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• Basic Country Information
  • Grolier Online Encyclopedia (log in with your username and password)
  • Yahoo Country Directory
  • InfoPlease Countries of the World
  • Lonely Planet's Destination World Guide
  • Countries at a Glance
• European Country Reports Pathfinder
• UN CyberSchool Bus: INFONATION: Compare up to 6 countries: population, mortality rates, environment, technology, and more.

Culture Projects

• Create A Country Help Site
  • Directions: My Country's Demographics
  • Figuring Your Data using Excel-Put in Your Data, then save to your private folder!
• Saline Culture Excel Help Site
  • Setting Up Your Data
  • Creating Your Chart
  • Sample "Where Do You Live" Chart
  • Sample "How long have you lived in the Saline District" Chart

Current Events

• CNN Student News
• Time for Kids
• Student News Net
• Wikipedia: Current Events Portal
• Science News for Kids
• MSNBC News
• Mrs. Bruckman's Current Events Blog

Europe

• Online Map Quizzes: Europe
• Europe Cultural Symbols and Characteristics Project
• Europe Fact Finding Mission Sheet - view it online, OR download it as a Word document here!
• Europe Webbe Booklets
• Europe PowerPoint Project
  • View a sample project, created for Mrs. Wahlstrom's classes, about Belarus.
  • Download a blank PowerPoint shell for this project (right click and "Save Target As")

GeoCard Project and Links

• Geography Card Directions
  • Geography Card Rubric
  • Geography Card Organizer
  • Geography Card City Links
• GEOSTAMPS for Mrs. Boss

Geospace Project

• Template for this project
• http://europa.eu/index_en.htm
  

Geography Games

• ASIA MAP GAMES
  • Asia Map Puzzle
• MIDDLE EAST MAP GAMES
  • Interactive Middle East map game 1
  • Map Game 2
  • Middle East Map puzzle 3
  • Map game 4
• GEOGRAPHY GAMES Links
• Be a Geo-Genius!
• Test Your Geo-Knowledge

• Holiday Museum Project

• What a Beautiful Blue Planet! (photos of Planet Earth)
• Links to photos of Landforms
  • Landforms of the World (look at the left side of the screen)
  • Landforms Glossary
  • CORBIS- a huge searchable database of photos
  • AltaVista's Image Search
  • Regolith-if you know the name of a specific landmark, there are lots of pictures here.
  • Yahooligans Downloader Photo
• Volcano Project

• Printable World Wall Map
• Mrs. Bruckman's Types of Map Assignment

• World Religions interactive PowerPoint with Video
• http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Religion.html
• Religions of the World: Links for further research
  • World Religions Map
  • Major World Religions Map 2

• Go to the Middle School Library Catalog and click on WEBPATH EXPRESS

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