All about Tennessee
Websites for studying about Tennessee
A to Z Kids Stuff - Tennessee
Fun Educational Activities
Kids Konnect.com - Tennessee
A safe Internet gateway for kids of all ages!
Tennessee Fun Facts
U.S. Census Bureau
TheUS50.com - Tennessee
New state Study Guides have been added to the Fast Facts pages!
The 50 States - Tennessee
From TeachersFirst. A comprehensive resource on America's states for upper elementary students.
Mr. Donn.org - Tennessee
Lesson Plans for Teachers. Activities & Games for Kids.
Class Brain.com - Tennessee
Start gathering all the information and images you need to make an A+ state report project for school.
Explore the States - Tennessee
From the Library of Congress. Games and stories of America's past.
50 States.com - Tennessee
Fast facts & Trivia
RoadsideAmerica.com - Tennessee
Find Tennessee travel tips, stories, field reports and maps for unusual tourist attractions and landmarks.
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Local homeschooling groups, classes, and events for Tennessee
Cedar Springs Home School Encouragement Group
Homeschoolers of Memphis eclectic
Clarksville Homeschool Network
TnHomeEd Support Groups Organizations/Lists/Boards
Collegedale Area Homeschoolers
More Tennessee homeschooling groups, classes, and events ...
State Facts
Tennessee was the 16th state to join the union. It became a state on June 1, 1796.
Capital - Nashville
Abbreviation - TN
Nickname - The Volunteer State
Motto - "Agriculture and Commerce"
Song - My Homeland Tennessee, The Tennessee Waltz, When It's Iris Time in Tennessee, My Tennessee, Rocky Top, Tennessee, and The Pride of Tennessee
Bird - Mockingbird
Flower - Iris
Insect - Firefly and Ladybug (Ladybird Beetle)
Area - approximately 42,146 square miles
Tennessee field trips
East Tenneessee Historical Museum
History speaks through the Museum of East Tennessee History's permanent and changing exhibits, which focus on East Tennessee's rich history and heritage. Traveling exhibits from the Smithsonian and other venues also share special stories from our past. The Museum's new permanent signature exhibit, Voices of The Land: The People of East Tennessee.
Gray Fossil Museum
Children and adults alike will have the opportunity to learn about natural history in an exciting and engaging environment with the new 7,000-square foot annex. The building will feature a rooftop outdoor classroom with a weather monitoring station, a cafe, an indoor wet lab, and a second outdoor classroom. Excavations for this year have begun on the fossil site. Visitors can tour the fossil site and see the paleontologists hard at work in a fossil dig pit.
McMinn County Living Heritage Museum
Relive more than a century of the rich, turbulent history of Southeast Tennessee at the McMinn County Living Heritage Museum in Athens, Tennessee. Thirty permanent exhibit areas depict life from the Cherokee Indians and early pioneer settlers through 1940 as well as several changing exhibits and programs throughout the year. Exhibits that will captivate, and programs and events that educate and entertain, await you.
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
The Brooks is your art museum, a place where you can experience the transformative power of art. As one of the largest and most innovative art museums in the American South, the Brooks is recognized nationally for the museum’s innovative educational programs, continual community outreach, and world-class art collection.
Museum Center at 5ive Points
Museums are places where objects of scientific, historical, and artistic value are collected, displayed, preserved, and interpreted. The Museum Center at 5ive Points meets this mission with objects and archival material related to the Ocoee Region which includes, Cleveland, Bradley County, and Polk County. Our mission is to preserve and interpret the history and culture of the Ocoee District of Tennessee by highlighting the adventures of its people.
Biblical Resource Center & Museum
The museums main gallery features the permanent exhibit includes a visual display of object and images from the near Eastern and Classical worlds representing over 2,000 years of history.
Making TRACKS - Trails in Tennessee
Making TRACKS provides downloadable nature guides and species lists for each trail, as well as resources for schools to make their own educational nature trails on school grounds or in nearby communities.
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