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Links for Researchers

Reference Resources:

Encarta Online Encyclopedia        

       Columbia Online Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia.com 

       Encyclopedia Smithsonian

Britannica.com

 

FactMonster

       Internet Public Library

InfoPlease

       50states.com 

 

Kids' Planet Animal Fact Sheets

       Seaworld Animal Facts

How Products are Made

       Science News for Kids

Exploring Nature Educational Resources. You will need to sign in to this site.The username is paseo hills and the password is welcome

Search Engines:

Clusty: Searches through other search engines and groups similar results into clusters. This makes it easier to find exactly what you need!

Goodsearch

Google

Ask Jeeves for Kids 

 

Links for Writers

Dictionary.com

       Thesaurus.com

Idioms

       Rhyming Dictionary

Spaghetti Book Club

 

Science Experiment Resources

Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab 

Mad Scientist Network

 

Inventions and Inventors

KidCyber Technology and Inventions

Enchanted Learning Browse inventions and inventors by alphabet, time, category, or country.

Greatest Inventions: Inventors Biographies of 18 famous inventors. Indexed links.

Inventors Hall of Fame  Search for inventions and inventors. Short biographies of inventors include impact of invention

The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation   Lots about Edison. "Innovative Lives" section features contemporary inventors. Virtual versions of museum exhibits, such as From Frying Pan to Flying V: The Rise of the Electric Guitar.

Women Inventors Did you know that a woman invented windshield wipers? This site has detailed drawings of each invention.

Forgotten Inventors   Just for fun, find out who invented the frisbee, can opener, feather duster and more.

Totally Absurd Inventions Check this out! Real patented inventions that will have you shaking your head in disbelief! Would you wear shoes with air conditioning or use knee skates?

The Gallileo Project   Linked biographies of Gallileo and other scientists of his time.

The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences   Biographies of African American scientists and inventors. Sorted by science.

Nobel Prize Winning Scientists   Biographies of Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry, Physics and Medicine

University of St. Andrews Biographies of Scientists.

Wikipedia Biographies 

Arizona Land Regions

Bioimages

Click on map in area you think Arizona would be. Keep clicking until you are close enough that you can see the Arizona land regions. Click on the area that is your region and look to the frame on the left of the page to see lots of images. Scroll down to see more. This site will take some time to load. Be patient. It's worth the wait!

 

Geography of Arizona. Some of the land regions have different names, but the areas are the same so you can get some good information here.

 

Plateau Region

Plants of the Verde Valley and Sedona

Animals of the Plateau Region

 

Desert Usa

Sonoran Desert Links

Desert Plants

 

Forests of Arizona

San Francsico Peaks

Mountain Region Website by Ms. Allen!

 

For help with your presentation:

Clipart- Pics4learning

 

PowerPoint Presentations grades 3-5

PowerPoints made by 4th graders in Missouri

 

PowerPoints--Educational Games!

 

PowerPoints--Parade of Games

 

 

Astronomy

Astronomy Magazine

Astronomy for Kids

NASA Astronomy Pic of the Day

Astronomy for Kids

University of Tennessee Astronomy

NASA

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