Research Links

Small Frog Reading Current Project

Evaluating Resources	States	Internet Safety
Timelines	Reference Skills	Lewis and Clark Animal Research Project
Countries of the World	Refdesk.com Refdesk is a free and family-friendly web site that indexes and reviews quality, credible, and current web-based resources.	Internet Public Library: Reference Here's the place to go for all your general reference needs! There are links to dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, and other sites for homework help or just looking things up.
Martindale's Reference Desk Links to reference resources includes language centers, calculators, maps, science tables and various countries.	LibrarySpot.com A collection of reference resources available online as well as a directory of public, academic, and special libraries worldwide.

Reference Skills Reference Skills

Boolify Lessons

Fact, Fragment, Frenzy taking notes about what you read

Mrs. Cofer's Notetaking and Paraphrasing

NoteStar

Citation Machine Use this site to help you write bibliography information for books, magazines, websites and more.**

**Remember to keep a listing of these citations saved on a Word document on your desktop for later use for your bibliography page.

How to Take Notes
How to do Research

Lewis and Clark Animal Research Project

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Lewis and Clark as Naturalists Go here to find out about the animals they found along the way. You can read about them in the journals, you can find them by state, and you can find them by animal name--both scientific and common names.	Animal List Go here to find a listing of the animals they found and described for the first time in American history.
Criteria for Report Go here to find out what sort of information you need to include in your animal report.	eThemes Type your animal's name in the "search for keywords" box to find links about your animal.
Research Procedures Go here to find out how to do your note cards and create your bibliography lists. Animal Research Timeline Points Awarded for Each Step of the Research Process Review How Power Point Works	Citation Machine Use this site to help you write bibliography information for books, magazines, websites and more. Remember to keep a listing of these citations saved on a Word document on your desktop for later use for your bibliography page. Power Point Storyboard Planner Page Go here to find a planner page if you still need one. Others are available in the classroom.

Evaluating Resources
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Choosing the Best Print Resources

True or Bogus? evaluating sites

Graphic Organizers
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Teacher Vision: Graphic Organizers	*Online Graphic Organizer Generators.* You can even use online graphic generators for creating graphic organizers. Go to the Teach-nology: Graphic Organizer Generator page. You can create and print very simple graphic organizers such as concept web, KWL, SQ3R, timeline, or Venn diagram.
Learning Resources: Graphic Organizers Eduplace - Graphic Organizers	Teach-nology: Graphic Organizer Generator 4 Blocks Literacy Framework Graphic Organizers

Timelines
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Timeline Maker

Read, Right, Think Timeline Make your own timeline.

Missouri Maps

Missouri Counties Map:
Quick Facts about each county

Missouri Counties Map

Missouri Map/Quiz

Merriam-Webster's Atlas

Highway Map PDF

InfoWeb Political and Topographical

Missouri Map labeled | Missouri Map blank

50 States: Outline Map

Maproom Interactive Maps

SiteAtlas Highway Map

InfoPlease Highway Map

Maps with Rivers PDF

Maps
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States
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Explore the States	Local Legacies by State Go here to find out your legacies and congressional representatives, too.

Internet Safety
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Bogus Websites
    All About Explorers
    DHMO
    Shards of Glass
    Tree Octopus
   Buy Dehydrated Water
    The Dog Island


CyberSmart!

Play It Cyber Safe

NetSmart Kids

NetSmartz Workshop

I nternet Safety The Disney People

Cyber Safety

Kids Safety Rules for many situations

Internet Safety Tips for Kids

Get Your Web License by passing this quiz

Museum of Modern Technology This fun site is a primer for information technology. Click on "Lobby" to learn about different programs.

How Floppy Disk Drives Work This site from How Stuff Works tells all about the disk drive on a computer and how it works.

How Computer Monitors Work This site from How Stuff Works explains computer monitors and how they work.

Getting to Know Your Computer need to copy a worksheet to use with this lesson.

Virus 101

ThinkUKnow

Jo Fool or Jo Cool for Kids
Go here to learn more about cyber-safety.

Welcome to SafeKids.Com where you'll find tips, advice and suggestions to make your family's online experience fun and productive!

Safe Surfing

Kids Domain Safe Surfing

Looney Tunes Teach The Internet

BrainPOP Internet History

Cyberethics for Kids

Internet "Buzz" Words This page has a technology glossary with examples of how the words are used. Test your knowledge by playing one of the games.

Using the Internet

How Computer Mice Work This site from How Stuff works tells about the mouse and how it works.

How PCs Work This site from How Stuff Works explains what a personal computer is and tells all about its parts.

The Kids' Computer Room Follow the links to learn how to bookmark a Web page and how to type emoticons to show your emotions when you are typing. The last link explains that today's computers can withstand some wear and tear. Click on "Fun and Games" for a mind boggler.

Countries of the World
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Geographia Virtual destinations around the globe to help you further experience the physical geography of the world around you.

Countries.com
The World Fact Book Go here to find out all sorts of information about the countries of the world, including flags of countries.	Country Reports Go here for all sorts of information about countries in the world.