Web Resources for 6th-8th Grades
Curriculum
Content including
Interactive Sites for Student Projects
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OUSD
General Resources
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General
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Autobiography
Country Research Project
Bosnia
China
Mexico
- Mexico:
Splendors of Thirty Centuries
Check out this online exhibit to view Mexico's artwork
from the past to present.
- Mexico's
Pictures
This site has pictures of Mexico taken by Jose Luis Del
Rio.
- Mexico
Connect
Pictures of Mexico City.
- Meet
Mexico
A site filled with images and information about the Mexico’s
history, geography,customs, and people.
- Discovering
Mexico
Take a look at Mexico through the eyes of a photographer.
Pictures and detailed descriptions about the country and
its people can be found here.
- Beyond
the Border
Learn the stories of 4 brothers from the Ayala family
who leave Mexico to seek a better life in the USA
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Philippines
Vietnam
- Vietnam
Images
A large collection of photos taken by Mogens B. Christiansen.
- Vietnam-CIA
World Factbook
Learn quick facts about the geography, people, government,
and economy of Vietnam.
- Hitchhiking
Vietnam
A site filled with images through a woman’s eyes
who traveled through Vietnam.
- Cool
Planet-Vietnam
Filled with pictures and information, learn about Vietnam’s
people, culture, geography, and history.
- Vietnam
Passage
Learn about the Vietnam war through several firsthand
accounts including stories from a fatherless Vietnamese
boy, a teenage girl who was a political prisoner, and
an American journalist.
- Precious
Cargo
Stories about 8 people who were adopted and raised by
American families through the US Operation Babylift. Learn
about their journey back to Vietnam after 25 years.
Yemen
Autobiography
of Jane Pittman
Earthquakes
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Electricity
& Magnetism
- Electricity
& Magnetism
This site introduces you to "many of the basic concepts
involved with Electricity and Magnetism. We will introduce
you to static charge, moving charge, voltage, resistance,
and current. Magnetism and how it relates to electricity
will also be presented."
- Shocking
Truth about Electricity
Have you ever wondered how much we depend on electricity?
Where does electricity come from? What are those volts,
amps and watts anyway? If you have ever thought about any
of these questions, then you've come to the right place.
This page will tell you the amazing story of electricity.
You'll be shocked by how hot it is.
- The
Wizard's Lab
Gives a nice summary of the different characteristics of
electricity and magnetism. This is a Thinkquest website.(ThinkQuest
is temporarily closed - come back later)
Evolution
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Exploration
- Who
Goes There: European Exploration of the New World
The site includes an overview of the various motives behind
exploration, information about individual explorers categorized
by country, and several activities (i.e., crossword puzzles,
word searches) students can complete using their knowledge
about explorers.
- Discoverers
Web
This website has an alphabetical list of explorers as well
as biographies on different explorers.
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Genetics
Human
Body
- Kidshealth
- My Body
Learn about the different parts of your body and how it
all functions to work together. Nice graphics and simple
summaries of each of the different body parts.
- The
Human Body
Nicely organized to each of the different parts of your
body with short summaries and pictures to accompany each
topic. (Thinkquest site)
- The
Human Body
Some nice lizards guide you along the human body. Each page
has a nice summary of the different functions of the body
with pictures to accompany each topic. (Thinkquest site)
Internet
Research
- Internet
Research 4-8th Grade
This site was created to introduce you to search engines
and tutorials that may help you find rich content on the
web, find existing web-based activities for immediate use
in your classroom, and develop a simple web-based activity
using one curriculum site that you can use with your students
immediately
Nat
Turner
- Confessions
of Nat Turner
Primary Source Documents at "From Reconstruction to
Revolution" that includes essays,
biographies, documents, and more. May be high reading level.
- Nat
Turner's Rebellion
A PBS site (Chapter 3) about Africans in America 1831.including
related links at the bottom of the page with more information
on Nat Turner.
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Plate
Tectonics and Earth Structure
Volcanoes
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Why
People Rebel
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