Second Grade

Curriculum-Related Internet Links

K-3 Theme Units
(from EnchantedLearning.com)

Language Arts

Poetry

Science


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Clouds   Plants

United States

Regions of the United States || National Parks ||  Rivers || Mississippi River || Everglades  || Appalachia  || Hawaii

Northeast United States

Covered Bridges of Vermont

Vermont's Covered Bridges || Ponds || Birds || Wildflowers || Lighthouses || Tide Pools || Cities (Boston, New York, Washington, D.C.)

Lake Champlain || Hudson River

Central United States

Great Lakes || Chicago || The Prairie

Central America

Country Information || Central America Map Puzzle

Mexico

Country Information

 South America

Country Information || Galapagos Islands ||
Lake Titicaca || Machu Picchu || Incas || Andes Mountains || Rainforests


Online activities from Sheppard software

SCIENCE

Fruit


The Facts About Fruits and Vegetables
(from Dole 5 a Day)

Family of Fresh Produce
(from Del Monte)

Guava

Guava (from allrecipes.com)


Coconut
(from allrecipes.com)

Plants

Michigan 4-H Children's Garden Kids' Tour
Biology of Plants from Missouri Botanical Gardens
Paper Plate Flower Craft

 

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LANGUAGE ARTS

Haiku

HAIKU for PEOPLE

Instant
Poetry Forms

Examples of Third Graders' Haiku

Quiz with Haiku
 

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SOCIAL STUDIES

Regions of the United States

For USA state map and quiz printouts, please click on the US map to see enchantedlearning.com's site.  There are also general and regional US maps available.

For more good information about the 50 states, try 50states.com.

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Northeast

Ponds

Freshwater Ecosystems 
(Rivers & Streams, Ponds & Lakes, Wetlands)

Pond Life Animal Printouts
(from enchantedlearning.com)

 

Pond Cross-Section

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Birds  

Birds of New England
from Nature of New England

Pawtuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter

Aerodynamics of Birds The State Birds
Quick ID: Birds
Includes Relationships in Nature
Fly Away!
A webquest for 2nd grade
Birds of the Sonoran Desert from


Songs and calls of some New York State birds

World Bird Guide (Great sounds!)

Bird Anatomy from

All About Birds from Enchantedlearning.com

 

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Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain Information Directory Lake Champlain
(from Wikipedia)
Lake Champlain Facts

Lake and Basin Facts

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Hudson River

Champlain Canal Information
The Hudson River

Hudson River Maritime Museum

Hudson River map

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Wildflowers

 Lighthouses

Lighthouses

New England Lighthouses

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Tide Pools

Tide Pools

The Tide Pool Page
from MIT

Life in a Massachusetts Tide Pool

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Cities in Northeastern United States


Travel the Freedom Trail

Quick Tour Along the Freedom Trail


Internet Field Trip to Statue of Liberty


Symbols of Liberty

A Visit to the Statue


New York
("Hidden New York" from PBS)

Washington, D.C.
   

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Chicago


Chicago Then and Now

Chicago's Best Buildings

Chicago On Fire

 

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The Great Lakes

The Great Lakes basin watershed. Click for a larger image.

The Great Lakes
(from Environment Canada)

The Great Lakes Basin
(from the University of Wisconsin)

T.E.A.C.H Great Lakes

GREAT LAKES KIDS

 

Fish of the Great Lakes

Fish of the Great Lakes Kids' Page

 

Lake Erie Facts

Lake Huron Facts

Lake Michigan Facts

Lake Superior Facts


Michigan's Petoskey Stone

Information on Petoskey Stone

Some History, Lore and Facts About the Petoskey Stone

Michigan's State Stone

At the Quarry, the Petoskey Stone Tells Its Story

   

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Rivers


Discover the basics of rivers and how they are formed.

Then play Got Your Game On and see how much you have learned.

