News and Places

  News

Canadian news and information site for youth:

• http://www.cbc4kids.ca/  

Site to explain the science behind the news:

• http://whyfiles.org/

News articles written for youth:

• http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/index.html 

  Places

    General

Canadian Community Atlas - great way to learn more about other Canadian communities:

• http://cgdi.gc.ca/ccatlas/ 

Great site, with lots of information on geography topics, including World Factbook 2002:

• http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/  

Flags and maps of the world:

• http://www.plcmc.org/forkids/mow/

        Geography game:

• http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/geogame/

          Icebergs:

• http://www.mqp.k12.nf.ca/

    Northern Sites  

Canadian Community Atlas: Iqaluit

• http://cgdi.gc.ca/ccatlas/joamie

National Atlas of Canada  - maps of Nunavut:

• http://atlas.gc.ca/

Nunatsiaq News - Arctic regional newspaper

• http://www.nunatsiaq.com

Martin Frobisher

• http://www.civilization.ca/hist/frobisher/frint01e.html

Site with many connections to the Canadian North

• http://www.nunanet.com