Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Railing Pillar With Female Figure Beneath a Tree
This stone sculpture depicts a female figure holding on to the branches of a tree. She stands in what is known as a triple bend position. Part of her arms and one leg have broken off. She has a pleasant expression on her face. She wears...
Tree of Life Project
University of Arizona: Hagfish
A very good site from the Tree of Life Web Project at the University of Arizona on hagfish in general that explains the growing economic market for this agnathan.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Habitat Feature: Logs
Evaluate the importance of a fallen tree in a forest ecosystem.
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas Medical Center: Respiratory System
What do you know about the respiratory system? Check out this site to learn more about this fascinating body system. This resource features slides of the different parts of this system.
Other
State of Mississippi: State Symbols
Here you'll find great information on the symbols for the state of Mississippi. Gives date of adoption, colorful pictures, and other important information about each symbol.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Integrated Pest Management Basics
Gives general info on Integrated Pest Management. Along with news, IPM contacts, publications, and related links. Also lists various subject areas to look into.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 3: A Log's Life
Third graders learn about the interdependence of animals and trees in nature and the cycles of growth and decay. Students also learn about the importance of preserving balance in nature and what happens when we upset that balance. While...
Volunteer Voices
Volunteer Voices: My Heritage Notebook [Pdf]
In this lesson, students will recognize the importance of the family in community situations through personal interviews, creating a personal history with pictures and text.
Other
Kids Voting Usa
Kids Voting USA offers learning activities on the history and importance of voting, as well as a timeline of suffrage in the United States. Each learning activity includes materials, objectives, and questions to be raised in class.
State Library of North Carolina
N Cpedia: Forests
Forests have played a vital role in virtually all aspects of North Carolina's environmental health and economic development. The first European settlers in the region that would become North Carolina found the majority of the landscape...
Curated OER
Gold Dome of the Dome of the Rock Mosque, a Blue Tiled Building, Framed by Trees
A series of photos of various sites of religious importance in the city. It contains a full view of the city as seen from Mount Olive.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Snags: Nature's Apartment Complexes
Find out why the sometimes hazardous or untidy dead trees are actually quite important to wildlife.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Science Explorations: Kids' Environment Report Card
Cast your vote on the important environmental issues. Associated with each issue, there are at least three links to sites which can further your understanding of the issue. To encourage others to respect the environment, you can also...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Vertebrate Evolution
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of vertebrate evolution and when important vertebrate traits evolved.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Habitat Feature: Evergreens
Learn how evergreen plants, both trees and shrubs have important roles to play in landscaping- from aesthetic to ecological.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ogata Korin, Red and White Plum Blossoms
Read and view pictures of "Red and White Plum Blossoms" by Ogata Korin. Ogata transforms a very simple landscape theme-two flowering trees on either side of a brook-into a dream vision.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Label the Lungs
Do you know the parts of the lung? Check out this lung diagram that can be printed out for students to label the various parts.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Akan
The Akan comprise a cluster of peoples living in southern and central Ghana and in southeastern Ivory Coast. They form a series of distinct kingdoms and share a common language, known as Twi, which has many dialects. Twi is a tonal...
Washington State University
Washington State University: Edith Wharton Society: Summaries & Discussion Questions for Wharton's Works
If you need to get a handle on what's important in some of Wharton's major works, this site will be helpful. Summaries and questions are contributed by Wharton Society members from various universities.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Earth Day
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart covers significance and importance of Earth Day. Activities relate to the 3 R's, cleaning up trash, planting trees, conservation of energy and electricity, an acrostic poem, and Earth Day...
Other
Biology at Clermont College: The Respiratory System
What do you know about the respiratory system? This site gives a detailed description of this integral human body system. Don't miss out.
Curated OER
Photograph of Father Albert Lacombe Standing in Front of a Tree, Around 1913
This website is for kids, prepared by the National Library of Canada. The Kids Site of Canadian Trains explains the role railways have had in important events in Canadian history. This page on the Northwest Rebellion includes information...
University of California
Uc Berkeley: Ethiopian Fossils From 6 Million Year Old Hominid
In this article from 2004, UC Berkeley reports that additional fossils have been found from the 2001 discovery of Ardipithecus kadabba. This find holds great importance because it is suggested that it may represent the first species...
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Mitochondrial Dna Clarifies Human Evolution (2001)
DNA of the mitochondria has most commonly been used to construct evolutionary trees. New field of population genetics hopes to resolve important questions in migration theories that involve Aboriginies in Australia, North America, and...