Online tools for kids
Get flash to fully experience Pearltrees
Writing
<a href="http://www.burstnet.com/ads/ad4310a-map.cgi/ns/v=2.0S/sz=468x60A|728x90A/" target="_top"><img src="http://www.burstnet.com/cgi-bin/ads/ad4310a.cgi/ns/v=2.0S/sz=468x60A|728x90A/" border="0" alt="Click Here"></a> Europeans Explore the World In the second half of the 15th century, European sailors began to plan voyages that would take them beyond the limits of the world they knew. The new interest in the world came in part from the Renaissance, but the main reason was to set up new trading links with spice-producing lands in Asia. Spices were an essential part of everyday life for the Europeans.
European Exploration
The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please try the following: Make sure that the Web site address displayed in the address bar of your browser is spelled and formatted correctly.
Great Web Sites for Kids
Reading
University of Utah graduate student Katie Newbold watches as Colton Magill works on his design using Google's 3-D modeling software program, Google SketchUp. University of Utah iSTAR team SALT LAKE CITY — If you just peek into the computer lab, you can see that the students are using Google SketchUp to build 3-D models of houses or dinosaurs or city parks. But you have to look deeper to see what else a recent study found they're building with the freeware program: social skills, friendships, self-confidence and better relationships with their siblings. Not to mention skills that may lead to future employment. The students in the University of Utah iSTAR program range in age from grade school to young adults.