Scholastic's Websitings - fun, free online games
MarcoPolo - internet content for the classroom
Relate for Kids online - a place to get help with everyday life. Right now,
you'll find help dealing with bullies.
Scholastic - Great fun and resources for
families,
kids, and
teachers.
Math
Virtual Math Manipulatives - Utah State University's awesome Pre-K - 12 math
site
Virtual Math Center - interactive math activities
Language Arts
Storyline Online - streaming video of great books being read aloud by
well-known personalities
Word Detective - Do you have a question about the words and language we use?
Find the answers here!
Starfall - Where children have fun learning to read
mightybook.com Encourage your children and students to love books and
experience the joy of reading with this creative Web site.
Between the Lions - "Get Wild about Reading," new from Public Television.
Read their stories online and go to great reading sites.
Get the
Daily Buzzword at Word Central.
Social Studies
HistoryWired - Experience our history by learning about the one-of-a-kind
artifacts and once-common items in the Smithsonian's vast American history
collection.
Science
ScienceNetLinks organizes science resources for teachers, including detailed
reviews of science education web sites, curriculum ideas, and activities.
Ology - American Museum of Natural History
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Internet Databases |
Elementary |
Advanced |
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Product |
Features |
Product |
Features |
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General
Reference
(including magazines,
almanacs, etc.) |
Children's Dictionary/Thesaurus |
American Heritage Children's Dictionary, and others
(Grolier) |
Unabridged Dictionary/Thesaurus |
American Heritage, 4th Ed. (Grolier) |
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SIRS Discoverer |
magazines, newspapers, current events, monthly
spotlight, kid's almanac, encyclopedia |
SIRS |
general, government, and arts reference index of
periodicals |
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InfoTrac
Kids |
easy access to full-text magazines, newspapers and
reference books for information on current events, the arts, science,
popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more. |
InfoTrac
Junior
Edition |
periodical database designed for students in junior
high and middle school, with magazines, newspapers and reference books |
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Current
Events |
NBK News |
fun & friendly kids' weekly news source w/ lesson plans |
Grolier
Brain Jam |
news, monthly celebrations, this-day-in-history |
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Health |
Health and Wellness Resource Center |
find magazines, journals, newspapers, definitions,
directories, and information on: Fitness, Pregnancy, Medicine, Nutrition,
Diseases, Public Health, Occupational Health and Safety, Alcohol and Drug
abuse, Prescription Drugs, Herbal remedies, and alternative or complementary
treatments, etc. |
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Encyclopedias |
New Book of Knowledge |
quick-reference kid-friendly encyclopedia |
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia |
encyclopedia, internet guide, dictionary, featured
biographies, year in review |
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World Book Online |
A wonderful children's encyclopedia with Today in
History, monthly features and calendar, and headlines. Ask your teacher to
get your student home-use password. |
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Everything! |
Find It
Virginia
For use at HOME
For use at SCHOOL |
Find information from many of the web's best databases.
Use your public library card number to use the databases from home. |
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Search Engines & Directories |
Elementary |
Advanced |
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Product |
Features |
Product |
Features |
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Yahooligans |
child-appropriate internet search directory |
Google |
full-featured search engine of more than one billion
webpages |
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Ask Jeeves for Kids |
find previewed sites and use multiple search engines
with one search |
AltaVista |
search for websites and images (with "family filter") |
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AOL@School
Primary |
Elementary |
directory of thousands of pre-selected educational
sites for elementary students and teachers |
AOL@School
Middle |
directory for middle-school level |
