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Homework Help 
000 - General ReferenceThese sites include information that doesn't fit anywhere elsewww.ajkids.com/ Here you can search by asking a question. For example, Who is the 14th president of the United States? www.beritsbest.com Each site is rated on a scale of 1-5, a good place to find quality sites. http://school.discovery.com/students/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/ 14-year-old BJ and his dad have selected over 550 sites to help you with your homework.
www.cyberkids.com/lp/index.html Provides an array of articles, fiction, music, games, art, and more-all created by kids their own age! www.homeworkcentral.com Hand-picked by scholars, this is a very selective listing of sites. If you sign up as a member you are able to take notes online.
www.startribune.com/education/homework.shtml Post your question and a teacher will answer it usually within 24 hours. http://aristotle.ipl.org/youth/ A full service children’s department, including an "Ask a Question" reference. Check out the Internet resources on math, geography, history and other key homework topics. Features story hour booklists, and book reviews by kids.
www.kidsvista.com/index.html Virtual library with many links to various topics including art, space and sports. Part of Syracuse University Living School Book Project.
www.kidsource.com/kidsource/pages/education.homework.html Need help with a homework assignment? An idea for a school project? KidSource has the answers in the form of a generous, up-to-date listing of homework helper sites on the Net. www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/index.html This page is a part of Multnomah County Library's Homework Center. Alphabetically listed subject headings offer a wide variety of topics. A great place to start your research.
100 - Philosophyhttp://dir.yahoo.com/arts/humanities/philosophy/philosophers/ An A-Z listing linking you to such famous philosophers as Aristotle, Karl Marx and Jean-Paul Sartre.
www.hti.umich.edu/relig/kjv/ Will do simple and complex searches relating to the Bible. www.pantheon.org/mythica.html An online encyclopedia on mythology and folklore, this site contains hundreds of definitions of gods and godesses, supernatural beings and legendary creatures and monsters from all over the world. www.newadvent.org/cathen/ The entire encyclopedia is online. www.catholic.org/ Lists a menu for saints, angels, prayers, information about the Vatican, and just about anything related to Catholicism. www.centerforjewishhistory.org/ Also links to other related sites such as the Yeshiva University Museum.
300 - Social ScienceSites in this section include government, immigrants, fairy tales, folk tales and holidays.http://bensguide.gpo.gov/ Start by choosing a grade level in Ben's kite to learn about many different aspects of the government. There's even some games to help you learn. A teacher and parent section is also available. www.calendarzone.com/ Celestial, cultural & religious holidays are among some of the links provided.
www.sldirectory.com/cal.html Guide to locating events for each day of the year, includes links to the history & development of the calendar, Roman, Hebrew, Catholic, Old English, Native American, Japanese, festivals & holiday calendars. www.netcolony.com/news/presidents/2000campaign.html Information on the 2000 campaign. The candidates, debates, and latest polls. www.uncle-sam.com/ Links to hundreds of federal and state government agencies, offices, etc. http://library.thinkquest.org/3096/ Developed by a group of really smart kids (they won an award for it!), this site will teach you what it means to "invest" your money. www.planetozkids.com/oban/legends.htm Read different legends from around the world. http://members.xoom.com/darsie/tales/index.html Folk and fairy tales from around the world. www.vote-smart.org This site tracks the performance of elected government officials, along with providing hundreds of links to various political sites. www.whitehouse.gov/ Send e-mail to the President and Vice-President, read their speeches, check out press releases, and take a tour of the White House.
Dictionaries, Thesauruses, Grammar http://where.com/scott.net/asl/ Learn how to fingerspell. Use the converter to see how a word would be fingerspelled. www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/errors.html An extensive list of words that are typically used incorrectly. www.britannica.com The complete Encyclopedia Britannica, plus links to websites on your topic. www.infoplease.com Search the encyclopedia, dictionary and several almanacs. Very current.
www.spellingbee.com/ Contains information about past and present contests, as well as useful study aids. www.edunet.com/english/grammar/index.cfm Students with a perplexing grammar problem can head to the English Grammar Clinic to have their questions answered free of charge, while those with an ear for the language can listen to the collection of audio files. www.EnchantedLearning.com/DictionaryA.html This link brings you right into the dictionary at the letter A. For words starting with another letter, click on the letter at the top of the page. www.thesaurus.com/ An online version of this classic thesaurus. www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm An online version of this classic dictionary.
