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Educational
Calendar & WWW Sites - Monthly calendar of well-annotated educational links
New York Times Learning Center -
Grades 6 -12
ELEMENTARY - Homework Help For Grades 1 - 6
Homework Central
READING
- Children's Literature Web Guide - Massive
and well-organized, with links to nearly every worthwhile children's reading site.
WRITING
- Language Arts:
Writing - For the young writer. Includes KidsPub, a showcase for writing
- Common Errors in English -
A concise list of the most common errors in English usage
ARITHMETIC
- APlus Homework Helper - Homework
Helper will allow you to input a problem and your answer. It will then figure out if your
solution is correct
- Flashcards for Kids - This is a real working
flash card application on the net!
JUNIOR HIGH - Homework Help For Grades 7-8
Homework Central
MATH
- Kids Web Mathematics -
This list has FAQs, dictionaries, quotes, math, history, puzzles, and more.
ENGLISH
- BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper:
English
- Authors on the Web - A
Collection of Biographical Sketches
SOCIAL STUDIES
- 4 Kids.com - Excellent government and
history links.
- The 50 States of the United States -
A quick resource for fun facts about each of the nation's 50 states, including when they
achieved statehood
SCIENCE
- Amateur Science
- Mad Scientist Network - The mad
scientists from Washington University Medical School in St. Louis will answer questions in
25 areas of science, from anatomy and chemistry to zoology.
HIGH SCHOOL - Homework Help For Grades 9-12
High School Hub - . . .
academic resources for high school students Homework Central
MATH
- Cornell Theory Center
Math and Science Gateway - Dozens of links to information about mathematical
equations, definitions, and even math history
- Dave's Math Tables - source for all
your math needs- geometry, algebra, trigonometry, calculus, and more.
- Internet Connections - Math
- Math Archives, The
- Math Homework Help - pre-algebra, algebra I
& II, college algebra, geometry, trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus
ENGLISH
- Busy Teacher's Website: English -
American literature, electronic text archives, Shakespeare dictionaries, and something for
anyone who frequents the local poetry caf�.
- On-Book: An Introduction to the Study of
Literature - all the tools you need to write your own literary analysis.
- On-Line Books Page, The - 5000+ Listings
- Shakespearean Homework
Helper, The
SOCIAL STUDIES
- 50 U.S, States - Capitals and Information
Links
- Constitution
of the United States, The
- Internet Connections - Social
Studies
- Schoolhouse
Library Social Science - links to information on everything from Supreme Court cases
to the Dead Sea Scrolls
- From Revolution to
Reconstruction and What Happened Afterwards - concise hypertext history of the United
States from the colonial period to modern times
- THOMAS - U.S. Congress - Legislative Information
SCIENCE
- Discover magazine,
Editors' Web Tour -list of essential science links, from a calendar of astronomical
events to the periodic table of elements.
- Internet Connections -
Science
- PUMAS - Practical Uses of Math and Science
- Scientific American: Ask the Experts
- the experts at Scientific American are available to answer what you really want to
know
- SciCentral - science and engineering resources
- WebElements
- Periodic Table
COLLEGE - Research From A - Z
Homework Central
- College Homework
Resources From A to Z - the best places to start for topical research, from accounting
to zoology
- World Lecture Hall - links to pages
created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver class materials. For
example, you will find course syllabi, assignments, lecture notes, exams, class calendars,
multimedia textbooks, etc.
TOOLS FOR RESEARCH
A+ Research and Writing for High School and
College Students
Able Writer: A Rhetoric and Handbook
- describes an English composition handbook that treats pre-writing, outlining, English
grammar, usage, word choice, dictionaries, spelling, punctuation, and writing college
research papers.
Argus Clearinghouse, The - a selective
collection of topical guides
Ask An Experts
Chem4Kids - Easy to navigate with site map or
search engine and includes drop-down glossary for terms. Also includes data on atoms,
elements and matter as well as biographies of famous chemists.
Chemistry - the environment, biochemistry,
and inorganic, organic, and medicinal chemistry
Common Errors in English
Country Studies/Area Handbook -
Library of Congress - online series presently contains studies of 85 countries
Document Electronic Sources on the
Internet
Elements of Style - Strunk
Finding Data on the Internet
Five Tools for Writing Timed
Essays - a place to go if your grades are suffering because of low scores on in-class
essays. It's also invaluable for those of you facing Advancement Placement tests. The
site, from Jeff Hook, a professor at St. Petersburg Junior College in Florida, includes
short essays on strategies to improve your timed essay writing ability.
