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NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE -
COMPREHENSIVE
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - COMPREHENSIVE
National Zoo The
Smithsonian National Zoological Park is a wonderful learning site
for kids.
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - COUGARS
Cougars
in the Appalachian Mountains
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - DINOSAURS
Dinosaur World Has parks in
Kentucky, Florida and Texas. Over 100 life size dinosaurs on
display. Fossil digs and a museum are also available. The Kentucky
park is in Cave City.
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - FISH SPECIES -
KENTUCKY
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife
list 242
species of fish found in Kentucky in their "Wildlife Species
List"
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - INSECTS
The University of
Kentucky Department of Entomology has special sections for
teachers and students, based on the age of students with lots of
"bug" files.
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - REPTILES
"Frogs and Toads of
Kentucky" is an informative web site section maintained by the
Western Kentucky University Center for Biodiversity Studies that
offers photographs, a range map, and audio clips of the calls of
frogs and toads."
NATURE- ANIMAL LIFE - THE HORSE
The International Museum of the
Horse offers interactive content including: "Horse Breeds of the
World", "Legacy of the Horse", and the "Horse in Sport and
Recreation".
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - THE HORSE
The Kentucky Derby Museum
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - THE HORSE
KET Electronic Field Trip to a
Horse Farm
NATURE - ANIMAL LIFE - THE HORSE
Jesse James
Riding Stables at Cave City, Kentucky offers guided trail rides for
two-year olds and up. The stables are part of the Kentucky
Action Park.
NATURE - COMPREHENSIVE
Kentucky A.W.A.K.E., Nature
(Plants and Animals)
NATURE - COMPREHENSIVE
The home page of Nature Serve
Explorer states: "Welcome to NatureServe Explorer, an
authoritative source for information on more than 70,000 plants,
animals, and ecosystems of the United States and Canada. Explorer
includes particularly in-depth coverage for rare and endangered
species."
NATURE - COMPREHENSIVE - KENTUCKY
KET
Electronic Field Trips presents an "Electronic Field Trip to the
Forest", an exploration of Kentucky's forests.
NATURE - COMPREHENSIVE - KENTUCKY AND
TENNESSEE
Big South Fork
Scenic Railway - Ride the "K&T Special" 16 miles through the
pristine landscapes of the Big South Fork National
River and Recreation Area.
NATURE - KENTUCKY - NATURE PRESERVES
Kentucky State Nature
Preserves
NATURE - PLANT LIFE - COMPREHENSIVE
Plant Facts, an informative
interactive database with photos and videos, maintained by The Ohio
State University. Their web site states they have: "merged several
digital collections developed at Ohio State University to become an
international knowledge bank and multimedia learning center".
NATURE - PLANT LIFE - COMPREHENSIVE
USDA Plants Database can be
searched by scientific or common name, or do a state search and see
a listing of plants in your state. There are over 30,000 images of
plants, and a wealth of knowledge available on this site.
NATURE - PLANT LIFE - COMPREHENSIVE
Fast Plants,
home of the Wisconsin Fast Plants program, a science education
program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (The web site
requires flash.
NATURE - PLANT LIFE - COMPREHENSIVE
Bernheim Arboretum & Research
Forest
NATURE - PLANT LIFE - NATIVE KENTUCKY
TREES
An informative web site maintained by the
University of Kentucky Horticulture Department on trees.
NATURE - PLANT LIFE - NATIVE KENTUCKY
TREES
Native
Trees of Kentucky. An introduction to native tree species found
in Kentucky and adjacent states.
NATURE - PLANT LIFE - RARE PLANTS -
KENTUCKY
KSNPC Rare Plants
Database - Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission provides a
searchable database where you can search by "common name",
"scientific name", your "county name", or get a listing for
statewide rare plants.
NATURE - PLANT LIFE - TREES - KENTUCKY
Kentucky
Trees. From the UK College of Agriculture
NATURE - PLANT LIFE - TREES - KENTUCKY
Kentucky Division of
Forestry - Just for Kids
NATURE - PLANT LIFE - WILDFLOWERS -
KENTUCKY
AWAKE
Plants and Wildlife offers pictures and descriptions of a few
Kentucky wildflowers
PEOPLE - AUTHORS - BOBBIE ANN MASON
A short
biography
of Bobbie Ann Mason created by students at Eastern Illinois
University.
PEOPLE - AUTHORS - CRYSTAL WILKINSON
Indiana
University Graduate Creative Writing Program - Crystal
Wilkinson. (A profile page)
PEOPLE - AUTHORS - HARRIETTE SIMPSON ARNOW
Biography
of Harriette Simpson Arnow on the web site of Virginia Tech
University web site.
PEOPLE - AUTHORS - KENTUCKY WRITERS
The
English Department at Eastern Kentucky University maintains this web
site KYLIT -
A site devoted to Kentucky Writers. The site contains
biographies of numerous Kentucky authors.
PEOPLE - AUTHORS - JESSE STUART
The Jesse Stuart Foundation
PEOPLE - AUTHORS - SILAS HOUSE
"About Silas
House"
PEOPLE - AUTHORS - SUE GRAFTON
Official web
site of Sue Grafton
PEOPLE - INNOVATORS - THOMAS EDISON
Thomas
Edison House - experience upclose some of the famous inventor's creations.
SCIENCE -
AQUACULTURE
Kentucky State University
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