Selected Internet Links: Homework Helpers, Grades 6-12
This is a work in progress. More resources and links will be added. Please let us know what information you were hoping to find here or if you are a student or teacher and have a site to suggest.
General Homework Help
- Awesome Stories
http://www.awesomestories.com
- Link its story content to thousands of on-line primary sources, including maps, pictures, manuscripts, and documents. Topics include the Cold War, the Depression, Prohibition, WWII at home and abroad, women's rights, the "Great Hunger", and Vietnam. To use this site, type "wellesturnerlib" in the username and password boxes.
- Copernicus Educational Gateway
http://www.glastonbury.edgate.org
- The Glastonbury Public School system is participating in this educational portal service, which provides resources for students, parents, and teachers. Of special interest is SchoolNotes.com, where parents and students can find homework assignments and upcoming projects posted by the child's teachers. Also available: a research center, a place for students to post art and writing, educational games, and a parents' toolbox.
- BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
http://www.bjpinchbeck.com
- B.J. Pinchbeck started this site when he was just a kid (he is now in college). It has been featured in such places as the NY Times and Newsweek. The site has now been redesigned and is no longer affiliated with Discovery.com, but it still has hundreds of excellent links to a wide variety of resources.
- Fact Monster
http://www.factmonster.com/
- Formerly known as Information Please Kids' Almanac, this is a good search engine/directory for elementary and middle school students. It's very kid-friendly. Besides containing links on a number of helpful topics, fun and frequently-asked trivia-type questions are also answered, such as "Biggest, Coolest, Driest...".
- High School Ace
http://www.highschoolace.com/ace/ace.cfm
- Links to chemistry, biology, Earth science, English, World Studies, physics, math, U.S. History and language sites. There are also on-line activities, student writing, a reference collection, and links to current events sites. The latter are updated daily.
- Internet Public Library: Teen Space
http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/browse/sh0000/
- An extensive list of links to a wide variety of subjects helpful to junior and senior high school students. Click on the subject links beneath Sub-headings for specific English, History, Science, etc., topics. This site can be very helpful, but be prepared to spend a little more time searching on it.
- Internet Public Library: KidSpace
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/
- Links to a variety of subjects helpful to elementary and junior high school students. This site has a lot of interesting and helpful links, but may not be the easiest or fastest to use. It's definitely worth exploring, though.
- Kids Click
http://www.kidsclick.org/
- Begun as a project of Ramapo Catskill Library System, this site is now maintained by the Colorado State Library. It is designed for students in grades K-7. Each link has a description and a general reading level for the site.
- Pink Monkey
http://www.pinkmonkey.com
- Besides literary criticism (see below), the Pink Monkey site also has a section called Core Concepts. There are study guides for several subjects, including calculus, physics, algebra, trigonometry, American History, and biology. These are aimed at high school students.
American History
- America's Story
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
- Hosted by the Library of Congress, this site provides brief explanations about events in America's history and biographies of notable Americans such as Buffalo Bill, Frederick Douglass, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It is geared towards elementary and middle school students. However, the Library of Congress has a wealth of information for students of all ages.
- History Reference Center
http://rqst-agent.auto-graphics.com/LoginModule/Goto.aspx?cuid=rqst&dataid=256
- Provides articles from magazines, journals, reference and non-fiction books; biographies, documents and speeches; maps and photographs. Also includes film and video clips of social, political, and cultural historical events of the 20th Century from 1893 to 1985. This database is intended for high school students and adult researchers.You will need the bar code from your Glastonbury library card to access this database from home.
- Newseum: The Interactive Museum of News
http://www.newseum.org/
- The Newseum's mission is to help the public and the news media understand one another better and to celebrate the First Amendment. This site may be helpful to those studying major events in recent history such as the September 11 tragedy, Kennedy's assassination, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the war in Iraq, and the Holocaust. Editorial cartoons from a variety of artists are also featured, as are the front pages of hundreds of national and international newspapers. You will need Flash to use this site, and audio is used heavily.
