Around the World Websites for Grade 5

General Country Information

United Nations Member Nations
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm

Library of Congress: Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html

Countries A to Z Altapedia Online
http://www.atlapedia.com/online/country_index.htm

Geographia.com: information on the people, history, wildlife, and points of interest for countries and regions around the world.
http://www.geographia.com/

Atevo.com:
http://www4.atevo.com/guides/destinations/0,3643,0,00.html

Travel Channel
http://travel.discovery.com/destinations/main.html

International Holidays
http://www.accuweather.com/adcbin/desk_travel/holiday?nav=travel

Museums Around the World
http://icom.museum/vlmp/world.html

World Factbook :
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Time Zones

World Clock
http://www.accuweather.com/adcbin/desk_travel/clock?nav=travel

World Time Zones
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/tzones.html

World Times
http://www.worldtimeserver.com/

Time and Date
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

Currency Converters

The Currency Site
http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic

The Universal Currency Converter
http://www.xe.net/ucc/full.shtml

Travel Advisories

World Health Organization: Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response
http://www.who.int/countries/en/

National Center for Infectious Diseases: Destinations
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/destinat.htm

Travel Health Online
http://www.tripprep.com/

U.S. Department of State
http://travel.state.gov/travel/travel_1744.html

Weather and Climate

The Weather Channel Vacation Planner
http://www.weather.com/activities/travel/vacationplanner/?from=homeverticallinker

Welcome to the Weather Underground
http://www.wunderground.com/

USA Today Latest News
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/worldcli.htm

Accuweather Planning
http://wwwa.accuweather.com/adcbin/public/int_index.asp?partner=accuweather

World Climate
http://worldclimate.com/

Flags

World Flag Database
http://www.flags.net/

National Geographic/Flags and Facts
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/

Flags of All Countries
http://www.immigration-usa.com/flags/

Flag Index
http://www.bartleby.com/151/indexes/flags/index.html

Distance

How Far Is It
http://www.indo.com/distance/

Travel Notes - Distances by Air
http://www.travelnotes.org/Air.htm

Travel Planning

Yahoo! Travel
http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-191500002-destination_guides_vacations-i;_ylt=AgvY0f9n4Fh5khPoZ9W65tyhpYMA

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