FAVORITE SITES

LIBRARIES

Nebraska Libraries on the Internet

A great place to get going for your search for books

AUTHORS

University of Nebraska Library

Jan Brett

Jan Brett's site contains tons of information about her books, tours, and art.  She has many acitivities for her books here.  EXCELLENT!

VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS

Castles of Wales

Computer lab has been conducting research about Wales this last quarter.  Many students said they enjoyed this in-depth castle site.

Mary Pope Osborn -- Magic Tree House

This has been a fun series for students at Rokeby.  Osborn has monthly contests based on the series.

NOVA Pyramids

Eric Carle

Students visited the pyramids last year.  This site allows virtual visitors to look inside the pyramids.

A favorite author!

Marc Brown -- Arthur

Mayflower Tour

This site contains much information and many activities on one of Rokeby's favorite characters.

This site has excellent pictures of the reconstructed village of Plimouth, the Mayflower and a look into the lives of Pilgrims and early Native Americans of the area.

Stan and Jan Berenstain -- Berenstain Bears

Discovery Channel Live Cams

KID EDUCATIONAL SITES

This is a fun place to go to see live photos of sharks, bats, manatee, Loch Ness, ants and more!

Funk and Wagnalls Knowledge Center

Discovery Online

Exploratorium 

This is a museum of science.  Maybe pick up some good science fair ideas.  There is even a section on the science of sports.

Yahooligans!

Webster's Dictionary

Wilson A. Bentley

FIELD TRIP PREVIEW:

A collection of his photomicrographs of snowflakes.  This is the man whom the book "Snowflake Bentley" is based.

Edgerton Explorit Center and Plainsman Museum of Aurora

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