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Basic Resources	Adirondack Region	Capital/Saratoga Region	Catskill Region	Central Leatherstocking Region
Chautauqua/Allegheny Region	Finger Lakes Region	Hudson Valley Region	Long Island Region	Niagara Region
	Thousand Islands Region		New York City Region
Climate	Counties	Facts about NY	State Symbols	Geography
History	Lakes	Mountains	Rivers	State Parks
Birchwood's Home Page	Tourist Attractions		Games and Activities	Grade Level Curriculum Links

Good Resources for all research questions

• America the Beautiful (available on school computers)
• Grolier Encyclopedia (available on school computers)
• New Book of Knowledge (available on school computers)
• World Book Encyclopedia (available on school computers)

Adirondack Region

• http://www.roundthebend.com/adirondacks/
• http://www.biggles.co.uk/Columbus/data/nwy/nwy170.htm
• http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/a/adironda.asp
  
• Adirondack Forest
  1..http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dlf/publands/adk/index.html
  2. http://www.adirondacks.com/adkhistory.html
  3. Searchasaurus

Capital/Saratoga Region

• http://www.roundthebend.com/capital/
• http://www.biggles.co.uk/Columbus/data/nwy/nwy190.htm

Catskill Region

• http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/c/catskillm1t.asp
• http://www.roundthebend.com/catskill/
• http://www.biggles.co.uk/Columbus/data/nwy/nwy180.htm

Central Leatherstocking Region

• http://www.roundthebend.com/central/
• http://www.biggles.co.uk/Columbus/data/nwy/nwy230.htm
• Cooperstown - http://www.worldbookonline.com/ar?/na/ar/co/ar132680.htm(Available on School Computers)

Chautauqua/Allegheny Region

• http://www.roundthebend.com/chautauq/
• http://www.biggles.co.uk/Columbus/data/nwy/nwy220.htm

Climate

• http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/states/newyork.html#fw..ne039400.a10.c30
• http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/USclimate/
• http://www.biggles.co.uk/Columbus/data/nwy/nwy500.htm

Counties

• How the Counties Got Their Names http://www.dos.state.ny.us/kidsroom/nysfacts/counties.html

Facts About New York State - http://www.dos.state.ny.us/kidsroom/nysfacts/factmenu.html

Finger Lakes Region

• http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/f/fingerl1a.asp
• http://www.worldbookonline.com/ar?/na/ar/co/ar196960.htm (Available on school computers)
• http://www.roundthebend.com/finger/
• http://www.biggles.co.uk/Columbus/data/nwy/nwy160.htm
• Cayuga County Geography - http://www.cayuganet.org/profile.html#geo

Games and Activities

• Crossword Puzzle - http://www.dos.state.ny.us/kidsroom/nysfacts/cbpg10.html
• Word Search - http://www.dos.state.ny.us/kidsroom/nysfacts/townfind.html
• Find the County Game - http://www.nysegov.com/map-NY.cfm?gameMode=on
• Niagara Falls Trivia Quiz - http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/niagara/quiz.html

Geography

By Region - Go to Grolier Encyclopedia (available on school computers) 
1. Click on America the Beautiful
2. Click on New York
3. Click on Geography

State Geography

• http://www.iloveny.com/info_center/state_facts_geo.asp
• http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/newyorkst_geography.asp
• http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/states/newyork.html#fw..ne039400.a10.c10

History - http://www.dos.state.ny.us/kidsroom/nysfacts/hstry1.html

Hudson Valley Region

• http://www.roundthebend.com/hudson/
• http://www.biggles.co.uk/Columbus/data/nwy/nwy150.htm

Lakes

• Finger Lakes - http://web13.epnet.com/citation.asp?
• Lake Champlain - http://web13.epnet.com/citation.asp?
• Lake George
• Lake Placid - http://web13.epnet.com/citation.asp
• General Information - http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/

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Leatherstocking Region - See Central Leatherstocking Region

Long Island Region

• http://www.webscope.com/li/info.html
• http://www.biggles.co.uk/Columbus/data/nwy/nwy200.htm
• http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/L/LongI1sN1Y1.asp

Mountains

Mount Marcy - http://www.americasroof.com/ny.shtml

Niagara Region

• http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/n/niagaraf1.asp
• http://www.roundthebend.com/niagara/
• http://www.biggles.co.uk/Columbus/data/nwy/nwy140.htm

Niagara Falls
1. http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/niagara/timeline.html
2. http://web13.epnet.com/citation.asp
3. Pictures of Niagara Falls - http://www.falls.net/pictures/

New York City Region

Rivers

• Ausable - http://web13.epnet.com/citation.asp?
• Hudson
  1. http://www.epa.gov/rivers/98rivers/hudsonplan.htm
  2. http://www.worldbookonline.com/ar?/na/ar/co/ar265800.htm (Available on school computers)
• Mohawk - http://www.worldbookonline.com/ar?/na/ar/co/ar366500.htm (Available on school computers)
• Niagara - http://web13.epnet.com/citation.asp?
• General Information - http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/

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State Parks by Region - http://nysparks.state.ny.us/maps/

State Symbols

• http://www.iloveny.com/info_center/state_facts_symbols.asp
• http://www.dos.state.ny.us/kidsroom/nysfacts/stfacts.html

Thousand Islands Region

• http://www.roundthebend.com/thousand/
• http://www.biggles.co.uk/Columbus/data/nwy/nwy210.htm

Tourist Attractions -http://www.roadsideamerica.com/map/ny.html

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