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Grades 3-8

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TIGERS

National Geographic Creature Feature: Tigers
Find fun tiger facts, video clips, maps and more!

Discovery Channel: Living with Tigers
Can zoo-born tigers survive in the wild? Meet two Bengal tigers that are trying to do just that.

5 Tigers
This site has up-to-date news on tiger conservation, loads of tiger facts, and some interactive games.

National Geographic Beyond the Movie: Lord of the Rings
Learn about the history and myths that inspired the story of The Lord of the Rings.

The Lord of the Rings
The official site of the Lord of the Rings movies gives you a behind-the-scenes look.

National Geographic Virtual Solar System
One sun, nine planets—explore them all in 3-D.

Games: Explorer 2202
Can you be the first to orbit all nine planets?

Galileo Project
The mission of the Galileo spacecraft was to explore and photograph Jupiter and its moons.

NASA: Solar System
Get pictures, video, and cool information on all of NASA's latest explorations.

National Geographic: Lewis and Clark
Join Lewis and Clark on their historic journey across America's west with an interactive map, timeline, and journals.

Online Adventure: Lewis and Clark
Two of the greatest explorers in U.S. history need your help! Face the challenges and hard choices of exploring the American frontier.

Geography Action: Habitats
Find K-12 lesson plans, overviews of different biomes, habitat photos, and more. Challenge your pupils to take the Habitat Hero Pledge.

Habitat Hero Contest
Schoolyard habitats are sprouting across America. Enter the competition, and your school could win $1,000 to create one too.

Cyber Tiger
What does a Siberian tiger need to thrive in a new zoo home? Find out by creating a zoo Tiger Plan.

Scavenger Hunt
Students design a zoo habitat for a Siberian tiger while learning tiger facts.

National Geographic: Education Guide
Get lesson plans, learn how to contact the Geography Teaching Alliance in your state, get information on grants, and much more.

National Geographic: Teacher Store
Find a world of resources, order a FREE copy of our K-12 catalog, or visit the extension sites for our Windows on Literacy and Reading Expeditions books.

National Geographic–Roper 2002 Global Geographic Literacy Survey
This project assessed the geographic knowledge of 18-to-24-year-olds in nine countries. See the results and brave some sample questions.

National Geographic: GeoSpy
You and your students can test your geography knowledge with this fun interactive game.

National Geographic: News
From archaeology to zoology, there's always something new and interesting to discover.