"Authors/Illustrator Project."

• Authors and Illustrators on the Web

• Authors' Pages

• Children's Authors and Illustrators

• Meet Authors and Illustrators

• Catherine and Laurence Anholt (picture book artist)

• David Carter (picture book artist)

• G. Brian Karas (picture book artist)

• Robert Munch (picture book artist)

• Peggy Rathmann (picture book artist)

• Nicole Rubel (picture book artist)

• Rosemary Wells (picture book artist)

• Audrey Wood (picture book artist)

• Learning About Authors and Illustrators

 

Careers

• Agriculture Career Profiles
• ApprenticeSearch.com (Canadian site--about trades)
• California Occupational Guides (scroll down for occupations)
• Career InfoNet (wages & trends, occupational requirements, & other general career information)
• Career Planning 
• Career Profiles (WetFeet)
• Career Voyages
• Career Zone
• Careers & Jobs in Marine Biology & Oceanography
• Careers in Oceanography, Marine Science & Marine Biology
• Careers in the Geosciences (geologists, meteorologists, paleontologists, etc.)
• Collegeboard.com Career Browser
• Exploring Careers By Interest
• Illinois Career Resource Network
• LifeWorks (medical science & health careers)
• Mining Co. Career Planning
• Occupational Handbook
• Zoological  Park Careers

Endangered Species

 

• 5Tigers (sponsored by Save the Tiger Fund)
• Animal Bytes (San Diego Zoo)
• Animal Diversity Web
• Animal Info (endangered mammals)
• Asian Elephants (mentions abundance)
• Bactrian Camel (Alaska Zoo)
• Bactrian Camel Fact Sheet
• Bactrian Camel (Wild Camel Protection Foundation)
• Bear Den (good all-around bear site)
• Big Cat Rescue
• Big Cats Online
• Brookfield Zoo  
• Cheetah Spot
• Clouded Leopard Project
• Defenders of Wildlife
• Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund International
• EcoWorld - Animals
• Electronic Zoo - Animal Resources
• Elephant Information Respository: About Elephants
• Enchanted Learning (Animals A-Z)
• endangeredspecies.com
• Endangered Species (U.S. FWS) (North American animals)
• Florida Panther Net
• Franklin Institute (vertebrate animals hotlist)
• Galapagos Giant Tortoise 
• Galapagos Conservancy
• Galapagos Tortoise (keeper interview at LA Zoo)
• Galapagos Tortoise (recovery)
• Giant Panda (National Zoo)
• Golden Lion Tamarin (Honolulu Zoo)
• Great White Bear (polar bear)
• Grizzly Population Sizes (North America)
• In The Wild (elephant, golden lion tamarin, gorilla, manatee, orangutan, black rhino, tiger, leatherback sea turtle)
• International Crane Foundation (Baraboo WI)
• Key Deer
• Key Deer (National Key Deer Refuge)
• Key Deer Project (Texas A&M Univ.) check "project updates"
• Kids' Planet Especies Fact Sheets 
• Leatherback Sea Turtle (Leatherback Trust)
• Leatherback sea turtle (NOAA)
• Lincoln Park Zoo
• Lowry Park Zoo
• Manatee (Wonderful World of the Manatees)
• Marine Mammals (whales, manatees, & others)
• Marine Turtles
• Mountain gorilla
• National Geographic -- Animals
• National Wildlife Federation
• National Zoo - Washington D.C.
• Oakland Zoo --  Animals A to Z
• Oregon Zoo
• PBS Nature (Critter guide)
• Phoenix Zoo (Check elephant sanctuary, animal news & learn)
• Polar Bear Facts
• Primate Info Net
• San Diego Zoo CyberZoo Postcards (email a postcard to a friend)
• San Joaquin Kit Fox (CA endangered species recovery program)
• San Joaquin Kit Fox (Environmental Defense Fund recovery item)
• Save the Manatee Club
• SeaWorld/BushGardens (endangered species profiles)
• Seneca Park Zoo (Rochester NY)
• Snow Leopard Conservancy
• Snow Leopard Trust
• Tiger Information Center
• Tiger Missing Link Foundation
• Whale Times (has information on various ocean animals)
• Whales
• Whooping Crane (Alberta, Canada)
• Wild About Cats
• Wild Ones (various animals)
• Woodland Park Zoo (Seattle WA)
• World Wildlife Fund (mentions population, distribution, threats)
• ZooBooks (as of posting: bear, camel, cheetah, big cats, gorilla, orangutan, panda, polar bear, rhino, tiger, turtles, whales) 

Programs dedicated to recovery:

CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species)

CRES (Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species)

Species Survival Plan

IUCN (World Conservation Union - wild population estimates)

 

Grammar Sites

• Grammar:  Parts of Speech -Verbs

Literature

5th Grade:

Real Night of the Twisters

The Real Night of the Twisters

 

 

6th Grade:

Mark Twain House

 

7th Grade:

Gary Paulsen

Iditarod Sled Dog Race

Jack London

 

 

8th Grade:

Edgar Allan Poe Museum

Knowing Poe

National Parks

• AcadiaMagic
• American Park Network (many parks)
• Area Parks Network (many parks)
• Badlands
• Biscayne
• Bryce Canyon
• Cuyahoga Valley
• Denali
• Everglades
• Glacier
• Glacier Bay
• Gorp - U.S. National Parks & Preserves (all parks)
• Grand Canyon
• Great Smoky Mountains 
• Great Smoky Mountains
• Haleakala
• Hawaii Volcanoes
• Hawaii Volcanoes
• Hot Springs
• Isle Royale
• L.L. Bean - National Parks (all parks)
• The Living Edens (Canyonlands, Denali, Glacier Bay, Yellowstone)
• Mammoth Cave
• Mapping the National Parks
• Mesa Verde
• Mount Rainier
• National Parks
• National Park Service (all parks)
• National Parks & Conservation Assn. (all parks)
• National Parks Foundation
• Olympic
• Park Vision:  Images of America's National Parks
• Petrified Forest
• Redwood
• Rocky Mountain
• Sequoia and Kings Canyon
• Sequoia and Kings Canyon
• Shenandoah
• Species in Parks (flora & fauna databases)
• Theodore Roosevelt National Park
• U.S. National Parks (all parks)
• Utah National Parks
• Utah National Parks
• Voyageurs
• Wildflowers (Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center)
• Wolves & Moose of Isle Royale
• Worldguide: U.S. National Parks
• World Heritage Sites in the U.S.
• Yellowstone
• Yosemite
• Zion