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ESPECIALLY FOR
STUDENTS
Ask a Geologist
Scientists from all over the US
answer your questions about the earth.
Maintained by US Geological Survey scientists.
Ask Dr. Universe
Dr. Universe answers your
questions...plus has a web site full of
interesting science facts and features.
Bartlett's Familiar
Quotations
Do you need the perfect quote for
your report? Click here!
Barry R. Kirshner
Wildlife Foundation ~Tigers in Durham!
Click here to see all the fantastic
big cats at Kirshner's wildlife reserve in
Durham.
Ben's Guide to US
Government for Kids
Outstanding site for all grades K-12! Clearly
written and definitely worth visiting when you
need information about our government.
Cool Math: An
Amusement Park of Mathematics
The greatest math web site ever! Really! Have
fun with basic arithmetic or advanced calculus.
Puzzles, games, fractals, contests, and LOTS
more!
Cricket Magazine
Super online magazine for kids!
CyberKids
Games, art, chiller stories,
contests, Kidzeen...lots of exciting info!
Dig, Disney's
Internet Guide
Dig This! lists top sites recommended
by Disney's editors. Check back often for new
picks, links, and descriptions. Happy surfing!
Endangered Species
Coloring Book Online
coloring book. Just click on the full page
picture, print it out and start coloring! Bald
eagle, black bear, butterfly, mussel, prairie
chicken, and many others...
FunBrain.Com
Play games: Math Baseball; Grammar
Gorilla: Where Is That, etc. Test yourself. Make
a quiz. Take a quiz
Homework Help: All
Subjects
Use this homework help page for all
of your classes...from pilgrims to presidents,
grammar to Shakespeare, addition to calculus.
They've got it all!
How Stuff Works!
Next time you wonder how something works, this
is the place to go! Fascinating stuff!
Just 4 Kids
Sponsored by the California Dept. of Fish
and Game, this site has lots of great links to
sites about endangered species, facts about
California and its ecology, a wildlife gallery
and much more.
Mad Scientist
Network Ok, Kids, here it is!
Science with a sense of humor! If you like
science, and you have a sense of humor, you're
going to love this site!
National Geographic
Amazing Facts; Pen Pal Network,
Cartoon Factory!
National Wildlife
Federation Kids Page Mad-libs,
riddles, mix and match games...all about
wildlife.
National Zoo
Lots of great exhibits about animals
at the zoo. Also, take a look at a live video
camera at the zoo! Fun!
Neuroscience for Kids
Created for all
students and teachers who would like to learn
more about the nervous system. Enjoy the
activities and experiments on your way to
learning more about the brain and spinal cord.
These experiences are made possible by the 3
pounds of tissue in your head...your
BRAIN!!
No Sweat.Com
Homework Central! Online help for all
ages and subjects. Great activities for learning
basic and advanced math, reading and language
skills.
Poetry
Super-cool site! Click and drag words
to make your own poems. Then you can submit them
for publishing online.
Ranger Rick
The #1 nature magazine for kids!
Scholastic
Cool games, activities, and more!
Star Wars: The Ultimate Reading Adventure!
Scientific American:
Ask the Experts
Just write in your question about
anything in the fields of astronomy, biology,
chemistry, computers, environment, geology,
mathematics, medicine, or physics, and an expert
will answer your question!
Sesame Street
Alphabet Coloring Page For
tots! Print out a favorite Sesame Street
character for your little brother or sister.
They'll think you're great!
StarChild
Fantastic site for young astronomers!
All about the solar system and the
universe...from the people who know... at NASA.
Great links to other sites, such as
The Best of the
Hubble Space Telescope.
Time for Kids
All kinds of great news stories
written at different reading levels. Would you
believe a 3.7 ton burrito made the news?
U.S. Census Bureau
Want to know the U.S. population?
It's updated every 5 minutes! Also, get the very
latest facts for your State Reports here.
US Geological Survey
Learning Web
Explore things on, in, around, and
about the Earth, such as plants and animals,
land, water, and maps.
Volcano World
All you ever wanted to know about
volcanoes! Fascinating!
Welcome to the
Alphabet Superhighway
Learn to be a good searcher! This is
your home for help on searching the Alphabet
Superhighway and the entire World Wide Web for
information.
Wild Ones
Learn about endangered animals from
around the world.
