4^th Grade Explorer Online Research 

1.                  Try using online encyclopedias like World Book & Grolier.  (Click on the "Reference Desk" from the Library homepage and select the encyclopedia from the first pull-down menu.) 

2.                Go to Kid Info Bits.  (From the library homepage, click on "Periodicals.") 

3.                Other websites: 

European Explorers:  http://library.thinkquest.org/6174/index.html

Explorers :  http://www.sdb.k12.wi.us/lmc/explorers/explorers.htm

Hall of Explorers :  http://virtualology.com/hallofexplorers/

Why Explorers Explored the World: http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/why.htm

Explorers on the Web:  http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/Explorers/

Explorers Activities:  http://www.mce.k12tn.net/explorers/explorers_start.htm

Explorers of the Millennium:  http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/

Age of Exploration:  http://www.mariner.org/educationalad/ageofex/

Enchanted Learning:  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/

Spanish Explorers:  http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/spanish-explorers.htm