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​ Kristine's Internet Search 1. Florida Department of Environmental Protection Kids Page. [] This website includes the environmental ABC’s, kids activities such as color pages and puzzles, fast facts about Florida, information on pioneers of environmental protection, postcards of different areas of Florida, quizzes, and spelling lists. 2. Florida Kids [] The site provides information that helps with Florida projects and assignments. It gives information on Florida’s people from 12,000 years ago to now, people of all cultures that call Florida home, state symbols and song, and museums. 3. Efield trips [] This site gives a virtual field trip of the everglades. It also has an E-fieldtrip journal and a way for students to post questions to the experts.

Brittany's Internet Search

@http://www.staugustine4kids.com/ This website provides students with an easy to understand history of Florida’s oldest city, as well as with pictures and comprehensive worksheets. There are also links to several related websites including  that allow students to further explore this great city.
 * 1. staugustineforkids.com (St. Augustine Record)**

@http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/kids/ Florida Kids is geared for upper elementary through middle grades with it’s lengthy text, but provides students with great resources, photos, clip art, and information about the state that they live in, starting with “Early Human Inhabitants” through modern day Florida. The site also gives students “quick facts” about the state and a brief timeline and biographies of Florida governors.
 * 2. Florida Kids (MyFlorida.com Division of Historical Resources)**

@http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/state/florida.html Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids provides students with a single comprehensive fact sheet about each state, as well as useful web links to other children’s sites on Florida.
 * 3. Quick Facts: Florida (Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids)**

@http://kids.miamidade.gov This is by far one of the coolest websites created by any Florida county designed for children. Students are asked to select from one of three members of the “GovKids Crew” to guide them through the state website.
 * 4. Miami-Dade Kid’s Portal (Miami-Dade County)**

Meghan's Internet Search:

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Visit Florida http://www.visitflorida.com/ The website has information about Florida, the major cities, the beaches, outdoor and nature and many historical spots. The website is very helpful in learning the major parts of Florida that holds importance.======

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The Florida Keys & Key West http://www.fla-keys.com/ The website supplies information about the Florida Keys. It has helpful information about each Key and where you can stay. It also lists the fun things you can do in each Key and what attracts the tourist to each one.======

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 The website has information about the attractions that are located in Orlando. It lists the theme parks and tourist attractions. It has links about each one so a person can look into that attraction further. ======

Kristine's Literature List 1. Waters Journey: Everglades Filmed by Karst Productions This is a documentary about the Everglades. The Karst Productions traveled the Everglades by Kayak and airboats and filmed their journey. 2. Florida Author: Barbara A. Somerville This book is all about the state of Florida. It discusses things such as the land, government, people, places, famous Floridians, timeline, and an almanac. 3. Mary Manatee: A tale of sea cows. Author: Suzanne Tate This is a picture book about a manatee named Mary. The story is fictional but teaches about the characteristics and behaviors of manatees. 4. Over Florida Filmed by PBS This is a documentary about Florida. The students would get to see an aerial voyage across the state of Florida including the Keys, Miami, the Gulf’s beaches, Disney world, the Everglades and much more.

Brittany's Literature List:

This book is a wonderful guide to not only Florida’s natural features and animals, but also a guide to state symbols. It provides drawings and a wonderful glossary. This book explains the work of archeologists in Florida and a more in depth overview of Native American studies. This book is perfect for students in the classroom, providing new vocabulary boxes at the bottom of the pages. Although this is designed as a coloring book, it is a wonderful classroom resource, providing tear out pages on Seminole Indian traditions, housing, and lifestyles. Each page also highlights the artist of the illustration, all of whom are actual Seminole Indians. A mystery novel about a 13-year old boy who hears voices and is lead to St. Augustine, where he discovers connections to the past. A great historical fiction piece for student reading.
 * 1. __The Young Naturalist’s Guide to Florida__ (Peggy S. Lantz)**
 * 2. __Native Americans in Florida (__Kevin M. McCarthy)**
 * 3. __Seminole Colors__ (Patricia Wickman)**
 * 4. __Voices in St. Augustine__ (Jane R. Wood)**

Meghan's Literature List:

