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US Military Directorate of Time -- provides a resource to develop activities for upper-level elementary students to calculate the current time in various world time zones.

Life Over Time Activities -- provides sample activities from the Field Museum in Chicago for elementary school students, including reference sections and resource listings for more activities.
In addition check out  The Dino Tours / Exhibits

Animal Tracks -- from the publishers (National Wildlife Federation) of Ranger Rick and Your Big Backyard, this site contains information and games developed for upper-level elementary students.

Dragonfly -- web site dedicated to promoting scientific investigations by elementary students.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) -- hundreds of resources for K-12 students, educators, and parents.

Ask an Expert -- searchable collection of answered questions and resources to e-mail questions to an expert.  Great site to use with K-12 students as an Internet activity.

SchoolNet Digital Connections -- an incredible digital collection of images, informational resources, historical accounts, and cultural artifacts.  Excellent web site for upper level elementary and secondary students and educators.

California Heritage Collection -- provides an online archive of over 28,000 images illustrating California's history and culture from the collections of the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley.

School Librarian Emergency Sites -- a wonderful set of links, categorized and annotated, designed to provide resources for the School Library Media Specialist.

The Adventures of Cyberbee--guides teachers on Internet adventures.

Creative Classroom Online--provides creative resources and interactive features for K-6 teachers.

Doug & Grover Online:  Internet Projects

Telis--a non-profit education foundation providing quality electronic learning resources.

All Tracks--A good starting point for K-1 sites.


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