- Cold War
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/
- Beginning with the end of WWI and ending with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, this CNN series explores the relationship between the Soviet Union (and its satellite countries) and the United States and its affects on those countries and the rest of the world. Topics include (but are not limited to) the Cuban Missile Crisis, nuclear proliferation, spies, McCarthy and the House Un-American Committee.
- Famous Trials
www.umkc.edu/famoustrials
- Sacco & Vanzetti, the Chicago 7, Scopes, Salem Witches, the Rosenbergs, O.J. and several more trials are presented in great detail by Doug Linder, a professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School. Links to transcripts of trial proceedings, biographies, bibliographies, and a wealth of other material is available.
- GREAT DEPRESSION
- About.Com: American History-Great Depression
http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/greatdepression/index.htm?terms=Great+Depression
- This site links to a number of sites on varied Great Depression topics. Included are editorial cartoons concerning FDR's presidency, the New Deal Document Library, and unemployment information. About.Com places ads and sponsored links on its pages. We normally do not link to pages of this type, but have made an exception due to the potential worth of the actual links.
- American Memory: WPA Life Histories Project
http://rs6.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html
- The American Memory collection of the Library of Congress has collected these manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project 1936-1940. This site will be most helpful to those who want to know about life in the early years of the century and those looking for examples of work done as part of the FWP.
- American Memory Timeline: Great Depression
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/depwwii/depwar.html
- This area from the Library of Congress's American Memory Collection gives a short summation of the Depression and links to photographs and documents from the period.
- History of the Civilian Conservation Corps
http://www.cccalumni.org/history1.html
- This page from the National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni web site gives a brief history of the CCC. Check out their list of additional resource sites (http://www.cccalumni.org/cccsites.htm)
- 1929 Stock Market Crash Chart
http://mutualfunds.about.com/library/weekly/bl_1929_chart.htm
- Dustin Woodard created this chart of the 1929 stock market crash using weekly Dow Jones Industrial Average data. A chart of the crash using the S&P 500 is also available. He also provides links to more information about the 1929 stock market crash.
- Immigration - Historical Census Information
http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029/twps0029.html
- This working paper presents selected decennial census data on the foreign-born population of the United States from 1850 to 1990.
- JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMPS
- Museum of the City of San Francisco
http://www.sfmuseum.org/war/evactxt.html
- Read The San Francisco News articles from March-April 1942 concerning the relocation of Japanese-Americans, as well as PowerPoint presentations on the San Francisco evacuation, Tanforo Assembly Center, and Manzanar. A number of other important documents related to the time are also available on this site or via links.
- Masumi Hayashi Photographs: American Concentration Camps
http://www.csuohio.edu/art_photos/
- Professor Hayashi teaches photography at Cleveland State University. Here she has photographs and some data on each of the internment camps. Audio interviews with former internees are also available.
- National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/alic/reference_desk/military_resources/japanese_internment.html
- The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), an independent federal agency dedicated to preserving our nation's history, has a number of resources about the internment camps. Included: President Ford's Proclamation 4417 terminating the executive order for internment, an analysis of the Army's decision to inter Japanese-Americans, and several sites containing photographs and/or personal narratives regarding the camps.
- NATIVE AMERICANS
- First Nations Histories
http://www.dickshovel.com/up.html
- Eventually, about 240 tribal histories will be included on this site. Currently, it primarily consists of tribes of the Northeast. Topics include languages, population, culture, and history (through 1900 or so). Please note: Some of the information found elsewhere on this site is controversial, although the tribal histories portion is not. A disclaimer on the site's front page states "Indian Country Today will no longer visit the [First Nations] web site because [its] continued proliferation of gossip, rumor and innuendo in their misguided attempt to support American Indian issues." However, this site is on the Pequot Museum's list of recommended Native American web sites. Users should always remember that information found on the Internet may need further verification.
- Haudenosaunee
http://sixnations.buffnet.net/
- Haudenosaunee Home Page, the official source of news and information from the Haudenosaunee, comprised of the traditional leadership of the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk and Tuscarora Nations.
- The Mohegans
http://www.nativeamericanmohegans.com
- A good place to go for historical information about one of Connecticut's Native American tribes.
