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Mrs. Ross's Homepage

Oceanography links:

ZoomWhales: Great site for whales and links to sharks. http://www.zoomwhales.com/subjects/whales.

More Whales: This site is great for researching whales in general or for information on your favorite species.

Year of the Ocean 98: Includes coloring book pages about pollution in ocean, things to do to save coral reefs, as well as facts.

Great Barrier Reef: Students can take a virual trip to the Great Barrier Reef.

Ocean Collection for Kids: Includes habitats, ocean life, and sea mammals

Oceans Alive! Gives information on oceans in motion, life in the sea, and scientists

Crittercam Take a virtual tour of the deep ocean.

Another reef site: Listen to audio clips, view colorful varieties of coral or visit with peculiar reef fish.

Biomes of the World : This web site includes three marine ecosystems but the best part are the external links.

Ocean Activities: This site includes word searches, mazes, crossword puzzles, suggested art activities, and books to read.

Montery Bay Aquarium: There is good information on kelp, penguins, otter, jellies, octopus, marine mammals and many more.

Smithsonian Ocean Exhibit: Information about oceanographers, oceans in peril and recent discoveries

Decades Links:

50's Webpage: Trivia and music of the 50's: http://www.fiftiesweb.com/fifties.htm
Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century: General trends, specific places and events as well as the top 100 this and thats of the 20th Century.

American Cultural History: Gives a series of web guides on the decades of the twentieth century.

Greatest Achievements in Engineering: includes cars, planes, to electronics, and fiber optics.

Twentieth Century Inventions: Lists inventions by year and a-to-z.

Twentieth Century : gives many additional links for each decade.

Cultural Changes: gives headlines, innovations, and cultural changes.

Twentieth Century: Covers events, trends, world leaders, sports figures, and entertainers for each decade.

Kidinfo provides many reference resources to the Twentieth Century. http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Twentieth_Century.html