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Agriculture and Food

Agriculture: Farming Today Agriculture: History of Farming Agriculture: Soil Chocolate Dairy Industry: Milk Production and Dairy Farms
Food: Food Safety Food: Food Science Food: Recipes and Cooking Tips Food: Recipes From Around the World Food: Unusual Dishes From Around the World
         

Animals

Animal Adaptations: Physical and Behavioral Animals: Albinos Animals: Alligators Animals: Ants Animals: Barn Owls
Animals: Bats Animals: Bees Animals: Birds Animals: Black Bears Animals: Black-Faced Spoonbills
Animals: Bobcats Animals: Bobwhite Quail Animals: Boston Terriers Animals: Bottlenose Dolphins Animals: Butterflies and Monarch Migration
Animals: Cardinals Animals: Cats Animals: Cheetahs Animals: Chickens Animals: Chihuahuas
Animals: Chimpanzees Animals: Clydesdales Animals: Corn Snakes Animals: Coyotes Animals: Crocodiles
Animals: Dachshunds Animals: Desert Animals Animals: Dogs Animals: Dogs: Toy Breeds Animals: Dolphins
Animals: Earthworms Animals: Elephants Animals: Endangered Species Animals: Farm Animals Animals: Food Chains and Webs
Animals: Foxes Animals: Frogs, Snails, and Fiddler Crabs Animals: German Shepherds Animals: Gila Monsters Animals: Giraffes
Animals: Grizzly Bears Animals: Guide Dogs Animals: Hippopotamuses Animals: Horses Animals: Hound Dogs
Animals: Identifying Bones Animals: Insects Animals: Jaguars Animals: Jungle Animals Animals: Kangaroos
Animals: King Cobras Animals: Koalas Animals: Kookaburras Animals: Labrador Retrievers Animals: Ladybugs
Animals: Lemurs Animals: Leopards Animals: Life Cycles Animals: Lions Animals: Maine Mammals
Animals: Mammals Animals: Mammoths Animals: Manatees Animals: Martens Animals: Mealworms
Animals: Meerkats Animals: Mice Animals: Mink Animals: Missouri Birds Animals: Missouri Butterflies
Animals: Missouri Fish Animals: Missouri Fox Trotting Horse Animals: Missouri Frogs and Toads Animals: Missouri Lizards Animals: Missouri Mammals
Animals: Missouri Snakes Animals: Missouri Turtles Animals: Moose Animals: Mountain Goats Animals: Ocean and Sea Creatures
Animals: Opossums Animals: Ostriches Animals: Oysters Animals: Paint Horses Animals: Panda Bears
Animals: Peafowl Animals: Penguins Animals: Polar Bears Animals: Porcupines Animals: Praying Mantis
Animals: Puffins Animals: Rabbits and Hares Animals: Raccoons Animals: Raptors Animals: Rattlesnakes
Animals: Reindeer Animals: Rhinoceros Animals: River Otters Animals: Roaches Animals: Saint Bernards
Animals: Sea Otters Animals: Sea Turtles Animals: Sharks Animals: Siberian Tigers Animals: Skunks
Animals: Snakes Animals: Spider Monkeys Animals: Spiders Animals: Spotted Owls Animals: Starfish
Animals: Tigers Animals: Turkeys Animals: Unusual Animals Animals: Urban Wildlife Animals: Utah: Endangered Species
Animals: Utah Amphibians and Reptiles Animals: Utah Birds Animals: Utah Fish Animals: Vertebrates and Invertebrates Animals: Whales
Animals: White Tigers Animals: Wolves Animals: Wolves: Habitat and Stories Animals: Working Dogs Animals: Zebras
Animals: Zoo Animals Animal Tracks Aquariums Circus Acts and Animals  

Art, Architecture, Movies, and Music

Architecture Architecture: Domes Architecture: Skyscrapers Art: Art Appreciation Art: Color Wheel
Art Museums Building Bridges Cartoons for the Classroom Chromatography Crafts: Hands-On Activities
Crafts: Scrapbooking Crafts: Weaving Movie: "The Incredibles" Music: Classical Music Music: Genres
Music: Instruments Music: Genres Music: Instruments Music: Overview Performing Arts: Drama

