Links Used for Introduction to Continental Regions

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LINKS USED FOR INTRODUCTION TO CONTINENTAL REGIONS

and for GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES

NORTH AMERICA

http://www.traveldocs.com/images/namer_b.jpg

http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/printpage/namerica.htm

http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/printpage/nanewlnd.htm

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas/north_america_ref02.jpg

http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/printpage/nanewriv.htm

http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/printpage/namainp.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/namer/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/centamer/

http://www.50states.com/us.htm

WEBSITE USED TO COMPLETE U.S. MINIBOOKS

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/

AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA

http://www.traveldocs.com/images/ocean_b.gif

http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/oceania/printpage/aussienew.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/australia/

http://maps.unomaha.edu/Peterson/funda/Pictures/Australia/Australia.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micronesia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanesia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand

SOUTH AMERICA

http://www.traveldocs.com/images/samer_b.jpg

http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/samerica/printpage/samainp.htm

http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/samerica/printpage/sanewlnd.htm

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas/south_america_ref04.jpg

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/samer/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_america

EUROPE

http://www.traveldocs.com/images/europe_b.jpg

http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/printpage/europemain.htm

http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/printpage/eunewlnd.htm

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe/europe_ref04.jpg

http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/lgcolor/ukcolor.htm

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/europe/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe

AFRICA

http://www.traveldocs.com/images/africa_b.jpg

http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/printpage/africa.htm

http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/printpage/afnewlnd.htm

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/africa_ref_2003.jpg

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/africa/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa

ASIA

http://www.traveldocs.com/images/asia_b.jpg

http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/printpage/asiamain.htm

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/asia_ref04.jpg

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/asia/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/mideast/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East

ANTARCTICA

http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/reference/factbook/ay/map.html;_ylt=AgBOtEe6K91fQI9SpstbJmEVH80F

http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/an.htm

http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/polar/printpage/anout.htm

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/islands_oceans_poles/antarctic_region_pol02.jpg

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/antarctica/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica

http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/weather/climate.shtml

ANIMAL LINKS

GENERAL ANIMAL FACT SHEETS

http://www.yptenc.org.uk/docs/animal_facts.html

http://www.zoo.org/educate/fact_sheets/alpha_facts.htm

http://www.oregonzoo.org/Cards/cardindex.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/reallywild/amazing/

http://www.kidsgowild.com/animalfacts

DESIGNATED BY CONTINENT

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html

http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/content.html

http://www.allaboutnature.com/coloring/

http://library.thinkquest.org/5053/profiles.html

NORTH AMERICA (which includes USA, Canada, Greenland [physically located in North America, although it is a Danish territory], Central America, and Caribbean)

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html

http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/content.html

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/NorthAmerica/Facts/default.cfm

http://www.allaboutnature.com/coloring/northamer.shtml

http://library.thinkquest.org/5053/NorthAmerica/northamericamain.html

USA

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/

http://www.oaklandzoo.org/atoz/azcalif.html

http://www.animalinfo.org/maryland%20mammals/otherstates.htm#fs%20-%20ak

List of State Animal Info Sites (click on state link under Mammal Agency Home Pages, plus many states have animal fact sheets under Mammal Fact Sheets)

CANADA

http://www.hww.ca/hww.asp?id=1&pid=0

GREENLAND

http://www.greenland-guide.gl/animal_life.htm

CENTRAL AMERICA

http://encarta.msn.com/refedlist_210142627_8/Opossum.html

CARIBBEAN

http://www.fws.gov/caribbean%2Decoteam/

http://www.fws.gov/caribbean%2Decoteam/animals_FS.htm

AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA (which includes Australia, Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia)

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html

http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/content.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/Australia.shtml

http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/Native+animal+fact+sheets+by+category

http://www.herbertonss.qld.edu.au/landofoz/camjeh.htm

http://www.rochedalss.eq.edu.au/rdale/animal.htm

http://www.oaklandzoo.org/atoz/austral.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/5053/Australia/australiamain.html

SOUTH AMERICA

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html

http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/content.html

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Amazonia/Facts/

http://www.allaboutnature.com/coloring/southamer.shtml

http://library.thinkquest.org/5053/SouthAmerica/southamericamain.html

EUROPE

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html

http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/content.html

http://hoglezoo.org/animals/region.php?region=6

http://www.allaboutnature.com/coloring/europe.shtml

http://library.thinkquest.org/5053/Europe/europemain.html

ANTARCTICA

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html

http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/content.html

http://www.allaboutnature.com/school/Antarctica/Animalprintouts.shtml

http://www.abcteach.com/Themeunits/Antarctica/Antarctica1.htm

AFRICA

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html

http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/content.html

http://www.allaboutnature.com/coloring/Africa.shtml

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AfricanSavanna/afsavfact.cfm

http://www.awf.org/wildlives/

http://www.zoo.org/educate/animalfacts1.htm

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/articles/0,6709,217335,00.html

http://www.oaklandzoo.org/atoz/africa.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/5053/Africa/africamain.html

ASIA

http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets/map.html

http://www.pbs.org/kratts/world/content.html

http://hoglezoo.org/animals/region.php?region=6

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AsiaTrail/

http://www.allaboutnature.com/coloring/asia.shtml

http://www.oaklandzoo.org/atoz/asia.html

http://library.thinkquest.org/5053/Asia/asiamain.html

EXPLORERS (from continents or to continents) LINKS

NORTH AMERICA

EXPLORERS

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/namerica.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/canada.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/mexico.shtml

http://oz.plymouth.edu/~lts/wilderness/explorers.html

http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Discoverers.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Explorers_of_North_America

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Explorers_of_Canada

AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA

EXPLORERS

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/australia.shtml

http://gutenberg.net.au/explorers.html#explorerlist

http://www.davidreilly.com/australian_explorers/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Explorers_of_Australia

http://www.australiaexplorers.com/jamescook.html

http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/australia/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_exploration_of_Australia

SOUTH AMERICA

EXPLORERS

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/samerica.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Explorers_of_South_America

EUROPE

EXPLORERS

http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/explorer.htm

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/intro.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_exploration_of_Africa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_exploration_of_Australia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_colonization_of_the_Americas

ANTARCTICA

EXPLORERS

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/antarctica.shtml

http://www.mastromedia.com/antarctica/history/history.htm

http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/history/timeline.htm

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/antarctica/about/history.shtml

AFRICA

EXPLORERS

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/africa.shtml

http://africanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa062501a.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_exploration_of_Africa

ASIA

EXPLORERS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Explorers_of_Asia

OCEANS

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/index.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/Oceanlife.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/activities.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/explorers.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/Salty.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/Blue.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/Waves.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/Tides.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/Watercycle.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/Coralreef.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/Intertidal.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/ocean/sunlit/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_exploration

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Ocean

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ocean

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthhowmuch.html

http://worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/oceans.htm