About Minnesota

Minnesota North Star: This is the State of Minnesota's official gateway for information and services.
http://www.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/portal/mn/jsp/home.do?agency=NorthStar
Minnesota QuickFacts from the U.S. Census Bureau: Explore Minnesota's facts and figures, from population statistics to economic indicators.
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/27000.html
Minnesota State Government: This site features direct links to an array of Minnesota-related information, including official government Web sites, laws, taxes, and other general resources.
http://GovSpot.com/state/mn.htm

Education Resources for Minnesota

Minnesota Department of Education: The state's Department of Education Web site is an invaluable resource. Here you will find information on licensing, standards, the No Child Left Behind Act, and more.
http://children.state.mn.us/html/mde_home.htm
Education Resources for Minnesota: This Web site lists Minnesota resources from the U.S. Department of Education.
http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/Programs/EROD/org_list_by_territory.cfm?territory_id=mn

Minnesota Reading Association MRA: The MRA Web site provides information on grants, Web resources, and updates on MRA events and advocacy.
http://www.mnreading.org/
Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics: The Minnesota affiliate of NCTM offers information on conferences, grants, standards, and a set of useful links to Web sites devoted to challenges, puzzles and problems.
http://www.mctm.org/
Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education: The MAGE Web site contains information on student activities, grant opportunities, web resources, and state geography resources.
http://www.macalester.edu/geography/mage/
Minnesota Council for Social Studies: This Web site presents news, scholarships, and links for Minnesota Social Studies teachers.
http://www.mcss.org/
SciMath Homepage: SciMathMN "supports improved student learning in K-12 science and mathematics via standards-based, systemic reforms for policy and practice." Their Web site offers Web resources and reports on science and math education in Minnesota.
http://www.scimathmn.org/
Minnesota Science Teachers Association: The MSTA provides job listings, Internet resources, and information on awards, events and conferences.
http://www.mnsta.org/

Minnesota: This map shows the cities and towns of Minnesota, and includes basic demographic, economic, and historical facts.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/nytmaps.pl?minnesota
Color Landform Atlas: Minnesota: This site contains topographical and political maps to the county level for Minnesota, as well as a menu of links to other online information about the state.
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/mn_0.html

Minnesota: Read short articles on Minnesota history and culture, from the state's last one-room schoolhouse, to Anoka, Minnesota, "The Halloween Capital of the World."
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/mn
Minnesota Historical Society: The Minnesota Historical Society presents a wide variety of material on-line, from author biographies to interactive chronologies. Check out the Educators Portal, to browse their resources by theme, grade level, and skill.
http://www.mnhs.org/
Native Peoples of Minnesota: This Web site covers the history and culture of Minnesota's Dakota, Lakota, Nakota, and Anishinabe tribes.
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/mncultures/index.shtml
History of Minnesota: This page from the Minnesota State University, Mankota contains links to articles on immigration, The Dakota Conflict, historical trivia, and Minnesota Weather.
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/mnstatehistory/index.shtml

Minnesota's natural resources: Minnesota DNR: Browse species-by-species rundown on Minnesota's native flora and fauna, climate and geology. The site also includes a wide selection of nature snapshots.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/nr/
Beyond Main Street: the Nature Lover's Guide to Minnesota: This Web site presents Minnesota wildlife simply and with appealing photographs.
http://www.beyondmainst.org/
Welcome to the Minnesota Zoo: The Minnesota Zoo has a wide variety of online resources, including a Kid's Corner with printable puzzles. Video resources include sun bears tearing apart a pumpkin, and separate shark, snow mo nkey, and gibbon cams.
http://www.mnzoo.com/
International Wolf Center: The International Wolf Center in Ely, Minnesota maintains this informative site to educate the public about the wolf, the wolf's interrelationships with other species, and its role within human cultures. It offers wolf images, news, a teachers guide, telemetry data on wolves in Superior National Forest, and plenty of answers to frequently asked questions about wolves.
http://www.wolf.org/wolves/index.asp
Science Museum of Minnesota: The Science Activities section contains a rich collection of fun, graphical and engaging activies, some geared to kids. Mysteries of the Heart, explores the circulatory system and includes lesson plans. The comic-book themed Mysteries of Çatalhöyük! uncovers a 9,000 year-old city in Turkey.
http://www.smm.org/

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Web site includes teacher resources and more than twenty online exhibitions. Discover the Modernist movement, the mysteries of animal locomotion, and survey world myths and legends in art.
http://www.artsmia.org/
ArtsNet Minnesota: Themes: ArsNet Minnesota features more than 50 works of art from area museums. Five themes organize the material and provide activites, artists' biographies, discussion questions, vocabulary, and lesson plans.
http://www.artsconnected.org/artsnetmn/theme.html

Quick Facts: Minnesota: "Ben's Guide to the US Govenment", from the U.S. Printing office, runs down fun Minnesota facts, including the state motto, flower, and song.
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/state/minnesota.html
Minnesota Fun Facts: The U.S. Census Bureau provides students with a set of statistics about Minnesota.
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/funfacts/minnesota.html
Little House Books: Kids can learn about Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of Little House on the Prairie, and her world, which included Walnut Grove, Minnesota. Find "Little House" recipes and test your "pioneer quotient." The site also includes a Classroom Activity Guide for teachers.
http://www.littlehousebooks.com/enter/enter.asp
Minnesota Legislature links for youth: Kids will enjoy the state legislature's run down of state symbols, famous Minnesotans, and a Capitol quiz. The Web site also includes some teacher-directed resources.
http://www.leg.state.mn.us/LEG/youth/index.asp
The Bell Museum of Natural History: For Kids and Schools: The Bell Museum of Natural History presents two interactive games for kids, Build-A-Prairie and The Watershed Game.
http://www.bellmuseum.org/ecogames.html