Web Page Sites for Montessori Students

The Timeline of LifeDinosaurs

Animal ClassificationPlantsFungi

BiomesVertebratesInvertebrates

The Early Humans Horizontal Vertical History The History of Writing

The History of MathematicsCartography

These are sites that I have found for my students. A short review of each site is included. I welcome any suggestions from students or teachers who have found other sites. (e - mail: bdubinsky@flxent.com.) Have a good time!!

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/

See information on current earthquakes.

http://volcano.und.edu/

What's new? Find out what the current eruptions are,

Volcano of the week: every week a new volcano is described.

Volcano starting points: your fun begins here. Explore the world of volcanoes.

http://www.geo.ntu.edu/volcanoes/

The Earths active volcanoes are listed by geographic regions. Each active volcano can be clicked on and various news articles on the eruptions are listed by dates. There is a lot of good information that could be graphed (even money damages - an interesting way to compare the effects of a volcano.)

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volc/types.html

Learn about the four main types of volcanoes.

http://www.field-trips.org/tours/sci/volcano/_tourlaunch1.htm

Go on a trip to Hawaii.

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http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/maps.htm

See how the world has changed through the eras.

http://zebu.uoregon.edu/disted/ph123/pth.html

History of plate tectonics.

http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/public/

Earthquake myth and folklore.

http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/continents.shtml

Good explanation of plate tectonics.

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http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/

This site allows you to build a solar system to scale

http://www.windows.ucar.edu

A good site for the solar system.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/index.html

Learn what you would weigh on other solar systems.

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

Look at the astronomy picture of the day.

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

Easy reading for young students interested in the planets.

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

Look here for facts on the planets.

http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/

This site shows well known parts of each planet and moon as seen by orbiting spacecraft.

http://www.nasm.si.edu/earthtoday/dynam.htm

Learn about the Earth's atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere and biosphere.

http://www.psi.edu/projects/planets/planets.html

Where did all the planets come from?

http://www.psi.edu/projects/moon/moon.html

Where did the moon come from?

http://www.superstringtheory.com/cosmo/cosmo1.html

Learn how the universe began.

http://www.scotese.com/earth.htm

See how the continents of Earth have changed positions through time.

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http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/gal_home.html

Good pictures and explanations.

http://zebu.uoregon.edu/disted/ph123/galaxies.html

Scroll down to the simple explanations of each galaxy. This site also goes through the process of stars making elements.

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http://www.sheppardsoftware.com

Fun chemistry and geography work

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html

Powers of 10. Thanks to Don Jennings of Moteaco.com for finding this wonderful site.

http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/ice_ages/index.html

In honor of Koichi who asked "Why?" The answer to your question is here.

http://zebu.uoregon.edu/disted/ph123/images/earthstruc.gif

A picture of the Earth showing the various depths of the Earth's layers.

http://dmns.org/main/minisites/iceage/index.html>

Learn about the ice ages.

http://www.quia.com/custom/29gate.html

A matching game on the Earth's physical features.

http://www.quia.com/custom/407gate.html

A matching game on geography term.

http://www.quia.com/custom/512gate.html

A matching game on Earth's surface features.

http://www.quia.com/quiz/10263.html

Do you know your geography terms?

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hyd/home.rxml

The Water Cycle and more...

http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/index.html

Explore the periodic table!

http://chemicalelements.com/index.html

Learn about the elements.

http://www.ps.uci.edu/~superk/significance.html

So, you wondered about neutrinos...

http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.htm

Fun activities about simple machines and surgery...

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http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/rock.html

Simple rock cycle information

http://www.rocksandminerals.com/rockcycle.htm

A more detialed explanation of rocks, minerals and the Earth and how they all interact.

http://www.theimage.com/mineral/minerals1.html

Pictures and descriptions of minerals.

http://minerals.net/mineral/index.htm

Minerals and gems are classified and dxecribed.

http://igs.indiana.edu/geology/rocks/rockCycleActivities/index.cfm

Learn about how the rock cycle works through activities.

