Lesson Planners Reproducibles Web Sites 1996 Web Sites 2000	Unit-by-Unit Web Support, 2000 Edition: Nature Guides (Grade 4, Unit 5) Here are some of the best Web sites to use while teaching this unit. All of the sites referenced in your Literacy Place 2000 Teacher Editions are also listed here, unless the site no longer exists.  Week 1 Grand Teton National Park You can take your students on a virtual vacation to Grand Teton National Park at the American Park Network. (p. T235) http://www.americanparknetwork.com/parkinfo/gt/index.html Top of Page San Diego Zoo Postcards Introduce students to the concept of Internet postcards. Model how to browse the selections and choose the card. Show students the fields for address, subject, and message, as well as the Preview Postcard button. (p. T263) http://www.sandiegozoo.org/postcards/send.php3?siteloc=11  Week 2 Native American Mythology Take your class on a lunar trip via the Internet at The Encyclopedia Mythica. To explore more Native American moon myths, click on Native American Mythology. Or, use the Search function to search for "moon" and explore the lunar legends of various cultures. (p. T279) http://www.pantheon.org   Authors Online: Joseph Bruchac Author Joseph Bruchac can be found in Scholastic's Authors Online area. (p. T305) http://www2.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/ authorstudies/authorhome.jhtml?authorID=16& collateralID=5113&displayName=Biography Top of Page Explore the Heritage of Indigenous Peoples As students click through this Internet Field Trip, encourage them to find vocabulary words used in context. (p. T313) http://teacher.scholastic.com/fieldtrp/socstu/indigeno.htm  Week 3 Kids' Almanac Students can expand their understanding of the vocabulary words using the Kids' Almanac. Have them look up the words using the Search function, and then read the resulting documents to see the words used in context. (p. T131) http://www.kids.infoplease.com  Week 4 Rain Forests and Conservation Forge a path through the Internet jungle with these sites related to rain forests and conservation. (p. T373) http://www.ran.org and http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/tropicalforests/home.html Top of Page Zoom Rainforests Guide students to ZoomSchool and ask them to find this week's vocabulary words in the text or in the site's glossary. If the words are not in the glossary, students can e-mail the Web editor requesting that the words be added. (p. T409) http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/rainforest/  Week 5 American Park Network You'll find national park Web sites at American Park Network. Have students browse these sites and think about which features are helpful and which could be improved. (p. T420) http://www.americanparknetwork.com Top of Page Park Net Explain to your students that many places have brochures on the Internet. Encourage children to visit Park Net and compare its contents with that of print travel brochures. (p. T420) http://www.nps.gov  Week 6   Top of Page Animal Behavior Send students to the Internet to research animal behavior. The Web sites for the Birmingham Zoo and the Zoological Society of San Diego are good sources of wildlife information. (p. T437) http://www.sandiegozoo.org and http://www.birminghamzoo.com