Web Sites for Students

 

Directions:  Choose one website to visit from each heading.  To go to the site, press the control (Ctrl) key on the keyboard while clicking the left button on the mouse.  Read the web sites by yourself or with a partner and answer the questions on the worksheet together.

 

George Washington Carver                                      

1.  Title: George Washington Carver    File Name:  Enchanted Learning

Description:  This site gives a brief, easy to read description of George Washington Carver.

 

2.  Title:  George Washington Carver Background Information and Activities     File Name:  Brain Pop Jr

Description:  This site offers a brief life history of George Washington Carver.  Additionally, it provides several enrichment activities that students can do by themselves or with an adult.

 

3.  Title:  Voice of George Washington Carver      File Name:  The New York Public Library

Description:  This site has an audio clip of George Washington Carver naming two products he has developed from peanuts at Tuskegee Institute.

 

Peanuts

1.  Title:  Peanut Plant Anatomy    File Name:  Enchanted Learning

Description:  This site gives a brief description of peanut plants including how to grow them and a labeled picture of the parts of a peanut plant.

  

2.  Title:  How You Can Grow a Peanut Plant    File Name:  About Peanuts

Description:  This site explains how to plant the peanut seeds.

 

3.  Title:  Growing Peanuts in the Home Garden    File Name:  Horticulture & Home Pest News

Description:  This site details how to care for a transplanted peanut plant outside.