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STUDENT RESOURCES


GENERAL INTEREST




U.S. State Birds
 


Learn to SpeakSpanish Online

The Amazing Picture Machine
This site is a great one for students to safely search for pictures to include in reports.

Tech Know
This is an interactive PBS site for students and contains information on cyberliteracy and netiquette.

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. 

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.

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.

Kids' Click
Use this web guide and search tool to locate information on just about any topic of interest.

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.

Kid Info
This site for students, parents and teachers includes a slide show on how to use a web browser.

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

The Math Forum
This site contains everything you  could possibly want to know about mathematics. 

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.

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.

Web Elements
This site contains an online Periodic Table of Elements as well as other information related to physical science.

Windows to the Universe
This is a fun and different website about the earth and space sciences. 

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.

How Stuff Works
At this site, you'll find out how some common things like radar and electric motors work.

SOCIAL STUDIES
 


The Fifty U.S. States

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.

The Living Almanac of Disasters
Searchable by day and year, this site provides information on major fires, earthquakes, floods and transportation disasters.

ZINES

Time Magazine for Kids
This site is the student version of  Time.  It features a "talk-back" section.

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.

Homework Help

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Louve Museum

Vocabulary Help

Exploring Ancient World Cultures

Here you can find almost anything you want or need to know about U.S. states and territories.

Miscellaneous
That's with a "z", not a "g"!  It's wacky, busy, colorful, hyperfun, and everything you could want in a kid's site for having fun on the web. 
   
This is an excellent website offering many services including online
text and newspapers from a variety of countries, magazines & serials. It includes a Librarian section, Teen & Youth sections (wonderful!!), reference, and exhibits (example: Harlem 1900-1940: An African- American Community) with teacher sections and resources.
Resources focusing on the U.S. Constitution, the Founding Fathers, and Supreme Cort Justices
The Tomb of the 
Chihuahua Pharaohs

An unusual, but quite good, tour of Egyptian history

Unusual and interesting facts and stories about American's history
K-12 public school union catalog, a shared database of materials in Florida K-12 library media centers-Imagine a giant card catalog or electronic catalog that contains the records of all school library media centers in Florida! 
Games and information about animals for kids, parents, and teachers
An online project from Plumb Design that explores the richness of the English language
Online Atlas, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Almanac
Award-winning daily science radio series