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http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html

WOW! This is just like the timeline - more information then there's time to learn. Lots of good information and pictures of the different periods of the Earths history. The pictures are slow to download so be patient. The links at the bottom go to other neat stuff. The Any Taxon link is great for phylum work. See where it takes you. The reading is not easy, but you can understand most of it.

http://www.talkorigins.org/origins/geo_timeline.html

This site has a wonderful evolutionary timeline.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleo/fossils/

So, you want to see what the Silurian Period was like? Go here.

http://www.devoniantimes.org

Hear ye, hear ye. Tetrapods have landed. It's the Devonian Period.

http://www.lifethroughtime.com/
http://www.globalcommunity.org/wtt/walk_menu/index.html

Photo journeys of Earth's history.

http://www.paleoportal.org/

Good information on North America.

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http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/dinosaur.html

More about dinosaurs.

http://www.ZoomDinosaurs.com/subjects/dinosaurs/mesozoic/

The dinosaurs roamed the Earth in the Mesozoic Era.

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http://www.museums.org.za/bio/life.htm

Visit the different Kingdoms of Life and see the different ways they are classified.

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/Fossil_Halls/cladistics.html

Learn what a cladogram is.

http://www.discoverlife.org/nh/

Good photos showing the diversity of life.

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http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fungi/fungisy.html

Neat fungi research.

http://herbarium.usu.edu/fungi/FunFacts/factindx1.htm

Great photos and descriptions.

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http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/plants/plantae.html

The history and classification of plants.

http://taggart.glg.msu.edu/isb200/Carbfor.htm

Trees are everywhere! It's the Carboniferous Period.

http://taggart.glg.msu.edu/bot335/chorse.htm

Learn about the many horsetails that lived in the new swamps.

http://taggart.glg.msu.edu/bot335/clycopod.htm

Learn about ancient lycopods.

http://taggart.glg.msu.edu/bot335/econif.htm

The evolution of conifers.

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html

Easy information and quizzes on the parts of the plant and the growing cycle.

http://www.gardendigest.com/timegl.htm#Start

A history of the cultivation of plants.

http://share4.esd105.wednet.edu/kteske/gottier/index.htm

Learn about plant classification.

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http://desertusa.com/life.html

Learn about the deserts of the American Southwest.

http://worldbiomes.com

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/

Learn about the biomes of our Earth

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/biomes.html

Learn about the climates of biomes and how it affects the animal and plant life

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Horizontal Vertical History

http://csis.pace.edu/grendel/projs3h/castles.htm
http://www.chronique.com/Kids/crusader.htm

Two great sites on medieval history.

http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/index.html

Learn about the Roman empire.

http://www.touregypt.net/ehistory.htm

A detailed study of Egyptian history.

http://www.time.gov/exhibits.html

A great page for the history of time, clocks and calendars.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today

What happened in history today.

http://www.flagitup.com

The flags of every country are shown as well as facts about the country.

http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/
http://suelebeau.com/months.htm
http://the-north-pole.com/around/

Holidays for every month

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http://odyssey.lib.duke.edu/papyrus/texts/rule.html

History of Egyptian Writing: This text covers the time period Egypt was ruled by Alexander the Great through the Roman Empire.

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/egypt/translator.html

A Great Hieroglyphic translator. Translate your name or your message to egyptian hieroglyphs.

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http://www.agnesscott.edu/lriddle/women/women.htm

Biographies of Women in Mathematics.

http://archives.math.utk.edu/topics/history.html

A very comprehensive site covering the history of mathematics.

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Still researching...

http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/map/h_map/h_map.htm

Explore ancients maps.

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/AncientWebPages/Ancient1.html

More ancient maps.

http://time.gov

Find out about the time zones of the USA

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/cavemen/chronology/contentpage1.shtml

Learn about our own evolution.

http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/EarlyMan.html#INTRO

An easy outline of Early Humans - just scroll down

http://internet-at-work.com/hos_mcgrane/creation/cstorymenu.html

Creation stories from many cultures.

http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/

Cave painting at its best!

http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/humanorigins/index.htm

This site is not quite finished, but it will be a wonderful resource when done.
A new resource for Early Humans

http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/humanorigins/ha/primate.html

Follow the course of our human history.

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