Greenbrook Library

Fifth Grade Links

Explorers

World Book Online
Contains information about all explorers - just click in the box on the left 
hand side of the screen to find out who explored each continent.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online
Contains information about all explorers

Enchanted Learning
Contains information on all explorers

National Library of Canada
Contains information about Columbus, John Cabot, Champlain,
Cartier and others

Virtual Museum of New France
Contains information about Cartier, Champlain, La Salle,
Marquette, Jolliet and others

The Mariners' 
Museum
Contains information about Prince Henry, Columbus, da Gama,
Magellan, Francis Drake, Henry Hudson, John Cabot, Cartier,
the Vikings and others

PBS:  The West
Contains information about Coronado and others


Marco Polo
Contains information about Marco Polo's travels

Viking Network
Contains information about Viking life

Nova Vikings
Contains information about the Vikings

Explorers on
the Web
Just click on the name of your explorer

Solar System

NASA's Planetary 
Photojournal
 
National Geographic Virtual Solar System

University of Michigan Windows to the Universe

Astronomy for Kids

The Exploratorium Auroras

Nine Planets

Planet, Moons, and Stars Thinkquest

Amazing Space

Natural Disasters

NOAA Photo Library
Contains pictures of all natural disasters and their after-effects

National Weather Service for Kids
Contains information about tornadoes, floods, hurricanes and
blizzards
FEMA for Kids
Contains information on preparing for floods, hurricanes,
tornadoes, earthquakes and fires

Volcanoes

World Book Online "Volcanoes"

Volcano World

The Franklin Institute Online's Earthforce

How Volcanoes Work

Volcanoes by Annenberg/CPB

Hurricanes

World Book Online "Hurricanes"

AccuSchool's Hurricane Center

weather.com's Storm Encyclopedia

USA Today's Hurricane Information

Tornadoes

World Book Online "Tornadoes"

weather.com's Storm Encyclopedia

USA Today's Tornado Information

The Why Files Tornadoes

Earthquakes

World Book Online "Earthquakes"

US Government Earthquake Hazards Program

The Tech Museum of Innovation's Earthquakes

PBS Savage Earth

Floods

World Book Online "Floods"

weather.com's Storm Encyclopedia

USGS Floods and Flood Plains

PBS Infocus Floods

Blizzards

World Book Online "Blizzards"

Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness Winter Storms

weather.com's Storm Encyclopedia

Fires

World Book Online "Preventing and Fighting Fires"


Hot Shot Photo Journal
a wilderness firefighter�s photo journal with related links

Smokey the Bear
site includes information about fire fighting and 
the prevention of forest fires


The Middle Ages

World Book Online "castle"
Contains information about the structure of a castle, castle defenses
and life in a castle


Encyclopedia Britannica Online "castle"
Contains information about the structure of a castle and castle
defenses

Encyclopedia Britannica "Middle Ages"
Contains information about life in a castle


Medieval History Timelines
Contains information about castles

Castles of Britain
Contains information about knights, life in a castle, the structure 
of a castle, castle defenses and medieval weapons
Contains information about the structure of a castle, residents of
a castle and a knight's clothing and armor

Medieval Health

Doctors

Medieval Doctors

Medieval Doctors

Medieval Doctors

Medieval Cures

Life During the Middle Ages

Annenberg/CPB's The Middle Ages

Middle Ages

The Middle Ages

Encyclopedia Britannica "armor"
Contains information about a knight's armor and medieval clothing

Lord of the Manor

World Book Online "knights and knighthood"
Contains information about knights and their clothing and armor

World Book Online "armor"
Contains information about a knight's armor


Revolutionary War
World Book Online

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

The History Place