May 21st, 2013

Sixth Grade

Website Evaluation
Go to the websites below and determine which ones are real and which are hoaxes.

City of Bloomington, MNCity of Mankato, MN
BBC Article Mouse Heart RegrowsBBC Article on Blonds
Dehydrated WaterWaste to Water
Federal Vampire/Zombie AdministrationFederal Highway Administration
Save the JerboasSave the Rennets
The Great DiprotodonThe Jack-a-lope Conspiracy

Evaluate the following sites using the Common Sense Media evaluation page:

EndangeredSpecie.com
Endangered Earth
World Endangered Species
World Wildlife Fund: About Our Earth
Wikipedia: Endangered Species
Earth’s Endangered Creatures

Noodletools

Noodletools

Scavenger Hunts & WebQuests:
Holiday Scavenger Hunts

Author Biographies:
Kids Read
Authors and Illustrators on the Web
Author Links

Yahoo Children's Authors Directory
Kids and Teens

Country information:
CIA World Factbook, for government and economy information
Outline and resource maps of all countries.
Cuturegrams

Country tables from the Library of Congress,
Background Notes from individual countries
Lonely Planet Guides

Civilizations
:

Mayans
and  Incas 
Greek and Roman civilizations

Egyptian civilization 
Roman and Greek mythology   

Election information

Web evaluation quiz - activity to determine validity of websites.

Explorers of Central and Latin America:

A Thinkquest: fun activity for those who want to test their knowledge of explorers.

Spanish Explorers of the Great Age - from World Book

de Soto, Coronado and de Vaca - the 15 year conquest of North America

a great timeline

many great sites - includes exploration maps

European explorers - with project ideas

Geology: rocks, rock formations types of soil. - webquest.
Wright Brothers:
"A Century of Firsts."
Westward Expansion:

Western Expansion. - migration westward - wagon trains - a webquest, - the Oregon Trail - the first transcontinental railroad - the  journals of Lewis and Clark.