Research

= Research =

Searching and Research Sites
> In addition to Googleing for information (which is always fun), the sites below are especially suitable for elementary school students. The HISD licensed sites will require a password when accessed from home. Students can get those passwords from Ms. Hiller or our librarian, Ms. Oubre. >

HISD

 * World Book Encyclopedia - @http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/products?ed=all&gr=Welcome+Houston+ISD
 * @http://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/home
 * @http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/home
 * Ebsco Main - @http://search.ebscohost.com/Community.aspx?return=y&authtype=ip&id=-190282425&ugt=723731163C0635073746359632653E4223E360D36213619362E327E337133503

Non-HISD

 * KidsClick! - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
 * Awesome Library - Education Search Engine - @http://www.awesomelibrary.org/searche.html
 * Yahooligans! - @http://www.yahooligans.com/
 * Ask for Kids - @http://www.askkids.com/
 * Fact Monster - @http://www.factmonster.com/

Countries Around the World Festival = = If you are interested in how I teach the children to approach their personal narrative writing, you can view this power point presentation: @http://www.twa.net/Powerpoint/Magnifying_files/frame.htm
 * Step 1: Work on gathering our notefacts for our country report. Visit www.readwritethink.org Fact Fragment Frenzy to see what your child will be aiming for in terms of taking notes for expository writing.
 * Step 2: Organizing our notes
 * Step 3: Writing our paper (in class) and working on our poster (in class)
 * Step 4: Presentation

Countries Resources for Researching
 * CIA World Factbook -@https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
 * Fact Monster Countries of the world -@http://www.factmonster.com/countries.html
 * National Geographic Countries -@http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/

= Bird Research =

Find information below about all types of birds - except angry birds :-) !

 * Animal Diversity at the University of Michigan - @http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
 * University of Michigan's BioKids Website @http://www.biokids.umich.edu/
 * Cornell's Online Bird Guide - search for your bird here - @http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Page.aspx?pid=1478
 * Audubon: Search for your bird at the Nation Audubon Site - @http://www.audubon.org/
 * Birds.com - @http://www.birds.com/
 * Lists of birds by region - @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_birds_by_region
 * National Geographic Bird Page - @http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/
 * Cornell's All About Birds - http://www.allaboutbirds.org/Page.aspx?pid=1189
 * 118 photographs of birds in Texas - @http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~pwd/txbirding.html
 * @http://www.nps.gov/index.htm

Specific Birds

 * All types of Raptors: Owls, Hawks, Eagles, etc -@http://www.raptor.cvm.umn.edu/EducateandLearn/AboutRaptors/home.html
 * Purple Martin - @http://www.houstonaudubon.org/default.aspx/act/newsletter.aspx/newsletterid/247/category/Bird%20Gallery/MenuGroup/Profiles.htm
 * Hummingbirds - @http://www.houstonaudubon.org/default.aspx/act/newsletter.aspx/category/Fact+Sheets/MenuGroup/Reference/NewsLetterID/47/startrow/3.htm
 * Mississippi Kites - @http://www.houstonaudubon.org/default.aspx/act/newsletter.aspx/newsletterid/267/category/Bird%20Gallery/MenuGroup/Profiles.htm
 * Chimney Swifts - @http://www.houstonaudubon.org/default.aspx/act/newsletter.aspx/newsletterid/914/category/Bird%20Gallery/MenuGroup/Profiles.htm
 * Barn Swallow - @http://www.houstonaudubon.org/default.aspx?act=newsletter.aspx&newsletterid=1181&category=Bird%20Gallery&MenuGroup=Profiles&
 * Tree Swallow - @http://www.houstonaudubon.org/default.aspx?act=newsletter.aspx&newsletterid=940&category=Bird%20Gallery&MenuGroup=Profiles&
 * Eastern Blue Bird
 * @http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birding/eastern-bluebird/
 * @http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/eastern_bluebird.htm
 * @http://sdakotabirds.com/species/eastern_bluebird_info.htm
 * Green Jay
 * @http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Cyanocorax_yncas.html
 * @http://ibc.lynxeds.com/species/green-jay-cyanocorax-yncas
 * @http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/78/_/Green_Jay.aspx
 * Scissor-tailed Flycatcher -
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 * [|USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher]
 * [|Cornell Lab of Ornithology - Scissor-tailed Flycatcher]
 * [|eNature.com: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher]

Presidential Research Use the links below to help you in your research.


 * 1) @http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents
 * 2) @http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/
 * 3) @http://www.presidentsusa.net/
 * 4) For Pictures only - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States