[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The technological design process is a step-by-step approach to finding a solution to a problem. Often, the main challenge in technological design is finding a...

This activity is designed to give learners practice with the properties of special quadrilaterals (parallelograms, rectangles, rhombuses, squares, trapezoids, and kites). The students are provided with a "murder mystery" sheet with...

Dialogue for Kids, a program on Idaho Public Television, offers facts, information, and images of birds of prey. Learn what makes a bird a raptor, what raptors look like in the sky, threats that face these birds, and more! Classroom...

This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...

Here you will find activities for Tomie dePaola's autobiography, "26 Fairmont Avenue."

After briefly highlighting the life of Jacob Lawrence in a factual biography marked with bibliography references, this site provides links to pictures of Lawrence's works including Wounded Man, Hiroshima, and The Prayer.

The Cambrian Mountains are a remote, relatively untouched area of Wales. Learn about the geology, biodiversity and history of this area.

This site provides an interview with 2002 Newbery Newbery winner Linda Sue Park.

Discover more about the Newbery awardwinning author Linda Sue Park when you visit this informational resource. Features a biography, a booklist and interview transcript.

You can pick up some valuable pointers on how to find the area of a triangle, rectangle, and other quadrilaterals. When you finish working your way through the pages you can take an on-line "Test Bite," and check your understanding.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students to classify quadrilaterals in the coordinate plane.

Independence Hall Association features an easy-to-read timeline offering a wealth of information about Franklin's life.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide reviews the formulas for area and perimeter of triangles and different kinds of quadrilaterals.

Explore quadrilateral properties and threorems.

From an early glider experimenter to the first man to fly solo around the world, here are six lesser-known pilots and inventors who made their mark on aviation.

At this site from Earth-Life Web, you can find a list of 23 bird orders and additional facts on each species. Taxonomy and photos are included.

Quadrilaterals-parallelograms, rectangles, and trapezoids-are thoroughly introduced in this lesson plan for upper elementary and middle school young scholars. Lots of resources are linked to it to help support the teacher and students....

Some research puts Franklin's electrical work in the scientific and political context of his day. An interesting point of view, one not usually found in comments of Franklin and electrostatics. Done by a professor from University of...

A brief history of the art of Origami by Joseph Wu. Basic techniques, types of paper, and terminology are discussed.

This resource features a booklist for Tomie dePaola. There is a summary and a picture of each book.

This site is more for teachers than students. There are very few graphics, however the site does provide abundant information about the author and his work.

This site from the Franklin Institute Online provides a somewhat simplistic but interesting tale of Ben's electrical activities. Fine link to "electricity bells", in Franklin's own words. Some other links to projects, maybe not so...

Interactive vocabulary words are heard when the mouse is moved over pictures that depict things with which children might play. Some vocabulary words can be categorized as toys while others as playground equipment.

Are you looking for a very basic website that will explain the basic properties of a quadrilateral? Use this site to learn about the properties of a square, rhombus, rectangle, parallelogram, trapezoid, and kite. There are also some...