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ALPHA SCOUT

The Alpha Scout Pages on this website were designed to help students find resources that are accurate and appropriate for research at school. Just like the wolf pack sends out a scout for food, our faculty have scouted out these resources for our students.

Keywords, websites and print resources in the Timber Ridge LRC are included for each of these topics.

Ancient Civilizations
Research
USA's 50 States
Illinois
Wolves - Our TRMS mascot

*District 202 cannot claim responsibility for the content of external links or links not housed on the District server.


Discovery Education - Student Assignment
http://assignments.discoveryeducation.com


TRACKSTAR

TrackStar is a resource for students and teachers to find relevant websites about a particular topic.
Our TrackStar resources are arranged alphabetically.

To access TrackStar:

  • Highlight & Copy the Track number for the topic. (no spaces!)
  • Click this link: http://trackstar.4teachers.org
  • Scroll down to "Find a Track"
  • Paste the Track number in the box for "View Track #"
  • Click Go.
  • Click "View in Frames"

#'s

1800's Research # 397393

A

Abstinence Education  (8th Grade Health) # 368760

African American Research # 309389

Alexander Graham Bell # 405486

American Revolution: Documents # 419029

American Revolution: Events # 419026

American Revolution: People # 419024

American Revolution: Places & Battlegrounds # 419038

American Revolution: Weapons and Tactics # 419228

Andrew Carnegie  # 404988

Animals # 425980

Animal Testing # 346624

Athletes # 316768

Authors (Biographies) # 334606

Art: Use of Color and Design # 397806

 

 

B

Bacteria    #447801

Baseball Scavenger Hunt # 319418

Basic Language Arts Skill Builders # 392286

Birmingham Bombing # 404984

Book Banning # 346139

Brainless & Spineless Creatures # 346657

Brown Vs Board Of Education # 404966

Biography Projects 2010 - Karpen # 404498

 

C

Centennial Exhibition # 405491

Civil Rights Movement  # 404986

Civil War # 400136

Composers # 415559

Countries around the World Research # 399241

Constellations # 370543

Creatures of the Sea # 337794

 

D

Death Penalty # 346105

Charles Dickens # 305253

Disasters & Survival # 308601

Drug Awareness # 311363

Drug Testing in Schools # 346107

DUI - Driving Under the Influence  # 420419

 

E

Edgar Allen Poe # 317744

Element Hall of Fame # 309441

Elements Poster Project # 311752

Emmett Till # 404968

Endangered Animals # 448753 

Environment # 422265

Eugene V. Debs # 405490

Explorers # 331144

 

F

First Aid (6th Grade Health) # 372885

Freedom Riders # 405413

 

G

The Giver: Color and Music # 311727

The Great Depression # 395013

 

H

Health (6th Grade) # 373613

Health (7th Grade) Body Systems # 368754

Health (7th Grade) Fitness & Nutrition # 372888

Holocaust # 420572

Hurricanes # 352263

 

I

Infectious Diseases # 371025

Internet Censorship # 346623

 

J

Jim Crow # 395092

John D. Rockefeller # 405482

Justice Through the Ages (7th Accel LA) # 391313

 

K

 

L

Lang. Arts Interactive Sites: # 381913

Lindbergh Trial # 417597

Little Rock Nine  # 404985

Locker Searches  # 420426

 

M

Magnetic Poetry/Lyrics # 384349

Malcolm X # 404982

Maps & More Maps # 309885

March on Washington 1963 # 404970

Martin Luther King, Jr. # 405411

Math Interactive Sites: # 381934

Mathematicians # 406789

Medgar Evers # 404981

Minerals # 343601

Mississippi Summer Project/ Freedom Summer # 404980

Montgomery Bus Boycott # 405408

Mystery Webquest # 397903

Mythology # 312682

N

Nutrition # 311365

Nutrition Webquest # 365932

 

O

 

P

Planet & Moon Project   #444429

Pharaohs # 333332

  • King Tuthmose III # 305488
  • Queen Cleopatra VII # 305492
  • Queen Hatshepsut # 305503
  • King Akhenaten # 305505
  • King Rameses II # 305506
  • Queen Nerfertiti # 305507

Poets # 315284

Poets # 315463

Prayer in School # 346102

Presidents # 404989

Progressivism # 338564

Pullman Strike  # 404990

 

Q

 

R

"Radio Safe" Lyrics # 420432

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame # 370634

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - 8th grade project   #441710

Roller Coasters # 382252

Rosa Parks # 405410

Ruby Bridges  # 404983

 

S

Samuel Gompers # 405488

Science Interactive Sites # 381906

Science Hide and Seek # 381912

Secrets:

  • 7 Wonders of the Ancient World # 424060
  • Mysterious People # 424108
  • Sightings # 424063
  • UFO Sightings # 424257
  • Unexplained Topics # 424062
  • Unusual Places # 424061

Selma March # 405412

September 11, 2001 # 431219

Sharecropping # 395074

Six Essential Nutrients # 394478

Social Studies Fun (6th Grade)

  • Egypt # 381103 and 381107
  • China # 381081
  • Greece/Rome # 381110
  • Mesopotamia #381108

Socialism # 405404

Solar System # 331055

Space Exploration # 334008

Substance Abuse (8th Grade Health) # 372879

T

Thomas Edison  # 404991

Titanic - Practically Unsinkable # 330826

Titanic Research # 392922

Titanic Research Project # 366451

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire  # 426478

Transcontinental Railroad # 405492

 

U

Understanding Cancer # 341032

 

V

Viruses   #447802

Volcanoes # 311578

Voting Act of 1965 # 405406

 

W

World War I # 374637

World War II # 308296

 

X

Y

Z