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<center><h3>Explorers</h3></center>
<h3><a href="http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/BrowseBySubject?id=ia1000">
World Book Online</a>
Contains information about all explorers - just click in the box on the left 
hand side of the screen to find out who explored each continent.

<a href="http://school.eb.com/elementary/search?
query=explorers&ct=&x=14&y=14">Encyclopedia Britannica Online</a>
Contains information about all explorers

<a href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/">Enchanted Learning</a>
Contains information on all explorers
<a href="http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/8/h8-247-e.html">
National Library of Canada</a>
Contains information about Columbus, John Cabot, Champlain,
Cartier and others
<a href="http://www.civilization.ca/vmnf/explor/explcd_e.html">
Virtual Museum of New France</a>
Contains information about Cartier, Champlain, La Salle,
Marquette, Jolliet and others

<a href="http://www.mariner.org//educationalad/ageofex/">The Mariners' 
Museum</a>
Contains information about Prince Henry, Columbus, da Gama,
Magellan, Francis Drake, Henry Hudson, John Cabot, Cartier,
the Vikings and others
<a href="http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/coronado.htm">
PBS:  The West</a>
Contains information about Coronado and others

<a href="http://www.ikorcula.net/marcopolo/marcopolo.asp">
Marco Polo</a>
Contains information about Marco Polo's travels

<a href="http://www.viking.no/">Viking Network</a>
Contains information about Viking life

<a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vikings/">Nova Vikings</a>
Contains information about the Vikings

<a href="http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/">Explorers on
the Web</a>
Just click on the name of your explorer</h3>

<center><h3>Solar System</h3></center>

<h3><a href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/">NASA's Planetary 
Photojournal</a>
<a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/solarsystem/ax/low.html?2d"> 
National Geographic Virtual Solar System</a>
<a href="http://www.windows.ucar.edu/">
University of Michigan Windows to the Universe</a>
<a href="http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/astronomy.html">
Astronomy for Kids</a>
<a href="http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/auroras/">
The Exploratorium Auroras</a>

<a href="http://www.nineplanets.org/">Nine Planets</a>
<a href="http://library.thinkquest.org/J002809/main.html">
Planet, Moons, and Stars Thinkquest</a>
<a href="http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/">
Amazing Space</a></h3>

<center><h3>Natural Disasters</h3></center>
<h3><a href="http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/search.html">
NOAA Photo Library</a>
Contains pictures of all natural disasters and their after-effects
<a href="http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/owlie/owlie.htm">
National Weather Service for Kids</a>
Contains information about tornadoes, floods, hurricanes and
blizzards
<a href="http://www.fema.gov/kids/protect.htm">FEMA for Kids</a>
Contains information on preparing for floods, hurricanes,
tornadoes, earthquakes and fires

Volcanoes
<a href="http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Search?st1=volcano&x=94567&y=1">
World Book Online "Volcanoes"</a>

<a href="http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/">Volcano World</a>
<a href="http://www.fi.edu/earth/earth.html">
The Franklin Institute Online's Earthforce</a>
<a href="http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/Home.html">
How Volcanoes Work</a>
<a href="http://www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/entry.html">
Volcanoes by Annenberg/CPB</a>

Hurricanes
<a 
href="http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Search?st1=hurricanes">
World Book Online "Hurricanes"</a>
<a href="http://www.accuweather.com/wx/school/hurricane.htm">
AccuSchool's Hurricane Center</a>
<a href="http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/">
weather.com's Storm Encyclopedia</a>
<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/weather/hurricane/whur0.htm">
USA Today's Hurricane Information</a>

Tornadoes
<a href="http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Search?st1=tornadoes">
World Book Online "Tornadoes"</a>
<a href="http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/">
weather.com's Storm Encyclopedia</a>
<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tornado/wtwist0.htm">
USA Today's Tornado Information</a>
<a href="http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/013tornado/index.htm">
The Why Files Tornadoes</a>

