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This website is for kid's weather research. There is a breath-taking photo gallery along with a video gallery, games and activities, Science Fair project ideas, a picture of the day and cool facts. My 10 year old daughter was simply fascinated at the photographs! This could definitly supplement the second grade weather unit in Lincoln.

This collaboration between NASA and NOAA provides educators and children (K-12) resources (

This site gives complete explanations on some commonly asked questions about weather. It includes video, images, and experiments. Great site for kids to use when doing research.

Site visitors can research extensive lists of diseases and disabilities and be linked to symptoms, descriptions, statistics, etc., about the selected disease. The "Web Quest" has 8 steps for visitors to follow to expand the search on the selected disease with self assessments and links.

Good companion site with a lesson on copyright. Information on patents, piracy, privacy etc,. Answers questions with interactive activities on what is a patent, how to apply; a tutorial on how to search for patents; related games links.

Good source for information on how U.S, currency is made. Good section on counterfeit currency. Recommended for secondary students.

Ideal for grades 4 - 12. Information on the census bureau and its functions. Extensive demographics on each state with accompanying quizzes. A good site for quick statistics on a state. Easy to navigate.

This site is a wonderful way to get kids questioning about what happened in history. The site provides information to kids about what happened on a specific date. Students can understand what history is when looking up prior events. A great site to get kids questioning and investigating.

Encourages/motivates eating healthy and being active. Fun resources for children/parents for learning about and tracking eating/exercise habits. Food/exercise pyramid. Elementary grades.

Great site for environmental topics for kids. Interactive activities and a career exploration tab for information on varied environmental jobs.

This site gives personal narratives from slaves during the Civil War and after.

This site includes diaries, autobiographies and travel accounts from ex-slaves. I would use this site in the study of the Civil War to give the students a better understanding of what the slaves thought of their situation.

This site is a great site for kids and teachers to go to! It is a site that focuses on the House of Representatives. Teachers and students can become more aware of its Members and their responsibilities while exploring. Some common questions that can be answered are: What is Congress? How are laws made? This site is available by age group. Each age group has a different level of understanding and new terminology to be learned.

A huge collection of resources for career exploration geared toward K-8, but with the changes happening in the world of work, adults and high school students could benefit from this resource as well. This site also has resources for educators to help children explore careers.

Well organized and easy to navigate, with a separate kids' site. The teacher section includes excellent lesson plans and self directed professional development modules. Highly recommended for researchers of all ages.

NASA.gov For Educators. NASA.gov serves as the gateway for information on missions, research, programs and services offered by NASA. The educational section of NASA.gov provides educators with access to curriculum support materials and resources produced through collaborations with NASA mission experts.

This site gives a lesson plan on why we explore. This lesson plan is geared toward the study of space, but I feel it could be adapted to the study of explorers in history. Great activity and very engaging for students. Many of the literacies are covered in this lesson plan.

Great site to build skills in math. This tool is easy to access and have kids use. It is easy to show skills such as probability and graphing.

National Center for Education Statistics Dare to Compare allows students to check what they know about subjects (social studies, math, science) compared with other US and international students from a 600+ question database. The "Create A Graph" page is a useful interactive tool for teaching ways to communicate statistics.