| GENERAL INTEREST | |
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U.S. State Birds |
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Learn to SpeakSpanish Online |
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The Amazing
Picture Machine This site is a great one for students to safely search for pictures to include in reports. |
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Tech Know This is an interactive PBS site for students and contains information on cyberliteracy and netiquette. |
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Yahooligans:
the Web Guide for Kids This site is Yahoo's Internet directory for students. It lists academic and nonacademic sites, everything from history to jokes. |
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The Field Museum Visit one of the world's great natural history museums which has collections of more than twenty million specimens and cultural objects. |
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The
Middle School Cybrary This site, presented by Global Access to Educational Resources, contains information on history, current events, geography, literature and writing, as well as a reference center and games and activities. |
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Kids'
Click Use this web guide and search tool to locate information on just about any topic of interest. |
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Kids' After School
Club House This site from Houghton Mifflin, includes a brain-teaser contest, a reading contest, a weekly word find, online games and more. |
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Kid Info This site for students, parents and teachers includes a slide show on how to use a web browser. |
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InfoZone
This must-see site provides guidance for research projects, step by step, from "wondering" to "judging." Hundreds of links to valuable resources are included. |
| MATH AND SCIENCE | |
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The Math Forum This site contains everything you could possibly want to know about mathematics. |
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The
Nine Planets This site presents an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. |
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The Franklin
Science Museum Check out this site which has all kinds of information about fascinating science topics: read the online almanac, visit the publications library for activities, or ask an expert for help with science questions. |
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Web
Elements This site contains an online Periodic Table of Elements as well as other information related to physical science. |
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Windows to the
Universe This is a fun and different website about the earth and space sciences. |
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NYE Labs Online This site is Bill Nye, the science guy's, homepage. Take a look at the U-NYE-VERSE, search the web and see the demo of the day. |
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How Stuff
Works At this site, you'll find out how some common things like radar and electric motors work. |
| SOCIAL STUDIES | |
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The Fifty U.S. States |
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National
Geographic World's Homesite Learn world facts, read articles from the magazine, visit places around the globe and use the map-making feature at this site. |
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The Living Almanac of
Disasters Searchable by day and year, this site provides information on major fires, earthquakes, floods and transportation disasters. |
| ZINES | |
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Time Magazine for Kids
This site is the student version of Time. It features a "talk-back" section. |
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Too Cool for Grownups This is a webzine for students and includes " Homework Wizard" and "Young Writer's Page" as well as many other interesting options. |
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| Metropolitan Museum of Art
Louve Museum |
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| Vocabulary Help | |
| Exploring Ancient World Cultures | |
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Here you can find almost anything you want or need to know about U.S. states and territories. |