Author Studies

Author Studies Author Study: Andrew Clements Author Study: Arnold Lobel Author Study: Barbara Park Author Study: Beatrix Potter
Author Study: Beverly Cleary Author Study: Bill Martin Author Study: Bill Wallace Author Study: Cheryl Harness Author Study: Chris Van Allsburg
Author Study: Clyde Robert Bulla Author Study: Cynthia Rylant Author Study: David Shannon Author Study: Dr. Seuss Author Study: E. B. White
Author Study: Eve Bunting Author Study: Gail Gibbon Author Study: J.K. Rowling Author Study: Jane Yolen for Elementary Students Author Study: Jerry Spinelli
Author Study: Jonathan London Author Study: Judy Blume Author Study: Kristiana Gregory Author Study: Laura Ingalls Wilder Author Study: Laura Numeroff
Author Study: Lester Laminack Author Study: Louis Sachar Author Study: Mary Downing Hahn Author Study: Maya Angelou Author Study: Patricia Polacco
Author Study: Peg Kehret Author Study: Roald Dahl Author Study: Robert Frost and Modern American Poets Author Study: Robert Munsch Author Study: Scott O'Dell
Author Study: Tomie dePaola Author Study: Vicki Grove Author Study: William Steig    

Biographies

Famous African Americans: Inventors and Scientists Famous Americans: African Connections Famous Americans: Australian Connections Famous Americans: European Connections Famous Americans: North American Connections
Famous Americans: South American Connections Famous People: Albert Einstein Famous People: Amelia Earhart Famous People: American Outlaws Famous People: Artists
Famous People: Benjamin Franklin Famous People: Charlie Chaplin Famous People: Composers Famous People: Galileo Famous People: George Washington Carver
Famous People: Helen Keller Famous People: Human Rights Heroes Famous People: Jackie Robinson Famous People: Johnny Appleseed Famous People: Kurt Warner
Famous People: Leonardo da Vinci Famous People: Levi Strauss Famous People: Magicians Famous People: Milton Hershey Famous People: Ozark Mountain Region in Missouri
Famous People: Pocahontas Famous People: Rosa Parks Famous People: Rube Goldberg Famous People: Ruby Bridges Famous People: Scott Joplin
Famous People: Sir Isaac Newton Famous People: Sojourner Truth Famous People: Steve Irwin Famous People: Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton Famous People: Thomas Alva Edison
Famous People: Vincent Van Gogh First Amendment      
         

Biology

Aging Anatomy: Heart Anatomy: Muscular and Skeleton Systems for Lower Grades Anatomy: Urinary and Excretory Systems Cells: Mitosis
Cells: Plants and Animals Desert: Survival Skills Economics: Owning an Ice Cream Shop Ecosystems: Animal Survival Ecosystems: An Overview
Ecotourism Forensic Science Genetics: Basics Genetics: Heredity Going Green
Habitat: Deserts Habitat: Forests Habitat: Forests: Threats Habitat: Grasslands Habitat: Mountains
Habitat: Ponds and Lakes Habitat: Rainforests Habitat: Tundra Habitat: Wetlands Health: Diet and Nutrition
Health: Germs: Infection, Detection and Protection Health: Hygiene Health: Physical Education Health: Polio Health: Prevention and Control of Diseases
Health: Sleep and Dreams Health: Smoking Dangers for Elementary Human Body: Human Development Human Body: Support System Human Body: Teeth
Human Body Systems Human Body Systems: Interaction Microbes: Bacteria Microbes: Fungi Microorganisms: Blepharisma, Vinegar Eels, and Volvox
Organisms: Producers, Consumers, Decomposers Plants: Carnivorous Plants: Gardening Plants: Herb Gardening Plants: Life Cycles
Plants: Photosynthesis for Elementary School Plants: Propagation Plants: Species and Parts Trees Trees: Redwoods
Wildlife Conservation        

Chemistry

Chemistry: Atoms and Elements Chemistry: Mixtures and Solutions Science Experiments: Chemistry      

Commerce and Transportation

Transportation: Aircraft Transportation: Automobiles Transportation: Bicycling Transportation: Boats Transportation: Covered Wagons
Transportation: Mass Transit Transportation: Overview Transportation: Steamboats Transportation: Trains Transportation: Transcontinental Railroad

Computers and Technology

Keyboarding Skills: Elementary Technology: Computer Basics Technology: Computer Troubleshooting and End-of-Year Maintenance Technology: Digital Scrapbooking Technology: Dreamweaver
Technology: Excel Technology: Flash Files Technology: Google Earth Technology: Inspiration Technology: Microsoft Publisher
Technology: Movie Maker Projects Technology: Windows 2.1 Movie Maker Web Design: Background Images Web Design: Buttons, Bullets, and Bars Web Design: Creating a Web Site
Web Design: Examples of Elementary Classroom Sites Web Design: Examples of Elementary Student Pages Web Design: Free Clip Art and Photographs    

