Nesmith Library
Suggested
Internet Resources for Students
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General Information Sites | Math Help |
Homework Help | General Information Sites
| Search Engines | Literature and
Booklists | Internet Safety |
Lots of Fun | Maps | Homeschool
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www.nypl.org/branch/kids
The On-Lion site for the New York Public Library- loaded with useful
information.
www.mathleague.com Help with your math homework.
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/dr-math.html Ask Dr. Math
www.mathpower.com A great site for kids with math anxiety.
Homework Help
www.ipl.org Internet Public Library Youth Division – lots of helpful information, including a science fair project resource guide.
www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS Presidents of the United States
www.win.org/library/matls/govdocs/kids.htm Uncle Sam for Kids
www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/skhome.html Stately Knowledge
www.kids.gov GIX Kids’ Corner Government Sites for Kids
www.britannica.com Links to full text journal articles, web sites, plus the good old encyclopedia we all secretly love.
www.holidayfestival.com/ Information on holidays around the world.
http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML Informative, detailed site of Greek Mythology.
Search Engines
www.askjeeves.com
Kids’ search engine.
Literature and Booklists
www.storyplace.org The Children’s Digital Library
www.series.net/links.html The Series Bookcase
www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/bestbooks.html Best Books of the Year.
www.seemore.mi.org/booklists Booklists for Young Adults.
www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/storfolk.html Folklore, Myth, and Legend
www.fred.net/lehnert/parent.html Literature Resources for Parents of Young Children
www.ala.org/teenhoopla Young Adult booklists and information.
www.smartparent.com Internet Safety Information
www.getnetwise.org/safetyguide/danger Internet safety for kids.
Parent's Guide to Internet Safety from the F.B.I.
Lots of Fun
www.funbrain.com Educational games
http://www.kcts.org/kids/index.asp/
Great links from a public television site
www.nationalgeographic.com/features/index.html Interactive learning site from National Geographic
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/index.html NASA
www.nytimes.com/learning NY Times Learning Network (Grades 6-12)
www.whitehouse.gov/kids The White House for kids
www.si.edu/natzoo The National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Tune in at 11:30 (E.S.T.) and see the elephants being fed!
The Official Harry Potter page.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ Today in History.
Maps
www.lib.utexas.edu/maps An enormous collection of online maps arranged by continent.
www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/ Online atlas.
www.eduplace.com/ss/ssmaps/index.html A small, but nice collection of continent/hemisphere outline maps.
www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
The Central Intelligence Agency’s
World Factbook 2003 country information and maps.
www.50states.com/maps Information on states plus blank state outline maps.
www.nheon.org/frameworks/frameworks.html New Hampshire Education Standards
www.census.gov/mso/www/educate/edstan.htm Other State Standards
www.worldbook.com
(click on Students, then Typical Course of Study) World Book Typical
Course of Study.
http://bookmobileonline.com A site for buying new and used textbooks.
www.midnightbeach.com/hs A home education mailing list (sign up under Jon’s Home school Resource Page.
www.home-school.com “Homeschool World”.
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