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MISCELLANEOUS:

http://www.freerice.com/ Build your vocabulary and help people in need! For each word you get write, 20 grains of rice will be donated to the UN World Food Program to help end world hunger!

http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/index.html  PBS Kids (It's My Life)

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/index.html  (Kids' games, animal photos, music, and cool movies.)

Where in the World and What in the World is Money?

Trading Around the World

In Search of the Ways of Knowing Trail (An interactive trip through the Ituri rainforest of Africa!)

Amazon Interactive (A look at the Amazon rainforest which includes an ecotourism project)

http://hutchison.senate.gov/faqkids.htm (Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas has a section of her website devoted to links for kids and families)--some great links to enjoy!

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/ Michael's Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena (fascinating!)

 

GEOGRAPHY:

http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/index.html National Geographic's site to promote geography skills and education.

http://www.atlapedia.com/ Countries of the world and world maps.

http://www.map-zone.net/  Maps of the World (Map Zone):
Once you zero in on a map, you will also be given the official name, capital, area, water, land, location, geographic coordinate, comparative info, land boundaries, border countries, coastline, terrain, and elevation extremes in a basic table format.

http://tinyurl.com/3vrzr  (Landiscor Aerial Information) Type in your address to get the latitude and longitude for your home!

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/World_Continents.htm (Continents)

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/European_Geography.htm (European Countries)

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Asian_Geography.htm (Asian Countries)

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/South_and_Central_American_Geography.htm (South and Central America)

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/African_Geography.htm (Africa)

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm (United States)

<http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html (Place The State - Intermediate )

 

CURRENT EVENTS:

http://www.weeklyreader.com/kids/senior/  Current events and  games.


JAPAN:

http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/  This website includes virtual tours of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atom Bomb Museums, Peace Culture information, the Mayors Peace Site, and more.

http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/index.html A great website for kids that includes Japanese cooking, language instruction,  culture corner, travel information, and technology highlights.

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