Cultural Studies

Amish People, Life, and Culture Australian Aborigines Black History Month Character Education Character Traits: Responsibility
Children Around the World: School and Daily Life Children of War Comparing Communities: Urban, Suburb, and Rural Country: Mexico: Traditions and Holidays Country Life
Crafts: Dioramas Cultures: Japanese and Navajo Comparison Cultures from Around the World Egypt: Ancient Culture Egypt: Modern Culture and Lifestyle
Festivals Around the United States Funeral Customs Genealogy Masks: Ceremonial and Cultural Native American Culture

Economics

Economics Economics: Basic Concepts      

Family, Community and Work

Assembly Line Production Careers: Exploration Grandparents    

Foreign Languages

Language: French for Elementary Students Language: German for Elementary Students Language: Spanish for Elementary School    

Geography

Continent: Africa Africa Africa: Adinkra Cloths Africa: East African Culture and Language Africa: Social Issues
African American Firsts Continent: Antarctica Arctic Explorers Arctic Inhabitants  
Continent: Asia Continent: Australia Continent: Europe Continent: North America Continent: South America
Countries: Commonwealth of Independent States Country: Afghanistan Country: Austria Country: Bangladesh Country: Bolivia
Country: Brazil Country: Canada Country: Caribbean Islands Country: China Country: Costa Rica
Country: Denmark Country: Ecuador Country: El Salvador Country: France Country: Germany
Country: Ghana Country: Greece Country: Guatemala Country: Honduras Country: Iceland
Country: India Country: Indonesia Country: Iran Country: Ireland Country: Italy
Country: Jamaica Country: Japan Country: Madagascar Country: Malaysia Country: Mexico
Country: Netherlands Country: North Korea Country: Norway Country: Pakistan Country: Peru
Country: Philippines Country: Russia for Elementary Grades Country: Singapore Country: South America: Pampas and Gauchos Country: South Korea
Country: Spain Country: Sweden Country: Taiwan Country: Thailand Country: Turkey
Country: United Kingdom Country: Vatican City Country: Vietnam Early Settlement of North America Earth's Spheres
Egypt: Pyramids Geography: Continents Geography: Continents and Oceans Geography: Countries Geography: Elevation
Geography: Human Characteristics of a Place Geography: Landforms Geography: Middle Atlantic Region Geography: Midwest Region of the United States Geography: New England Region of the United States
Geography: Northeastern Region of the United States Geography: Ocean: Fishing and Oil Drilling Geography: Oceans Geography: Pacific Coast Region Geography: Rivers
Geography: Southern Region of the United States Geography: United States Geography: Western Region of the United States Ocean Exploration  

History and Government

Ancient Civilizations: China Ancient Civilizations: Maya Ancient Civilizations: Mesopotamia Ancient Rome Ancient Western Civilizations
Changes in America since 1900 Children Around the World: Child Labor Citizenship: How to Become a U.S. Citizen Civil Rights Movement Civil War: African American Soldiers
Civil War: Causes and Battles Civil War: Confederate Soldier Civil War: Drummer Boys Civil War: Slavery Civil War: Union Soldier
Civil War: Women Communication in History Decade: 1900-1909 Decade: 1910-1919 Decade: 1920-1929
Decade: 1930-1939 Decade: 1950-1959 Decade: 1970-1979 Decade: 1980-1989 Decade: 1990-1999
Democracy: Citizenship and Community Responsibility Espionage and Spies Explorers Explorers: French Explorers and Settlers Around the Mississippi Explorers: Mountain Men
Historic Documents: Bill of Rights Historic Documents: Declaration of Independence Historic Documents: Emancipation Proclamation Historic Documents: U.S. Constitution History's Mysteries
Holocaust Iditarod Immigration: Angel Island Immigration: Ellis Island Iraq War
Jury Duty Lewis and Clark: Seaman Lewis and Clark Expedition: Louisiana Purchase and Exploring the West Lewis and Clark Expedition: Sacagawea Lewis and Clark Expedition: York
Life in the Past and Life Now Local Government: Mayor Mackinac Bridge Maps: How to Use Them Maps: Latitude and Longitude
Maps: Missouri Maps: Physical and Topographic Maps: Political and Economic Maps: U.S. Time Zones Maps: Utah: Geography and Landforms
Maps: Utah Maps Mayflower Voyage Medieval Castles Medieval Feudalism Medieval Knights
Migrant Farm Workers Orphan Trains, 1854-1929 Pearl Harbor Pompeii Pony Express
Propaganda Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony Pioneer Life: Food Pioneer Life: Settling on the Homestead Pioneer Life: Sod Houses
Pirates Quilts: Past and Present Revolutionary War: Battles Revolutionary War: Biographies Revolutionary War: Choosing Sides
Revolutionary War: Elementary School Revolutionary War: Paul Revere Revolutionary War: Spies Schools 100 Years Ago: Turn of the 20th Century Schools in the Nineteenth Century
September 11 September 11: Helping Students Cope with Terrorism and Tragedy September 11: One Year Later Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Shoes
Slavery: The Underground Railroad Solomon's Temple Spanish American War St. Augustine, Florida St. Louis Immigrants
St. Louis World's Fair, 1904 State Quarters Statue of Liberty The Peace Corps Thirteen Colonies: Daily Life
Thirteen Colonies: Founding History This Day in History Timelines Titanic U.S. Armed Forces
U.S. Flag U.S. Government: Executive Branch U.S. Government: Judicial Branch U.S. Government: Legislative Branch U.S. Military
U.S. Postal Service U.S. President: Abraham Lincoln U.S. President: Barack Obama U.S. President: Jimmy Carter U.S. President: John F. Kennedy
U.S. President: Ronald Reagan U.S. President: Theodore Roosevelt: Part II U.S. President: Theodore Roosevelt: Part III U.S. President: Woodrow Wilson U.S. Presidents
U.S. Symbols: Liberty Bell Vikings Vintage Games Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.
Westward Expansion: California Gold Rush Westward Expansion: Hardships Westward Expansion: Mormon Pioneer Trail Westward Expansion: Oregon Trail Westward Expansion: Pioneers of the Frontier
Westward Expansion: Trails West Windmills Women's History Month Womens' Rights Movement World Religions: Islam
World War I World War II for Elementary Students Yellowstone National Park    

