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Social Studies Sites
Atlapedia Full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
Country Reports Profiles of each country in the world with maps, flags,and lots of facts.Gross Domestic Product This website explains GDP and has comparative information.
FREE Federal Resources for Educational Excellence. More than 30 Federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to make hundreds of federally supported teaching and learning resources easier to find. The result of that work is the FREE web site. The social studies sites has many links for history including the Constitution.
*NationalGeographic.com/Kids! One of the best resources for information on the Net about the world, its people, and its wildlife.
Smithsonian
Institution The student page
for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. has many topics for kids to
explore, discover and learn.
Smithsonian Websites A-Z
Worldskip Information on countries and cultures around the world
World Fact Book This is a great resource from the CIA with facts about countries all over the world.
Countries
Africa Online Kids Page Information and quizzes about Africa.
Marshall Islands The web page for the Republic of Marshall Islands Embassy
U.S. States
50 States Facts about our 50 states.
Net States State facts including maps, symbols, geography, quizzes and an almanac.
Forest Service Mt. St. Helens This forest service site includes a volcanocam of Mt. St. Helens
Go Northwest A travel site for Washington and the Pacific Northwest.
Washington State The State of Washington site. It has facts and links for everything you wanted to know about Washington.
Washington Climate The website from the office of the Washington State Climatologist.
Maps.com
Maps.com
Online World Atlas features political and physical maps, flags, and
statistics for Andorra to Zimbabwe. Click on the Political World Map
(cities) or the Physical World Map (physical features). It also has
geography games.
Map Test Test your knowledge of where our states are.
National
Geographic Map Machine
National Geographic’s Map Machine lets
you create and save your own customized
maps. A few examples of
your mapping choices include
Degree of Ecosystem Threats, Annual Precipitation, Recent
Earthquakes or Mineral Resources. Of
course, political maps (as well
as flags, statistics and all the country stuff you need
for school reports) are also available.
Printable
Maps
Easy to get to maps from all around the world. Printable
for various classes. Additional geography and climate information available.