CAROUSELs - Merry go rounds ERIE CO SANDUSKY - MERRY-GO-ROUND MUSEUSM - 301 Jackson Street www.merrygoroundmuseum.org
RICHLAND CO : -- MANSFIELD - Both CAROUSEL WORKS and CAROUSEL MAGIC produce hand-carved wood
carousel animals. First new hand carved carrousel since 1930's in Richland Carrousel Park. www.downtownmansfield.com
CELEBRITIES: WWW.DEADORALIVEINFO.COM Gives info on 7,123 Famous or semi- famous persons; if alive or date of death. Also gives persons born on a given date.
INFORMATION - & - TEACHER RESOURCES These sites contain very interesting general infomation for general use along with teacher aids. Many were gathered searching for teacher sites But contain infor for everyone's use. ABBREVIATIONSwww.infoplease.com/ipa/A0775271.html
COUNTY BY CITY - What county is a city in - What cities in a county NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES www.naco.org Under ABOUT COUNTUES- DATA & DEMOGRAPHICS & ABOUT COUNTIES Naco.org data page: Find county by its cities, cities by county etc
Listing of Ohio Newspapers, Radio Stations, Magazineswww.usnpl.com/ohnews.html Portage County - Ohio Also Nationwide by state
Info on EarthScience and Space by a retired NASA scientist www.phy6.org/
US History-Grant writing - other reresources. www.classroomhelp.com KIDS 3-9 years. - interactive stories, games, crafts, activities develop literacy, number and reasoning skills. www.alfy.com/
www.teachertidbytes.com - complied by a teacher in Canfield, OH. This site must contain a 5000 links to all kinds of information. www.internet4classrooms.com/ An award (ISTE Publications) winning site. one feature is instruction on many computer programs and much more.
INFORMATION - GENE RAL INTEREST http://firstgov.gov/ The U S Government Official website. All kinds of info on government programs, services, forms.
INFANT & CHILD CARE- Index & search for child care info organize by catagories. Contains articles & shopping sites. Catagories of "Learning Activities and Crafts" and "Food and Nutrition" have Famous People, Musical Instruments, Food Labels, more. www.kinderstart.com
LIGHTHOUSES: Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association www.gllka.com
REVERSE LOOKUP By Phone Number or Address or name Look up a business by name, city or state not needed. To show people on street, look up one person or address Then click "find neighbors"
TRAVEL : www.officialtravelguide.com Links to official sites of cities and attractions. To search- Select N Am- United States- next box the stare or city.
WEATHER: www.wunderground.com Gives local forcast plus individual's or organization's local weather stations - just scroll to bottom of page. Also Radar link.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - www.srh.noaa.gov Radio Station List - Cities by State, Cities by County www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/listcov.htm AVERAGE WEATHER CONDITIONS - Data base - Exple: avg highs, avg lows, avaerage rain, avg days above 90 <BY YEAR & BY MONTH> for over 120 Ohio cities, 16,000 world wide. www.weatherbase.com
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY WEATHER SITEs - Homesite of National Collegiate Weather Forecasting Contest Has links much weather info. http://sheridan.geog.kent.edu/nfc.html
OHIO WEATHER OBSERVER NETWORK Weather observations, Ohio Meteorological Society Meetings, Links to Weather sites http://sheridan.geog.kent.edu/owon/
HAPPY TRAILS FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY - Ravenna Twp. www.happytrailsfarm.org/ A non-profit (501c3) organization that rescues, rehabilitates, and adopts out abused farm animals.
Not open to public except by appointment. (org pg).
LAKE MILTON RAPTOR EDUCATION CENTERwww.raptorcenter.org LAKE MILTON - PORTAGE CO (org pg)
NOAH'S LOST ARK - Exotic Animal Sanctuary - lions, bears, wolves, tigers, etc. 501 -c3 Berlin Center near Portage Mahoning border, open to public see ATTRACTIONS PAGE www.noahslostark.org
HIRAM : CAMPHI CANOE LIVERYwww.camphicanoe.com Canoe & kayak trips on the scenic Upper Cuyahoga River, an American Heritage River and a State Scenic River.
www.ohioprairienursery.com Sells native plant seeds (here before settlers came). Site design and consulting available. (See Events)
HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL - Portage Co Parks HIRAM - HEADWATERS TRAIL - Between Mantua Village Park and Garrettsville Village Park KENT - RAVENNA -- PORTAGE HIKE AND BIKE TRAIL http://www.portageparkdistrict.org/ Park activities chart- Click on name for info
THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES - Protects animals and wildlife. Main page www.hsus.org One project of theirs is the Urban Land Sanctuary program. Make even a small urban space a wildlife sanctuary -Wildlife Trust Fund www.wlt.org
OTHER:
HOMESTEADING SITE with writings, many things of interest. www.justplaingoodliving.com PA travel info at the tidbits button.
GEOCONLUENCE
Find the place of coordinates of the earths parallels & Meridians
OHIO INFO www.50states.com/ohio.htm Links to much info on Ohio. Some links seem to be very commerical- hers are informative. As of 3-02-2005 I have just check a hand full. WWW.50states.com also has info for all 50 states.