History: Native American

Native Americans: Adobe Houses Native Americans: Anasazi: Mesa Verde National Park Native Americans: Aztec Native Americans: Cherokee Native Americans: Cheyenne
Native Americans: Choctaw Native Americans: Goshutes Native Americans: Inca Native Americans: Iowa Tribe Native Americans: Iroquois Confederacy
Native Americans: Kwakiutl Native Americans: Lakota Sioux Native Americans: Lifestyles Native Americans: Maya Native Americans: Missouri Tribes
Native Americans: Mound Builders Native Americans: Navajo Native Americans: Osage Tribe Native Americans: Paiutes Native Americans: Plains Indians
Native Americans: Shoshone Native Americans: Sitting Bull Native Americans: Totem Poles Native Americans: Trail of Tears Native Americans: Ute Plants and Animals in Legends
Native Americans: Utes Native Americans: Wampanoag Native Americans: Woodland Region    

Holidays

Holiday: April Fool's Day Holiday: Arbor Day Holiday: Christmas Around the World Holiday: Christmas Games and Crafts Holiday: Christmas in Germany
Holiday: Christmas Traditions in America Holiday: Columbus Day Holiday: Constitution Day Holiday: Day of the Dead Holiday: Earth Day
Holiday: Easter Holiday: Father's Day Holiday: Grandparents Day Holiday: Groundhog Day Holiday: Halloween
Holiday: Halloween Crafts and Games Holiday: Hanukkah Holiday: Independence Day Holiday: Kwanzaa Holiday: Labor Day
Holiday: Lunar New Year Holiday: Mardi Gras Holiday: Martin Luther King Day Holiday: Memorial Day Holiday: Mother's Day
Holiday: Passover Holiday: Presidents Day Holiday: St. Patrick's Day Holiday: Thanksgiving Holiday: Valentine's Day
Holiday: Veterans' Day        

Language, Grammar, Speech, and Writing

Analogies Debate Debate Topic: Year Round School English: Basic Language Skills for ESL Students Figurative Language
Grammar: Capitalization Grammar: Commas Grammar: Compound Sentences Grammar: Contractions Grammar: Diagramming Sentences
Grammar: Homophones Grammar: Interactive Writing Activities Grammar: Irregular Verbs Grammar: Paragraphs Grammar: Parts of Speech
Grammar: Parts of Speech: Adjectives Grammar: Parts of Speech: Adverbs Grammar: Parts of Speech: Conjunction Grammar: Parts of Speech: Interjection Grammar: Parts of Speech: Nouns
Grammar: Parts of Speech: Prepositions Grammar: Parts of Speech: Pronouns Grammar: Parts of Speech: Verbs Grammar: Possessive Nouns Grammar: Possessive Pronouns
Grammar: Prefixes and Suffixes Grammar: Proofreading and Editing Grammar: Punctuation: Quotations Grammar: Sentences Grammar: Spelling
Grammar: Spelling: Word Work Grammar: Subjects and Predicates Grammar: Verb Tenses for Elementary School Interviewing Senior Citizens and Grandparents Jokes and Riddles
Newspaper Production for Elementary Classrooms Newspapers: Classroom Activities Newspapers: Political Cartoons News Sites for Elementary Students Ventriloquism
Writing: 6 + 1 Writing Traits Writing: Advertisements Writing: Alliteration, Idioms, and Hyperbole Writing: Biographies Writing: Character Traits
Writing: Fiction Writing: Historical Fiction Writing: Letters: Friendly, Business, and Thank You Writing: Memoirs Writing: Mysteries
Writing: Newspaper Articles Writing: Nonfiction Writing: Personal Narrative Writing Writing: Personification Writing: Poetry for Elementary Grade Levels
Writing: Point of View Writing: Power Writing Writing: Prompts Writing: Purpose Writing: Reader's Notebooks
Writing: Realistic Fiction Writing: Science Fiction and Fantasy for Elementary Students Writing: Similes and Metaphors Writing: Summarizing and Note Taking Writing: Text Structures

