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SOCIAL STUDIES
GRADES K-2
Communities
 Scholastic Community Club:
Community Helpers


Enchanted Learning:
Community Helpers

Continents and Countries

Interactive Maps:
Africa

Asia

Canada

Central America & the Caribbean

Europe

Mexico

Middle East

South America


World Atlas.Com
Interactive World Map

Australia For Kids

Kids Down Under:
Print-Outs & More


Thinkquest:
Australia Downunder


Cultures & Celebrations

Holidays Around the World:

Multi-Cultural Calendar

Webtech:
December Holidays

IPL Kidspace:
Culture Quest World Tour



Economics

U.S. Mint:
History in Your Pocket



"Once Upon A Time"

Kids Zone:

Colonial America

Liberty Archive:
Who? What? Where?


Liberty's Kids:
Now & Then


ThinkQuest:
Colonial Kids


Maine ship
SOCIAL
STUDIES
GRADES 3-4
Colonial America

Kids Zone:
Colonial America

Liberty Archive:
Who? What? Where?


Liberty's Kids:
Now & Then


ThinkQuest:
Colonial Kids



Early Explorers

Museum of New France:
Early Explorers

ThinkQuest:
European Explorers

Economics

ThinkQuest:
Econopolis

PBS:
History of Money
 
Currency Converter

U.S. Mint:
History in Your Pocket

Government

Maine.gov Kids' Page:
Maine Government

PBS Democracy Project:

How Does Government Affect Me?

President for a Day

Inside the Voting Booth

Our Towns
Maine Memory NetworK:
Frankfort
Searsport
Stockton Springs


Harcourt School:
American Cities

Kids and Communities:

Scavenger Hunt Scrapbook


Native Americans
University of Maine:
Native American Studies Program

Native American Website for Children

Scholastic:
Great Chiefs & Leaders

Smithsonian Institute
Interactive Game:
What Can You Make From a Buffalo?


Buffalo Hide Imagery

Infoplease:
American Indian Tribes

American Indian Glossary

American Indian Place Names

U.S. Federal & State Indian Reservations

"American Indian" vs.
"Native American"


Maine Studies

Maine.gov Kids' Page:
All About Maine

All About Maine Wildlife

Maine Memory Network

Maps

NG Kids:
Xpeditions

National Geographic:
Map Machine

Time Zones

TimeTicker Interactive Clock:
World Times

Social Studies 4 Kids:
Clickable Map of the United States

States

FirstGov for Kids:
State Websites

Maine.gov:
Other State Kids' Pages

Kidspace:
Stately Knowledge



Revolution
SOCIAL
STUDIES
GRADE 5
The Constituion and Bill of Rights

The Constitution for Kids

Explore the Constitution

Whitehousekids.gov

U.S. Government

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government

PBS:
Inside the White House

French and Indian War

Social Studies 4 Kids:
French & Indian War

American Revolution

Library of Congress:
America's Story:
The Revolution


PBS:
 Liberty!  The American Revolution

Kid Info:
American Revolution

Historycentral.org:
Revolutionary War

Kidport Reference Library:
The American Revolution

KidsKonnect.com:
American Revolution

UShistory.org:
Kid's Page at Valley Forge

Nationalcenter.org:
"Midnight Ride of Paul Revere"
The Poem


The Electric Benjamin Franklin

Maine in the Revolution

Peleg Wadsworth's Great Escape

Patriots of Maine Fight at Sea

The Destruction of Falmouth

Westward Expansion:

Lewis & Clark

National Geographic:
Interactive Journey Log

National Geographic Kids:
Go West Across America With Lewis & Clark

National Park Service:
Lewis & Clark  Journey of Discovery

Cyberhunt:
Lewis & Clark Research Activity

Sierra Club:
In the Footsteps of Lewis & Clark

Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage  Foundation:
Just for Kids

PBS:
Trailblazers

The Alamo

American West:
Davy Crockett



Library of Congress:
America's Story:
Battle of the Alamo



Lone Star Junction:
Image:  Remebering the Alamo

Biography:
Stephen F. Austin


Biography:
James Bowie


Biography:
Davy Crockett


Biography:
Sam Houston


Biography:
Santa Anna


Biography:
William B. Travis


Siege & Battle of the Alamo

Texas State History Online:
Obituary:
Andrea Castanon Villanueva


The Gold Rush

Oakland Museum:
Gold Rush!