Guide for Writing Research Papers
Guide to Internet Research for High
School and College Students
Infonation -
United Nations - the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the
United Nations
Information Please Kids' Almanac - online
dictionary, encyclopedia, and homework help
Internet Public Library Ready Reference
MLA Format and Citation Guide
My Facts Page - 21 Reference Categories
Modern Language Association Documentation
OneLook Dictionaries - Search over 721,000 words
in 156 dictionaries
Online Writing Lab
Paradigm Online Writing
Assistant
Proofreading Symbols and
Abbreviations
Research-It!
ResearchPaper.com
Research Paper and the
World-Wide Web - companion site to the book. Features an online study guide with
chapter-specific exercises.
Seven Steps of the
Research Process, The
Social Sciences Data
Center - demographic information including census figures, employment statistics, and
election returns
Study Guides and Strategies -
Study Guides includes over 50 pages of summary guides to assist students in succeeding in
their studies. Topics include time and stress management, test preparation, organizational
strategies, reading and writing, and more. Translated into Arabic, Russian, Chinese,
French, German, and Italian, the site should help students around the world.
Web
Compasses - WashingtonPost.com helps you get the most out of commercial searching
sites on the Internet with this helpful guide. Learn the difference between Web Catalogs
and Web Search Engines, improve your Internet research techniques and find the most
widely-used search engines described. If you're hoping to make the Web your primary
research tool on your next project, start here.
Yahoo!
- Grammar, Usage, and Style
GENERAL REFERENCE - All Grades
4kids.org - designed for kids (and their
parents) to find fun, educational, and safe spots to visit on the World Wide Web.
A Common Book of Pi - Facts,
formulas, and articles about pi from a mathematics professor.
Absurd Math Interactive - Use your
math skills to navigate through this bizarre world, dodging the thought police as you try
to unravel the secrets of problem solving. A pop-up "mathulator" (calculator)
helps you move from level to level.
alt.school.homework-help - Usenet
Argus Clearinghouse - "The Internet's
Premier Research Library"
AskERIC - searchable site for a variety of
information and lesson plans
Ask the Experts
Awesome Library - K-12 Education
Directory
B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
Biology Project, The
Biographical Dictionary - contains
biographical information on over 18,000 people from ancient times to the present day
Blue Web'n Learning Center
- "a library of Blue Ribbon learning sites on the Web"
Britannica Internet Guide
Calculators - Online Center
- over 5,200 online calculators
ChemistryWeb Internet Resources
- searchable gateway to chemistry sites includes annotated links to software, newsgroups,
online journals, reference materials, teaching resources, and more.
Citing Electronic Resources
Classroom Connect -
more than a thousand online links to high-quality educational sites as reviewed by the
staff of Classroom Connect! Best of all, it's now completely searchable.
Classroom Resources Activities
for the Environment
Cool and Useful Student Resources - page
for High School students who are trying to use the web to do research for school projects.
Connections+ - Internet
resources--lesson plans, activities, curriculum resources--linked with corresponding
subject-area content standards
Convert It! - Excellent site to convert
anything to anything
Conversion Factors
Curious and Useful Math - tricks and
rules for quickly calculating certain types of math problems. There's also some
entertaining trivia and other math facts that are nice to slip into casual conversation.
Some of it's Useful and some of it's Curious.
Daves Math Tables - collection
of math reference tables that include: General Math (notation, addition, multiplication,
fraction-decimal conversion, interest, and unit & measurement); Algebra (basic
identities, conic sections, polynomials, exponents, and graphs); Geometry (areas, volumes,
surface areas, and circles); Odds and Ends (constants, vectors, complexity, and unproved
theorems); Trigonometry (identities, hyperbolics, and trig graphs); Calculus (integrals,
derivatives, and series expansions); Statistics (distributions); and Advanced Topics
(Fourier series and transforms).
Doctor's Guide to the Internet -
Medical news, sites of the week, new drugs or indications, doctor's feedback, and an
Internet-resource section. Extremely thorough.
Education 4 Kids - "Once upon a time there
was a dream that there would be a set of resources on the net that would exist solely for
kids to use as an educational "center". A place where they could come and play
drill games to better their skills and to learn. This is the place."
Educational Hotlists - from
the Franklin Institute
Educational Index - an annotated guide to
the best education-related sites on the Web.
EdWeb - "With EdWeb, you can hunt down on-line
educational resources around the world, learn about trends in education policy and
information infrastructure development, examine success stories of computers in the
classroom, and much, much more."
Elements of Style - William
Strunk's classic on proper English usage
Environmental Education
Environmental Education Network -
clearinghouse for all environmental education information, materials and ideas.