Literature, Folktales, and Poetry

Folktales: Fables Folktales: Fairy Tales Folktales: Pourquoi Tales Folktales: Tall Tales Library Skills: Copyright Laws
Library Skills: Elementary School Library Skills: Reference Resources Online Literature: "A Jar of Dreams" by Yoshiko Uchida Literature: "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko Literature: "And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?" by Jean Fritz
Literature: "Artemis Fowl" Series by Eoin Colfer Literature: "A Taste of Blackberries" by Doris Buchanan Smith Literature: "A Year Down Yonder" by Richard Peck Literature: "Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days" by Stephen Manes Literature: "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo
Literature: "Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich Literature: "Blubber" by Judy Blume Literature: "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis Literature: "By the Shores of Silver Lake" by Laura Ingalls Wilder Literature: "Caddie Woodlawn" by Carol Ryrie Brink
Literature: "Call it Courage" by Armstrong Sperry Literature: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl Literature: "Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator" by Roald Dahl Literature: "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White Literature: "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
Literature: "Dear America: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie" by Kristiana Gregory Literature: "Dear America: Christmas After All" by Kathryn Lasky Literature: "Dear America: Color Me Dark" by Patricia McKissack Literature: "Dear America Book: West to a Land of Plenty" by Jim Murphy Literature: "Dear Mr. Henshaw" by Beverly Cleary
Literature: "Dovey Coe" by Frances O'Roark Dowell Literature: "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis Literature: "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine Literature: "Fantastic Mr. Fox" by Roald Dahl Literature: "Flat Stanley" by Jeff Brown
Literature: "Flat Stanley" by Jeff Brown Literature: "Flip-Flop Girl" by Katherine Paterson Literature: "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli Literature: "Freckle Juice" by Judy Blume Literature: "Frindle" by Andrew Clements
Literature: "Frog and Toad are Friends" by Arnold Lobel Literature: "Gooney Bird Greene" by Lois Lowry Literature: "Grandfather's Journey" by Allen Say Literature: "Harriet the Spy" by Louise Fitzhugh Literature: "Harry Potter" Books by J.K. Rowling
Literature: "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling Literature: "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" by J. K. Rowling Literature: "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" by J. K. Rowling Literature: "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J. K. Rowling Literature: "Henry and Ribsy" by Beverly Cleary
Literature: "Hitler's Daughter" by Jackie French Literature: "Holes" by Louis Sachar Literature: "How to Eat Fried Worms" by Thomas Rockwell Literature: "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell Literature: "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
Literature: "Junie B. Jones Series" by Barbara Park Literature: "Koala Lou" by Mem Fox Literature: "Little House on the Prairie" by Laura Ingalls Wilder Literature: "Loser" by Jerry Spinelli Literature: "Love That Dog" by Sharon Creech
Literature: "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli Literature: "Math Curse" by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith Literature: "Matilda" by Roald Dahl Literature: "Misty of Chincoteague" by Marguerite Henry Literature: "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Richard and Florence Atwater
Literature: "Mr. Tucket" by Gary Paulsen Literature: "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George Literature: "Night of the Twisters" by Ivy Ruckman Literature: "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry Literature: "On My Honor" by Marion Dane Bauer
Literature: "On the Banks of Plum Creek" by Laura Ingalls Wilder Literature: "Out of The Dust" by Karen Hesse Literature: "Pictures of Hollis Woods" by Patricia Giff Literature: "Poppy" by Avi Literature: "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
Literature: "Ramona and Her Father" by Beverly Cleary Literature: "Ramona the Brave" by Beverly Cleary Literature: "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech Literature: "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr Literature: "Sarah, Plain and Tall" and "Skylark" by Patricia Maclachlan
Literature: "Series of Unfortunate Events" Series by Lemony Snicket Literature: "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Literature: "Sideways Stories from Wayside School" by Louis Sachar Literature: "Sign of The Beaver" by Elizabeth George Speare Literature: "So B It" by Sarah Weeks
