2000-2001

 

1997-98
1998-99
1999-2000

Week 1-10
Week 11-20
Week 21-30
Week 31-40

Week #31
4/23/01 - 4/27/01

Let Your Voice Be Heard:

Phone Numbers and Addresses, Snail and E-Mail,
for
state and national representatives and senators

Week #32
4/30/01 - 5/4/01

KidsDomain Crafts

Week #33
5/7/01 - 5/11/01

Abenaki Awareness Day was May 2.
Check out this Native American Site including links about the Abanaki
(Mr Libby's Maine Native Americans)
Abenaki History

How Stuff Works
There is a tour of the site
You can search for thousands of items

Week #34
5/14/01 - 5/18/01

Enchanted Learning.com
Many topics: Biomes, Astronomy, Explorers, Inventors, Mammals, State Flags and Maps, Whales, and much more!
Information, Pictures, Activities, Coloring/Handout Pages, etc

Week #35
5/21/01 - 5/25/01

A Good Homework Help Site
StudyWeb

HomeworkHelp Jr.
Specifically designed for k-8 students
Click on Homework Help Jr. in left column under Homework Help

Week #36
5/29/01 - 6/1/01

IN HONOR OF MEMORIAL DAY:

The Story of Memorial Day

Some CIVIL WAR SITES
Curtis Library Pejepscot Historical Society's

Joshua Chamberlain Area
Other Civil War and Chamberlain Resources (Links to many Civil War Pages)

Week #37
6/4/01 - 6/8/01

DINOSAUR SITE

Researchers at the Fundy Geological Museum, in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia collected the oldest dinosaur in Canada during an expedition lastsummer. The skeleton of a prosauropod dinosaur was collected in many blocks of sandstone....Using the museum's web site as a virtual window into the Research Lab, anyone who is interested can see what it takes to study a dinosaur skeleton, from start
(May 5, 2001) to finish, about a year from now. The web page will be updated every week or so, with photographs of the bones being worked on, descriptions of the latest discoveries and much, much more.

Week #38
6/11/01 - 6/15/01

Certificate Maker
Thanks to Kym

SeaDog Game Pictures
Thanks to Mr Don Elliot

Week #39
6/18/01 - 6/20/01

BCS Web Site

The United State Playing Card Company:
Game Rules
Rules for new games, old games, and children's games can be found at this website. From Rummy to Go Fish, find out how the games are played. Included is a short history of playing cards and a glossary of card playing terms.

Week #40

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!

 

 

 

Week #21
1/29/01 - 2/2/01

I've Changed my allegiance! Now Google is my favorite search engine
No frills, no ads, fast, far reaching

Alta Vista is still especially good for images... Click on 'Images' in the left column.

Week #22
2/5/01 - 2/9/01

Mr Donn's Valentine Page

Valentine Fun at Kids Domain

JanBrett's Valentines (e-postcards to send)

Week #23
2/12/01 - 2/16/01

 

President'sDay POTUS: Presidents of the United States - all about the presidents & first ladies, with biographies, election results, odd facts, addresses, and more.

George Washington - information from the Historical Almanack including his biography, inaugural addresses,writings, and more.

Abraham Lincoln - (The History Place) Read the Gettysburg Address, look at Civil War photographs and learn more about the 16th president.

Presidents' Day The holiday

IRS Page: Help with your Taxes Download tax forms or Instructions, and more: A Useful Site

Week #24
2/26/01 - 3/2/01

 

Reading Day

Read Across America

Official Random House Seuss Site: ( Go to 'What's New'/ Seuseville) Games contests, etc to enhance basic reading, math, and reasoning skills

Dr Seuss Links

Week #25
3/5/01 - 3/9/01

The March Hare!
to go with Cindy's Bulletin Board

The Iditarod: Starting March 3

Iditarod® 411 - The Source for Everything About the Iditarod And More

The Iditarod Tour

Week #26
3/12/01 - 3/16/01

March is Women's History Month:

'Mainely' Women
Links to information about Maine's famous women

The Quest for Equality (World Book)
Story of the women's movement & biographies (Writers & Scientists)

Women's History Project - Biographical sketches of important women written by seventh grade students of Davison Middle School.

Ann Bancroft & Liv Arnesen's Trek Across Antarctica

Week #27
3/19/01 - 3/22/01

 

Jeepers Peepers 2001
Report and track the progress of spring in Maine.

Week #28
3/26/01 - 3/30/01

American Library Association's
700+ GREAT SITES
Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious, Wonderful Web Sites for Kids and the Adults Who care About Them

Its name says it all. A site you must see and explore to believe!!

