WEBSITE WEDNESDAY--SPRING BREAK 2009

Fodor's Travel Guides : http://www.fodors.com/  Get lots of information about any destination.

Current Travel Alerts : http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1766.html 
Read this before leaving the country.

101 Car Travel Games : http://www.momsminivan.com/ 
Keep everyone entertained on the road.

TravelWithYourKids.com : http://www.travelwithyourkids.com/ 
Lots of tips written by parents for parents.

Plan a Trip : http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=U115 
Eight lessons that require teams of students to plan trips. To put together their best travel plan,
students study a map, consider different routes, visit web sites to get airline schedules and costs,
and analyze their data.

Education on the Road : http://edsitement.neh.gov/monthly_feature.asp?id=113 
This lesson encourages students to use their travel experiences to learn about new places
and to document their understanding of what they encounter.

Mission Geography: USA : http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/05/g35/geospy.html 
Students develop a family travel plan and create an itinerary to highlight interesting destinations and
characteristics of a selected state, while working within limitations such as time and available resources.

National Register: Travel Itineraries : http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/ 
Designed for trip-planning, this site includes scores of little-known places that have
historic importance for one reason or another.

Library Thing : http://www.librarything.com/  Use this social networking site to select your vacation reading.
Enter your favorite titles and connect with people who are reading the same thing then see what else they
are reading. Requires a free registration.

For those of us staying home:

Around Indy : http://www.aroundindy.com/ A searchable online database containing day-by-day
listings of things to do in Indianapolis

Indianapolis Monthly Dining Guide : http://www.indianapolismonthly.com/dining/default.aspx 
Try something new with this information about local restaurants.

Indianapolis: So Easy to Do So Much : http://www.indy.org/indianapolis/web/jsp/index.jsp 
Scroll down and click "spring trip ideas" for exciting local offerings.

Recreation and Sports : http://www.indianafind.com/Localities/I/Indianapolis/Recreation_and_Sports/index.html 
Links to sports and recreation venues in Indianapolis.

Your Link to Indy : http://www.imcpl.org/local/seeanddo/index.html 
From the Marion County Public Library. Comprehensive list of things to see and do in Indianapolis.

Visit Indiana: Museums : http://www.visitindiana.net/museum.html 
Find well-known and obscure museums around the state. Check out more categories on the left.

Movie Guide : http://movies.zap2it.com/movies/mvhome.do?aid=zap2it  http://www.commonsensemedia.org/?gclid=CPzjrPfKh5kCFQsMGgod8G6ykg# 
Find out what's playing, read a review, and get times and locations of showings.
Use the second link to see if a movie will be appropriate for the kids.

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