When you're learning about something new, it's nice to have more than one resource to explore. This web project provides "four to explore" for each topic. On each page you'll find information, definitions, links, and other resources. Click a topic to start exploring!   100th Day 1968 (see also 'Vietnam War') 50 States of the US   acid rain (see 'water') advertising Agent Orange (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') airplanes (see 'flight') Alaska (see 'dog sled racing') alien species (see 'invasive species') American Sign Language (ASL) animal homes ancient Africa ancient China ancient Egypt ancient Rome animals (see 'creatures of the night', 'prairies', 'trees and forests', 'marsupials', and 'wolves') animal tracks Antarctica (see 'polar regions') ants apples archaeology architecture (see also 'shelters') armadillo (see 'creatures of the night') Arctic ('see polar regions') astronomy atomic bomb (see 'Nuclear Age') autobiography (see 'biography') automobiles Aztecs (see also 'Incas' and 'Maya')   balloons (see also 'bubbles') baseball (see 'Negro baseball leagues') basketball bats (see also 'caves' & 'creatures of the night') bears beaver (see 'creatures of the night') bees (see also 'insects') bicycles and biking bike safety (see 'safety') birds (see also 'creatures of the night') biographies Additional biography sites: biographies of folksingers biographies of the Harlem Renaissance biographies of the Industrial Revolution biographies of jazz musicians biographies of the Nuclear Age biographies of peacemakers biographies of the Renaissance biographies of World War II explorers - A to Z Native American biographies - A to Z people of the Old West Presidents of the United States Revolutionary War biographies rock 'n Roll biographies scientists / inventors in electricity World War I biographies Biographies also included at: Charles Dickens Lewis and Clark expedition Mark Twain Martin Luther King Jr. William Shakespeare Biography sections found within: Classical Music fantasy & science fiction flight inventors and inventions Women's Suffrage Movement black baseball (see 'Negro baseball leagues') boats (see 'ships and boats') body systems (see 'brain', 'respiratory system', and 'skeletal system') brain Branch Davidian Waco siege (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') bridge building bubbles Buffalo Soldiers building & construction (see also 'architecture', 'bridge building', 'castles', and 'shelters') bullying bunny (see 'rabbits and hares') butterflies (see also 'insects') buying a car (see also 'automobiles')   calligraphy Canada capital punishment careers cars (see 'automobiles') castles caves Charles Dickens charts & graphs Challenger disaster (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') character and ethics Chernobyl nuclear disaster (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') Chicago fire (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') chicano (see 'latino-hispanic heritage) China (see 'ancient China') Christmas around the World chocolate Cinco de Mayo civil rights (see also 'Martin Luther King Jr.') Civil War circus Classical Music Clemens, Samuel (see 'Mark Twain') climate change (see 'global warming') clothing (see 'fiber and fabric') clouds (see also 'weather') coal and coal mining (see 'mining') codes, ciphers & secret messages collecting things college bound colonial life (see also 'pioneer life' and 'Revolutionary War) color controlled burn (see 'fire') coral reefs corn coyote (see 'creatures of the night') culture (see 'walls around the world') creatures of the night (see also 'hedgehog', 'wolves', 'owls')   dance Deaf (see 'American Sign Language [ASL]') death penalty (see 'capital punishment') debate dental care Depression, The (see 'Great Depression') deserts dinosaurs dirt (see 'soils') disaster, castastrophe, & calamity dog sled (see 'sled dog racing') dolphins ('see whales and dolphins') Donner Party (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') dragonfly & damselfly (see 'pond life') drama ('see skits, plays, and scripts') drawing drought (see also 'floods & flooding') dust bowl (see 'The Great Depression' and 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity')   earthquakes (see also 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') earthworm (see 'worms') Easter (see 'eggs') Ebola virus (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') economics eggs elections electricity English (see writing, journal writing, poetry for kids) entrepreneur ethics (see 'character and ethics') evolution (see 'prehistoric people') explorers Exxon Valdez spill (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity')   fantasy and science fiction farming Fen-Phen diet drug (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') fiber and fabric Fifty States of the US figurative language fire firefly (see 'creatures of the night') fire safety (see 'safety') flight floods & flooding (see also 'droughts', 'rivers', and 'wetlands') folk music (see also "rock and roll" & "jazz music") forest (see 'trees and forests') forest fire (see 'fire') fox (see 'creatures of the night') fractals (see also 'tessellations') frogs and toads (see also 'pond life') future   games (see 'rope games', 'sidewalk games') gardening genetics geometric shapes and figures (see also 'fractals', 'tessellations') ghosts, ghouls & goblins (see also 'pumpkins') glaciers global warming Gold Rush (see also 'mining') graphs (see 'charts & graphs) grassland (see 'prairies') The Great Depression   hares (See 'rabbits and hares') Harlem Renaissance Heaven's Gate (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') hedgehog hispanic (see 'latino-hispanic heritage' & 'Mexico') historical maps (see also 'maps') Halloween (see 'ghosts, ghouls & goblins' and 'pumpkins') Holocaust (see also 'World War II') honey (see 'bees') honey bees (see 'bees') horses (see also 'wagons & other horse-drawn vehicles') house safety (see 'safety') human origins (see 'prehistoric people/) hurricane (see also 'tornadoes' and 'weather') Hurricane Andrew (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity')   ice safety (see 'safety') Iditarod (see 'sled dog racing') immigration Incas (see also 'Aztecs' and 'Maya') industrial revolution insects (see also 'ants', 