Week #29
4/2/01 - 4/6/01

APRIL is Poetry Month

BCS POETRY PAGES

Thoughts on Poetry
Pages on the Limerick, Diamonte, Triolet, Haiku, etc
Pages on famous poets
Rhyming Dictionary
Student poetry, BCS and other
Links to other poetry sites

Week #30
4/9/01 - 4/13/01

Spring Holidays

Passover (4/7-4/14)

Passover on the Net

Passover at Kid's Domain

Easter (4/15)

Easter on the Net

Celebrate! Holidays In The U.S.A. Easter

Week #11
11/13/00 - 11/17/00

 

Thanksgiving

American Thanksgiving Tradition - Plimoth Plantation

Kids' Domain Thanksgiving -

Ben & Jerry's Thanksgiving Site -

Week #12
11/13/00 - 11/17/00

What Happened on This Day?
Births, Deaths, Historic Events

Week #13
11/27/00 - 12/1/00

Check this site out for some unique holiday gifts:
American Postcard Art.com
Antique postcards from all over the USA and /or postcards depicting many topics made into mouse pads ($14.95) (or posters)

Week #14
12/4/00 - 12/8/00

 

Alphabet Superhighway
A Knowledge Resource for Schools of the 21st Century
Very rich site with materials / activities/ sites for students, teachers, and parents

Week #15
12/11/00 - 12/15/00

 

WINTER HOLIDAYS

Hanukkah (Dec. 21 (sunset) - 29)
Hanukkah: Festival of Lights

Chanukah on the Net

Christmas (Dec. 25th)
World Book Christmas

Christmas on the Net

Kwanzaa (Dec. 26 - Jan.1)
Kwanzaa Welcome Page

The Official Kwanzaa Web Site

Week #16
12/18/00 - 12/20/00

 

Funbrain.com
All sorts of thinking and skills activities grades k-8

U.S. Postal Service
ZIP Code and Official Abbreviation Finder (State, etc)

1. You will get a gray box. Click on provided link 2. Click on ZIP Code Lookups and Address information 3. For State Abb. Click on Official USPS Abbreviations (It takes a while to load)

Week #17
1/2/01 - 1/5/01

 

Mighty Book

Choose an age group and hear one of several age-appropriate books read aloud.

Yahooligans SNOW Page

Lots of fascinating links!

Week #18
1/8/01 - 1/12/01

 

Homework Spot

Lots of useful links

Week #19
1/16/01 - 1/19/01

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on the Net

Week #20
1/22/01 - 1/26/01

Epinions.com

A site where you can read other people's opinions on a wide range of products

Week #1
9/5/00 - 9/8/00

RESEARCH-IT! 
"One stop reference desk on the Internet"
 

Week #2
9/11/00 - 915/00

 

Summer OLYMPICS 2000
Sydney, Australia September 15 - October 1

Olympics Kid Zone

Scholastics at Olympics

Week #3
9/11/00 - 915/00

 

Monica the Monarch
An 8th grader's web site about how to raise monarch butterflies and about their migration to Mexico

Week #4
9/11/00 - 9/15/00

 

Merriam Webster's Word Central
Daily Buzzword (word-a -day) with uses
Verse Dictionary, Coding & Decoding, and more

Week #5
10/2/00 -10/6/00

 

Voter.Com
Site that offers both sides of issues

Week #6
10/11/00 -10/13/00

 

The Explorations of Christopher Columbus

Celebrate Columbus Day

Week #7
10/16/00 -10/20/00

 

EduHound.Com
Everything for Education k-12
"We tracked it down so you don't have to."
An AMAZING site full of all sorts of thinks from content lesson plans to software (much free to download), from clip art to tutorials, from substitute teaching to standards and more!

Week #8
10/23/00 -10/27/00

 

Aliens Explore Earth
Biomes, Pond Ecology, Animals of all Sorts, Plants and Plant Life, Dictionary, and more

Maine Environmental Policy Institute's
Voter's Guide for Question 2 (the Forestry Referendum) Information on both sides of this question, as well as many articles on the subject

Week #9
10/30/00 -11/3/00

 

BCS's Election 2000 Page
Several 'kid friendly ' election sites [Time for Kids' Election Connection, Scholastic's Election 2000, and PBS Democracy Project for Kids] as well as informational and mock election sites

Week #10
11/6/00 -11/9/00

A Tribute to U.S.A.Veterans...
In Honor of Veteran's Day