PENNSYLVANIA STATE SYMBOLS . . .
Dog: Great Dane
Flower: Mountain Laurel
Tree: Hemlock
Fish: Brook Trout
Animal: Whitetail Deer
Bird: Ruffed Grouse
Insect: Firefly
Fossil: Phacops Rana
Aircraft: Piper J-3 Cub
Beverage: Milk
Moravian Mosaic Tiles
The Moravian mosaic tile floor of the Pennsylvania State Capitol has close to 400 picture tiles.
PENNSYLVANIA CAPITOL EDUCATIONAL TOOLS
Keystone Classroom
Kids Corner
Teacher Tools
About the Capitol
Pennsylvania State History
About the Legislature
Civics 1.01
PENNSYLVANIA FUN FACTS . . .
Pennsylvania Size: 309 miles long and 174 miles wide
Pennsylvania Population: over 12,281,050
The state government works in a beautiful building in Harrisburg called the Capitol. The large dome in the middle, called the Rotunda, is 272 feet high and weighs 52 million pounds!
Three hundred years ago, it was known as Penn's Woods (Penn's Sylvania) and William Penn owned it all! No commoner in history, before or since, personally possessed so much land but early forms of transportation never permitted Penn to see more than a tiny fraction of his estate.
With House-approved funding for the Virus Research Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Jonas Salk was able to develop the vaccine in 1954 that effectively ended the polio epidemic in America.
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EDUCATIONAL TOOLS from the PENNSYLVANIA CAPITOL
http://www.pacapitol.com/
PENNSYLVANIA KEYSTONE CLASSROOM
Pennsylvania Activities
A fun way to learn about law-making in Pennsylvania. This book includes fun activities and worksheets to learn about how laws are made in Pennsylvania.
William Penn's Guide to Pennsylvania
Learn about our great state and all the things that make it so special with games, puzzles, word searches and other fun activities.
Pennsylvania Trivia Quiz
A fun, 22 question, multiple-choice quiz to see how well you know Pennsylvania. Includes county maps as well some other fun Pennsylvania facts.
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The Biography of a Bill
Learn how to read a Legislative Bill and how a Bill becomes law in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania's
67 County Names
Pennsylvania's history is revealed in the names of its counties.
Pennsylvania Firsts
in the Nation
Pennsylvania was first in the nation for many things!
Hello Pennsylvania
Information about our state.
America. The History, The People, The Test
How much do you know?
Our House Pennsylvania
A Visitors Guide to the PA House of Representatives.
Making Law Pennsylvania
Making law in Pennsylvania is a meticulous process.
Welcome to the Senate of Pennsylvania
Learn about The PA General Assembly.
Pennsylvania's Capitol Complex Landmarks
Includes maps and information.
The Pennsylvania Capitol
The history of Pennsylvania State Capitol buildings.