, and Dan Jansen.
 

Random House Maude March website interactive website, including horseshoe throwing, knot tying lessons, and history of the Wild West.

KidsRead Ms. Couloumbis gives suggestions on the writing process.

The Frontier West A straight-forward webpage of frontier west facts 

Western Historical Manuscript Collection – Columbia Letters, diaries, and other papers associated with exploration, the westward movement, overland travel, the gold rush, homesteading and settlement, and daily life on the frontier in the U.S.

Laura Ingalls Wilder – Frontier Girl  Informative, easy-to-read site about Laura’s life and writings. 

Pioneer Web Find information on pioneer medicine, food and clothing.

ThinkQuest – Pioneer Games, Toys and Songs Learn about pioneer games, toys, and songs.
 

Backyard Chickens.Com  Raise chickens, build chicken coops, hatch eggs. 

Feathersite – The Poultry Page  An on-line zoological garden of domestic poultry, including photos, videos, and information about various breeds of fowl, such as chickens, ducks, geese, guinea fowl, peafowl, pigeons, and turkeys. Various wildfowl are also included.

Palo Alto Medical Foundation – Self Esteem A site for tweens and teens to find out about negative self-esteem and how to improve their self-esteem.

A Flock of Your Own Keeping Chickens; coops, chicks, eggs, supplies... everything you need to know to get started (without a panic attack) from the Farm at Morrison Corner. 

Kids Farm – Chickens Listen to chickens cheep and roosters crow.
 

Cats - Animal Planet  Animal Planet’s The Definitive Guide to Cats:  Why do cats always land on their feet after a fall? What allows a sleeping cat to comfortably curl into a circle?

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Cats!  Wild to Mild The traveling exhibition "Cats! Wild to Mild," sponsored by Friskies PetCare Company and the National Science Foundation combines information on cat mythology, biology, behavior, conservation, and responsible pet care. 

Discovery Channel & Animal Planet present: Cats  This Discovery Channel website gives all sorts of information about cats as pets and cats in the wild.

Holidays on the Net – Halloween Visit "Halloween On The Net" for some fun holiday things to do.  

KiddyHouse.Com – Halloween  Are you looking for some hauntingly good Halloween activities? An animated black cat in a jack-o-lantern will peek at you as you enter this web site. Learn more about this holiday that is celebrated on the last weekend of October. Get detailed information on the origins of Halloween. Take a quiz to see how much you know about Halloween safety. Learn about the metric system with Halloween activities. Print out and color spooky pictures. You'll also find crafts, songs and poems, stories, and games.

One World net  Tiki the Penguin explains DNA for kids.

Marvelous Molecules at the New York Hall of Science (Your DNA and Your Traits):  Click through 7 traits to compare yourself with the visitors to the site.  Your sex, hair color, eye color and finger print pattern are among the traits that will be compared and matched with other people.
 

Digital History  Photographs and stories of relocation to the interment camps.

History on the Net  Internment camp locations, life and activities.
 

MysteryNet’s Kids Mysteries  Mysteries and chillers for kids to read and solve

Halloween Web  Short scary stories and local legends

Read Write Think  How to write your own scary story

Scary.Com   Halloween Mega-Site for Kids including scary tales, recipes, crafts, jokes, sing-a-longs.  Get your students in the mood for a ghost story by logging on to this interactive site.
 

Grace Lin  Activities, lesson suggestions, and how to draw the same dog as Pacy

Grace Lin Video  Video clip of Grace Lin on Today Show talking about Robert’s Snow

China Today All about the animals and dates that make up the Chinese Zodiac.
 

CHICO – Mummies of Ancient Egypt Mummies of Ancient Egypt with topics titled “ What are mummies? “How mummies are made”, “Who are mummies”, and “What is the afterlife”.  This site is a project of the Cultural Heritage Initiative for Commmunity Outreach at the University of Michigan School of Information. 

Guardian’s Egypt – Mummies on the Web Everything you've always wanted to know about ancient Egyptian mummies and afterlife, but were afraid to ask! Learn about the Egyptians perception of the afterlife, their mummies, the process of  mummification, and even meet some of the actual mummies.  There are many links to other mummy sites on the web.