St. Augustine- Tristan Boyer Binns The book is about historical St. Augustine. It explains why it was built and how it was used also the book teaches about the buildings, ruins, and artifacts that still remain there. > The book is a biography of Walt Disney’s life. It goes through his life explaining his hardships and later triumphs. It goes on and explains about Disney and how he built it and why he built it. > The book explains Florida’s history and important events that happened in Florida. It also talks about the important landmarks. The book also explains what certain things are and why it is important to Florida.
 * The Story of Walt Disney Maker of Magical Worlds- Bernice Selden
 * Florida- Erik Bruun
 * Florida- Barbara A. Somervill The book has Florida’s geography, history, government, economy, people, and culture. It is full of full page photographs and maps with colorful text. It also lists websites so you can further research Florida.

Katy's Internet Search List:


 * Netstate.com (http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/fl_geography.htm): This site provides geographic information about each state including the longitude and latitude, descriptions of the land and different regions, and information about the climate.
 * Floridamaps.com (http://www.floridasmart.com/travel/maps/index.htm):This site has several different maps of the state of Florida. It includes both political and physical maps. There are even maps for Florida’s national parks, like the Everglades.
 * Florida Geography Quiz (http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaGeography/quiz/qFlorida.htm):
 * This is a simple online quiz that asks questions dealing both with Florida’s geography and history. There are quizzes on this site for all 50 states.

Katy's Literature List:
 * Florida (Rookie Read-About Geography) by Carmen Bredeson: This non-fiction picture book features information about Florida geography and great photography. In the book, the author discusses some of Florida’s biggest geographical features like Lake Okeechobee, The Everglades, and even Walt Disney World.
 * F is for Florida by E.J. Sullivan: Another picture book about the state of Florida. Each page is dedicated to a different letter of the alphabet and the letter represents an important aspect of Florida. to Although this book might be used more for primary grades, it would still be a good book to include in a lesson about Florida.
 * Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo: This realistic fiction novel is written by former Central Florida resident, Kate DiCamillo, takes place in a fictional town in Florida. The book is about a little girl named Opal and her relationship with her dog, as well as her encounters with the other people living in her small town. Florida history and discussion about geographical locations of different Florida cities could be incorporated into a lesson while reading this book.
 * Florida Water Story: From Raindrops to the Sea by Peggy S. Lantz: This book takes a close look one of Florida’s most precious natural recourses – water. The book is divided into four sections: Oceans, Coral Reefs, Coastlines, and Wetlands. It provides a lot of information about water in Florida, how it’s used, and how it’s different throughout the state.


 * Stephanie's Literature List**

1. __Orlando and Central Florida: An Explorers Guide__ By: Sandra Friend & Kathy Wolf This book gives a great write up about what there is to do in the Orlando area. It expands beyond Walt Disney world and even talks about Melbourne and the Tampa Bay areas. 2. __Historic Photos of Orlando__ By: Jay Wallace Dickinson

This is a great book that shows what Orlando was like from the day it was founded to the present. It tracks the progress of this great city and the central Florida region. It is beneficial for students to see pictures so they can make connections as to how far Orlando has come.

3. __Travel Orlando__ By: MobiTravel

This book is a great guide to the Orlando area. It includes maps of how to guide you around this area as well as illistrations, which point out important landmarks.

1. Top Things to do in Orlando []
 * Stephanie's Internet List**

This website gives a great description of the top ten things to do in Orlando. It goes into in depth explanations about each one and describes many tourist attractions that the city has to offer. For example, it explains all the different parts of Walt Disney World such as Universal studios, Citywalk, and Cirque de Soleil.

2. Orlando Attractions []

This website discusses the history of Orlando and traces back to its earliest roots. It talks about how Orlando got its name all the way to when Walt Disney World was first established.

3. The History of Orlando, Florida []

This is an interactive website for students that explores the history of Orlando. There are characters that talk to you and help you click on different links to learn various things. There is a “time machine” that gives a small summary of what happened every 25 years depending on which link you click. For example, you could click 1850-1875 all the way up to 1976-2000.

4. Orlando things to do & Attractions []

This website is a great way to learn about all of Orlando’s hot spots. It has links to various destinations such as Sea World, Universal, Orange County Convention Center, Disney, Orlando Science and Discovery, Lake Buena Vista, plus many more. By clicking on these links you can learn more about each individual place.