Empowering
kids to become great Web Wizards...
Helping kids find great stuff to make their worlds bigger and
better...
School help is at a click of the mouse. Check
these out!
This is for kids, of course, but can be great for parents
and teachers too.
ALA's
Best Free Reference Sites -- The American Library Association
has assembled a LONG but great list of best free reference websites
How about UCSB
Science Line --
answers to questions for students and teachers K-12?
Ask
Dr. Universe -- http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/WhoIs.html Cool site from Washington State University -- answers science
questions and brings more questions and answers to you
KidsClick! - http://www.kidsclick.org/
-- database of over 6400 sites compiled by librarians -- Ramapo
Catskill Library System and Colorado State Library
Homework Spot --
http://homeworkspot.com/
-- privately owned site that has a hand-picked set of resources
readily at your disposal. Top awards. Part of StarSpot network.
Awesome Library -
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/student.html
-- Over 14,000 sites have been classified into a directory,
specifically organized for teachers, students and parents. Evaluation
and Development Institute (EDI) ; Dr. Jerry Adams
Cool Math 4 Kids --
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
-- "an amusement park of math" with games, tools, and
fun -- made by a mom who is a Ph.D. in math
Fact Monster -- http://www.factmonster.com/
-- From Information Please. Want to look up where things are in
a cool almanac? In fact, you can search from here:
World History For Us All -- UCLA
and San Diego State -- http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/dev/getting_started.htm
Kidipede! -- http://www.historyforkids.org/
-- site designed for kids about the history and
culture of Europe, Asia, and Africa before 1500; run
by a professor from Portland State University
Ever wonder
what Galileo really went through in ye old days of
early astronomy? Check out Nova's Galileo's Battle
for the Heavens site-- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/galileo/