- Pequot Museum
http://www.pequotmuseum.org
- An excellent site for information on the Mashantucket Pequot tribe, from their earliest days through today. From this front page, mouseover Exhibit Galleries, Natural Lifeways, Society and Culture, and Natural World to see the many subjects under each drop-down menu.
- Pequot Museum Recommended Web Sites
http://www.pequotmuseum.org/Home/LibrariesArchives/CHILDRENSLIBRARY/
- The museum's children's section suggests web sites for those interested in researching Native American cultures.
- Pathfinder: The U.S. Civil War
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48451
- This Pathfinder provides researchers and Civil War buffs with both print and Internet resource suggestions. Pathfinders are starting points, meant to point researchers to sources of information which may be useful. Further research will be required. This Pathfinder is from the Internet Public Library.
- United States Civil War Center
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/
- the U.S. Civil War Center's mission is to locate, index, and make available all appropriate private and public data on the Internet regarding the Civil War. It currently contains over 6,500 links, many of them to primary sources.
- Presidential Timeline
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/
- Documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video from the collections of the twelve Presidential Libraries of the National Archives.
Ancient History
- Ancient and Classical Cultures
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/anchsthc.html
- This page from the Multnomah Country Library has pointers to resources on the Central/South America native cultures (Aztecs, Incas, Mayans, Toltecs, and Yanomamo, to name a few), Celts, China, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, India, the Romans, and a number of other cultures.
- Ancient Greece and Rome
Biographies
- Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/
- Contains over 25,000 biographies of notable people, primarily those featured on A&E's Biography program. Subjects include politicians, entertainers, athletes, artists, activists, and people who have figured prominently in world events.
- iConn.org: Wilson Biographies
http://rqst-agent.auto-graphics.com/LoginModule/Goto.aspx?cuid=rqst&dataid=53
- You will need your library card to enter the iConn database. Click on the Wilson Biographies link to search illustrated profiles of over 120,000 individuals from antiquity to the present.
- Infoplease.com: Biography
http://www.infoplease.com/people.html
- Over 30,000 biographies are available in such categories as Recent Deaths, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Scientists, Artists, and World Rulers. Searches may bring up an encyclopedia entry, a dictionary entry, or a very brief almanac entry. At the bottom, seemingly related links to online news articles are suggested, but these often pick up just one part of the name and are therefore false hits.
Citations
- Citation Machine
http://citationmachine.net/
- This site will format your bibliography for you. All you need to do is select the type of resource you need to cite, type in the information, and click on "submit". It will show you the correct APA and MLA styles.
- APA Citation Style
http://campusgw.library.cornell.edu/newhelp/res_strategy/citing/apa.html
- Cornell University's guide to APA citation styles.
- Columbia Guide to Online Style
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos2006/basic.html
- Good source for how to document online resources.
- Guide for Writing Research Papers: MLA style
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml
- This document was created for students at Capital Community-Technical College in Hartford, CT by Professor of English and College Webmaster Charles Darling. This page is an introduction. Links on the left of the page lead to answers to specific questions about MLA style.
- Guide for Writing Research Papers based on Styles Recommended by The American Psychological Association
http://webster.commnet.edu/apa/
- Based on a document prepared by Patricia S. Burgess, Ph.D., a volunteer staff member for America Online, and subsequently modified and updated for use on the Web by members of the Humanities Department and library staff at Capital Community-Technical College in Hartford, Connecticut. In Question & Answer format, it gives examples for citing books, newspapers, magazines, electronic sources, conversations, and more. (Scroll down to see the questions and answers.)
- MLA Style Sheet FAQ
http://www.mla.org/style_faq
- The style recommended by the Modern Language Association for scholarly manuscripts and research papers concerns itself with the mechanics of writing, such as punctuation, quotation, and documentation of sources. This FAQ may help answer some basic questions, but it is not a full accounting of the style.
- MLA Citation Style
http://campusgw.library.cornell.edu/newhelp/res_strategy/citing/mla.html
- Cornell University's guide to MLA citation styles.
- Elements of Style
http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
- The complete text of the 1918 edition of this classroom standard. The most recent edition of this book is 1995. However, most of English's most basic rules have not changed, and this is a good reference point.
