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Maps of Mexico

Virtual Picture Travel Map of California

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Click on California and take a virtual tour of San Francisco, Hollywood and Palm Springs. Visit places of interest such as the PGA West Golf Course, Santa Monica Pier, Alcatraz Island, Golden Gate Bridge and the Japanese Tea Garden.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: John Marin

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on John Marin in addition to an extensive listing of his works as displayed at the museum.
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Curated OER

Fisherman and Boats, Soufriere Bay, Dominica

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC offers a profile of the Caribbean country of Dominica presenting an overview, country facts, and information on political leaders and the media. You can listen to the national anthem or view a timeline of key historical events.
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Curated OER

Fisherman on a Boat Spearing Salmon

For Students 9th - 10th
This fascinating site profiles the stories of fishermen from the early part of the 20th century.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Refraction: Light Entering Water

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Explore how water distorts the location of objects due to the speed at which light travels through different mediums by moving the red point to adjust the angle of the fisherman's line of vision.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Pantropical Spotted Dolphin

For Students 4th - 8th
As its common name suggests, the pantropical spotted dolphin is a spotted dolphin that occurs in tropical waters around the world. It is one of the species that fisherman tend to follow as a means of finding yellowfin tuna, which swim...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling

For Students 7th - 9th
Read the short story "Captains Courageous" by Rudyard Kipling that follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese fisherman in the north...
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Pierre Puvis De Chavannes

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the "foremost French mural painter of the second half of the 19th century". This site provides examples of his work as well as a summary of his work at the end of the page.
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Other

The Lobsterman's Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Facts on the lobster and how man brings them from the sea to the shore.
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Curated OER

A View on Cities: Budapest: Parliament House

For Students 9th - 10th
Parliament House seen from Fisherman's Bastion (Budapest)
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Curated OER

Alert Bay Fishermen Storing Their Nets

For Students 9th - 10th
This fascinating site looks at what it would have been like to have been a fisherman during the early and mid half of the 20th century.

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