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Unit 4: Investigate!
Catching Up with Lewis and Clark

Internet Connection Activity
Lewis and Clark    Find Out More
Go West Across America With Lewis and Clark
Connect to this link:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/west/index.html


  1. Click Onward to enter the site.

  2. Type your first name and click Onward.

  3. On each page answer the question and click Onward.

  4. On each page, click Did You Know? to read interesting facts and Journal to read William Clark's own account. Follow your progress on the map as you travel.

Lewis and Clark
Connect to this link:
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/


  1. Click and read Inside the Corps.

  2. Next click and read To Equip an Expedition.

  3. Click the Back arrow and Circa 1803.


Internet Connection Activity
Scientific Investigations    Leveled Books
Mysteries of Çatalhöyük
Connect to this link:
http://www.smm.org/catal


  1. Read the questions on the opening page.

  2. Click and read Is This the First City?

  3. Click More About Cities.

  4. Click small and watch the slideshow.

  5. Click home and explore What Were They Eating 10,000 Years Ago?

Sue: The Tyrannosaurus Rex
Connect to this link:
http://www.fmnh.org/sue/default.htm


  1. Click Who Is Sue? Click Continue at the bottom of each screen to learn even more about her.

  2. When you have finished reading facts about Sue, click on Image Gallery to see how scientists have restored the fossils, and how Sue came to be at this museum.

  3. Answer some questions about Sue:
    -When was she found?
    -How big is she?
    -How did scientists reconstruct Sue’s skull?