Country Research Project Research Sites

The following sites are on line Encyclopedia's or information sources that are a good starting point for research projects.

Fact Monster site Electric Encyclopedia Enchanted learning (good for Grade 3 and up)

World Book On-Line
Google Please have teacher permission to use
Canadian Encyclopedia

http://www.mapsofworld.com/

Country Links

On-line Resources

CIA World Factbook	Nation Master	Library Congress Site
Economic rankings	Country Reports	Students of the world
Canadian Immigration Site	Geographic.org (country ranks)	Nations on line (rankings at bottom of page)
UN Data https://data.un.org/	World Info Zone	Flags and governments http://world-leaders.findthedata.com/
http://geography-site.co.uk/pages/countries/climate/climate_index.html	www.everyculture.com	List of Countries by the system of government http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_system_of_government Type of Government and head of state http://www.mapsofworld.com/thematic-maps/types-of-governments.html
world climates http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/climate.htm Climate types for kids https://sites.google.com/site/climatetypes/home climates of countries of the world http://www.geography-site.co.uk/pages/countries/climate/climate_index.html climates of countries of the world http://www.geographic.org/climate/climate_of_countries.html	Environmental issues by country http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Environmental_issues_by_country https://www.cia.gov/Library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2032.html
Landforms by Country http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Landforms_by_country