Language Guide
Language Guide: Los Animales Del Mar (Spanish)
This resource provides colorful pictures of sea animals interact with audio and the written vocabulary word as you move your mouse over the picture. This vocabulary would compliment a science unit on marine life.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Production of Specific u.s. Gemstones
Photos of the principal gemstones produced in the United States, including an introduction to historical and other background information for each one.
The Field Museum
Field Museum: Pearls Exhibition
Highlights from a past Field Museum exhibition on pearls. You'll learn how pearls are made and how scientists and pearl farmers are working to conserve them.
PBS
Pbs: What's Killing the Oysters?
A special report provided for by PBS on what's killing the oysters of Ago Bay in Japan.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: The Allure of Pearls
Exhibition of some of the first known gems to early humans, this collection of pearls includes several world famous precious stones.
Jewelry Central
Jewelry Central: Pearls
This commercial site gives general information on pearls, including their physical properties and where they are found.
Jewelry Central
Jewelry Central: Gemstones
This commercial site contains general information on various synthetic and natural gemstones and provides links to specific gems.
Tennessee History For Kids
Tennessee History for Kids: Tennessee River Freshwater Pearl Farm
When people talk about Tennessee products, they usually talk about crops like soybeans, minerals such as limestone, and man-made things such as cars. During this tour, we'll talk about something produced in the Volunteer State that many...
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Dream Visions
The dream vision as a form was as popular in the late medieval period as the novel is today. From courtly comedy to social critique, via feminist polemic, this article explores some of the most captivating works of the medieval period.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Pearl
This site from Wikipedia provides a general overview of the pearl, a hard, rounded secretion formed inside the shell of mollusks.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: How Do Oysters Make Pearls?
Find out how oysters are able to produce pearls as well as how they can be cultured. Includes information about the commercial value of pearls, the variety, and how they are obtained.
Luminarium
Luminarium: Heroes of the Middle Ages
Approximately half-way through this essay is an intriguing paragraph dealing with Sir Gawain's spiritual battle in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." This is contrasted with the more traditional physical battle of many epic heroes....
Other
Gillett's Jewellers: Pearl Information
Pearl characteristics, differences between a cultured pearl and a shell-based pearl, and freshwater pearls are some of the topics featured on this page.