 King Tut One Com Included on this website is a virtual mummy tour

Mummy Tombs Website of Oetzi the Iceman and his exhibit 

National Geographic National Geographic site titled “How to Make a Mummy”.

Cyber Mummy Unlock the secrets of a real mummy on this web page!  Includes video.
 

Claire and Monte Montgomery Don’t miss the eye-popping wheel photos taken around the world.

Wheels An encyclopedia article from Wikipedia on the wheel discusses how wheels operate and travel on surfaces, and gives information on the invention and use of the wheel in ancient times. Links are also provided for additional information.

Unicycles and Bikes This site has information about clothes, equipment, helmets, maintenance and repair, manufacturers, painting a bike, saddles, wheels, and tires, and more.

Ancient Sumeria Provides a history of Ancient Sumeria (Sumer) complete with illustrations of art and artifacts of the country.

Cyberlibrary - Mesopotamia This site provides a great source of images of artifacts and structures of ancient Mesopotamia. Each image is accompanied by a short description.
 

Kids Health for Kids: Dealing with Bullies Bullying has been around for a long time, and there are ways to deal with the problem. Find out how to be brave with bullies by reading this article.

PBS – Dogs  To learn more about the dog species, visit this PBS web site where you can see just how diverse dogs are. 

Woof! It’s a Dog’s Life – PBS  Tips from a trainer are here to help you with your dog's behavior.

World Almanac for Kids  This site talks about the animals, including the different breeds of dogs, as well as how to distinguish between them, the care and training of family pets, including caring for a new puppy and training your dog, showing and judging dogs, the relationship between human beings and dogs, as well as different pictures and descriptions of dogs in art and literature. 

PetEducation.Com  Lots of information about the responsibility of owning a dog: acquiring a new dog, nutrition and care, grooming, training, and diseases. 

ASPCA—If you want to know more about how to care for dogs, visit this web page.  Be sure to watch the cartoons on dog training and cleaning. 

American Kennel Club  American Kennel Club homepage provides basic information for different breeds on general appearance, size, proportion, temperament, history, and more.  There is a tab for Kids/Juniors that links to a special section of the site.  Here find activity sheets, coloring pages, and specific information for junior handlers.

Mary Pope Osborne Website maintained by Mary Pope Osborne

The Archeology Channel Video Guide – Pompeii Destroyed Complete with a re-enactment of the horrible last moments of the citizens of Pompeii, this thirteen minute video describes the city and its people and what they were doing on that fateful day.

Unraveling Ancient Mysteries: Pompeii Interactive site from Harcourt School, it includes animations of the eruption, a large number of pictures and lots of information about the town and the volcano to explore. A timeline of Vesuvius eruptions spans from 62 AD to today. The list of books to read for more information would be useful for a “readalikes” bibliography.

Viewing Pompeii Today: Visual Resources A list of resources with pictures and movies of the ruins of Pompeii. Includes an amazing clickable map that includes panoramic images of areas from the city. It also has similar maps for the Forum bath complex and some images from the city of Rome.

Mount Vesuvius This interactive, colorful kid-friendly site has the “look” of a desktop. Called the “Volcano Desk”, clickable areas take viewers to the anatomy and science of a volcanic eruption, types of volcanoes, and a cartoon-like movie on "The Story of Vesuvius" ideally understandable for elementary age students. There’s also a link to a similar desktop called the “Earthquake Desk”.   

Mount Vesuvius Webcam What does it look like right now?  Click on the webcam and see!

NOVA: Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius This is the companion web site for the NOVA program, “Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius”, originally broadcast in 1998, which tells the story of the Roman city of Pompeii and the risk that Vesuvius presents today.  Links include, “Can we predict eruptions?”, “Volcano SWAT Team”, “Planning for Disaster”, and “The World’s Deadliest Volcanoes”. 
 

Pittsburgh Ballet Theater Kids  Dedicated to young people who want to learn more about or simply love ballet, this Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre site includes trading cards, stories, ballet positions, "pointe partners" and other fun features. 

Dancer  At this site from the Bureau of Labor Statistics you can learn about what it takes to have a successful career as a dancer. This website organizes its general information into the following categories: "What these workers do," "What the job is like," "Jobs," "Preparing for the job," "The future," "Pay," "Similar jobs," and "Where to look for more information."