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section includes sites about animals, dinosaurs, gems, planets, rainforests,
science experiments and weather. www.birminghamzoo.com/ao/ The Animal Omnibus is a list of web sources indexed by the name of the animal. For example, looking up African Elephant will produce a list of hyperlinks to sources with elephant information. Because the web is constantly changing, so will this site. http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/ Ask an expert your math questions and you will receive a reply. www.UCMP.Berkeley.EDU/glossary/gloss5/biome/ A brief look at the world's biomes: Aquatic, Desert, Forest, Grassland, and Tundra. www.enature.com A searchable database of plant and animal species that also contains a link to more than 550 North American birds. www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/entyouth.htm Gives resources and basic information about insects and their relatives. Outlines activities with different insect themes. www.pbs.org/kratts/world/content.html Pick a continent from the map of the world and go exploring for animals! www.whnt19.com/kidwx/index.html Put together by a weatherman, all types of weather conditions and terms are covered. You can even send him a question. www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/ Museum of Paleontology at Univ. of CA at Berkeley. www.dinosauria.com/ One enthusiast’s attempt to keep you up-to-date in dinosauria. http://netvet.wustl.edu/ssi.htm Information on hundreds of animals. http://eelink.net/EndSpp.old.bak/Endangered.html A wealth of information on endangered animals & plants. Includes activities. www.endangeredspecie.com/ Lists of endangered species by state, laws governing them, why we have endangered species and much more. http://eelink.net/EndSpp.old.bak/Endangered.html The Exploratorium is a museum of science, art, and human perception with over 500 interactive "hands on" exhibits in San Francisco, CA. http://ipl.org/youth/scipage.html Many science fair projects available. www.jasonproject.org/ Follow along with the students and scientists of this year's Jason Project - Ocean Studies in Bermuda and Monterey Bay, CA. http://users.erols.com/bram/ A collection of links to helpful math sites. Includes a mathematical dictionary. www.mathleague.com/help/help.htm Available for grades 4-8. It's available to everyone as a reference for basic math topics, including fractions, geometry, percents, real numbers, and many other topics. http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/ The Space Agency’s website for kids. www.nwf.org/ Official website of this environmental organization. http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html Created for all students & teachers who would like to learn more about the nervous system. http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html The Nine Planets is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. www.cincyzoo.org/mainhtm/2index.htm A field guide to plants and animals from the Cincinnati Zoo. www.ran.org/kids_action/index.html Contains information about rainforests as well as lots of pictures of the animals and people that live there. www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/index.html Based on the 1998 hit PBS series "Savage Earth", this site includes 4 detailed articles on; The Earth's Crust, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis'. http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/index.html Online experts help you improve your science skills, and find the resources you need to make your next science fair project a great one. www.seaworld.org/infobook.html Information on marine animals. www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/stars/ Journey through the stars with National Geographic Online. http://tornadoproject.com/ Loaded with tornado myths, oddities, personal experiences, tornado chasers, and information on how to stay safe during a tornado. http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/learning.html Everything you need to know about volcanoes from becoming a volcanologist to how to actually build a model of an active volcano. http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/ Providing access to thousands of forecasts, images, a collection of weather links. www.weather.com/homepage.html The cable channel’s official website. www.wunderground.com Wunderground.com specializes in real-time delivery of current weather conditions, detailed forecasts, and severe weather advisories; includes historical conditions, city searches, weather stickers, marine weather, and astronomy. www.windows.umich.edu/ Search this site for beginner, intermediate and advanced info on the universe. Heavy graphics.
This section includes sites on food, health, human body, inventions, machines and pets. www.howstuffworks.com Learn how the ordinary things around you really work. A new article is added every week. http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/biosci.html Explore the heart online. Developed by The Franklin Institute Science Museum. www.innerbody.com/ Human Anatomy On-line contains over one hundred illustrations of the human body with animations and thousands of descriptive links. http://kidshealth.org/kid/index.html This site has information on health, nutrition, emotions, safety and how the body works. www.nalusda.gov/ttic/Kids/nalsci.htm A library of food and agricultural sciences. Contains lists of books and articles on specific agricultural subjects, science fair projects and supplies, careers and biographies of leading scientists.
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are included in this section. www.mos.org The official site of the Museum of Science in Boston offers a link to online exhibits where you can choose Exploring Leonardo, which offers information on Leonardo DaVinci. www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/antiqua/instrumt.html Find out the historical background of the bagpipe, harp, serpent, recorder and much more. www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/MHN/enclpdia.html This resource features musical instruments from around the world. www.metmuseum.org Take a tour of the Metropolitan Museum and play museum related games. www.sportquest.com Searches for specific sports, upcoming sports events, current news, Olympic information, and game results. www.lam.mus.ca.us/webmuseums Provides a comprehensive index of information about museums, aquariums, historical parks, and other cultural institutions.
