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If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? National Geographic is here to help with an interactive website for kids, designed to teach geography while getting them excited about traveling – a great way for them to feel personally connected. Particularly good as a continents review, since all continents are represented on the site.

Explore countries of the world - Click the picture to get started

This online encyclopedia from National Geographic is easy to use. You can sort the available countries by continent or take a look at all of them in alphabetical order. In addition to photos, video footage, easy to read maps, and basic facts and figures, there is a printable “collector card” for each country.

Click the picture to access rainforest videos and a photo gallery. The introductory video features an interview with a girl who explains her experience very well!

Click here or on the picture to play the “Track It Back” game. It asks you to arrange the steps of chocolate production in order, from beans to bar. The site also contains similar games for bananas and coffee, two other extremely important rainforest products.

Chocolate has a rich history, starting with the Mayan and Aztec civilizations. The Field Museum has a comprehensive look at chocolate throughout history.

The “Just for Kids” section has a slightly longer interactive about the steps of making chocolate.

Worth checking out – especially if you are a chocolate lover!

 The New York Botanical Garden runs a workshop called “Chocolate and Vanilla Adventures” every winter. We’ve enjoyed it every year!

The Rainforest Alliance has a huge number of resources that are useful both for adults and students in learning about the rainforest. Here are a few of their interactive features:

Click on the treehouse to access interactive activities for children.

One great activity on the site is called Jewels of the Earth. Once you’ve placed all the living things into the correct layer, you can click on them to access more information. Or just sit back and listen to the rainforest sounds!

Learn about the lives of children in the rainforest through picture slideshows. Your students may be particularly interested in what a school in the rainforest looks like!

The “Smart House” is an interactive section of the site where you can learn more about products that come from the rainforest and how to select consumer items that conserve the environment.

The Amazon River Elementary School website is a great resource about modern day life along the Amazon River. Each grade level at the school has prepared a section of the site in which they share details and photos of their daily lives. Themes include games, festivals, family, games, plants, animals, and culture. You can even look at a gallery of the students’ artwork.

Try out some Native-inspired games!

Your Neighborhood – Click on the buildings to learn what important neighborhood functions go on inside.

Lesson Ideas and Links About Firefighters

Animated Field Trips – Park, Library, and City Hall

What’s my job? – Match the worker to the description.

Community Helpers from Enchanted Learning – includes printable books and activity suggestions

Each job features several pages with simple sentences and accompanying audio. The site also contains a teacher’s guide with suggested lessons and activities, and a list of additional websites to check out.

This site features the personal voices and perspectives of Native Americans of the Wampanoag tribe. It includes suggested lessons and activities to teach about Native ways of meeting basic needs, the historical interactions between this tribe and the Pilgrims, combating stereotypes, and using artifacts and objects to learn about other cultures and their history.

Places Lisa Has Visited

Places Lisa Has Visited

You can use Map Maker to generate maps either of the entire world, just the US, or various continents.

The Inca Empire

The Inca Empire Before Spanish Conquest

ExploreNY400.com’s History Pages – Includes readable info about Hudson, Fulton, Champlain, and Historical Maps. There are also resources on this site for teachers and schools interested in celebrating the 400th anniversary with students.

The site also features an events calendar that indexes exhibits and events planned by various organizations and museums throughout the upcoming year.

The Hudson River Museum’s exhibit, Dutch New York, traces the legacy of New Amsterdam throughout history up to the present day.

Early Manhattan – from Mapping Manhattan’s Natural History as featured in the New York Times

The Museum of the City of New York is running an exhibit called Manahatta/Manhattan: A Natural History of New York City in collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society.

 Another view of the pre-European days.