'bees') insects, invasive (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') invasive species inventors and inventions iron & steel   Japanese-American Internment (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') jazz music (see also "folk music" & "rock and roll") 'Johnny Appleseed' (see 'apples') Johnstown flood (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') journal writing jump roping (see 'rope games')   kangaroo (see 'marsupials) King, Martin Luther Jr. (see also 'civil rights') kite (see 'flight' and 'wind') knots koala (see 'marsupials) kudzu (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity')   labor movement latino-hispanic heritage (See also 'Mexico') Lewis and Clark light literary criticism Love Canal (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity')   Manhattan Project (see 'Nuclear Age) maps (see also 'historical maps') Mark Twain marsupials Martin Luther King Jr. (see also 'civil rights') masks Maya (see also 'Aztecs' and 'Incas') mealworm (see 'worms') medieval times (see also 'castles') Mesopotamia Mexico (see also 'latino-hispanic heritage) migration (see 'immigration') mining (see also 'Gold Rush') millennium millennium 2000 minerals (see 'rocks and minerals') Mississippi River money (see also 'economics') moth (see 'butterflies' & 'creatures of the night') mountain men mountains Mount St. Helens (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') music (see 'folk music', 'jazz music', & 'rock and roll') musical instruments mysterious & unexplained mystery mythology   Native Americans Negro baseball leagues night (see 'creatures of the night')  non-native species (see 'invasive species') North Pole (see 'polar regions) Nuclear Age number systems   ocean (see 'tide pools') Old West Olympic Games opossum (see 'creatures of the night') oral history orphan trains Oregon trail (see also 'wagons & other horse-drawn vehicles') owl (see also 'creatures of the night')   paleontology (see 'dinosaurs') paper making parks and public lands patriotism patterns peacemakers peanuts penguins (see also 'polar regions') people (see 'biographies') photography play (see 'games') Pi plays ('see skits, plays, and scripts') pioneer life (see also 'Oregon trail') poetry for kids polar regions (see also 'dog sled racing' and 'penguins') pollination (see 'bees') polls and surveys pond life (see also 'frogs and toads' , 'turtles and tortoises', & 'wetlands) pony express porpoise (see 'whales and dolphins') potato pottery prairies prehistoric creature (see 'dinosaurs') prehistoric people Presidents of the United States probability (see 'statistics & probability') pumpkins puppets   rabbits and hares raccoon (see 'creatures of the night') radio railroads rainforest (see 'trees and forests') reading (see 'skimming and scanning') recycle - reduce - reuse Religions of the World Renaissance respiratory system (see also 'brain' and "skeletal system') Revolutionary War rivers (see also 'mississippi river' and 'ships and boats') robots rock and roll (see also 'folk music' & 'jazz music') rocks and minerals Roman Empire rope games   safety Salem Witch Trials (see also 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') salt (see also ''spices') San Francisco earthquake (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') Santa Fe Trail scanning (see 'skimming and scanning') school (see '100th Day') scrapbooking science fiction (see 'fantasy and science fiction') scripts ('see skits, plays, and scripts') sculpture sea (see 'tide pools') September 11, 2001 William Shakespeare shapes (see 'geometric shapes and figures') sharks shelters (see also 'architecture') ships and boats sidewalk games simple machines skeletal system (see also 'brain' and 'respiratory system') skimming and scanning skits, plays, and scripts skunk (see 'creatures of the night') sled dog racing smoking (see 'tobacco, smoking, and cessation") snakes snow soils solar energy (see 'light') South pole (see 'polar regions') speed reading (see 'skimming and scanning') spices star (see 'astronomy') statistics & probability stock market (see 'economics') storytelling (see also 'biographies', 'journal writing', 'oral history', and 'writing') surveys (see 'polls and surveys')   tall tales talking walls (see 'walls around the world') teeth (see 'dental care') television terrorism tessellations (see also 'fractals') Thalidomide (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') theatre ('see skits, plays, and scripts') Three Mile Island (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') Tianamen Square massacre (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') tide pools Titanic (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity' and 'ships and boats') toads (see 'frog and toads' & 'pond life') tobacco, smoking, and cessation tornadoes (see also 'hurricanes' and 'weather') Trail of Tears transportation (see 'automobiles', 'flight','railroads', 'ships and boats' , and 'wagons & other horse-drawn vehicles') trees and forests Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') turtles and tortoises (see also 'frogs' & 'pond life') Mark Twain   underground railroad   values (see 'character and ethics') Vietnam War (See also '1968') Vikings vitamins & minerals volcano   wagons & other horse-drawn vehicles walls around the world war (see 'Civil War', 'Revolutionary War', 'World War II', and 'Vietnam War') War of 1812 water (see also 'floods & flooding', 'rivers', and 'wetlands') water safety (see 'safety') water transportation (see 'ships and boats') weather (see also 'clouds', 'global warming', 'hurricane', 'snow', 'tornadoes', and 'wind') weaving West (see 'Old West') wetlands (see also 'floods & flooding', 'pond life', and 'tide pools') whales and dolphins wildfire (see 'fire') Wild West (see 'Old West') wind windmill (see 'wind') witchcraft, Salem trials (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') wolves Women's Suffrage Movement woodworking World Trade Center Disaster (see 'terrorism') World War I World War II (see also 'Holocaust', 'Japanese Internment Camps') worms writing (see also 'biographies', 'journal writing', 'oral history', and 'poetry for kids')   zebra mussell (see 'disaster, castastrophe, & calamity') Created by Annette Lamb and Larry Johnson, 1/99. Updated, 9/03.