Earthquakes
<a 
href="http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Search?st1=earthquakes">
World Book Online "Earthquakes"</a>
<a 
href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids/">
US Government Earthquake Hazards Program</a>
<a href="http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/quakes/intro/">
The Tech Museum of Innovation's Earthquakes</a>
<a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/">
PBS Savage Earth</a>

Floods
<a href="http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Search?st1=floods">
World Book Online "Floods"</a>
<a href="http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/">
weather.com's Storm Encyclopedia</a>
<a href="http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/FS/OFR93-641/index.html">
USGS Floods and Flood Plains</a>
<a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/infocus/floods.html">
PBS Infocus Floods</a>

Blizzards
<a href="http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Search?st1=blizzards">
World Book Online "Blizzards"</a>
<a 
href="http://www.loep.state.la.us/factsheets/Deceptivewinterstorms.htm">
Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness Winter Storms</a>
<a href="http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/">
weather.com's Storm Encyclopedia</a>

Fires
<a 
href="http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Search?st1=preventing+fires">
World Book Online "Preventing and Fighting Fires"</a>

<a href="http://www.sover.net/~kenandeb/fire/hotshot.html">
Hot Shot Photo Journal</a>
a wilderness firefighter�s photo journal with related links

<a href="http://www.smokeybear.com/">Smokey the Bear</a>
site includes information about fire fighting and 
the prevention of forest fires</h3>

<center><h2>The Middle Ages</h2></center>
<h3><a href="http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar099200&st=Castle">
World Book Online "castle"</a>
Contains information about the structure of a castle, castle defenses
and life in a castle

<a
href="http://www.school.eb.com/ebk/article?tocId=9352922&query=castle&ct=">
Encyclopedia Britannica Online "castle"</a>
Contains information about the structure of a castle and castle
defenses

<a 
href="http://www.school.eb.com/ebi/article?query=middle+ages&ct=&eu=297840&toc
id=204638#204638.toc">Encyclopedia Britannica "Middle Ages"</a>
Contains information about life in a castle

<a href="http://www.btinternet.com/~timeref/castles.htm">
Medieval History Timelines</a>
Contains information about castles

<a href="http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castle6.htm">Castles of Britain</a>
Contains information about knights, life in a castle, the structure 
of a castle, castle defenses and medieval weapons
Contains information about the structure of a castle, residents of
a castle and a knight's clothing and armor
<a href="http://www.medieval-life.net/health_main.htm">
Medieval Health</a>
<a href="http://www.mcatmaster.com/guilds/Doctors.htm">
Doctors</a>
<a href="http://library.thinkquest.org/J002390/health.html">
Medieval Doctors</a>
<a
href="http://medieval-
castles.org/index.php/health_healing_and_doctors_during_the_da">
Medieval Doctors</a>
<a href="http://www.learner.org/interactives/middleages/morhealt.html">
Medieval Doctors</a>
<a
href="http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/health_and_medicine_in_medieval_.ht
m">
Medieval Cures</a>
<a href="http://www.medieval-life.net/life_main.htm">
Life During the Middle Ages</a>
<a href="http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/feudal.html">
Annenberg/CPB's The Middle Ages</a>
<a href="http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/middle-ages-sitemap.htm">
Middle Ages</a>
<a href="http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/index.htm">
The Middle Ages</a>

<a 
href="http://www.school.eb.com/ebi/article?query=armor&ct=&eu=294701&tocid=196
700#196700.toc">Encyclopedia Britannica "armor"</a>
Contains information about a knight's armor and medieval clothing
<a href="http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/lord-of-the-manor.htm">
Lord of the Manor</a>
<a href="http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?
id=ar302740&st=Knights+And+Knighthood">
World Book Online "knights and knighthood"</a>
Contains information about knights and their clothing and armor
<a href="http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar030820&st=Armor">
World Book Online "armor"</a>
Contains information about a knight's armor

<center><h2>Revolutionary War</h2></center>
<h3><a href="http://www.worldbookonline.com/">World Book Online</a>

<a href="http://www.school.eb.com/">Encyclopedia Britannica Online</a>
<a href="http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/rev-prel.htm">
The History Place</a></h3>

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