Pathfinders
6th Grade Science Web Sites:
Ancient China
1.. http://www.mrdowling.com/613chinesehistory.html
Chinese history including the dynasties and the Great Wall.
2. http://www.warriortours.com/intro/history
Dynasties
Ancient Civilizations
1. http://phoenicia.org Everything Phoenician
2. http://nefertiti.iwebland.com/timelines/topics3. http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/prehistory/egypt/dailylife/dailylife.html4. http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/building5. http://i-cias.com/e.o/index.htm Search for Cush(Kush) or Nubia
6. http://www.infoplease.com
Search for your civilization
Ancient Rome
1. http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Romelife.html
Daily life: Entertainment; Food; The Baths; Clothing & Hair Styles; The Home; Weddings; Family; School; The Forum; Country Life; Great Builders.
2. http://www.roman-emperors.org/indexxxx.htm
De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors
3. http://waltm.net/cleotony.htm
Ceasar, Anthony, and Cleopatra
4. http://waltm.net/cleopatc.htm
Cleopatra and her children
5. http://www.roman-empire.net/army/army.html
From emperors to chariot races, this site probably provides information on your subject.
Biomes
1. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Laboratory/Biome/
Analyzes each of the seven biomes, including pictures, maps, charts, descriptions, and review games.Here you can explore coniferous forests, temperate deciduous forests, deserts, grasslands, rainforests, shrublands, and tundras.
2. http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas-web/kids/biomes/list_biomes.htm
List of biomes: Freshwater, Marine, Coral reefs, Tundra, Rainforest, Savanna, Taiga, Temperate forest, Temperate grassland, Alpine, Chaparral, Desert and a World Map.
3. http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html
Arctic Tundra, Mid-Latitude Deciduous Forest, Desert, Tropical Rainforest,
Tropical Savannah, and Taiga.
4. http://www.worldbiomes.com/default.htm
WorldBiomes.com is a site covering 5 of the major world biomes: aquatic, desert, forest, grassland, and tundra. It gives information on the various sub-divisions of the biomes and provides numerous images.
5. http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org
1950's
1. http://www.wgeneration.com/
Web Generation the online community about American culture.
2. http://www.fiftiesweb.com/fifties.htm
A great resource for everything from the 1950’s
3. http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/themes/1950.htm
Web sites of people and events important in the 1950’s.
4. http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade50.html#art
Arts & Architecture. Kingwood College Library American Cultural History 1950-1959
Glenn Miller
1. http://www.glennmiller.org/
The Glenn Miller Birthplace Society
2. http://www.revampvintage.com/1940.html
Fashion in the 1940’s
3. http://dictionary.reference.com/
Online Dictionary and thesaurus. Type in "wwii" and musical terms.
Sousa and The Big Bands
1. http://www.worldmilitarybands.com/toc.htm
World Band Guide table of contents. Select your topic.
2.http://www.dws.org/sousa/
All about John Phillip Sousa and his music
Mythology
1. http://www.mythweb.com/
The Greek Olympian gods and goddesses.
2. http://www.theoi.com/
Guide to Greek Mythology.
3. http://www.wingedsandals.com
“Take the tour with Hermes the messenger god,
through a magical place filled with awesome gods, daring heroes and fabulous monsters.”
4. http://www.livethemyth.com/glossary2.html
“Glossary of allusions to Ancient Greek and Roman Myth in word and phrase”
Careers
1. http://www.onlinemastersdegree.com/resources/career-test-guide/
2. http://www.bls.gov/oco
3. http://www.acinet.org/acinet
4. http://jobsmart.org/tools/career
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees- http://www.rockhall.com/hof
2. All Music Guide - http://www.allmusic.com
3. Oldies Music Artists - http://www.oldiesmusic.com/links.htm
4. Yahoo - Entertainment - Music – Artists - A Very comprehensive, easy to use
directory. http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/Artists
Country Research
1. http://www.culturegrams.com - Click "Subscribers"
Login userid:dublin Password: cgrams
At home: Login userid: dublinhome Password: cgrams
2. http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine
Find nearly any place on Earth, and view it by population, climate, and much more.
3. http://www.tradeport.org/countries
data on 175 countries
4. http://www.allcountryinfo.org
detailed information on 200+ countries and territories spanning the entire world
5. http://popplanet.org/PopPlanet/countries.cfm
Country Profiles on Population, Health & Environment
6. http://www.theodora.com/wfb/abc_world_fact_book.html
Statistical information about different countries in the world
7. http://encarta.msn.com
Encarta Encyclopedia Search for your region
8. http://www.asiasource.org
A comprehensive storehouse of all types of information on Asia, both current and past:
maps and statistics, Asian food, travel guides, photographs, articles, timelines, and more.