800 - LiteratureThis section includes author sites, booklists, poetry and writing.http://ccpl.carr.lib.md.us/authco/ Welcome to The Author Corner, a place for students in the middle grades (Grades 3-8) to meet authors and illustrators of children's books. www.wls.lib.ny.us/owls/lists.html Dozens of different book lists for you. www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett An online version of this reference title. www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/lists.html From the Children’s Literature Web Guide, a listing of some of the best children’s books of the past few years. www.users.interport.net/~fairrosa/cl.authors.html Looking for a children’s book author or illustrator? Chances are if they are on the net, they are listed here. http://als.lib.wi.us/MRList.html Compiled by Arrowhead Library System. www.geocities.com/~spanoudi/quote.html Thousands of quotations, old and new, can be found here. www.stonesoup.com/ Stone Soup is the international magazine written and illustrated by young people ages 8 to 13, it inspires young readers and writers everywhere. www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~david/derya/ywc.html Aims to encourage children of all ages to enjoy writing as a creative past time by getting them to share their work and help each other improve their writing abilities. This section includes ancient cultures, biographies, countries, flags, history, maps, presidents and states.
www.africaonline.com/AfricaOnline/coverkids.html Extensive information on Africa. www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html Resource guide produced by the Library of Congress for the study of black history and culture. www.aawc.com/aawc.html Many links to websites on the African American culture and experience. http://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/usa Covers the colonial period to Modern Times. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/history/hista.html A very big list of web sites that are all about American History.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html Historical collections from the Library of Congress. www.grolier.com/presidents Encyclopedias such as Encyclopedia Americana and New Book of Knowledge give their entries here for the U.S. Presidents. www.americaslibrary.org/cgi-bin/page.cgi The Library of Congress has designed this site specifically for kids. It contains many PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS! Includes information on famous americans, the states and inventions. Click on "Jump back in time" for info on a specific historical period. www.arwhead.com/Greeks/ An educational website about the Athenians of ancient Greece. The Ancient Greeks contains many graphics and photos, and describes their beliefs, culture, art, philosophies, theater, drama, lifestyles, and the Olympic games. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/history/histw.html#ancient A very big list of web sites that are all about Ancient History. http://213.53.70.53/eng/default2.html Visit the house where Anne Frank hid from the Nazi's during WWII. www.atlapedia.com The Atlapedia Online contains key information concerning every country in the world including facts and data on geography, climate, people, religion, language, history, and the economy. www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html This Web site was created by Packard Bell Knowledge Network to support students as they explore topics related to Black History and African-American issues. www.biography.com 15,000 entries are here on past and present people. www.janke.washcoll.edu/civilwar/civilwar.htm Links to many different sites about various aspects of the war: Battles, Generals, Medicine, Photographs, and much more. www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/alpha.html Part of a huge explorers and discoverers site, this section is an alphabetical listing of explorers. For more information, click on their home page. www.DistinguishedWomen.com/ This site has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. Searchable by name, field of activity, and date. Provides links to other sites. http://earlyamerica.com Our main focus is primary source material from 18th Century America-- all displayed digitally. A unique array of original newspapers, maps and writings come to life on your screen just as they appeared to our forebears more than 200 years ago. www.50states.com/ Brief facts about the states. http://155.187.10.12/flags/nation-flags.html Images of simple national flags in color. http://school.discovery.com/students/homeworkhelp/geography/index.html Find information about regions, countries, cities, rivers and lakes from around the world. www.HistoryChannel.com Website of the popular cable channel. www.historyplace.com Well organized site covering the American Revolution, Civil War, Vietnam War, WWII, 20th Century Topics & Presidents. Lots of information for your report & fun to browse. www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/k-12/ Many links to resources about Latin America. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html Continually updated project, includes 85 countries to date. www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html Electronic maps of the world and individual countries from the Univ. of Texas. www.mapquest.com Hundreds of maps, from general to very narrowly focused street maps. www.stanford.edu/group/King/index.htm The King Papers Project is a major research effort to assemble and provide historical information concerning Martin Luther King, Jr. and the social movements in which he participated. http://members.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html A comprehensice site on the subject. www.nationalgeographic.com/main.html The magazine’s official website. www.pitt.edu/~lmitten/nations.html This site contains links to pages that have either been set up by the nations themselves, or are pages devoted to a particular nation, and are alphabetical by tribal name. www.nativeweb.org/ Purpose: to provide a cyber-community for Earth's indigenous peoples. www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/ In this resource you will find background information, election results, cabinet members, presidency highlights, and some odd facts on each of the presidents. Links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites are also included to enrich this site. http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/state/index.html A brief look at the states with quick facts: motto, bird, song, flag, etc. Also tells you how to get in touch with the congresspeople from that state. www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/stateshc.html Part of the Multnomah County, Oregon Kids Page, this is a wonderful resource for finding quick facts about the 50 States. Click on a state name and get a list of links which put facts right at your fingertips. www.state.gov/www/background_notes/ Background Notes provide information on geographic entities and international organizations and are updated periodically. www.usps.gov/ncsc/ Zip Codes & Official Abbreviations. http://homepage.midusa.net/~rlong/pres.html Contains biographical information about all the U.S. presidents up to former President Clinton. www.netcolony.com/news/presidents/uspresidents.html The purpose of this site is to provide researchers, students, teachers, politicians, journalists, and citizens a complete resource guide to the US Presidents. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/history/histw.html A very big list of web sites that are all about World History.
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