WonderKorner
Don't miss this site! Lots of games,
fun activities as well as links to other great
sites.
Family-Friendly Links...
World-Wide Earthquake Locator
Yahooligan
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ESPECIALLY FOR
TEACHERS
&
PARENTS
A+ Math
Create and print practice problem sheets for
your child or student. Great for students, too:
interactive games, flashcard printouts, and
more.
Blue Web'N
is a searchable database of outstanding Internet
learning sites categorized by subject area,
audience, and type (lessons, activities,
projects, resources, references, & tools).
The
Children's Literature Web Guide
Internet resources related to books for Children
and Young Adults
Classroom
Connect
G.R.A.D.E.S.
is our hand-picked selection of quality
education-related Internet sites.
Education World:
Where educators go to learn...
Worldwide School Sites... Cool Schools...
Database of 110,000 sites.
Educational
Resources Information Center (ERIC)
Need to know the latest information on special
education, curriculum development or other
education topics? Just AskERIC!
Eisenhower National
Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science
Education Explore this site
for the best selection of K-12 mathematics and
science resources on the Internet!
Family Education Network
This site is crammed with uptodate
information for parents, teachers and students.
Vote on many current education issues. Home of
Funbrain.Com
and
QuizLab:
Assessment made easy... Ready-made quizzes;
create a new quiz; print quizzes... Super site
for parents and teachers!
Franklin Institute
Organized lists of resources on the
Internet that science educators, as well as
science enthusiasts, may find useful. To make
the list, a resource needs to stimulate creative
thinking and learning about science.
Helping Your Child
Learn History
Lesson plans to help your
students/children learn about time and
historical relationships.
Helping Your Child
Learn To Read
Enjoyment is essential in the process
of helping your child become a reader. All of
the activities at this site are written with
this thought in mind.
Kathy Schrock's
Guide for Educators
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
is a categorized list of sites on the Internet
found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and
teacher professional growth. It is updated daily
to keep up with the tremendous number of new
World Wide Web sites.
LD Online
Interactive guide about learning
disabilities... for parents, teachers and
students. Lots of great information and
activities!
Library of Congress
A comprehensive record of American
history and creativity; a universal collection
of human knowledge
National
Informational Center for Children and Youth with
Disabilities
NICHCY is the national information
and referral center that provides information on
disabilities and disability-related issues for
families, educators, and other professionals.
Their special focus is children and youth (birth
to age 22).
National Parent
Information Network
The purpose of NPIN is to provide
information to parents and those who work with
parents and to foster the exchange of parenting
materials.
Net-Mom
See Net-Mom's Nice Sites: Best of the Web for
Kids for 1999...the results of her checking out
over 4,500 kid sites. Super effort and great
job!
The North
State
History-Social Science Project
serves K-12 students, teachers, schools,
school districts throughout the northern
Sacramento Valley, the inter-
mountain region of northeastern California, and
the North Coast.
Parents and
Educators Resource Center
Schwab Foundation for Learning offers
a wide range of services for parents and
educators to provide information, support and
resources to improve the lives of students with
learning differences.
Parent Soup
Education Central
Goal: "Let's work together to find
the key to everything our kids can be!"
Public Broadcasting
Service TeacherSource:
activities for every subject and grade. "TV for
Teachers!"
S.C.O.R.E
~Schools of California Online Resources for
Education: links to quality Internet resources
and teacher-developed lessons.
Smithsonian
Education on the Web
Step-by-step instructions for
interviews, simulations, role plays, and
experiments that involve students in active
learning.
Special Education
Resources on the Internet (SERI)
A collection of Internet accessible
information resources of interest to those
involved in the fields related to Special
Education. This collection exists in order to
make on-line Special Education resources more
easily and readily available in one location.
Teachers Helping
Teachers
Popular site! Lesson plans in every
area of the curriculum.
Tools for Teachers
Online
Smart ideas for busy teachers! Lesson
plans, teacher to teacher talk,
U.S Children's Book
Awards
Would you like current lists of a
multitude of honor books, such as Newberry Medal
Awards, Caldecott Medal Awards, Coretta Scott
King Awards? This is the site for you!!
WonderKorner
Don't miss this site! Lots of games,
fun activities as well as links to other great
sites.
More Education
Resources:
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http://www.nea.org/
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