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America's Story from America's Library! - "America's Story from America's Library" wants you to have fun with history while learning at the same time. We want to put the story back in history and show you some things that you've never heard or seen before. The stuff you see comes from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The Library is the largest in the world and has millions of amazing things that will surprise you.
Ask Jeeves for Kids! - Why doesn't someone invent a kid-safe search engine that lets you type in a real question rather than all those plusses and minuses and quotes and other weird terms? So, you could just type in "I want information on the SuperSoaker 3000," and you'd get back just a few targeted sites, not 23,000 choices! And if you weren't the World's Greatest Speller, the search engine would check the spelling of your question, too. You could type in "I need a map of Arizonia," and it would ask you if you really wanted Arizona. Why doesn't someone invent a search tool like that? Guess what, someone did. Why not go and Ask Jeeves?
Ask an Expert Page - Got a question no one seems to know how to answer? Maybe you need to call in an expert. Experts are people who know a lot about a certain topic--so much, in fact, that they often write the textbooks themselves! Many scientists and others have offered to answer questions about science, math, medicine, history, and other topics. You won't usually get an answer overnight, though, so think ahead.
Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library - This site collects the cream of the crop of learning-oriented Web sites. All sites are rated and categorized by area, audience, and type. Each subject category has links to related tutorials, activities, projects, lesson plans, and more. You can also use their keyword search to explore their collection. Want more? Join the free mailing list for weekly updates. We found the sites listed here to be excellent resources for eager learners as well as educators looking for teaching materials.
FreeZone - Where Kids Connect - This place is so cool that you'll need to spend an entire afternoon just checking it out. For example, in BrainStorm you can do a puzzle, write a poem, and learn weird facts. In Homework Helpers (also in BrainStorm) you can find someone to assist you in the most difficult problem a teacher assigns. You can create your own home page, head to the fully supervised chat box, or find an E-pal. You can find out about your favorite band, TV show, or movie and even write a review. Time to check this place out! TTYL. (You've got to go to the Slang Translator in the Pop Culture area to find out what that means.) Son of Net-mom highly recommends this site's chat room.
Internet Public Library Reference Center - Online Public Library with tons of resources including newspapers & magazines. Here you can ask a reference question or browse a specific section of a collection. Don't forget the IPL Pathfinders-your guide to getting started on research in numerous subject areas, both in print and online.
Little Explorers by Enchanted Learning Software - Try this on very little kids. They can click on any letter in the alphabet and link to lots of Web sites and activities that begin with that letter. This is an interactive picture dictionary, with hours of fun just waiting behind the letters. This page also has English-French, English-German, English-Portuguese, and English-Spanish versions. Much of the site is also available in Japanese.
Study Buddy: Your School Survival Connection - A wonderful collection of tips on everything from memorizing lines in a play to dealing with procrastination is in store for you at this site, plus lots of study "survival" information and a way to get a "study buddy" through a safe pen pal remailer system. It doesn't divulge your real e-mail address, so it's safe as long as you don't disclose it yourself to your pen pal. Ages 6-12, 13-17, whole classrooms, and teacher-to-teacher exchanges are encouraged.
The Mnemonic Number Alphabet - Mnemonics are handy little devices for jogging our memories. For example, the first letters of "My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles" gives the initials, in order, of the nine planets. "Lucy Can't Drink Milk" provides the Roman numerals in order for 50, 100, 500, and 1,000. Some of these mnemonics have been helping students breeze through tests for years; now it's your turn to use them! Do you have trouble remembering dates in history class? Try the mnemonic alphabet system, which replaces numbers with consonants. Maybe you can make up some of your own, too.
The New York Times Learning Network - This site is aimed at teachers, parents, and students in grades 6-12. You'll find age-appropriate current news stories, feature stories, quizzes, lesson plans, and lots more. As you're reading a story, you can turn on some helper applications. Need help with the vocabulary? Highlighted words are linked to a dictionary. Countries are linked to a world atlas. There's even a crossword puzzle!
Welcome to Chem4Kids! - Where, exactly, are the states of matter? Are they anywhere near Cleveland? Does it matter? Of course, you know that anything that takes up space or weight is also called matter. You've got your solids, your liquids, and your gases, but did you know there's also something called plasma? It has nothing to do with the type of plasma associated with blood, though. Examples of this kind of plasma include ball lightning and the aurora borealis, or northern lights. You can also view plasma in the electrically charged matter contained in a fluorescent light or a neon sign. Find out lots about matter, elements, atoms, ions, and reactions at this fascinating site.
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