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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Time O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip over this interactive OLogy card to find short overviews, fact-or-fiction questions, and similar bite-size bits of information about the nature of time, time travel, atomic clocks, and the general theory of relativity.
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Editorial Review: The Time Tribe

For Students 3rd - 8th
A review of the game "The Time Tribe." Four children, a wily bird, a devious enemy, a mysterious manor house, a magical key-ring, and an elevator that travels through time. Will you get lost in the sands of time?
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Other

Alien Travel Guide: Elements of Music the Basics

For Students 3rd - 8th
Fine site created for Canadian schools devoted to basic elements of music, including pitch, acoustics, time signatures, keys, and rhythm.
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Time Travel: Learn to Tell Time

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Students practice telling time by changing both a digital and analog clock to the correct time.
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Four Standard Time Zones Introduced

For Students 3rd - 8th
How and why did the United States come to have four time zones? Learn about how cities and railroad travel impacted the development of these zones. Includes video (requires RealPlayer).
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Geffrye Museum

Geffrye Museum: Interactive Journey: Travel Back to Victorian London

For Students 3rd - 8th
Travel back in time to the Victorian era in this interactive journey to help Ruby & Michael search for Sam, their missing dog. While you are searching, you can learn about Victorian life by examining the objects in the house,...
Lesson Plan
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Travel in the 18th Century

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site has a lesson plan that contrasts the methods of travel during Colonial Times, with those of today.
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TVOntario

Tvo Kids: Games: Big Escape 4: Escape Through Time

For Students 3rd - 5th
Travel through time looking for Dr. Know It All. Look for clues, fill in the missing words in the journal to find him, and then solve some simple puzzles to follow the doctor through time.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Estimating Distance and Travel Time

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad estimates how much air supply they will need to complete an underwater mission.
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Randall Davis

Esl Cyber Listening Lab: Basic English Quiz: Bus Travel

For Students 3rd - 8th
This exercise for English language learners tests students' survival listening skills and their ability to interpret bus schedules. Students listen to several audio clips then answer true/false questions about destinations, arrival and...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Career of Columbus by Charles I. Elton

For Students 3rd - 6th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Career of Columbus by Charles I. Elton (1892), a nonfiction book of the travels of Columbus which includes a map.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Fastest Broom

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
The CyberSquad tests which broom can travel the furthest in five seconds in this video from Cyberchase.
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Journey to the Past Tense

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Follow Rivette on her journey to the past and help her collect historical artifacts! In this game, kids will use their knowledge of past tense verbs to help fuel Rivette's time machine. Time-traveling users will have to recognize the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Let's Get It There Fast

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate how aircraft have decreased the amount of time it takes to transport people and cargo. Students will compute the time it takes to travel between two cities for several modes of...
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Other

Steamboating the Rivers

For Students 3rd - 8th
A detailed site providing information on the history of steamboats and many facts on this older form of transportation. Take a virtual tour and learn about some popular steamboats of the time.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: 3,2,1 Spinoff

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
As part of the study of Space, the students will do research on and create a podcast/vodcast about spinoffs developed from space exploration. In groups, students will use various websites to acquire information about technological...
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PBS

Classics for Kids: Composers Timeline

For Students 3rd - 8th
Travel back in time with this composer timeline. This site allows you to choose a composer based on the time period. Learn about the composer and listen to examples of the composer's works of music.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Rock Your World!

For Students 3rd
Travel to the Grand Canyon with gophers and learn that if rocks can tell stories, so can YOU! Practice using two different kinds of questions: comparative and descriptive, and learn that during reading time, there is no such thing as a...
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Scarcity With the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Teacher Version)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The Lewis and Clark expedition was filled with scarcity issues. They made life and death choices based on scarcity. In this lesson plan, you will travel back to the early 1800's in a time machine and travel with Lewis and Clark. See if...
Activity
BBC

Bbc: Hands on History: The Normans: Medieval Feasting [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 6th
Bring the past to life through hands-on activities for families and schools. Travel back in time and discover what life was like in Norman times. Compare the food we eat today with food from Norman times and discover the importance of...
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BBC

Bbc: Hands on History: The Normans: Castle Activities [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 6th
Four hands-on activities suitable for children or families that help bring the past to life. Travel back in time to see what life was like in Norman times. Build your own castle then bring it to life by putting your own people in it. Or...
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PBS

Pbs: Technology at Home

For Students 3rd - 8th
Travel back in time to find out when everyday items such as a computer, radio, or telephone first appeared in homes. You can also connect to links about the people who invented these items.
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Schools of California Online Resources for Education

Score: Gold Mountain Webquest

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
At this site from the Schools of California Online Resources for Education, students will travel back in time as Chinese Immigrants in this detailed WebQuest. By using the resources and links given, students will file a job profile,...
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Other

University of Cambridge: Astro Adventure

For Students 3rd - 5th
Imagine a time when you can travel through space, planet to planet, cheaply and in comfort, when you can take a trip to the stars as your next holiday. Well, imagine no more. Learn more about the solar system as you take this trip of a...

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