Juan Ponce de León was born in Tierra de Campos Palencia, Spain.
ThinkQuest Internet Challenge is an opportunity for young webmasters (from grades three through twelve) to show off their skills by developing an educational Web site. With over 325 entries in this year's USA competition, the following sites were among th
Created by fourth and fifth graders from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, this site encouraging multi-cultural understanding won a Platinum Award in their grade-level division.
I was struck by the depth of information at this Gold-winning site from Tennessee elementary-school students.
Click to accept your mission as a secret agent investigating the events surrounding World War II.
Personal Best, another Platinum winner in the high-school division, is not only an informational resource about running but also a tool to keep track of your running performance.
"The purpose of our ThinkQuest website is to try to lessen the amount of hate and prejudice in our world by developing an awareness of America's attitude towards Asian Americans during World War II and towards American Muslims after the terrorists' attack
ThinkQuest USA is an annual website competition for grades three through twelve with over 400 entries. Today's five picks are among those winning the highest honors. To see all the winning sites and learn about registering for next year's competition, vis
"Looking for farm information for a school report? Or just love farms, and things that mooooo? You have come to the right place!" Dairy, livestock, poultry and crop farming are all covered in this lower-division grand prize winner written by four eleven-y
Creating a collection of interactive German lessons for both English and Spanish speakers won this high-school team a second place prize.
Three young men from Connecticut won the high-school grand prize with this biology entry about the human brain.
A group of elementary students from Roosevelt School in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin pondered the question of what makes a good world leader.