Explore Science - This site is one of the
best we've come across for explaining scientific concepts. Simple Shockwave demos help
explain mechanics, life sciences, waves, and more. You'll need the Shockwave plug-in and
Netscape 2.0 or better to view the site.
explorezone.com - animated earth, space and
weather science
Flashcards for Kids
Franklins Forecast - Information for
students about various weather phenomenon and forecasting.There is a simple experiment
that demonstrates the causes of El Nino, instructions for building a weather station, and
has links to related science projects to do either at home or online.
From Stargazers to Starships
- This high-school level tutorial focuses on three topics: Astronomy of the Earths
motion in space which includes information, and some experiments and projects that teach
concepts about the calendar, seasons, Keplers laws, building a sundial, and more;
Newtonian mechanics has some projects for understanding Newtons laws and discussion
of mass and motion; and Spaceflight and Spacecraft demonstrates the principle of the
rocket, covers Goddard and early rockets, and moves on to discussions of future spacecraft
propulsion efforts such as nuclear power and space sails.
FunSchool - Funschool.com has loads of Java-based
educational games for kids from preschool to sixth grade.
Great Books of Western Civilization,
The - From Mercer University, modeled after the course of study at St John's College,
with links to the text of the Great Books
Historical Documents - The
Avalon Project at Yale Law School
Homework Heaven - links to sites
categorized by subject to assist with school projects
Homework Help -
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Homework Hell - San Francisco
Public Library
How Things
Work: The Physics of Everyday Life - ever wonder how something worked but didn't know
whom to ask? Ask Louis A. Bloomfield, a physics professor at the University of Virginia.
Human Anatomy Online - over one hundred
illustrations of the human body with animations and thousands of descriptive links.
Human-Languages Page - best language links on
the Internet
HumanSearch - Tired of sifting
through the infoglut returned by all the popular search engines? Or perhaps you just don't
know where to start? Let HumanSearch's team of expert searchers do the work for you...for
free!
Information Please Kids' Almanac - subtitled
"On-Line Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Homework Help." Search by keyword or by
broad subject area (including "fun facts" Encyclopedia articles are reasonably
lengthy, with bibliographies and hypertext links to related articles. Other features
include Facts Behind the News and a Homework Center with tips on frequently researched
topics.
Infomine - resources of relevance to faculty,
students, and research staff at the university level
Internet Classics Archive, The.
- searchable collection of almost 400 classical Greek and Roman texts (in English
translation) with user-provided commentary
Internet Public Library
Internet Sleuth, The - Choose from over 2,000
searchable databases
Internet Scout - hundreds of
announcements each week for the online resources most valuable to the education community
InterNIC Academic Guide to the
Internet
Kidinfo - A great way to find both fun stuff and
information for completing your homework assignments.
KidsClick! - "web guide and
search tool for kids by librarians"
Kids Did This - reports written
by students
Kids Did This - reports
written by students
Kids Identifying and Discovering
Sites (KIDS) - kids help kids find sites that are fun and that help with homework.
Kit & Kaboodle - a highly interactive and
interdisciplinary online elementary science curriculum.
Launch Point - LA Times - "Check
out the best Web sites for getting your schoolwork done or for just having fun."
LibrarySpot - a virtual library resource
center for educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families, businesses and
just about anyone exploring the Web for valuable research information
Librarian's Guide to
Cyberspace - from the American Library Association
Library of Congress Home Page
Looney Bin - study help
for taking and passing exams and tests and writing reports.
Math in Daily Life - site shows
how math helps us in our daily lives. It demonstrates math concepts such as probability,
compounding, growth, geometry, and relationships in situations such as gambling, savings
and investing, population growth, home decorating, and cooking.
MEGAlinks! for Students
Mad Scientist Network -
Answers on everything from Anatomy to Zoology.
Measurement 4 Measure - A
collection of sites that estimate, calculate, evaluate, translate,etc.
Measurements Converter - friendly
JavaScript interface converts length, weight, area, speed, temperature and more, into
different units and unit systems.
Metric Conversion Card - Use
this easy chart to convert inches to centimeters, pounds to kilograms, Fahrenheit to
Celsius, and more.
Mint, The - An economics and money management
primer that addresses how to earn, budget, save, and invest money in today's society.
Issues covered include the stock market, credit cards, inflation, income, expenses,
interest rates, the relationship between higher education and earning potential, and more.
Designed for middle school and high school students, with a section for teachers and
parents
My Facts Page - 21 Reference Categories
My Virtual Encyclopedia - 45 Subject
Categories
Multnomah County (Oregon)
Homework Center
Neuroscience for Kids -
Explore the nervous system, using experiments, activities, and games to learn about the
brain, spinal cord, neurons, and senses. The site, which includes links to other sites and
current events in the field, is appropriate to students of all ages.
Numeracy Home Page, The
- Links, puzzles, and other numeracy activities for adults designed to encourage interest
in math.
