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Science: Health

Science: Volcanoes

Science: Water Systems

Social Studies: Aztecs

Social Studies: Colonies

Social Studies--Presidential Election 2008

Social Studies: Topics for Extravaganza

Explorers By Nationality

Dutch
English
French
Irish 
Italian
Portuguese 
Scottish
Spanish
Viking

 

Indigenous Peoples

Amazons
ARAWAK
ayamara
carib
chavin
Guaraní
kayapo
Makah
Micmac
Quechua
Taino
Yanomami

 

Countries

Aruba
Barbados
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Equador
Guatamala
Haiti
Hawaii
honduras
Jamaica
Maine/Nova Scotia
Martinique
Mexico
Newfoundland
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
Quebec, Canada
Surinam
Trinidad/ Tobago
Uraguay
Washington (St.)
Yucatan Penninsula

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Science: Health

MEDLINEplus: Health Topics
MEDLINEplus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations, to help answer health questions
MEDLINEplus: Drug Information
As above, MEDLINEplus also provides information about prescription and over-the-counter medication information, as well as information on herbs and supplements
WebMD: Health
WebMD fulfills the promise of health information on the Internet, providing credible information and in-depth reference material about health subjects that are original, authoritative and timely.

Kid's Health
KidsHealth is the largest and most visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence, created by The Nemours Foundation, an philanthropic organization devoted to improving the health of children.

 

Science : Volcanoes

General sites

Volcano World
Volcano Live
Smithsonian: Global Vulcanism Program
U.S. Geological Survey Volcano Hazards Program
Active Vonaoes (Aktive vulkaner )
NASA Earth Observatory

Individual volcanoes

Etna
Kilauea
Krakatoa
Mauna Loa
Mayon
Montserrat
Mount Fuji
Pelee
Mount St. Helens
Nyiragongo
Paricutin
Pinatubo
Sakura-jima
Santorini
Surtsey
Tambora
*Arenal*
Vesuvius
*El Teide*

 

Science: Water Issues

EPA
USGS (US Geological Survey)

 

 

Social Studies: Aztecs

General History and Other Links

The Ancient Aztecs
The Mexica/Aztecs


Aztec Language and Literature

Indigenous Peoples of Mexico
Aztec Manuscripts
Nahuatl Home Page


Calendar

Aztec Calendar
The Aztec Sun Stone
Aztec Calendar: Math and Design


Cortes (See Montezuma)

Chocolate
Brief History of Chocolate

Mexico Hot…or Not: About Chocolate

Xocatl (Chocolate)

Diego Rivera
Diego Rivera Web Museum

A Visual Biography of Diego Rivera

Frida Kahlo: Frida's Life

Government
Aztec Government
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/humanorigins/government.html#aztec

Language and Literature
Indigenous Peoples of Mexico
http://www.indians.org/welker/mexman01.htm

Aztec Manuscripts
http://pages.prodigy.com/GBonline/awaztec.html#

Montezuma and Cortes
Cortes
Modern History Sourcebook: an Aztec account of the conquest

Montezuma(Encyclopedia Britannica)
http://www.britannica.com/seo/m/montezuma-ii/

 

Religion
Aztec Religion
http://www.history.swt.edu/Full-Time-Faculty/DelaTeja/1310Projects/GroupA/religion.htm

Quetzacoatl
http://www.educationplanet.com/search/redirect?id=14652&mfcount=3&mfkw=Aztec%20Religion

Social Studies: Colonies

13 Originals: Founding the American Colonies
http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html

Colonial American History
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/colonial.htm

Colonial American Resources
http://members.aol.com/AACTchrNet/colonial.html

Colonial Williamsburg's Historical Almanack
http://www.history.org/almanack.htm

Historical Text Archive
http://www.msstate.edu/archives/history/index2.html

Jamestown Rediscovery
http://www.apva.org/

Rare Map Collection--Colonial America
http://scarlett.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html

Social Studies: Native Americans

Tribes

Myths and Legends

Social Studies: Explorers

General Sites
Discoverers’ Web
http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/index.html

Explorer Research Links
http://www.smfc.k12.ca.us/class/horrall/segesta/explorer%20research%20links.html

European Voyages of Exploration
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/HIST/tutor/eurvoya/index.html

Tracks: Impressions of America
http://www.ecb.org/tracks/mod2.htm

Maps
Discovery and Exploration Index
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/dsxpmapSubjects01.html

Primary Source Material
American Journeys
http://www.americanjourneys.org/index.asp

Discoverers' Web, Primary Sources
http://www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/primary.html

Exploration and Expansion, Primary Sources
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1z.html#Maritime Exploration and Conquest

Time-Lines
The Mariners' Museum Time Line
http://www.mariner.org/age/histexp.html

  Explorers By Nationality

Dutch:
Willem Barents and the Northeast Passage

English:
William Dampier
Famous navigators: William Dampier

The New Voyages of William Dampier

Sir Francis Drake
The voyage: A synopsis of the circumnavigation

Henry Hudson
The life and voyages of Henry Hudson

Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh

 French:
Jacques Cartier
Jacques Cartier

Sieur de La Salle
Sieur de la Salle, Robert Cavalier

  Samuel de Champlain
The Virtual library of New France: Samuel de Champlain

Irish:
St. Brendan
Irish monks and the voyage of St. Brendan

Italian:
John Cabot
John Cabot

Christopher Columbus
http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/

Amerigo Vespucci
http://www.bigoid.de/conquista/biographien/vespucci.htm

Portuguese:
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Cabral, Pedro Alvares


Henry the Navigator
Henry the Navigator

Bartholomeu Dias
Bartholomeu Dias

Vasco Da Gama
Vasco da Gama

Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan and the First Circumnavigation of the World

Scottish:
Prince Henry Sinclair

600th Celebration of Henry Sinclair's voyage in 1398

Spanish:
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Cabeza de Vaca, 16th century explorer

Hernan Cortes
The conquest of the Aztec Empire: Hernan Cortes

 Dona Marina
Dona Marina's story

Ponce de Leon
Juan Ponce de Leon

Viking:
Leif Erikson
Leif Erikson

 



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