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The Mississippi River

The Mighty Mississippi

Mississippi River Facts
from U.S. Geological Survey

 

 

Steamboats

The Mississippi-River of Song (PBS)

Mississippi Floods (PBS)

National Rivers Hall of Fame

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Everglades


from Avocado Elementary in Homestead, Florida
The Reptiles and Amphibians of Everglades National Park

An eField Trip

SOFIA Games Page
(from South Florida Information Access
)
Everglade Natural Features and Ecosystems
(description of various habitats)
Everglade Habitat and Wildlife Images
Ecosystem The Everglades Ecosystem
E V E R G L A D E S   N A T I O N A L   P A R K
(from National Park System)

National Park Service-Everglades

Educational Resources for Everglades National Park

Everglades National Park

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Appalachia

General Information || Appalachian States || Caves || Coal and Lumber || Food || Folk Art || Mountains || Trail of Tears

General Information

Museum of Appalachia

Appalachian Mountains from

Archives of Appalachia


(articles from )

Alabama

Georgia Kentucky
Maryland Mississippi New York
North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania
South Carolina Tennessee Virginia

West Virginia

 

Caves

 

 

Coal and Lunber

article on coal HARVESTING THE HARDWOODS:
LOGGING, LUMBERING, AND FORESTRY IN SOUTHERN APPALACHIA

 

Food

Recipes of the Appalachians

  Appalachian Traveler
Old Fashioned Country Recipes

 

Folk Art


(from the Library of Congress)


(from the Library of Congress)


(from the Library of Congress)

Southern Appalachian Quilt Collection
Appalachian Traditional Music:  A Short History Make a Quilt...
Appalachian Traveller
How To...A Pioneer Guide
 

 

Mountains

Great Smoky Mountains Allegheny Mountains

Blue Ridge Mountains

Trail of Tears

The Cherokee
"Trail of Tears"
1838-1839

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The Prairie


Prairie Ecosystem
On the Prairie
"Build a Prairie", research prairie plant and animal life in the Field Guide, "Experience the Prairie" with QuickTime movies, and MORE

from Missouri Botanical Gardens

Prairie Animal Printouts from EnchantedLearning.com

from University of Illinois Extension

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Find Your Name in Hawaiian

Hawaiian Dictionary

Hawaiian Word of the Day Endangered Species of Hawaii
Hawaii
Facts, Map and State Symbols

(from Enchanted Learning)

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Women in History of Scots Descent
Princess Kaiulani

Hawaiian Monarchs: Ka'iulani, Crown Princess

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National Parks of the United States

Click on the image to the left for the American Park Network ®, "the most comprehensive source of information on America's favorite National Parks."
(In the center of the page, "select a park" to begin.)
Acadia
Arches
Badlands
Big Bend
Biscayne
Bryce Canyon
Canyonlands
Capitol Reef
Carlsbad Caverns
Channel Islands
Crater Lake
Death Valley
Denali
Dry Tortugas
Everglades
Gates of the Arctic
Glacier
Glacier Bay
Grand Canyon
Grand Teton
Great Basin
Great Smoky Mtns
Guadalupe Mtns
Haleakala
Hawaii Volcanoes
Hot Springs
Isle Royale
Joshua Tree
Katmai
Kenai Fjords
Kobuk Valley
Lake Clark
Lassen Volcanic
Mammoth Cave
Mesa Verde
Mount Rainier
North Cascades
Olympic
Petrified Forest
Redwood
Rocky Mountain
Saguaro
Sequoia & Kings
Shenandoah
Theodore Roosevelt
Virgin Islands
Voyageurs
Waterton Lakes 
Wind Cave
Wrangell Saint Elias
Yellowstone
Yosemite
Zion

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South America

Click on the country for information from Encarta.com.

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Mexico

Mexico Theme from

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Galapagos Islands

Galapagos Education
by the National Science Teachers Association 

Galapagos Wildlife Gallery
from About.com

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Lake Titicaca

Lake Titicaca Info. Lake Titicaca
from About.com
Reed Boat Pictures Destination: Peru 
(360 degree Panorama)

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Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu Information Machu Picchu Slide Show
Machu Picchu Information Destination: Peru (360 degree Panorama)

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Incas

The Inca Trail and Machu Picchu The Empire of the Incas

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Andes Mountains

Plants of the Andes Animals of the Andes
The Andes Mountain Range and Its Wildlife Photos of Andean Wildlife and Flora
Animals of the Andes Mountains Activities
(Matching, Concentration, Flash Cards and Word Search)

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Rainforests


All About Rainforests
(from Zoomschool.com)

from Missouri Botanical Garden

from Missouri Botanical Garden

from Missouri Botanical Garden
 

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Central America

Click on a country for information from Encarta.com.

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This page last updated: 03/30/08.