Old Farmer's Almanac
OneLook Dictionaries - over 640,000
words in 109 dictionaries
Online Calculator
Online English Grammar - hypertext
guide to the parts of speech, words, and their usage
Perry-Castaneda
Library Map Collection
Periodic
Table - WebElements
Perseus Project, The - detailed searchable
library of texts, translations, art and archaeology of Ancient Greece and Rome.
Peterson's Guide to Colleges - information on
undergraduate and graduate education in the US
Pi Pages, The - Think you know everything
there is to know about pi? Try this trivia game and test your knowledge.
Project Blue -
"The goal behind this web tutorial is to teach the basic concepts behind probability
and to demonstrate its usefulness."
Project Gutenburg - 'Fine literature digitally
re-published'
Random Number
Generator
Ready Reference Using the Internet
Reference.com - searchable directories of
newsgroups and mailing lists
Research-It! -
collection of online research tools. Search dictionaries, translate words, find quotations
and more.
ResearchPaper.com
Roget's Internet Thesaurus
SAT Question of the Day
Science is Fun - the fun of
science through home science activities, demonstration shows, videos, and books.
Information about these and other science fun stuff is available here.
School Express - an educational mall offering
resources for schools, homeschools, teachers, parents and children. Links are given to
hundreds of educational web sites. The Free Worksheets are especially popular for school
and home use.
Schoolwork Ugh! - "Library closed? Need
information for your homework assignments?"
Scholarly Journals Distributed Via the
World Wide Web - University of Houston Libraries
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators -
a classified list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and
teacher professional growth
Shakespeare - The Complete
Works
Simplifined Rules of
Order - simplified version of Robert's Rules of Order, the standards for conducting
meetings
SIRS Researcher - The online version of SIRS'
most popular general reference database, SIRS Researcher on the Web, was developed to meet
the day-to-day research needs of everyone - from young people to adults. SIRS Researcher
on the Web provides thousands of full-text articles on social, scientific, health,
historic, business, economic, political and global issues. Articles are carefully selected
from around 1500 newspapers, magazines, journals and government publications. Graphics,
including charts, maps, diagrams and drawings, are available for many of the articles.
The Space Place - Space science
can be more fun than your children ever imagined. At The Space Place. Brought to us from
the folks at NASA, kids can learn how to make and do "spacey things." Or pick up
some "amazing facts" from Dr. Marc
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Statistics - How accurate is
polling? Find out about statistics concepts through the case study of a fictional
election.
Study Place, The
Study Web - comprehensive index that categorizes
and reviews over 17,000 educational and reference Web sites
Sumfun - A directory of math sites.
Includes sections on humorous math games and tricks, teacher resources, math information,
and tools and software.
Sunrise/Sunset Computation - Type in
a city name and find out times for sunrise, sunset, and more
ThinkQuest - ThinkQuest is an annual
contest that challenges Students, ages 12 to 19, to use the Internet as a collaborative,
interactive teaching and learning tool.
This is MEGA Mathematics - A project of
the Los Alamos National Research Laboratory, this site has puzzles, a glossary, and
special topics on math concepts such as infinity, graphs, and algorithms.
Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
Three Rivers Free-Net Homework
Help
U.S. Census & Map Data
Virtual Body
Virtual Frog
Dissection Kit
Virtual Hospital, The - University of Iowa
Virtual Reference Desk
Visible Human
Project, The - The US National Library of Medicine is creating complete, anatomically
detailed, three-dimensional representations of the male and female human body.
Vocabulary University
WWW Virtual Library - a
staggeringly comprehensive compilation of informational Web sites, arranged by topic
WWWebster Dictionary - the on-line version
of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition
WebMath - the goal of this website is to provide
you with an instant solution to the particular math problem you're having trouble solving.
Weights & Measures
Who Represents You in Congress? - Project Vote
Smart
Why Files: Science behind the news
WonderKorner - a
question and answer place for curious kids.
WorldClimate: Weather rainfall and temperature
data - over 85,000 records of world climate data
World Data
World Directories - over 230
directories representing over 100 countries
World Factbook CIA -
1997 Version
World Flag Database
World Holiday and Time Guide -
tells you which holidays are taking place anywhere and everywhere around the world on any
specific day.
World's Greatest Speeches
World Population Clock
World
Population Figures - country-by-country statistical data on population, cities and
regions, land use, climate, and industrial output
World Rulers
World Wide Metric Calculators
World Time Zones
Writing Center - tips for
writing a research paper
Xerox World Map Viewer
Yahooligans - Homework help, sports scores,
"art soup" and games. Just like Yahoo only just for kids.
Z39.50 Gateway - LOC