Literature: "Soldier's Heart" by Gary Paulsen Literature: "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong Literature: "Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner Literature: "Stuart Little" by E.B. White Literature: "Superfudge" by Judy Blume
Literature: "Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing" by Judy Blume Literature: "Teammates" by Peter Golenbock Literature: "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" by Barbara Robinson Literature: "The Best Halloween Ever" by Barbara Robinson Literature: "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
Literature: "The BFG" by Roald Dahl Literature: "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London Literature: "The Castle in the Attic" by Elizabeth Winthrop Literature: "The Cat Who Went to Heaven" by Elizabeth Coatsworth Literature: "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
Literature: "The Chocolate Touch" by Patrick Catling Literature: "The Courage of Sarah Noble" by Alice Dalgiesh Literature: "The Empress of Elsewhere" by Theresa Nelson Literature: "The Enormous Egg" by Oliver Butterworth Literature: "The Face on the Milk Carton" by Caroline Cooney
Literature: "The Family Under the Bridge" by Natalie Savage Carlson Literature: "The Giver" by Lois Lowry Literature: "The Great Kapok Tree" by Lynne Cherry Literature: "The Great Turkey Walk" by Kathleen Karr Literature: "The Haunting of Swain's Fancy" by Brenda Seabrooke
Literature: "The House of Dies Drear" by Virginia Hamilton Literature: "The Hundred Dresses" by Eleanor Estes Literature: "The Iceman" by Don Lessem Literature: "The Kid in the Red Jacket" by Barbara Park Literature: "The Last Safe House" by Barbara Greenwood
Literature: "The Lucky Baseball Bat" by Matt Christopher Literature: "The Man Who Loved Clowns" by June Rae Wood Literature: "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" by Beverly Cleary Literature: "The Orphan of Ellis Island" by Elvira Woodruff Literature: "The Pinballs" by Betsy Byars
Literature: "There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom" by Louis Sachar Literature: "The Report Card" by Andrew Clements Literature: "The Tale of Despereaux" by Kate DiCamillo Literature: "The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts" by Richard Peck Literature: "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" by Jon Scieszka
Literature: "The Wanderer" by Sharon Creech Literature: "The War with Grandpa" by Robert Kimmel Smith Literature: "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman Literature: "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame Literature: "The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum
Literature: "Tonight on the Titanic" by Mary Pope Osborne Literature: "Trouble Don't Last" by Shelley Pearsall Literature: "Trouble River" by Betsy Byars Literature: "True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle" by Avi Literature: "Trumpet of the Swan" by E.B. White
Literature: "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbitt Literature: "Under the Blood Red Sun" by Graham Salisbury Literature: "Wander" by Susan Hart Lindquist Literature: "Whatever Happened to Janie" by Caroline Cooney Literature: "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
Literature: Audio Stories for Children Literature: Award Winners Literature: Book Activities Literature: Choose Your Own Adventure Stories Literature: Cinderella Stories
Literature: Genres Literature: Leveled Books Literature: Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder Literature: Mystery Books Literature: Mystery Books by James Howe
Literature: Online Activities for Lower Elementary Literature: Online Activities for Upper Elementary Literature: Online Stories for Children Literature: Reader's Theater Literature: Recommended Reading for Elementary Students
Literature: Story Elements Literature: Storytelling Literature Awards: Beehive Award Nominees for Children's Fiction 2003-2004 Literature Awards: Beehive Award Nominees for Children's Fiction 2004-2005 Literature Awards: Beehive Award Nominees for Children's Fiction 2005-2006
Literature Awards: Newbery 2004 Literature Awards: Newbery 2005 Literature Awards: Pura Belpre Medal 2004 Literature Themes: Bullying Literature Themes: Friendship
Mythology Poems and Songs: Rivers and Ponds Poetry: Simile and Figurative Language Poets and their Poetry Quilts: Literature Activities
Superheroes        

Miscellaneous Topics

Magic: History Magic: Tricks and Illusions      

Reading Skills

Reading Skills: Context Clues Reading Skills: Fact and Opinion Reading Skills: Following Directions Reading Skills: Inference for Elementary School Students Reading Skills: Sight Words
Reading Skills: Syllables Reading Skills: Vowels Reading Strategies for Elementary Students Reading Tips for Parents  

