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California Missions

• California Mission Studies Association
  A list of annotated links for each of the 21 missions.
• California Missions
  Descriptions, with color photos, of 21 California missions.
• California Missions (from UC Riverside)
  Historic photos of most of the missions, along with an essay on mission history.
• Official Websites of Individual Missions
  La Purisima Concepción
  San Buenaventura
  San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo
  San Diego de Alcala
  San Gabriel Arcangel
  San Juan Bautista
  San Juan Capistrano
  San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
  San Luis Rey de Francia
  San Miguel Arcangel
  Santa Barbara
  Santa Inés
  Mission San Rafael

States

• 50States.com: 50 States and Capitals
  Very useful site for information on US states. Find the text of state songs, pictures of many of state flowers and birds, famous people, maps, parks, political representatives, and more.
• Stately Knowledge
  All sorts of facts about any state you want to explore: a U.S. map showing each state's location, state flags, flowers, birds, capitals, etc. and a list of websites about each state, plus lots more. From the Youth Division of the Internet Public Library.
• State Reports brochure [PDF]

Countries

• Background Notes
  Countries around the world, from the U.S. Department of State. Great for country reports.
• Maps of the World
  Reference Maps by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) World Factbook
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (University of Texas)
  Political, relief, and historical world and country maps. Extensive links to other map sites.
• World Factbook
  Information for the countries of the world, put together by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Includes nice pictures of each country's flag.
• Country Reports brochure [PDF]

Animals

• Animal Diversity Web
  Great website with pictures and facts on just about every animal there is, from the University of Michigan.
• Yahooligans Animals
  Click on the type of animal you want information on and select its name for facts and photos.

Science

• National Space Science Data Center–Planetary Fact Sheets
  Planetary measurements (radius, distances from one another, mass, volume, orbits, atmosphere, etc.), as well as measurements for moons, rings, and asteroids.
• Geology, Gems and Minerals
  From the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. If you have a rock report to do, look here.
• Science Net
  Science fun and facts on the Internet. Experiments to try, cool and interesting stuff, and information that can help you with your homework.
• Biography Resource Center (database)
  Need to find out about a famous person? Biographical information on thousands of people is right here! [Note: library card number will be needed.]

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