Theme 2 - Getting the Job Done
On the Banks of Plum Creek
Surviving Life on the Prairies
Read Write Think: Conflict Resolution Interactive
Horehound Candy Recipe
Build your own Sod House - Interactive
What Life was Like in a Sod House - Moderate reading level
Compare Life in the 1800's to Life of today - Publisher Document
Biographies of All the People featured within the story
Pioneer Camera - Sod House Images
Pioneer Life Thinkquest - Take a quiz and more
Fun with Dung - Video clip and more on buffalo chips on the prairie
Pioneers Thinkquest
Teacher Link: Plum Creek Teacher Guide  

Teacher Link: Laura Ingalls Teaching Unit Plan

 
   
Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World
Home on the Range/Hats Off to the Cowboy
National Cowboy Museum - Interactive and includes cowboy songs
Quiz Over the Story
Home on the Range
History of the song along with media to play original version from NPR
Red Steagall
Songwriter's Homepage - Click Jukebox Hits for live songs
Mildred Pitts Walter Author Website
Cowboy Poetry Video from PBS
Cowboy Hat etiquette
 
Bill Pickett Biography
Cooking on the Prairie Recipes
 
Justin and the Best Biscuits Internet Scavenger Hunt
You can link to the sites through the page, but it must be printed to write out your answers
 
Teacher Note: There is a video entitled "The Real American Cowboy" in your district content.  
   
Three Little Cyberpigs
The Three Little Pigs Revisited
Three Cyberpigs Game
Interactive site on teaching privacy on the Internet
Jane Tesh Biography
Roald Dahl's Three Pigs Poem - another fractured fairy tale version
What are Fractured Fairy Tales?
Read a sample and start writing your own
Tech Terms for Kids
Create your own Cyber Nursery Rhyme
Publisher Document
Three Little Pigs written by students - Different versions
Create your own board game of the three pigs - Printable only
Teacher Link: Teacher's guide to Three Cyberpigs Game Teacher Note: Another version of the Three Little Pigs is in your district content
Teacher Note: Magic Schoolbus Gets Programmed is in your District Content  
   
Weaving a California Tradition
Wonder Weaver
Mono Native American Culture
Linda Yamane - Biography with audio track of her singing
Patrick Dougherty Official Homepage
Multimedia on site
Other Impermanent Art - Sand Sculpture Gallery
Click on the links on the right
Deergrass, Chaparral, Sourberry, Redbud, Sedge, Bracken Fern
Clapper Sticks , Deer-Hoof Rattle
Student Idea - Imagine you have been asked to create an art sculpture for the playground. Use TUX Paint to draw your project, print it off, and write a paragraph explaining how the sculpture would benefit the school
Teacher Note: "People of California Inter-Mountain Region" video has been added to the district content
 
Emerald's Eggs
Local Governments
Sea Turtle, Inc. - Great website with information on turtles and a live turtle cam that updates every minute
National Geographic Creature Feature - Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Be sure to click on the Video and Sound Tab
Sedwick County Website
Reno County Website
National Geographic Creature Feature - Leatherback Sea Turtle
Be sure to click on the Video and Sound Tab
Leatherback Sea Turtle Crittercam Mission
Simulation-Work with National Geographic's Imaging Team
National Vs State Governments
Turtle Trouble - National Geographic for Kids
  Teacher Note - Two videos featuring state and local governments are in your district content
Teacher Note: Two films in district content. 1 - The Arribada from Jeff Corwin Experience shows the laying of the eggs. 2 - Turtle Excluder Device shares protection device for sea turtles.