Links for Parents and Students
Animals on the Underground
Find hidden animal pictures in the well-known London Underground map. Weird - and fun if you've never seen it.
http://www.animalsontheunderground.com
Arkive: Images of Life on Earth
An audio-visual archive of the many forms of life on Earth. Stunning photography.
http://www.arkive.org
Bill Nye the Science Guy
The website of the popular television presenter, who makes science fun.
http://www.billnye.com/core.html?flashtarget=core....
Cedric's Insect Page
THE place to go for photos and information about mantids, sticks, and beetles. Creepy - yet fascinating.
http://www.magmaconcept.com/insects/0frame.htm
Children's Book Council
Lots of great information about authors and illustrators from this U.S. site.
http://www.cbcbooks.org
Children's Laureate
Britain has a poet laureate - but also a CHILDREN'S Laureate, too. (currently Michael Morpurgo). This is the official web page
http://www.childrenslaureate.org/
Daylight Saving Time
Why we change our clocks. When we change our clocks. Everything you needed to know and more.
http://webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/index.html
Earth at Night
A panoramic view of Earth at night, showing the effect and extent of "light pollution." From NASA.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthl...
EasyBib
Free, online service to help students and others compile bibliographies. Uses the Modern Language Association format, sixth edition.
http://www.easybib.com
ePALS Classroom Exchange
Connecting over 4.6 million students and educators in 191 countries for classroom-to-classroom projects and cross-cultural learning in the world's largest online classroom community
http://www.epals.com
The Harry Potter Lexicon
Just what it says - with lots of cool stuff and nifty links.
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/
Historical Atlas of the 20th Century
Useful for projects, reports, and research.
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm
HubbleSite
The official site of the Hubble Space Telescope.
http://www.hubblesite.org
InfoPlease
The online site of the great American Almanac.
http://www.infoplease.com
Lemony Snicket
The official website of the popular "Series of Unfortunate Events" series of books.
http://www.lemonysnicket.com/index.cfm
Mesopotamia
The British Museum's website about the civilions of Assyria, Babylonia, and Sumer. With resources for students and teachers (Key Stage 2).
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk
Mr. Picassohead
Make your own masterpiece in the style of Picasso.
http://www.mrpicassohead.com/create.html
National Centre for Research in Children's Literature
Useful and informative.
http://www.ncrcl.ac.uk
The Official Harry Potter Website
The Warner Brothers studio website dedicated to the Harry Potter films.
http://harrypotter.warnerbros.co.uk/main/homepage/...
The Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection of the University of Texas
One of the great collections of historic maps available online.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html
Physics Life
Very cool site, from the Institute of Physics, allowing even the non-scientist to explore physics in the world around us. Lots of good resources for students and scholars, too.
http://www.physics.org/explore.asp
Pingu
The official Pingu site, with lots of fun games and puzzles featuring the adorable little penguin. A great site for younger kids.
http://www.hitentertainment.com/pingu/
Pumpkin Carving 101
Everything you need to know for this annual Halloween tradition.
http://www.pumpkincarving101.com/
Recycle Zone
What's what in the world of waste!
http://www.recyclezone.org.uk
Red Nose Day
The official site of this annual Comic Relief event, on March 11th in 2005.
http://www.rednoseday.com
Salem Witch Museum
The Massachusetts town famous for its 1692 witchcraft trials. Cool site, rather spooky. Just right for Halloween!
http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com
Seussville
The official website of the world of Dr. Seuss. Wonderful.
http://www.seussville.com
Spud's Travels
Home of the world's most traveled Mr. Potato Head. Fun photos.
http://www.spudstravels.com/
World Book Day
The official UK and Ireland website for this celebration, held in March each year.
http://www.worldbookday.com
World Food Day
Each year on 16 October, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations celebrates World Food Day
http://www.fao.org/wfd/index_en.asp
Xpeditions Atlas
Although the best stuff is NOT free, this site from the National Geographic does have some nice maps to print out or download. Just right for school geography projects.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas...
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