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8506 Old Colony Drive So.  Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772
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The virtual library is set up in two parts: first you will find a listing of web sites classified by the Dewey Decimal System just like the books in your school library secondly there are web quest lessons and activities that you may use with your class.
Click on an image and it will take you to sites for each category.
Web Quests and Class Projects

 


Social Studies

 

Language Arts

 

Science & Math

 

Technology

 

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000 Generalities


Yahooligans
Search Engine
Google
Search Engine
4 2 eXplore
This is a pathfinder. This web project provides "four to eXplore" for each topic. On each page you'll find definitions, activities, the 4 good starting points, and many more links and resources for the thematic topic.
Sailor's Home Page Maryland Link to the Public Libraries
Maryland Learning Outcomes
PBS Kids

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100 Philosophy and Psychology

Philosophy for Kids

 

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200 Religion
Encyclopedia Mythica-- an encyclopedia on Mythology, folklore and legend
Folklore, Myth and Legend

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300 Social Sciences

Welcome To The White House
White House Kids
Wrapped in Pride 
Learn  about Kente cloth and it's history

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400 Language

Evolution of Alphabets
Living Language From Random House learn lots of useful phrases in French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Hello learn how to say hello around the world
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500 Pure Sciences

This Is Mega-Mathematics!
The 6th grade web site for math http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/mac/mac01/course1/
The student’s book is Mathematics: Applications and Connections, Course 1, 1999 edition. This site offers math practice activities to help students further understand the concepts.
King Cobra
Virtual Field trip that explores the King Corbra snake
The Evergreen Project, Inc. (written for children)
Explore the Biomes of the World and Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems
How Hurricanes Work
NASA's Site Take a virtual tour of a hurricane
NASA Earth Science Site

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600 Technology and Applied Sciences 

PBS Technology and Teaching
This section connects you with some of the simplest and most accurate self-guided tutorials available.  While some of this information is relevant to any Internet learner, these examples and resources were assembled with teachers in mind.
Project THREAD
Project THREAD is a Federal PT3 grant designed to prepare preservice teachers to integrate modern technologies and significantly enhance teaching and learning in K-12 schools.

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700 Arts and Recreation

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800 Literature

Caldecott Medal -- best picture books.
Coretta Scott King Award -- best books for children about the black experience.
Laura Ingalls Wilder Award -- outstanding children's books.
Mildred L. Batchelder Award -- best translations of a children's book published overseas.
Newbery Medal -- best children's books
Writing a Bibliography

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900 Geography and History

War of 1812
At Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum of Calvert County

Maryland With Pride
Pride of Baltimore II website
War of 1812
An on line lesson about Baltimore and the War of 1812
Faculty Room Maryland Explorations Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of the page.
On Line Lessons- The heart of this curriculum consists of 22 multi-disciplinary, on-line lessons, or Maryland Explorations, that students work through individually or in small groups at Internet-linked computers. The lessons cover the history, geography, and ecology of Maryland. The lessons thoughtfully augment Maryland Studies or the study of US History.
National Geographic Virtual Field Trips. 
Here you will find over one hundred different trips all 
developed by the people at National Geographic.

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Biography

African Americans in the Sciences
US President's Biographies
Famous Women Biographies
Biographies
 You'll find definitions, activities, the 4 good starting points, and many more links and resources for the thematic topic Biographies.

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Carol Pica, Principal
Marlton Elementary School
8506 Old Colony Drive So.
Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772 
Telephone number 301 952 7780
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Web Master  Jo-Ellen Youngblud  12/26/2007
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