Kids' Planet ESPECIES Animal Fact Sheets - 20 views
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Fiona Johnston on 30 Apr 14Animals organized by continent.
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A-Z Animals - Animal Facts, Information, Pictures, Videos, Resources and Links - 28 views
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Welcome to A-Z Animals, an online animal encyclopedia where you can learn about all your favourite animals, and even some you may have never heard of!
Search for Your Favorite Animals -- National Geographic Kids - 10 views
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Browse animals by species or habitat to access National Geographic Kids' in-depth Creature Features, including amazing photo and video footage from the world's wild places.
Pourquoi Stories - 8 views
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Pourquoi means "Why?" in French. Pourquoi stories have been around as folktales for many years dating back to our Native Americans. Mrs. Jepsen's third grade class worked hard to create their own, original Pourquoi tales. Each story was written by a group of students and answers the wonderings of "why" or "how" questions about animals.
Native American Pourquoi Stories - 9 views
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Native American language renewal Native American culture Native American nations TEXT Pourquoi Tales How Daylight Came To Be: Salishan legend about how Ant Woman won daytime from the Creator. Gluskabe Changes Maple Syrup: Abenaki myth about the origins of maple syrup. Indian Summer: Abenaki pourquoi story about the origin of Indian summer.
4J - Cool Facts About Ancient China! - 36 views
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What should we tweet about Ancient China? Share your ideas.
Chinese Mythology - your guide to the gods of China - 7 views
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Godchecker's mythology encyclopedia - your guide to Chinese gods, spirits and monsters, featuring many weird and wonderful legends. Our The Gods of Chinese Mythology, Folklore and Taoism resource includes original articles, pictures, research, facts and information compiled from Godchecker's Holy Database, our unique mythology encyclopedia.
Ancient Chinese Writing - 3 views
Writing - 2 views
Ancient Chinese Writing - The Early Historical and Legendary Stages of Writing in Ancie... - 4 views
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Oracle Bone Ancient China is one of the places where writing appears to have developed independently, along with Mesopotamia, which developed cuneiform, and Egypt and the civilization of the Maya, where hieroglyphs developed. The earliest examples of ancient Chinese writing come from oracle bones at Anyang, a Shang Dynasty capital, and contemporary bronze inscriptions.
Ancient China - Astronomy - History for Kids! - 4 views
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Astronomy and Mathematics in Ancient China : The 'Zhou Bi Suan Jing', by Christopher Cullen (1996). By a specialist, for adults, about a Chinese astronomy book from the Han Dynasty in the first century AD. But really it covers Chinese astronomy from the Stone Age to about 1600 AD.
History of Kung Fu Chinese Martial Arts - 7 views
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Kung fu - 'kung' meaning 'energy' and 'fu' meaning 'time' - is a Chinese martial art whose recorded history dates back to around 525 AD, during the Liang dynasty. The man credited with introducing martial arts to China is said to be an Indian monk known as Bodhidarma (who is also known as Do Ma or Buddha, 506-556 AD).
Math in Ancient China - 3 views
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People in China were using written numbers by about 1500 BC, in the Shang Dynasty. This is about two thousand years later than people began to write numbers in West Asia, and more than a thousand years later than people began to write numbers in India.
Chinese Gods - 3 views
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People worshipped many different gods in ancient China. Some of these gods have been worshipped since the Shang Dynasty (about 2000 BC). Other Chinese gods became popular later on. Some of these gods are representations of the weather or natural forces like the sun or the moon or the rain.
Gods & Goddesses - Ancient China for Kids - 2 views
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It during T'ang times that China embraced two philosophies and one major religion at the same time. They were called the Three Teachings. They were an important part of daily life. The three were Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Each day, each person would do something to honor each of the three teachings each day.
Ancient China for Kids: Clothing - 6 views
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Kids learn about the clothing of Ancient China. Materials used like silk and hemp to make robes and belts. Hairpins and other jewelry.
4J - Ancient China Museum - 14 views
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Curators - what will your topic be?
4J Ancient China - 3/6/14 - 25 views
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Post one new thing you learned about Ancient China... or something you're STILL curious about!
Ancient China - 29 views
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Geography Where is China located? How did the ancient Chinese adapt to their environment?
Ancient China for Kids - 71 views