If you log in you can create and save timelines in World Book Student Online. Just spotted this on the new ERAC Commons. Who knew?

Blog post about ancient Roman Maps on Google Maps.

Digital library of texts and photos from Ancient Greece and Rome, all under a Creative Commons License. The texts are available online and include links out to other information.

Students can create a virtual museum box in which to collect items such as text, photos, video, and uploaded items needed to make an argument, describe a person or historical/geographical site etc. Students can also view other museum boxes and comment. For classroom use ideas, see Kelly Tenkley's Jan 06, 2009 post at iLearn Technology. This website was inspired by Thomas Clarkson who carried around a real museum box of artifacts to make a case for the abolition of slavery. Each compartment is actually a cube that expands into 6 more "sides" for storing information. Very cool.

This would be such a great activity to add to an Ancient Egypt study!

Inquiry learning project in which teams must research the cost of building a pyramid today and submit bids.

Online version of Egyptian board game, senet.

Page on theories of how the pyramids were built.

Very nice simple pages with downloadable print file that could be run through Kurzweil.

Type in your name and see it spelled in hieroglyphics.

Wikijunior open source book on Egypt. Read online or download as .pdf.

Interview with a scientist who thinks the pyramids were poured from concrete rather than hauled into place. Quirks & Quarks with Bob McDonald, heard Saturdays from 12:06 p.m. on CBC Radio One

Very nice graphics, good info, easy to read site. The literature units on the Mountain City Elementary site were recommended by Maureen LaFleche and their history units are just as good.

Unbelievable graphics and excellent quality information and activities. Particularly good pyramid, hieroglyphics, and math activities. Commercial content is probably worth buying if it is as good as the free stuff. Can use for educational purposes if you link back to his site. Egypt Pyramids Pharaohs Hieroglyphs temple reconstructions kings and queens free Quiz games write your name in the ancient hieroglyphic script.

Many excellent links on this subsection of Educscapes.

I just posted a Real World Math link for a lesson that calculates the volume of solids using the pyramids and Google Earth. Suitable for grades 6-9.
andi sibley wrote:
> I am looking for ways to use our Smartboards with Google Earth and fifth graders. Any ideas or great sites?

Outstanding grade 6-9 Google Earth math activity to calculate the volume of the pyramids.