Science

Aerodynamics Aviation: Commercial Airlines Aviation: Military Aircraft Aviation: Wright Brothers Compound Machines
Elections for Elementary Students Electricity: Circuits, Conductors, and Batteries Electricity: Overview Electromagnetic Spectrum: Radio Waves Energy: Heat
Energy: Renewable and Non-Renewable: Graphic Approach Equinox Hot Air Balloons Inventions Inventions: Ice Cream and Ice Cream Cones
Inventors Kites Matter: Gases, Liquids, and Solids Matter: Mass and Weight Matter: Properties
Matter: Properties: Tools for Measuring and Observing Natural Disasters: Avalanches and Blizzards Natural Disasters: Earthquakes Natural Disasters: Floods Natural Disasters: Relief Efforts
Natural Disasters: Tsunamis Natural Disasters: Tsunamis: Indian Ocean Natural Disasters: Volcanoes Phases of the Moon Physics: Buoyancy
Physics: Concave and Convex Lenses Physics: Current Electricity Physics: Energy Transformations and Conversions Physics: Force and Motion Physics: Forms of Energy
Physics: Gravity Physics: Light Physics: Magnets Physics: Motors and Generators Physics: Roller Coaster Design
Physics: Sound Physics: Static Electricity Popcorn Recycling Safety: Electrical
Safety: Fire Safety: Outdoor Fun Safety: Winter Science: Bubbles and Water Tension Science: Caves
Science: Dinosaurs Science: Dissection Science: Fossils Science: Fossils: Lucy Science: Gears
Science: Glaciers: North America Science: Greenhouse Effect Science: Layers of the Earth Science: Marbles Science: Microscopes
Science: Needs of Living Things Science: Northern Lights Science: Ozone Science: Pendulums Science: Plant Science: Teaching with Comedy
Science: Pollution Science: Robotics Science: Rocks and Minerals Science: Temperature Science: Time Travel
Science: Water Pollution Science: Weathering and Erosion Science: Weather Instruments Science Fair Projects: Ideas and Organization Scientific Method
Seasons Seasons: Autumn: Changing Leaves Seasons: Autumn Crafts and Games Seasons: Fall Harvest Seasons: Spring
Seasons: Summer Seasons: Winter Shadows Simple Machines: Advanced Simple Machines: Beginner
Solar System: Comets Solar System: Earth Solar System: Earth's Atmosphere Solar System: Earth's Moon for Elementary Solar System: Eclipses
Solar System: Famous Comets Solar System: Jupiter Solar System: Kuiper Belt Objects Solar System: Mars Solar System: Mars Exploration
Solar System: Mercury Solar System: Neptune Solar System: Planetoid Sedna Solar System: Planets Solar System: Pluto the Dwarf Planet
Solar System: Rotation and Revolution Solar System: Saturn Solar System: Sun Solar System: Uranus Solar System: Venus
Space: Asteroids Space: Black Holes Space: Constellations Space: Exploration Space: Hubble Space Telescope
Space: International Space Station Space: Living Space: Meteors Space: Nebulae Space: Observatories and Planetariums
Space: Sky Maps Space: Stars Space: Universe Space Spin-offs: Technology Derived from the Space Program Summer Solstice
Water Cycle: Explanations and Illustrations Water Cycle: Hands-On Experiments Weather: Basic Concepts Weather: Clouds and Cycles Weather: Hurricanes
Weather: Lightning Weather: Rainbows Weather: Snowflakes and Frost Weather: Thunderstorms and Lightning Weather: Tornadoes
Winter Solstice

Sports

Baseball: Negro League Baseball: Overview Baseball: St. Louis Cardinals Fishing Olympic Games: Athletes and Records
Olympic Games: History Olympic Games: Summer 2004 Olympic Games: Summer 2008 Olympic Games: Winter 2002 Olympic Games: Winter 2006
Olympic Torch Relay Sports and Science Sports in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era World Records  

States

Alabama Alabama: Famous People Alabama: Geography and Landforms Alabama: History Alabama: State Facts
Alabama: State Symbols      
Alaska

Alaska

      
Arkansas Arkansas: Geography Arkansas: History Arkansas: State Facts I Arkansas: State Facts II
      Arkansas: State Flag
California