Monologue Project
1. http://www.shakespeare-monologues.org - Shakespeare's Monologues
2. http://www.quoteland.com - Quotes
3. http://www.bartleby.com/100 - Quotes
4. http://cybernation.com/victory/quotations/directory.html - Quotes
Science Trading Cards
1. http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/default.htm
"CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING THINGS: An Introduction to the Principles of Taxonomy
with a Focus on Human Classification Categories
2. http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/resource/people.shtml
3. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/dna
4. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/index.html
"What's the story behind electroshock therapy? Who's responsible for increasing the size of the Universe? What laboratory mishap led to the saving of countless lives? The answers to these questions, plus many more, await you in 'People and Discoveries', a databank consisting of 120 entries about 20th century scientists and their stories."
5. http://www.janegoodall.org
6. http://www.150.si.edu/150trav/remember/amerinv.htm
American Inventors and Inventions
7. http://www.westegg.com/einstein
8. http://www.humboldt1.com/~gralsto/einstein/einstein.html
The Albert Einstein Home Page
9. http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BC
Pioneer Profiles
Paul Berg Gregor Mendel
J. Michael Bishop Cesar Milstein
Herbert Boyer Kary B. Mullis
Rosalind Frankiln Louis Pasteur
Walter Gilbert Linius Pauling
William Harvey Robert Swanson
Arthur Kornberg Harold Elliot Varmus
Barbara McClintock James Dewey Watson
Test Taking Tips
1. http://www.how-to-study.com
Study skills, study strategies, and study tips
2. http://www.testtakingtips.com
Proper note taking, studying and test taking strategies
3. http://www.studygs.net
Study Guides and Stratagies
4. http://byu.edu
Brigham Young University
5. http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl/sucstu.html
"How successful students prepare for tests"
6. http://www.academictips.org
"...tips and tricks to help you manage your time, take better notes, study more effectively, improve memory, take tests, and handle the stresses of college life."
7. http://www.westbloomfield.k12.mi.us/testing2/tips.html
"General Tips and Test Taking Stratagies"
8. http://www.xu.edu/lac/test_taking_skills.htm
Xavier University learning assistance center
9. http://www.education.com
Sylvan Learning Center
10. http://www.newbury.edu/academics
Newbury College
11. https://ccis.edu/departments/WritingCenter/studyskills/testtips.html
Includes tips on taking matching tests
State Research Web Sites
1. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd
U.S. Census bureau: State & County QuickFacts . Quick, easy access to facts about people, business, and geography of each state.
2. http://www.culturegrams.com - Click "Subscribers"
In school Login userid:dublin Password: cgrams
At home: Login userid: dublinhome Password: cgrams
3. http://www.infoplease.com/states.html
Click on your state for current facts, history and additional links
4. http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/state/stategov.html
Click on your State for links to state and local government information
Astronomy
1. http://www.kidsastronomy.com/
“Astronomy for children, students, and kids of all ages. KidsAstronomy.com, part of the KidsKnowIt Network, is the absolutely free astronomy resource designed to teach children about the exciting world of outer space.”
2. http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets
“…A collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program.”
3. http://www.planetary.org/explore/kids
“The Planetary Society, the world's largest space-interest group, is dedicated to inspiring the public with the adventure and mystery of space exploration.”
4. http://space.jpl.nasa.gov
Includes a solar system simulator which allows the visitor to view any of the planets, their moons and the sun, from the location of their choice.
5. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/planetfact.html
Fact sheets on each of the planets
Catapults
1. http://www.medieval-castle-siege-weapons.com/build-a-catapult.html
Build A Catapult
2. http://science.howstuffworks.com/question127.htm
How does a catapult work?
3. http://www.xenophongroup.com/montjoie/ngp_arty.htm#catapult
Light & Sound
1. http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/education/calc-init/rainbow/
“How are rainbows formed? Why do they only occur when the sun is behind the observer? If the sun is low on the horizon, at what angle in the sky should we expect to see a rainbow? This lab helps to answer these and other questions by examining a mathematical model of light passing through a water droplet.”
2. http://science.howstuffworks.com/light.htm
How light works
3. http://www.fi.edu/pieces/dukerich/studentonlineactivities.html
Informational material about Sound and Sound Waves with activities for students and links for teachers.
4. http://asa.aip.org/sound.html
Interesting sounds from the Acoustical Society of America
Magnets
1. http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/magnetism.htm
The School for Champions is an educational website that shows you how to achieve your dreams.
2. http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/Imagnet.html
"The Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere". Learn about magnetic fields, electromagnetic waves, and all sorts of things dealing with magnetism at this site
3. http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/iconmagnetism.html
Cool projects that you can do to learn more about magnetism.
Musicals
1. http://www.allmusicals.com
a. Click on the alphabet for the first word of your musical title
Ex. “the Lion King”, click on T
b. Scan down the list and click on your song title. If your song isn’t underlined, the lyrics are not available on this site.
2. http://www.broadwaymusicalhome.com/lyrics.htm
Click on your musical title. You will get an alphabetical list of song titles. Page down for a list of lyrics.
Paper
1. http://www.tappi.org/paperu/welcome.htm
Welcome to Paper U and the fascinating world of paper! TAPPI is the leading technical association for the worldwide pulp, paper, and converting industry.
Time
1. http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html
A NIST Physics Laboratory Presentation. The Evolution of Time Measurement through the Ages. Ancient Calendars, Early Clocks, and more.
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