Health, Science, and more Websites

Teachers at Whittier School put together this list of  Websites for students to use while in the media center conducting research.

Body Systems Websites

Human Body Online http://www.innerbody.com/image/nervov.html

Human Body Adventure http://vilenski.org/science/humanbody/hb_intro.html

Get Body Smart  http://www.getbodysmart.com/

ASTRONAUTS 2008

Human Space Flight NASA

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/home/index.html

NASA Solar System Interactives

http://solarsytem.nasa.gov/multimedia/interactive.cfm

Astronomy Picture of the Day

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080123.html

SOLAR SYSTEM Interactive website

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/App?File=ScienceLab.htm&Type=S&SWF=solarsystem%

Phases of the Moon diagram

http://www.astro.umd.edu/education/astro/moon/phases.html

Moon Phases Excel Activity

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/excel_files/moon_phases_to_drag.xls

SCIENCE

World Biomes and Climate

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org

http://www.worldbiomes.com

What is it like where you live?

http://www.mbgnet.net

Mr. Banks Trees of the World

http://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/arc/projects/fourth/trees/main.html

Enchanted Learning

http://www.zoomwhales.com/biomes/tempdecid/tempdecid.shtml

SOCIAL STUDIES

Native American Site

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/index.htm

Interactive PBS re-enactment of colonial times:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/colonialhouse/history/index.html

U.S. State Government site with brief historical timeline:

http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/histryotln/index.htm

State history timelines:

http://www.shgresources.com/resources/timelines/

National Geographic article for kids on the Lost Colony of Roanoke

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/kids/2004/03/lostcolony.html

National Geographic interactive book on the first Thanksgiving

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngyoungexplorer/

Mr. Donn American History Sites

http://www.mrdonn.org/americanhistory.html