Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Wake Island (United States)
The Encyclopedia of Earth provides an overview of Wake Island (United States), including its geography, natural resources, history, government, economy, and much more. Maps and images are also included, along with sources used to create...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Northern Marianna Islands (United States)
The Encyclopedia of Earth provides an overview of Northern Marianna Islands (United States), including its geography, natural resources, history, government, economy, and much more. Maps and images are also included, along with sources...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Navassa Island (United States)
The Encyclopedia of Earth provides an overview of Navassa Island (United States), including its geography, natural resources, history, government, economy, and much more. Maps and images are also included, along with sources used to...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Heard Island and Mc Donald Islands (Australia)
The Encyclopedia of Earth provides an overview of Heard Island (Australia), including its geography, natural resources, history, government, economy, and much more. Maps and images are also included, along with sources used to create the...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Cook Islands (New Zealand)
The Encyclopedia of Earth provides an overview of Cook Islands (New Zealand), including its geography, natural resources, history, government, economy, and much more. Maps and images are also included, along with sources used to create...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)
The Encyclopedia of Earth provides an overview of Cocos Islands (Australia), including its geography, natural resources, history, government, economy, and much more. Maps and images are also included, along with sources used to create...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Clipperton Island (France)
The Encyclopedia of Earth provides an overview of Clipperton Island(France), including its geography, natural resources, history, government, economy, and much more. Maps and images are also included, along with sources used to create...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Christmas Island (Australia)
The Encyclopedia of Earth provides an overview of Christmas Island (Australia), including its geography, natural resources, history, government, economy, and much more. Maps and images are also included, along with sources used to create...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)
The Encyclopedia of Earth provides an overview of British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom), including its geography, natural resources, history, government, economy, and much more. Maps and images are also included, along with sources...
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Philippines
Click-through facts-and-photo file about the geography, nature, history, people, culture, and government of the Philippines. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its Asian location.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: St. Catherines Island O Logy Card
OLogy cards are like virtual baseball cards about all kinds of science topics. This one is about St. Catherines Island. See if you can answer a few questions when you're done reading.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Come With Me to the Islands
Students will explore several islands by watching a multimedia presentation prepared by the teacher on islands and how they were formed. Students will then use globes and maps to find various islands using cardinal directions given by...
Other
Bscs: Student Ideas About Earth's Changing Surface
This list describes common misconceptions children have about the earth's surface and the scientific explanation for those ideas.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Haiti Facts
Easy to read facts describe the geography, history, government and culture of Haiti. This is an excellent resource for elementary student research.
World Geography Games
World Geography Quiz: Islands
Identify the world's major islands through this interactive quiz.
Central Intelligence Agency
Cia: World Factbook: Wallis and Futuna
This site from the CIA World Factbook provides information about the economy, government and location of these two islands. What's there is quite good, but about half the categories are "not available".
Other
Islands of Hawaii
This site describes the biology, climate, history, economy, education, geography, geology, government, population, and tourism of the Hawaiian islands.
Other
Unep/siem D2 Weather
This site offers information on the effects of weather on islands. There is some mention of sea breezes.
Curated OER
Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Islands
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Islands."
Curated OER
National Geographic for Kids: Find People and Places: New Zealand
Welcome to New Zealand! Follow this interactive overview of the country's history, geography, people, government, nature, and more.