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A+ Math : Homework Helper - Homework helper allows you to input a math problem and your solution. It will then tell you if you have the correct answer. This is a great tool for checking homework papers!
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 an Expert - 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.
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?
B. J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper - "Beege" is 12 years old and has collected over 550 resources that he uses with his school homework. Maybe they will work for you, too. You'll find everything from biographical dictionaries to flags of the world.
Baxter's EDUNet- Time Machine - What happened 50 years ago in India? What about 25 years ago in Australia? Or can you guess what happened 5,000 years ago in the Mediterranean? You can learn so much traveling back and forth on the time line at this site that all your friends and family members will think you are a genius! You probably are if you take our advice and give this site a try.
Big6.com - Would you like to be able to answer any question? Try this methodical approach. There are six steps: 1. Define the problem; 2. Brainstorm how you might find answers; 3. Figure out where the resources might be, and get them; 4. Read the information and take notes; 5. Organize your information and present it; and 6. Evaluate your product and how effective it is in communicating the answers to the problem. Sounds so simple, doesn't it? It's amazing how many people can't even get started on a project. This method lets you break down your research into manageable steps. At the official site, you'll find lots more detail, examples, and sample lesson plans. Forget study tricks: go Big Six!
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.
Electronic Reference Desk - Groan...your paperback dictionary has disappeared. Hmmm, well, here are the A s in the middle of the kitchen, and there are B through F down the basement stairs. Maybe it was the dog? Don't despair. You can use dictionaries online! This site also has encyclopedias, a thesaurus, maps, current news, historical documents, time zones, area codes, and more.
Elements of Style - This little book of grammar was written a long time ago, but writers use it to this day, often referring to it as their "bible." You might be interested in checking the list of words and phrases commonly misused and misspelled.
Fact Monster - Fact Monster is a large reference site just for kids! Get homework help & find facts on thousands of subjects, including sports, entertainment, geography, history, biography, education and health.
Grammar and Style Notes - Are you a little shaky on the parts of speech? Can you tell a preposition from a present participle? The names may be strange, but you use these elements in everyday conversation. A preposition usually describes the object of the sentence and its location in time, space, or relationship to the rest of the sentence. For example, in the next sentence, the prepositions are capitalized: BEFORE the alarm rang, the cat was ON the table. A present participle just adds "-ing" to the rest of the verb: singing, sitting, walking. This resource teaches the parts of speech in a fun and easy way. You'll also learn about punctuation, building sentences and paragraphs, and yes--even spelling. Knowing the correct names for these grammatical terms becomes very important when you begin to learn another language. You'll want to know what the teacher means when talking about French subjunctives and superlatives!
ICONnect - KidsConnect - You've got a question, and no one seems to have an answer--not your mother or your grandpa or your uncle. Just head to this site and pose your question to one of the school library media specialists throughout the world. They provide direct assistance to any student looking for resources. They'll help you learn how to use the Internet effectively for your class work, and you can tell Mom, Grandpa, and your uncle that you've got the answer! Try the FAQs (frequently asked questions) for answers to questions other kids have asked. Maybe your question has already been answered.
Information Please Kids' Almanac - This is great! We typed in "longest river" and up came a list starting with the Nile, about 4,180 miles in length. Then we tried typing "Michael Jordan birthday." BAM! He was born February 17, 1963. You can build your vocabulary with Word of the Day and find out whose birthday is celebrated today. Don't miss this site.
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.
Karla's Guide to Citation Style Guides - Using the net to find information for research projects is great, but how do you give credit to, or cite, all of those electronic resources? Try this guide.
KidsClick! Web Search - Browse almost 5,000 educational and fun Web sites in 15 different categories. All of them have been selected, categorized, and described by a team of librarians who know what kids want. How do they know? Because kids come into their libraries and ask for these types of things! There is a neat and fast search engine to get you where you want to go. You can search for sites by your reading level as well as the amount of graphics you care to load.
Languages from the BBC - The British Broadcasting Corporation offers tutorials in French, Spanish, German, and Italian. Let's look at Italian. Pick Ice Cream Shop from among the many choices. Activity One is a Shockwave game where you drag the correct Italian phrase over its corresponding cartoon. See those kids waving? They are saying " Ciao ," or good-bye, I bet. Hey look, we got a green check mark, and now there is the sound of everyone cheering! Activity Two makes us listen to a Real Audio conversation about ice cream and drag the right words into the correct sentence gaps. This is fun! There are also English as a Second Language lessons for you to try.
