Whittier Library

Student Resource Page
 
 
 
 

"Serving Whittier's Students, Teachers and Parents"



 

revised 6/29/00/ by jr

 

Whittier Library has four computers, over 1200 books and many more resources available to students, teachers and parents. 

Carol Piirto is our head librarian.  Barb Koshio, assistant librarian, helps children with book selection and research Wednesdays through Fridays.  On Mondays and Tuesdays, Mrs. Koshio can be found teach her first grade class.  Jana Reed, parent volunteer, has been working on the library website, adding links for each class for research purposes.

 

Listed below are links to websites we thought would be helpful as resources for student and educators.  We chose these based on ease of navigation and appropriateness of content.  These links are related to the various units that our classes focus on throughout the year.  Simply click on a link to get started.

 
Alaska

Alaskan Indian Shelters

Alaskan Wildlife and Science

Anasazi

Anasasi History and Archeological Sites

Anasazi Heritage Center

Petroglyphs

Australia

Animals of Australia

Bears

Bear Species Descriptions

Birds

Colonial Times

Valley Forge, Washington's Crossing, Documents, Recipes and Much More

Dictionary

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs of Hawaii

Dinosaurs, A to Z

Eggs

Electricity & Magnets

http://library.advanced.org/28032/cgi-bin/psparse.cgi

Encyclopedia

Brittanica

Endangered Animals

Endangered Animals of the World

Explorers

Lewis and Clark

Westward Expansion

http://tqjunior.advanced.org/6400/

Biographies

The South Pole

Forests

General

Hawaii

Find Your Name in Hawaiian

Virtual Tour of Each Island

Human Body

Inventors

Alphabetical List

Biographiesl

Japan

Kids' Web -Japan 

Maps & Globes

Martin Luther King

Dr. Martin Luther King Day

National Civil Rights Museum

Math

Elementary School Math Center

A-Plus Math

Math-O-Matic

Medieval Times

Journey through the Middle Ages

Mexico

Complete Site for Mexico 

Virtual Tour of Mayan Ruins

Money

Native Americans

Kid-Info; Native Americans

Questions and Answers about Native Americans

Native American Quiz

Physical Education & Health

KidsHealth

Kids' Fitness

Pirates

Revolutionary War

Science

American Museum of Natural History

Boston's Museum of Science

The Exploratorium

Snow

Spiders

http://austmus.gov.au/spider/ixoo.htm

http://ecsu.ctstateu.edu/depts/edu/textbooks/spiders.html

Thesaurus

Time & Clocks

For Fun

Yahooligans

Berit's Best

Funbrain.com

Funschool.com
 

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