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Encyclopedias: |
| Encyclopedia
Britannica |
www.britannica.com/ |
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Dictionaries: |
| Merriam
Webster |
www.m-w.org |
| Web
of Online Dictionaries |
www.yourdictionary.com |
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Almanacs: |
| Kids InfoPlease |
www.kids.infoplease.com |
|
Math |
Math League Help Topics
www.mathleague.com/help/help.htm |
A help resource for 4th - 8th
graders. |
Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies
www.mathgoodies.com/ |
Math Goodies is a free math help site
featuring interactive lessons, homework help, worksheets and forums. |
Math Forum: Elementary School Student
Center
forum.swarthmore.edu/students/elem/ |
Search the archives to find help, or ask a question
of Dr. Math |
| Science |
| General Science: |
Mad Science
www.madsci.org |
Scientists will provide answers to questions. |
Cool Science
www.hhmi.org/coolscience |
Science can be cool! |
Boston Museum of Science
www.mos.org |
In addition to museum info, there's science help
too. |
| Anatomy
(Body Systems) |
|
My Body
www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/mybody.html |
Learn
about all the different parts of the body. |
|
www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp |
Tour
the inside of a human body and learn about all the different body systems. |
|
Food Guide
Pyramid for Young Children
mypyramid.gov/kids/index.html |
Focuses on young
children's food preferences and nutritional requirements. |
| Weather |
Miami Museum of Science
www.miamisci.org/hurricane/weathertools.html |
Learn how to make
different weather instruments. |
Weather Station
www.odpem.org.jm/kids/weatherstation.htm |
From the Office of
Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management. |
History & Inventors behind different weather
instruments
inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blweather.htm |
Brief histories of
different weather instruments. |
| Inventions: |
IdeaFinder
www.ideafinder.com/history/index.html |
The first place to look
for that pesky invention project. |
Useless Information
home.nycap.rr.com/useless/ |
Great collection of the
stories behind inventions. |
Zoom Inventors and
Inventions
www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/ |
Mega site from Enchanted
Learning. |
Museum of Ancient
Inventions
www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/hsclist.htm |
They invented stuff in
ancient times too. |
Airplane Timeline
www.greatachievements.org/?id=3728 |
Simple timeline of the
invention of the airplane. |
History of the Highway
www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/history.htm
|
A
bunch of links from the gov't on the history of highways. |
Ultra-Efficient
Engine Technology
www.ueet.nasa.gov/StudentSite/
|
Everything
you've always wanted to know about aeronautics. |
| Experiments
& Science Fairs: |
Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab
www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/ |
Experiments for kids and their parents. |
Home Experiments
scifun.chem.wisc.edu/HOMEEXPTS/HOMEEXPTS.HTML |
Experiments you can do at
home. |
Science Fair Project Index
www.ascpl.lib.oh.us/scifair/ |
An index of
projects. |
Science Fair Tips
www.cyberbee.com/science/scitips.html |
Tips for selecting a
project. |
|
Super Science
Fair Projects
www.super-science-fair-projects.com/
|
Your guide to science fair projects, topics and experiments. |
| Animals: |
Animal Diversity Web
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu |
Pictures and info about thousands of
creatures. |
Animal Congregations
www.npwrc.usgs.gov/help/faq/animals/names.htm |
What do you call a group of ...?
