Student Links

Click on the following underlined links to explore new paths. To find out how to get back to this page once you follow one of these links, please read the note located below the links.

See the Creative Talents of our Banoak Students.

Learn more about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.

Where in the world is "wherever it is?"  Click on World Atlas to find out.

Know what time it is - someplace other than where you are right now?  Check out World Time Zone to find out!

Try out some of these test questions for your grade level.

Learn more about the holiday for Martin Luther King, Jr.

Visit our nearest Coral Reef  -- the Mesoamerican Reef

Want to know about meat eating plants?  Click on Carnivorous Plants.

Find out how the whooping crane population is making a comeback.

Learn more about the Oil Spill off the coast of Spain.

Gobbles Galore -- A collection of Thanksgiving turkey types.

Check out the Biltmore House and Estate.

Learn more about cave paintings in Chauvet, a cave in southeastern France.  Look at some close up art work from 32000 years ago.

What's the latest news in the Science World?

To learn more about words that describe the Internet, click here.

Pick one these choices to find out about Hickory Weather. Notice that there are really two different links from which to choose. Which one do you like best?

Neat sports pages for the NHL (hockey), NFL (football), and MLB (baseball) with all sorts of numbers with which to play.

Find out what time it is right now in over 600 cities around the world.
Hint: UTC is Universal Coordinated Time — the time at the Prime Meridian located near the center of London, England.

Follow the Lunar Prospector to the moon.

Find out what is happening in NASA.

Read about the Cassini mission to Saturn in the Kids Corner.

Create your own Wacky Web Tales by just filling in the blanks!

Click here for tips on Preventing Violence.

Choose this option to view Catawba Valley Community College.

For a closer look at Appalachian State University, click here.

To learn more about Lenoir-Rhyne College, click here.

See the latest adventure of National Geographic.

Tour The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.

Visit the City of Hickory.

To see Catawba County, click here.

Find out what is going on in the City of Newton.

Check out the "Kids Backstage" section at Public Broadcasting (PBS).

Click here to ride along on the Magic School Bus.

Learn more about the State of North Carolina.

Get a different perspective from The New York Times.

See news from the Northeast in The Boston Globe.

Read about regional news in The Charlotte Observer.

To read about local news, try the Hickory Record.

Find the national news in U.S.A. Today.

See WBTV Channel 3.

Explore WSOC Channel 9.

See what's happening at WHKY Channel 14.

Checkout WCNC Channel 36.

See the Creative Talents of our Banoak Students.

Visit the Fourth Grade's Trip to Grandfather Mountain.

Learn about Indian and other North Carolina websites.

Investigate North Carolina Lighthouses.

Check out Lady Liberty for a photo tour and fascinating facts about the great statue.

To find out how far e-mail can travel from Taylorsville Elementary School in Alexander County.