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Bears

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Wyoming Counties

Scientist Scrapbook

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Nocturnal Animals

Bats

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Wyoming Explorers

Native American Culture 

Country Reports . org

All Animals

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Colonial America

Colonial America 2

OnlineCulture Grams.com

Antarctica

Penguin Slideshow

KIDZPAGE

Wyoming History

Underground Railroad

The Canadian Encyclopedia

Food and Nutrition

Math Games

Wyoming Wildlife

StateReports .org

Latin American Countries and the Carribbean

Butterflies

Casper History

Wyoming Report.org

Oceans

Simple Machines

Fort Laramie Folks

Biomes

Types of Energy Movie

1. Science Heat Energy

2. Science at the BBC

3. Solar System

4. Lunar Phases

Math Games 2.

KINGDOMS(coming soon)

Chromista- (Kelps, diatoms, haptophytes)

Fungi(Fungi)

Metazoa (Animals)

Plantae (Plants)

Protista (Protists)

  

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 Scientist Scrapbook Sites

Rice University List of great sites to explore

Just Beginning... good list to choose from

Women Scientists

List of Scientist's Biographies

More scientists from who2.com

ThinkQuest for scientists

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EXPLORERS
WEATHER
ANIMALS
FAQS
SILLY JOKES

FAQS

Antarctica is the fifth largest continent on Earth.

When you are standing on the South Pole you can step any direction and you will be going north.

The population of Antarctica is 1000 people but none of them are permanent.

Countries that claim Antarctica are Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, Norway and United Kingdom.

Antarctica is located in the Southern Hemisphere.

In winter the ocean freezes around Antarctica causing the size of Antarctica to grow forty thousand square miles.

In 1969, scientists discovered a meteor from Mars at the South Pole.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANIMALS
PENGUINS

Adelie Penguin

Chinstrap Penguin

Emperor Penguin

Gentoo Penguin

King Penguin

Macaroni Penguin

Rockhopper Penguin

SEALS

Crabeater Seal

Antarctic Fur Seal

Leopard Seal

Ross Seal

Southern Elephant Seal

Weddell Seal

WHALES

Blue Whale

Bottlenose Whale

Fin Whale

Humpback Whale

Killer Whale

Minke Whale

Sei Whale

Sperm Whale

Southern Right Whale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLORERS

AMUNDSEN

Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) was from Norway. He was the first person to fly over the North Pole in a dirigible.

WEDDELL

James Weddell (1787 -1834) was an English explorer. On one of his trips Weddell discovered the Weddell Sea and the Weddell Seal in 1823.

BYRD

Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957) was fron the United States. He explored the Arctic and Antarctic.

SHACKLETON

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1872-1922) was born in Ireland in 1874.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEATHER

•The South Pole is the coldest, windiest, and driest place on Earth.

•The coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was at the South Pole; it reached -128.6°F

•On average, most of Antarctica gets less than 2 inches of snow fall each year.

Silly Jokes

Q: What did the sea say to the iceberg ?

A: Nothing, it just waved.

 

Q: Where do penguins go to dance?

A: At the snow ball.

 

Q: Why did the penguin cross the road ?

A: To go with the floe .

 

Q: What do penguins eat for lunch?

A: Ice burg-ers.

 

Q: How do penguins drink?

A: Out of beak-ers.

 

Q: What's a penguin's favorite salad?

A: Iceberg lettuce.

 

Q: Who's the penguin's favorite Aunt?

A: Aunt-arctica .

 

Q: Who's the head of the penguin navy?

A: Admiral Byrd.

 

Q: How does a penguin make pancakes?

A: With its flippers.

 

Q: What do you get when you cross a penguin and an alligator ?

A: I don't know, but don't try to fix its bow tie .

 

Q: Why are penguins good race drivers?

A: Because they're always in the pole position.

 

Q: What do little penguins sing when their father brings fish home for dinner?

A: Freeze a Jolly Good Fellow.

 

This one's a North Pole Joke!

Q: What do you call a gigantic polar bear?

A: Nothing, you just run away! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Poetry

 I never saw a purple cow

I hope I never see one

But I can tell you this right now

I'd rather see than be one....

~Ogden Nash

How to write a Cinquain

Memorable Poems to Memorize

Who is Ogden Nash?

How to write a Diamante Poem

Giggle Poetry - Poems to write

More poems by Ogden Nash

How to write a Limerick

Giggle Poetry- Poems to read

Poems you can write right now!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is Colonial America?

What are the 13 original Colonies?

Can you explain how each picture above connects to Colonial America?

Colonial America 1600-1775

Living and Working in the Colonies -The Economics

Early America.com

Revolutionary ThinkQuest

What did George Washington learn in school?

 

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Christmas customs
Christmas around the World
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Colonial America-
First Thanksgiving- 1621

http://beta.yahooligans.yahoo.com/directory/Around-the-World/Countries/United-States/History/Colonial-Life-(1585-1783)

http://www.pilgrimhall.org/1stthnks.htm

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/colonial_america/colonial_america.htm

http://www.plimoth.org/OLC/intro.html

Jamestown 1605

http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/thanksgiving/#aboutthanksgiving

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• Why was the turkey sent to the principal's office?  Because he used fowl language!

• What did the little turkey say to the big turkey?  "Peck" on someone your own size!

• What do you call a crazy turkey?  A cuckoo bird!

• What's the key to a great Thanksgiving dinner?   The tur-KEY!

• Why do turkeys go gobble, gobble?  Because they never learned good table manners!

• What do turkeys like to eat on Thanksgiving?   Nothing, they're already stuffed!

• Why did the turkey eat his meal so quickly?   Because he was a gobbler!

• How do you make a turkey float?   Get two scoops of ice cream, add some root beer and a turkey!

 

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Links for Research

Links For Fun

EnchantedLearning: The Sun

Astronomy Dictionary/Glossary

Casper Planetarium Favorite Links

Space Chase Game

Starchild

Space Puzzlers

Sun sites at NASA

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EXPLRERS

Mountain Men & Fur Trappers

Military & Geological Expeditions

Jim Bridger

David Folsom 1869 Yellowstone Expedition

Kit Carson

Charles Cook

John Colter

William Peterson

William Sublette

John C. Fremont

Jim Baker

Ferdinand V. Hayden

Jacques La Ramie

Captain William F. Raynolds Expedition of 1860

Sakajawea or Sacagawea

Gen. Henry D. Washburn 1870 Yellowstone Expedition

Jedediah Smith

Davey Jackson

Manual Lisa

Wilson Price Hunt

 

 

 

 

Explore these WebsitesT

Fun Brain.com

Scholastic for Kids

Your Gross and Cool Body

MiKids.com

Zoo Books Online

Primary Games.com

Magic Tricks

Edheads.org

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