Ben Franklin Sites:

• American Memory Collection Library Of Congress - Benjamin Franklin

• Ben Franklin: A documentary history

• Ben Franklin: An Enlightened American

• Ben Franklin's Autobiography

• Ben Franklin: Glimpses of the Man from the Franklin Institute

• Ben Franklin Quiz

• Benjamin Franklin's home in London

• Drafting the Declaration of Independence: Library of Congress

• The Electric Franklin 

• Franklin..."I-doll-ized"

• Franklin Institute

Lesson Plans:  

• Activities to explore: Static Electricity

• Ask Eric: Attracting Balloons 

• Ask Eric: Benjamin Franklin 

• Ask Eric: Brown Bag Science-Electricity

• Ask Eric: Making an Electrical Circuit

• Cloud Watching

• Current Electricity 

• Lightning 

• Louie's Space: Lesson Plans

• The Power of Static Electricity

Lightning Sites:

• Before a storm 

• Bright Light Fright from the Franklin Institute

• Clouds Boutique

• Franklin's Forecast 

• Images of lightning 

• How Stuff Works: Lightning   

• How Stuff Works: The Lightning Rod   

• KIDS' LIGHTNING INFORMATION AND SAFETY

• Lightning and other Wonders of the Sky

• Lightning at National Geographic 

• Lightning Myths

• Lightning, Nature's Fireworks 

• Lightning Stalker 

• Lightning Types

• Point of Invention

• Rain Maker: Lightning Activity  

• Thunder Safety 

• Understanding Lightning  

• Web Weather for Kids- Make Lightning 

• Weather Safety: Lightning  

• West Virginia Lightning

Science:

• Brainpop.com: Electricity

• Brown Bag Science Grades 1-5

• Clouds Boutique

• Electricity Online

• Electrified Ben 

• How Electricity Works 

• IPPEX Electricity Module 

• Louie's Space

• More about Weather from NASA  

• Movie of the kite being struck 

• Theater of Electricity 

• The Energy Story 

• Science Made Simple: Static Electricity

• Understanding Lightning   

• Weather Safety: Lightning 

• What does an Electrician do?

• What is Electricity?   

Social Studies:

• Ben Franklin's Autobiography

• Ben Franklin on an Early Marriage

• Ben Franklin's Philadelphia Gazette 

• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government 

• Ben's Lightning Rod's as depicted in book

• Poor Richard's Almanack

• The First Political Cartoon

• Treaty of Paris - 1783

WebQuests:

• Weather WebQuest 

• Tornado WebQuest

• Weather WebQuest

• Weather WebQuest (Gr. 5)

• Weather WebQuest (Gr. 4-8)