Collective names for all sorts of animals. |
| Social Studies |
| History: |
USA: Outline of American History
odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/index.htm |
|
Library of Congress American Memory Project
memory.loc.gov |
Pictures and info from American history. |
History Channel
www.historychannel.com |
Everything you've always needed to
know about history! |
America's Library
www.americaslibrary.gov |
Stories from America's past. |
|
On the Day I was Born.... |
Today in History
lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/ammem/today/today.html |
Each day an event from American history is illustrated by digitized items from the Library of Congress American Memory historic collections. |
This Day in History
www.historychannel.com/historychannel/thisday/ |
Look up what happened
on your birthday from the History Channel. |
On this Day:
www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/archive.html |
From the New York
Times |
This Day, That Year
www.thisdaythatyear.com/index.htm |
Complete Glimpse on Events and Happenings from
History. |
| Country Reports: |
World Fact Book
www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html |
Facts about different countries. |
Country Studies
memory.loc.gov/frd/cs |
From the Library of Congress, another site about
countries. |
Canada
canada.gc.ca/othergov/prov_e.html
|
Provincial and territorial governments
of Canada. |
| Maps: |
Map Quest
www.mapquest.com |
Check out the world atlas. |
Map Machine
www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/index.html |
Maps from National Geographic. |
|
Flags: |
Flags of the World
www.crwfags.com/fotw/flags |
Extensive site with background information on all
the flags. |
Flags of all Countries
www.immigration-usa.com/flags.html |
Another flag site. |
| States: |
NYS Facts and Fun
www.senatorbruno.com/constituent_services_story.asp?id=4 |
NYS facts from Joe Bruno. |
50 States
www.50states.com |
Facts about the states, including symbols. |
| Biography: |
Biography
www.biography.com |
Biographies of famous people. |
Biographies for Kids
gardenofpraise.com/leaders.htm |
Mostly presidents and other important people. |
| English |
| Book
Reports: |
Student Guides:
The Book Report
www.lkwdpl.org/study/bookrep/ |
This guide will help you
choose a book, prepare an outline and write your report. |
Writing Guides
www.education.com/ourfamilyspace/writingguides/index.jsp |
Forms you can print out
to help with different writing assignments. |
Book Report & Term Paper Guide
www.familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,24-14194,00.html |
Help with book reports.
Also a great section on when to use the library and when to use the
Internet. |
| Spelling and Vocabulary: |
Funbrain.com Spelling
www.funbrain.com/spell/index.html |
More help with spelling. |
Thesaurus
www.thesaurus.com |
Don't use the same word twice! Find
another one! |
| Grammar: |
Guide
to grammar and writing
|
Basic
and advanced grammar rules. |
| Current Events |
| Newspapers: |
| Albany Times Union |
www.timesunion.com |
| Troy Record |
www.troyrecord.com |
| The Saratogian |
www.saratogian.com |
| New York Time |
www.nytimes.com |
| Newsday |
www.newsday.com |
| Schenectady Daily Gazette |
www.dailygazette.com |
| TV: |
| WRGB, Channel 6 |
www.wrgb.com |
| WTEN, Channel 10 |
www.wten.com |
| WNYT, Channel 13 |
www.wnyt.com |
| Fox23, Channel 8 |
www.fox23news.com |
| Time
Warner's 24 hour Local News, Channel 9 |
www.capitalnews9.com |
|
Internet
Searching |
KidsClick!
www.kidsclick.org |
Sites chosen by librarians (including me!)
especially for you. Check here first before you use any other search engine! |
Librarian's Index to the Internet
lii.org |
The grown up version of
KidsClick! |
Kids' Tools for Searching the Internet
www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm |
Another kids
search engine. |
Great Sites
www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites |
American Library Association has some great websites
listed here for kids. |
|
 Wisteme
http://www.wisteme.com/
|
An online
collaborative question-driven knowledge system where anyone can ask, answer,
and edit questions or answers. |
| Clip Art:
|
Classroom Clipart
classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imagefolio.cgi |
Free clip art images
arranged into a directory. Check out the "Terms of Use" to make
sure you can legally use it. |
Clip Art Index
www.kidsdomain.com/icon/index.html |
Some of the best holiday
clip art out there. |
Clip Art Gallery
school.discovery.com/clipart |
School and
classroom-related clip art. Make sure you read the copyright information
before you use anything. |
Billy Bear's Free
ClipArt for Kids
www.billybear4kids.com/clipart/clipart.htm |
Original clip art. Be
careful, some cost money, but most are free. |
|
Greek
Mythology |
MythWeb
www.mythweb.com/index.html |
Devoted to heroes, gods and monsters of Greek Mythology. |
The Pantheon
www.the-pantheon.com/ |
Information on the Gods and Goddesses of Greek Mythology. |
Greek Mythology
www.greekmythology.com/index.html |
Family tree of the Gods and other information. Includes some
well-known stories. |
Classical Myth
web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/index.html |
For the serious mythology student. |
