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All about Kansas
Websites for studying about Kansas
A to Z Kids Stuff - Kansas
Fun Educational Activities
Kids Konnect.com - Kansas
A safe Internet gateway for kids of all ages!
Kansas Fun Facts
U.S. Census Bureau
TheUS50.com - Kansas
New state Study Guides have been added to the Fast Facts pages!
The 50 States - Kansas
From TeachersFirst. A comprehensive resource on America's states for upper elementary students.
Mr. Donn.org - Kansas
Lesson Plans for Teachers. Activities & Games for Kids.
Class Brain.com - Kansas
Start gathering all the information and images you need to make an A+ state report project for school.
Explore the States - Kansas
From the Library of Congress. Games and stories of America's past.
50 States.com - Kansas
Fast Facts & Trivia
RoadsideAmerica.com - Kansas
Find Kansas travel tips, stories, field reports and maps for unusual tourist attractions and landmarks.
More websites for studying about Kansas...
Local homeschooling groups, classes, and events for Kansas
Homeschoolers of Topeka (HOT)
Northeast
Santa Fe Trail Home School Association
A Walk in the Park Unschooling Group
Christian Homeschool Alliance of Leavenworth, Kansas
More Kansas homeschooling groups, classes, and events ...
State Facts
Kansas was the 34th state to join the union. It became a state on January 29, 1861.
Capital - Topeka
Abbreviation - KS
Nickname - Sunflower State
Motto - "Ad astra per aspera" - To the stars through difficulties
Song - Home on the Range
Bird - Western Meadowlark
Flower - Sunflower
Insect - Honey Bee
Area - approximately 82,282 square miles
Kansas field trips
Butler County History Center & Kansas Oil Museum
The Kansas Oil Museum is the leading museum dedicated to the discovery and development of the oil industry in Kansas. Enjoy indoor exhibits on farming, ranching and oil; a hand-on children's area, Texaco Theater and Kansas Oil and Gas Legacy Gallery
Great Wolf Lodge
Great Wolf Lodge is North America's Largest Family of Indoor Waterpark resorts, and the ultimate destination for your next family getaway. Designed to capture the atmosphere of the Northwoods, our waterparks offer an amazing guest experience in a one-of-a-kind, rustically elegant setting. The perfect place for families to re-connect, and create lifelong memories.
With one of our fully-themed resort suites as your family's base camp, you can set out on your Great Wolf adventure. You'll likely first discover our gigantic indoor waterpark, where it's always 84 degrees. And that's just the beginning. Besides our waterparks, don't miss our themed restaurants, interactive arcades, full service spas (and even a version for kids!), fitness centers, and so much more. And with more than 10 locations coast to coast, Great Wolf Lodge is the perfect, weatherproof, year-round destination for your busy family.
So whether your family splashes the day away in the waterpark, enjoys a delicious family meal in our restaurant, or enjoys our nightly Storytime together before calling it a night, we think you'll agree, there's no time, like a Great Wolf time.
Old Depot Museum
The centerpiece of the collections of the Franklin County Historical Society is the Old Depot Museum. A fancy, limestone "county seat" depot with offices upstairs for the division offices of the railroad, the depot in its present state of preservation is a destination in and of itself. However, it also houses a wonderful collection of artifacts which range from items from the Grand Army of the Republic, the Union Civil War veterans' organization to furniture, clothing and tools collected steadily since 1960. The museum features a permanent display, "Trails, Rails and Prairie Tales," that gives the visitor a chronological tour through Franklin County history from native times to the 20th century. An elaborate, almost 40-year-old HO model train layout recreates train service in Ottawa in 1950. Featured exhibits highlight special events, collections and themes.
ShawneeTown Visitor's Center
Shawnee Town, 1929 --an active, fun place where visitors of all ages learn what it was like to live in Shawnee, Kansas in 1929. Engaging and thoughtful tours, exhibits and programs will allow visitors to experience a typical day in and around the farm town of Shawnee, Kansas, in 1929.
Osawatomie - Miami County
The “Town Between Two Rivers” was known as an “Abolitionist Nest” and headquarters of John Brown. Touring Miami County: Mills House, Asylum Bridge, The Jayhawk, Republican Party in Kansas, Osawatomie History Museum, Old Stone Church, First Land Office, Creamery Bridge, Soldiers Monument, John Brown Memorial Park and John Brown Museum State Historic Site, and Osawatomie State Hospital.
Ottawa County Historical Museum
The Ottawa County Museum has a lot more formation about the artifacts than most local historical museums. Many of the artifacts are next to magazine articles or other labels with details of what they were or how they were used. A large corner is filled with exhibits about George Washington Carver, who lived in Minneapolis for several years as a boy. Other exhibits of particular interest include Silvisaurus condrayi, a Kansas dinosaur with many fossils in Ottawa County, and the story of Grace Bedell and the letter she sent to Presidential candidate Abe Lincoln suggesting that he grow a beard.
Parker Museum
The Parker Museum houses some of the smaller items of the museum's collection. This collection includes over 500 laminated pages of the Parker Message newspaper. A former blacksmith shop, west of the main building houses some of the larger items in the collection. A one-room country school house has been moved to a site east of the main building and restored to it's original condition.
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