Reference & Projects

Web Sites for Information


Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov

Mid-Hudson Library System - Lifelines Homework and Project Help
http://lifelines.midhudson.org

Grolier is our online encyclopedia for this year! Use either The 
New Book of Knowledge OR the Grolier Multimedia parts of Grolier. 
In school this will go in automatically but at home you will need 
a password from Mrs. Hauptmann.
http://go-passport.grolier.com/splash

Searchasaurus- Ask Mrs. Hauptmann for the user name and password 
to use this 
from home
http://search.epnet.com/login.asp?group=empire

National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/

Stately Knowledge- Information about the 50 States
http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/skhome.html

FirstGov for Kids- Government Information
http://www.kids.gov

Learn about The Tower of London- take the kid's tour!
http://www.toweroflondontour.com/kids/index.html

CIA- The World Fact Book
Great information on countries from around the world!
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook

Class Brain.com- More country information. Look up your country 
using the 
alphabetical side bar. Many links to information.
http://www.classbrain.com/art_cr/publish/

Arctic Animals
http://www.mnh.si.edu/arctic/html/birds.html

CultureGrams Online...get your country, state and province info 
here!
http://online.culturegrams.com/

Here is an animal database for those various bird and animal reports. 
http://www.pebblego.com


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