Here's a listing of useful web sites.

Note: You will be directed to a new page outside of the LAUSD network which may contain advertising or links to content not endorsed by the school or district.

OPEN COURT THEME SITES

FRIENDSHIP

Friendship Website - Pleasant Grove Elementary School's website

The Friendship Garden - PBS online story

Being Friends - from GoodCharacter.com

PBS: It's My Life: Friends

CITY WILDLIFE

San Diego Zoo Animal Bytes - info about animals

National Geographic Animals - animals from National Geographic

Seattle Woodland Zoo- Animal facts

Animal Diversity Web- University of Michigan Museum website

Smitsonian National Zoological Park

Animal Planet

Kid's Planet - info about animals

eNature - National Wildlife Federation Field Guide

Ranger Rick Magazine

Life in the City - NY Museum of Natural History

Human Society of the United States - animal profiles

Pasadena Humane Society Animal Control

Los Angeles River Tour - Click on links for plants, animals, birds

PBS: Backyard Jungle

Audubon State Bird List

Birds in the City - Cornell University

Peregrine Falcoln Fact Sheet

Peregrine Falcoln Fund

Animal Planet - Spy on the Wild - Bird

California Wildflowers

California Native Plant Society

IMAGINATION UNIT

United States Patent & Trademark Office Kid's Site

MONEY UNIT

Fun Facts About Money - Children's Museum of Indianapolis

U.S. Treasury for Kids

• U.S. Mint for Kids
• U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing - Fun & Games
• Money Factory Central Station
• First Gov for Kids Money Website & Links

PBS Online News Hour: Money website

PBS: Electric Money

PBS Kids: It's My Life: Money website

PBS: NOVA: Secrets of Making Money

Fedville - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco kid's site

Young Investor: Kids

Federal Reserve

Hot Shot Business - Build a Business game on the Disney Channel

STORYTELLING

American Folklore - Tall Tales, Myths, Legends

American Folklore - Tall Tales

Tall Tales

John Henry

Johnny Appleseed

Johnny Appleseed - Vermont

Paul Bunyon

Paul Bunyon

Pecos Bill

Annie Oakley

Davy Crocket

Pocahontas

Meet Amazing Americans

Aesop's Fables