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Vibrationdata.com: Animal Astronauts
Information about some of the early animal astronauts who were launched into space to help determine the effects of space travel on human beings.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Hop to It
This PBS Kids activity is an extension of a Plum Landing episode featuring the spinnifex hopping mouse. Students will learn basic information about the spinnifex hopping mouse; students will also use online drawing tools to design a...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Douglas Engelbart & the Mouse
This article on Douglas C. Engelbart, the inventor of the computer mouse, credits the inventor for helping create the "interactive, use-friendly" computer interfaces that we have today.
Ministerio de Educación (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: Manejo Del Raton
These are simple games to introduce preschool children to use the mouse. There are many activities that match each of the mouse functions such as paths and trails, coloring, puzzles or creating faces.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Rodentia: Rodents
Images and pictures of rodents. Common and scientific name are given with the picture.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Make a Pizza
Kids click and drag the different toppings to make a pizza! Students learn and practice valuable mouse manipulation techniques while clicking and dragging. Fun for children of all ages.
PC Technology Guide
Pc Tech Guide: Input Devices
This resource provides information about using input devices with computers.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Mouse (Apodemus Sylvaticus)
Investigate the world of the Mouse and discover information on the appearance, habitat, breeding, and predatory lifestyle of this small rodent. Includes images and statistics.
Oakland Zoo
Oakland Zoo: Welcome to the Oakland Zoo
Site allows users to tour the Oakland Zoo and view all types of animals from A-Z. Offers links to cool stuff and a world safari.
Read Works
Read Works: In the Night Passage & Question Set
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary text passage shares a first person account of a cat and its night on the prowl. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are...
Utah Education Network
Uen: 1st Grade Act. 15: Frederick
In this instructional activity, students will listen to the tradebook, Frederick, a book written by Leo Lionni. Students will engage in visualization as a post-reading acitivity. Then students will create drawings of places that are...
Kids' Wings
Texas Bluebonnet Books: "Ereth's Birthday"
Here teachers and students will find many useful extension activities for the book "Ereth's Birthday."
McMaster University
The Microcomputer: Input
Information about computer hardware input devices, types, and their uses.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: House Mouse
The house mouse is found virtually all over the world except for the Antarctica. This page has some basic facts and a few photos of this little rodent.
Great Idea Finder
The Great Idea Finder: Douglas C. Engelbart
This is an article on Douglas C. Engelbart, the inventor of the computer mouse.
Other
Warrensburg Schools: Decomposers or Destroyers
This site from Warrensburg Schools gives a great overview of decomposers, and asks each student to pick an animal to research and complete the "challenge."
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Kids @ Random: Babymouse for President by Jennifer and Matthew Holm
This catalog page "About the Book" focuses on the cartoon-based book entitled Babymouse for President. It provides a brief synopsis, book reviews, and a slide show of the pages of the book. It is available for purchase at this site.
LM Digital Media
Kids World Fun: The Mouse That Was
This e-book shares the story of a mouse realized that he should always be himself around others. He set out to become "big" and set his sites on being "big" at the zoo.
PC Technology Guide
Pc Tech Guide: Input Devices
This website gives descriptions of the different types of input devices such as keyboards, mice and touchscreens. Discusses how hardware looks and functions, different types of each device and how each device has been developed and...
Other
Webopedia: Joystick
Resource provides a simple definition of the term, "Joystick," including an illustration and hyperlinked terms.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Douglas Engelbart
An overview of the life and technology contributions of Douglas C. Engelbart. Includes links to other related sites.
Curated OER
Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Mice Eating Cheese
Cartoon illustration of two mice digging into a block of cheese.