Animal Bytes: Elephants  Learn all about African and Asian elephants with this detailed webpage from the San Diego Zoo. This page includes photos, sound bytes, and a video. 

National Geographic Creature Feature: Elephants  A multi-media National Geographic site with great information on African Elephants. A fun facts section, vivid pictures and audio and video clips. Send a postcard to a friend!

National Geographic: Cool Things About Elephants  National Geographic site invites users to learn some cool things about these huge creatures. Discover how elephants think for themselves, help each other and how scientists have learned that they have long memories. Contains a baby elephant picture album, a video as well as additional links.

Obert Skye An interview with the author

Leven Thumps Official Site Interactive flash site with links to author biography and tour schedule, a contest, bibliography, and how to sign up to receive the monthly newsletter.

Cinderella  Sixteen versions of the well-known fairy tale from around the world. Some of the countries include: Norway, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, Serbia, Denmark, and Vietnam.

Story Circle  From British Broadcasting Company, this site features flash versions of familiar stories, nursery rhymes and fairy tales.

Medieval Days and Knights  Features plenty of links to information about life in The Middle Ages, knights, castles, and much more. The outline format of this site enables the viewer to easily locate the specific section they are searching for. 

Knight Quest (ThinkQuest)  Start your adventure by clicking on the spinning sword. Experience the life of a knight! Find out about castles, weapons, how to become a knight, and, of course, dragons!

K-3 Learning Pages.com: Web Resources: Middle Ages  Discover the Middle Ages through this comprehensive site filled with web resources. Students and teachers will find lesson plans, art, projects, facts, research reports and more.

George Crum Biography of George Crum from 19th Century Science Online

Fact Monster Accidental food inventions from the Popsicle to George Crum’s Potato Chip 

Encyclopedia Britannica List of great inventions of all kinds from Encyclopedia Britannica 

 Taquitos.net Compare two of America’s favorite past-times:  TV and the Potato Chip and learn about their inventors at the same time.   

BBC H2G2 Complete history of the Potato Chip, or Crisps, as the British call them in this BBC article.

Laurence Yep Video interview in eight segments, you’ll need Real Player to view the videos.  Segments include Mr. Yep talking about being an outsider and his love for fantasy and science fiction, his experience becoming a published author, his relationship with his father, and sources of his inspiration as a writer.

America’s Story: San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 This film, shot in a studio in New York City, appears to be newsreel (silent) footage from the earthquake site. 

Understanding Earthquakes Take an Earthquake quiz, view a rotating Earth globe showing earthquakes of 5.5 magnitude or above over the last five years, read famous earthquake accounts by Mark Twain, Jack London and others, view the gradual buildup of tectonic stress leading to earthquakes, read a history of seismology to 1910, and link to other earthquake web sites. 

 Earthquake Center – Visual Glossary  This is a great site for students to visit when trying to understand the language and concepts of seismology. Each glossary term is accompanied with a visual and graphical explanation.

FEMA for Kids: Earthquakes  This is an outstanding website from FEMA on the basics of earthquakes. It includes short personal stories, game, scales, safety tips, legends and some basic vocabulary.

USGS: Earthquakes for Kids    Gigantic site that includes a great deal of information about earthquakes. You can learn up-to-date information on earthquakes, earthquake history, science fair project ideas, earthquake facts, and many more items.

National Geographic: Forces of Nature: Earthquakes  Interactive National Geographic site engages users by educating them on earthquakes and earthquake damage and then allows them to trigger their own earthquake. View case studies of actual earthquakes that occurred all over the world as well as trace their destructive path on an interactive map.

What's Shakin'? Introduction to Earthquakes  Brief, easy-to-follow slide-show type site that discusses the basics of earthquakes. Also explains how the seismograph works.

Iknowthat.com: Science Desk: Earthquakes   Interactive site takes users to shaky ground to uncover the science behind earthquakes. Flip the switch at the top of the page and go to an earthquake testing zone where you can see first hand the damage caused by these devastating events.

Exploring Earth  Never experienced an earthquake?  Click on this site which shows recorded videos that capture activity before, during and after an earthquake that measured 6.8 magnitude in Seattle, WA.