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5th Grade Sites for Finding Information

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Hillside Nature Trail

Trail Maps- below are links to several trail maps online. View the maps, and make notes of features you like and think we should include on the trail map we create for Hillside's Nature Trail.

Massachusetts State Parks-Trail Maps

 

 

Book Award Season Is Here!
What were your favorite children's books of 2011?

 School Library Journal's Best Books of 2011 | NY Times Notable Children's Books of 2011

To celebrate childrens's book awards, Hillside 5th graders will create book trailers to promote
their favorite award books or a 2011 book they think should win a 2012 Children's Book Award in January.

Resources

Children's Books Awards List

Children's Book Award Websites

Children's Book Guild Book Trailers

Barnes & Noble Book Trailers

Digital Storytelling

 

Western Hemisphere Research

Hillside Databases
*Password available for remote access from home.

Culturegrams*

At School
http://www.proquestk12.com (home)
Grolier: Lands & Peoples and General Encyclopedias* http://go.grolier.com
World Book Encyclopedia* http://www.worldbookonline.com
Britannica Online http://school.eb.com
EBSCO: magazines, books, encyclopedias, & pictures* http://search.epnet.com

Online Almanacs & Atlases

CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Altapedia http://www.altapedia.com
Factmonster http://www.factmonster.com/countries.html
National Geographic Maps http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas
World Atlas http://www.worldatlas.com

Websites

US State Dept. - Countries http://www.state.gov/p/wha/ci/index.htm
National Geographic Kids http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Places/Find
Lonely Planet http://www.lonelyplanet.com/us
Time For Kids - World http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/teachers/aw/wr/0,28125,,00.html
Central America http://www.dirla.com/aboutcountry.html
World-Flags http://www.world-flags.info/Americas/americas.html
Print Flags to Color http://www.atlasgeo.net/fotw/flags/cbk.html

Current Events

EBSCO*
Kid Search and Searchasaurus for news and magazine articles		 http://search.epnet.com
Time For Kids
Enter country in search box for news articles
 http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news
Britannica Online
Enter country in search box, then click on "Journals and Magazines" link on right
 http://school.eb.com
Scholastic News
Enter country in search box for news articles		 http://www2.scholastic.com
National Geographic Kids
Enter country in search box for news articles		 http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Places/Find

 

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Canada

Hillside Databases
See Mrs. Ubriaco for a password for home access.

Culturegrams http://online.culturegrams.com
Grolier: Lands & Peoples and General Encyclopedias http://go.grolier.com
Britannica Online http://school.eb.com

Online Almanacs & Atlases

CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Altapedia http://www.altapedia.com
Factmonster http://www.factmonster.com/countries.html
National Geographic Maps http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas

Websites

The Canadian Encyclopedia http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com
Canada for Kids http://www.kathimitchell.com/Canada/canada.htm
About Canada http://canada.gc.ca/acanada/acPubHome.jsp?lang=eng
Canada Info. http://www.canadainfolink.ca/teach.htm
Flags of the Provinces http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/Canada/Canadamap.shtml

 

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States Project

Almanacs Online  
   World Almanac for Kids
  Factmonster

Atlas Online
   National Geographic

Databases
   Grolier-America the Beautiful
  Culturegrams

Internet
Subject Directories
Kids Click
ALA Great Websites for Kids

Search Engines for Kids
Yahooligans
Ask Jeeves for Kids
CyberSleuth Kids

Websites
50states.com  
Information on U.S.States 
Internet Public Library
State Flags
State Capitals Quiz

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