PBS:
All About the Gold Rush



The Oregon Trail

PBS:
All About the Oregon Trail

Cyberhunt:
Oregon Trail Research Activity

ThinkQuest:
Pioneers


The Civil War

Slaves' Stories

Library of Congress:
America's Story:
The Civil War


National Park Service:

Civil War Page for Kids

KidsKonnect:
Civil War


CyberSleuth Kids:
The Civil War

Civil War for Kids by Kids

Online Text:
Young Folks Uncle Tom's Cabin


National Geographic for Kids:
The Underground Railroad

Maine
in the
Civil War

Maine Memory Network:
The 20th Maine

Maine State Archives:
Civil War Page

Joshua Camberlain

Immigration

National Park Service:
Ellis Island History

Immigration Images:
The Golden Door


Ellis Island Web Search Quiz

Scholastic:
Interactive Tour of Ellis Island

International Channel:
Ellis Island:  
Through America's Gateway


Library of Congress:
Rise of Industrial America:
Immigration 1876-1900


Selected Images of Ellis Island
1880-1920


PBS Kids:
Coming to America
Abenaki flag
WABANAKI
STUDIES

Resources

Abbe Museum

Hudson Museum

Wabanaki:
Maine Native Studies


Language, Terms & Literature

Infoplease:

"American Indian" vs.
"Native American"


American Indian Glossary

Infoplease
Encyclopedia Articles:


"Abnaki"

"Malecite"

"Micmac"

"Penobscot"


Mi'Kmaq Cinderella





Seed
SCIENCE 
GRADES
K-1
Weather

National Weather Service:
Kids' Page

Scholastic:
Interactive Weather Maker

Magic School Bus Guided Tour:
"What on Earth?"

Weather Wiz Kids

Myself & Others

Virtual Body:

Build a Skeleton

Organisms
Ology:
Biodiversity: Life in the City


National Geographic Kids:
Creature Feature

 Ask S.K.Worm...

Adventures of
Squirmin' Herman


Worm World


Scholastic Magic School Bus:
Bugs: Find My Legs!

Guided Tours:

Insects
Animals

PBS Kids:
Creature World

Constructing Toys & Comcepts

Lemelson Center Interactive:
Invention at Play
Puzzle Blocks





Plant
SCIENCE GRADES 2-3
Soils

Ask S.K.Worm...

Adventures of
Squirmin' Herman


Worm World

Just for Kids:
Soil Biology

Changes

Quia Hangman:
Characteristics of Matter 

New Plants

Plant Parts


Rocks and Minerals

Chebeaqgue Island School:
Maine Rocks  & Minerals

Geology Image Gallery

American Museum of Natural History:
Ology:Archaeology

Ology:  Earth

Ology:  Paleontology

PaleoZoo:
Fossils & Geology by State

Electric Circuits

NASA SCI Files:
Circuits

Wicked QuizIt:
Electricity Quiz

Chemical Tests

Chem4kids

ThinkQuest:
Chemistry
Planets
SCIENCE
GRADES
4-5
Animal Studies

American Museum of Natural History:
Ology: Biodiversity

Ology: Marine Biology

Build a Fish

Leap In and Learn About Frogs!

Amphibian Links


Eco Field Guides:

Amphibians

Reptiles


Mammals


Birds


Electronic Zoo:
Animal Resources

Quia:
Animal Classification Game


Woodland Explorer

African Dwarf Frogs

Frogland!

Scholastic Magic School Bus Guided Tour:
Animals

Missouri Botanical Gardens:
Biomes of the World

PBS Kids:
Creature World


Wyoming Arts Council:
"My Life as an Elk"

Food Chemistry

USDA

Interactive Food Pyramid

Fast Foods

KidsHealth:
The Real Deal on the Digestive System


Food Guide Pyramid

Discovery Kids:
Your Digestive System

Virtual Body:
Digestive Tract

Motion & Design

Lemelson Center:
Invention at Play

Museum of Natural History:
Ology:  Light, Matter, and Energy


Inventive Kids

Wicked QuizIt:
Simple Machines Quiz

Interactive Activity:
Simple and Compound Machines


The Universe

American Museum of Natural History:
Ology: Astronomy


Star Map

NASA Kids

NASA Space Place

NASA:
 Newsbreaks


Northern Stars Planetarium:
Explorations:
Sky Information


Space Today

National Geographic for Kids:
Virtual Solar System


Moon Mysteries

Science Netlinks:
Lunar Cycles & Calendar

Lunar Cycle Interactive Challenge

Scholastic Magic School Bus Guided Tour:
Space Chase

Watery World

Thirstin's Water Cycle

Thirstin's Scramble Game

U.S. Geological Survey:
The Water Cycle

Kidzone:
The Water Cycle
(with printables)

Earthguide:
Animated Water Cycle

BBC:
Rivers & Coasts
Water Cycle


Crickweb:
Animated Water Cycle

Earth Floor:
Water Cycle

Ecolinks:
Water Cycle

Suburban Water Systems:
Kidzone Water Cycle

Weather Watch:
Water Cycle

Enchanted  Learning:
Water Cycle

Updated May 26, 2010.