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Richard Phillips: Making Maps Easy to Read
This geography research project surveys factors that make maps easy to read and to use.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Animals: Tigers
"The scientific name for the tiger is 'Panthera Tigris.'" This site includes video and audio clips, fun facts and a map. Other web links are available, which makes this a good site for research projects.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Inquiry Into High Resolution Ice Core and Marine Sediment Records
Activity in which questions are provided relating to interpreting paleoclimate data such as characteristics that make sites favorable for paleoclimate records, locating sites using a map, finding patterns and correlations in the data,...
FNO Press
From Now On: Graphical Organizers as Thinking Technology
From Now On explains the purpose and advantages of graphic organizers such as converting complex information into meaningful displays, helping students plan their research, and sometimes acting as mind maps. There are several examples...
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Do History: Martha Ballard's Diary Online
This site invites viewers "to piece together the life and world of an "ordinary" person from the past." The site boasts thousands of original documents that include diaries, maps, letters, and court records of a midwife from...
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Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Notable Earthquakes Shake Texas [Pdf]
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this instructional activity, they research earthquakes that have taken place in Texas, and the...
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: American Pika
Get to know the American Pika.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this little animal are given, making it perfect for younger researchers.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Oryxes
Get to know the Oryxes.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this African animal are given, making the site perfect for younger researchers.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Lemur
Get to know the Lemur.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this little animal are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Pygmy Hippopotamus
Get to know the Pygmy Hippopotamus.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this animal are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Moose
Get to know the Moose.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this large mammal are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Raccoon
Get to know the Raccoon.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this animal are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: American Red Squirrel
Get to know the American Red Squirrel.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this little animal are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Sea Otter
Get to know the Sea Otter.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this animal are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Pronghorn
Get to know the Pronghorn.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this large horned animal are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.