LibrarySpot - LibrarySpot is the library and reference information portal of the Web. Find top dictionaries, encyclopedias, newspapers, maps, genealogy tools and much more in one user-friendly spot.
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.
Multnomah County Library - Homework Center - This well-organized collection of links will pay off for you when the library's closed, when your CD-ROM encyclopedia won't load, and when your dad's taking a nap and can't help. The brief annotations help you find that diagram of the human eye you need, for example, or information on what kinds of foods were eaten by the ancient Egyptians. Remember to check here--this site was built by librarians.
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!
Notetaking Strategies - Have you noticed you can't just listen to the teacher or read a book and remember EVERYTHING? Eventually you see other kids making notes about what's being said, or what happens in the book. Notes are good because you can refer to them later when you are studying, both to refresh your memory about what you learned and to help you prepare for a test. This site will help you learn how to take notes. Be sure to take the link back to General Purpose Learning Strategies for many other tips on learning to learn.
Purdue Online Writing Lab: Writing Resources - Are those commas confusing? How about nouns, verbs, and adjectives--do they puzzle you? Are apostrophes getting you mixed up every time? And what's a preposition, anyway? Come to this writing lab to figure out how you should use all these things. Your reports, letters, and tests will look impressive! There are also many resources aimed at writers who want to be published authors.
Research-It! - Your One-Stop Reference Desk - This site's cool! Spell a word, conjugate a verb, find a quote, or locate facts about a famous person. Almost 30 quick reference tools are rolled into one easy-to-use site.
Searchopolis.com - This is an extensive Education Resource Center for students, featuring a powerful filtered search engine, a directory of educational sites, reference tools, and other resources.
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.
Study WEB - Whatever your homework assignment is, this site is sure to have something you can use, with "over 100,000" research-quality links, listed by subject category. The Reference Shelf is a good place to start, but the brief reviews of each site will also help you select just the right place to look. Tell your parents and teachers about this site too, because there is some neat stuff for them here as well.
The History Channel - Who says history's boring? If you get this cable channel, you know the truth is out there! Even if you don't have cable, you can visit this Web site. Try This Day in History (little menu bar box at the top of the page--click, and on the next screen, type the date you want), and get historical facts, plus the top ten in music for past years (select What Else Happened Today). Even if you think you have no interest in history, stop in--we think you'll be pleasantly surprised.
TIME 100: 1900 vs. Now - It's hard to imagine what the year 1900 was like, so this site offers a way to compare the then of yesteryear to the now of today. Back in 1900, 1 in 7 homes had a bathtub, 1 in 13 had a telephone, and a pound of sugar cost 4 cents. Now a pound of sugar is 43 cents, 20 percent of the U.S. is connected to the Internet, and a lot more of us are able to take a bath any time we want. The average weekly wage was $9.70 and now that figure is $435.00. Compare statistics in the U.S. and around the world at this thought-provoking site. Don't forget to visit other parts of this resource, such as The Most Important People of the 20th Century (click on Time 100 Poll).
Unit Converter - This great resource will convert distance (such as miles to kilometers), mass (or weights, including pounds to kilograms), temperature (for example, Celsius to Fahrenheit), speed (such as kilometers per hour to miles per hour), and other types of measurements.
WebMath: Instant Solutions to Your Math Problems - Are you stuck with a math problem you can't solve? Try this site. It has many "fill in the blanks" calculators that will help you solve everything from a simple problem to one with quadratic equations and more. Got one of those pesky word problems, where you have to figure out stuff like "You have 13 coins totaling $2.75 in your pocket. They are all quarters and dimes. How much of each type of coin do you have?" Plus, it doesn't just give you the answer, an explanation is also provided.
You Don't Have to Play Football to Score a Touchdown - Although this study skills page was designed for high school and college students, anyone can learn from these short tips. Did you know the best time to study is right after class? Did you know that when taking a test you should skip the hard questions, do the easy ones, and then return to spend time figuring out the more difficult problems? This page will help you take notes, manage your time, and learn to do your best to make and meet your goals. Be sure to take the link to Study Skills Help Page for more.
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