The 21 California Missions

      
Connecticut

Connecticut: Famous People

      
Delaware

Delaware: Famous People

Delaware: Geography and Landforms

Delaware: History

Delaware: State Facts and Symbols

Illinois

Illinois: Geography and Landforms

Illinois: History

Illinois: State Facts

Illinois: State Flag

Maine

Maine: State Facts

Maine: State Flag

Maine: State Government

Maine: State Natural Resources

Missouri

ssouri: Agriculture

Missouri: Artists Thomas Hart Benton and George Caleb Bingham

Missouri: Caves

Missouri: City of St. Louis

Missouri: Civil War

Missouri: Endangered Animals

Missouri: European and African Heritage

Missouri: Explorers

Missouri: Exports and Imports

Missouri: Facts

Missouri: Famous People

Missouri: Famous People: Dred Scott

Missouri: Famous People: Mark Twain

Missouri: Famous War Heroes

Missouri: Famous Women

Missouri: Galena, Abesville, and Ponce de Leon

Missouri: Geography and Landforms

Missouri: Government

Missouri: Interstate 70

Missouri: Native Shrubs

Missouri: Native Trees

Missouri: Native Wildflowers

Missouri: Natural Resources

Missouri: New Madrid Earthquake of 1811-12

Missouri: Platte Purchase

Missouri: Prairie Lands

Missouri: Products

Missouri: Regional Foods

Missouri: Rivers: Great Flood of 1993

Missouri: Springs

Missouri: State Flag

Missouri: States Surrounding Missouri

Missouri Compromise

Missouri History: Joplin

Missouri Regions: An Overview

Missouri Regions: Chariton Valley

Missouri Regions: Kansas City

Missouri Regions: Lake of the Ozarks

Missouri Regions: Mark Twain

Missouri Regions: Osage Lakes

Missouri Regions: Ozark Heritage

Missouri Regions: Ozark Mountain

Missouri Regions: Pony Express

Missouri Regions: River Heritage

Missouri Regions: St. Louis

Missouri Regions: Taney County

Rivers: Missouri River

 

Mississippi

Rivers: Mississippi River

 

 

 

Nevada

Nevada: State Facts

Nevada: State Flag

 

 

New Jersey

New Jersey: State Facts

New Jersey: State Flag

New Jersey: State Symbols

 

Ohio

Ohio: Geography and Landforms

Ohio: History

Ohio: Natural Resources

Ohio: State Facts

Ohio: State Flag

Ohio: State Government

 

 

Oklahoma

Oklahoma: State Facts

Oklahoma: State Flag

Oklahoma Land Rush

 

Texas

Alamo

Texas: Geography and Landforms

Texas: History

Texas: State Facts

Texas: State Symbols

 

 

 

Utah

Utah: Famous People

Utah: Famous Women

Utah: Fossils

Utah: Geography and Landforms

Utah: Habitat: Deserts

Utah: Habitat: Forests

Utah: Habitat: Wetlands

Utah: History

Utah: Rocks and Minerals

Utah: State Symbols

 

 

Teacher Materials

Awards and Certificates Back-to-School Activities Book Week Celebrations Calendars Classroom Design: Layout
Classroom Design: School Furniture Cool Websites for Kids Cooperative Problem Solving Tasks Cyberbullying Cyberethics: Downloading Music from the Internet
Dictionaries Dictionary Skills Digital Yearbooks Disability Awareness Drugs: Prevention Tips
Educational Videos Helping Students Understand the War in Iraq Internet Safety NETS Standards Party Planning
Photos and Images for Educational Use Podcasting: Educational Examples Primary and Secondary Sources Rules: Why they are Made and Changed Safe Kids/Stranger Danger
Social Science Tools Special Education: Teaching Resources Standardized Test Taking for Elementary Grades Student Council Activities: Elementary School Study Skills
Teaching Tips: Backward Design Teaching Tips: Calendar Creators Teaching Tips: Character Education Teaching Tips: Classroom Use of ELMO Document Cameras Teaching Tips: Conflict Resolution
Teaching Tips: Constructivism Teaching Tips: Cooperative Learning Strategies Teaching Tips: Curriculum Based Measurement Assessments Teaching Tips: Decoding Strategies Teaching Tips: Graphic Organizers
Teaching Tips: Guided Reading Teaching Tips: Hands-on Math Teaching Tips: Inference Teaching Tips: Inquiry-Based Learning Teaching Tips: Interviews
Teaching Tips: iPods in Education Teaching Tips: Learning Disabilities Teaching Tips: Learning Style Inventories Teaching Tips: Listening Skills Teaching Tips: Literature Circles
Teaching Tips: MAP Test Tips Teaching Tips: Moodle Teaching Tips: Multiple Intelligences Teaching Tips: Online Assessments Teaching Tips: Questioning
Teaching Tips: Reading Comprehension Strategies Teaching Tips: Science Misconceptions Teaching Tips: Shared Writing Teaching Tips: Skim Reading Teaching Tips: SMART Board Resources
Teaching Tips: Study Groups for Teachers Teaching Tips: Team Building Activities for Elementary Students Teaching Tips: Technology Grants for Educators Teaching Tips: Technology Inventory Assessments Teaching Tips: Using Online Journals and Blogs
Teaching Tips: Webquests Teaching Tips: What is a Planet? Teaching Tips: Wikis in the Classroom Teaching Tips: Writing Assessment Tools Teaching Tips: Writing Selected Response Questions
Videoconferencing Virtual Field Trips