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3D Atlas Online - What on earth are you looking for? It doesn't matter--you'll find it here. Check out research links for every country, current news, and a geographic glossary. For example, in Zimbabwe, you can see a photo of a mud hut home with a thatched roof, learn about the country's plateau and savanna, view its colorful flag, and link to other Zimbabwe sites. Also find an index to maps for each country and resources for students and teachers.
Department of State Digital Diplomacy for Students - The Department of State is responsible for carrying out our diplomatic policies and relationships with other nations of the world. They oversee U.S. embassies abroad--there is an official list of links and addresses at this site--and our ambassadors to those countries. They also need to know the addresses of foreign embassies in the U.S., and there is a list of them here as well. The Department of State is also the custodian of the Great Seal of the United States, which is used on treaties and very important official documents. At this site you can also learn what the secretary of state does, as you "tag along" on a recent trip. This site provides information on several different grade levels, but if you decide you have picked one that is too young or too old, you can easily change to another level at any point.
Department of the Interior Kid's Page - The Department of the Interior is in charge of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, among other things. At the kids' version of their home page, you can visit the Hoover Dam, learn how coal is mined, and download some great American landmarks to color.
Geo-Globe: Interactive Geography! - This ThinkQuest contest finalist site, built by kids, will rock your world! How much do you know about geography? In Geo-Find, you can play at the beginner, intermediate, or advanced levels. Is Santiago the capital of Chile? What countries contain part of the Sahara Desert? Is Egypt south or north of the equator? Right or wrong, you'll get more links for you to explore on that topic. Geo-Quest involves ten questions: try to guess the right animal or bird, based on the answers to the questions you pose. Don't stop there--you'll find several more games that will test your knowledge of the seas, lands, and skies of Planet Earth.
Geo-Images Project - Click on any of the Virtual Reality Panoramas, and prepare to be amazed as you travel from Death Valley, California, to Moraine Lake in the Canadian Rockies. Through the magic of QuickTime VR, you'll feel as if you are really there!
GeoBee Challenge @ Nationalgeographic.com - Each year, thousands of schools participate in the Geography Bee, using materials and questions prepared by the National Geographic Society. Millions of kids compete for a chance at winning a $25,000 scholarship and other prizes. Some of the questions are easy, and some are real stumpers! How many of these questions can you get right? They change them every day, so play often.
Kidlink Small Flag Icons - Here you will find more than 116 tiny flag icons representing countries participating in the KIDCAFE and KIDLINK discussion list projects. This page loads rapidly, since the GIFs are so small. You can use these to dress up your school reports or home pages.
National Geographic.com - Take a road trip with National Geographic as they take you on a series of adventures around the world. Tour the fantastic forest, discover dinosaur eggs, and even stop at the White House. These people are exploring professionals!
Operation Webfoot - It's always more interesting to learn about a far-off place from someone who has actually been there. How would you like to learn about geography from a stuffed animal? Tweety Bird, Miss Piggy, Gumby, and Kermit are just a few of the toys now traveling the world and sending back reports. As teacher Paul Meyers says, "Operation Webfoot originated as an idea to help stimulate young minds in the area of geography, history, and science. Stuffed animals traveled around the United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, Guam, and Israel, to various host families. These families took the animals on outings in their local areas, wrote in journals about the animal's experiences, and sent pictures and postcards and/or e-mail from their local area to Cucamonga Middle School in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The host families then mailed the animal to another host family." Follow along on the Web site and see where they will be next. Maybe your school or family can host one of them in the future.
Pole to Pole Projects - What would happen if you started at the North Pole, picked any line of longitude, and walked along it until you came to the South Pole? You'd travel through many different countries, need lots of different types of clothing, eat quantities of unusual foods, and carry numerous types of strange bills and coins. A class of fifth and sixth graders in the Netherlands pretended to do just that, and they wrote reports about their virtual travels. See how it's done at this interesting page.
Professor's Postcards - The Professor takes trips to UNESCO World Heritage sites all over the world, and she's great about sending postcards back to her friends. Unfortunately, she always seems to leave out the most important words--like where she is! Can you figure it out from the clues on the postcards?
Quia! Explorers of North America - If you need to learn your explorers and what regions they discovered, test yourself at this site. There are flash cards you can flip, a word search, Concentration, and matching games to make sure you know your de Soto from your Cartier.
Quia! U.S. State Capitals - Do you have to memorize the state capitals for school? This neat site offers you online flashcards, concentration games, and other ways for you to commit to memory everything from Montgomery, Alabama, to Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Stately Knowledge - This site offers information on every state (and Washington, D.C.). There are basic facts about each state, comparative statistics, and suggested books and other resources. You can play a state capitals game or a state flags game, too.
Xpeditions @ Nationalgeographic.com - Quick--you need an emergency map of Idaho to complete your homework! Relax, this site offers a fast way to get one onto your screen, and then you can save it or print it. The atlas at this site offers over 600 maps from around the world, all optimized for printing to paper or screen. In the Xpeditions Hall galleries, explore physical, natural, and cultural aspects of geography, using multimedia and QuickTime virtual reality. There is also a forum to ask and answer geography questions.
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