Contemporary Issues
- CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/
- The CNN site (www.cnn.com) will be helpful in its entirety, but this page links to transcripts from a variety of its programs and may therefore be especially valuable to those doing research. However, transcripts seem to be available only for a brief (approximately two week) period.
- Facts.com: Issues & Controversies
http://www.2facts.com/RemLib.asp?library=wellesturn/
- Search in Facts On File, Issues and Controversies, World Almanac Encyclopedia, and Today's Science. More than 250 controversial topics in the news since September 1995 are presented and supplemented on the web site. You will need the bar code from your Glastonbury library card to access this database.
- Google Directory: Current Events
http://directory.google.com/Top/News/Current_Events/
- The Google Directory contains links to a vast number of resources that may be helpful to those researching current events on such topics as global politics, wars, the Middle East, terrorism, and elections (and voting systems). Many of these sites have an international focus. Also look at Google's News section, which culls from over 4,000 international news sources.
- iConn.org
http://www.iconn.org
- iCONN is administered by the Connecticut State Library in conjunction with the Department of Higher Education. It allows every Connecticut citizen to access magazines, journals, newspapers, and specialized databases that might otherwise be unavailable to them. In many cases, the complete text of the article are available. You will need your library card to access the resources from home.
This link brings you to a page that allows you to search several databases at once. If you would prefer to select a particular resource, click on "Link to Other Databases" from the table below the search box instead of typing your search into the search box. You will then be able to look at the individual databases offered and see which one(s) best meets your needs.
- Newsweek
http://www.msnbc.com/news/NW-front_Front.asp
- Newsweek magazine's online edition includes articles from the print edition as well as some web-only content. It also has a searchable archive of past editions, although the articles may be viewed only by those who pay a fee. Contact the library to see if a print or microfilm edition is available.
- PBS: Online News Hour
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/
- Reprints of transcripts (as well as video) of reports done on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer program. Click on the link to the NewsHour index/search to find archived stories. There is no fee to view archived stories.
- TIME Magazine
http://www.time.com/time/
- Much of the current week's issue is available online. Archives of major stories dating back to 1985 are also available. Many articles are available only on a pay-per-view basis, but others are free. Once an article is located, you can also contact the library to see if the article is available in print or microfilm instead of trying to view it on the TIME web site.
Countries
- Country Reports
http://www.countryreports.org/
- A very helpful site, especially for middle school and older students. Country profiles, background information, history, national anthems (lyrics, music when available), maps, weather, flags, newspapers, and suggested related links. Available statistics include birth/death rates, population growth, AIDS prevalence, education factors, ethnic groups, religions, and languages. There is also a discussion forum area where students can ask questions or ask for penpals. While a moderator is listed, students should use these features wisely. Do not give out personal information without consulting your parents.
- Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
- This website contains the on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army. Many European countries and Canada are NOT represented here, as the aim was to study less familiar countries where U.S. troops might be stationed.
- Fact Monster
http://www.factmonster.com/countries.html
- Each profile provides information on geography, maps, flag, history, ruler, area, population, capital, largest cities, languages, ethnicity/race, religion, literacy rate, economy, government. Information is from questionnaires and the CIA World Fact Book.
- Flags of the World
http://fotw.vexillum.com/flags/
- A very in-depth look at flags of the world, including their history, significance of color and design, and often changes in the flag design. Recently added: a "coloring book" feature which prints a flag in black and white so that it can be colored in.
- Infonation
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/info.asp
- Sponsored by the United Nations, Infonation allows you to view and compare statistical data for all UN member states. Up to five countries can be compared side-to-side on their economy, environment, health, and technology. Basic facts are also given. Or see Country at a Glance to get the same information for a single country. The latter also provides links to newspapers of the selected country.
- World Flag Database
http://www.flags.net/mainindex.htm
- There are over 260 pages on countries and international organizations. Each page contains basic information on the country, but no background information on the flag. The flags include the national and state flags. This site is best for students who just need to know what a flag looks like.
Government
- Marxists Internet Archive
http://www.marxists.org/
- This site provides information on Marxist theory and background on the history of Marxism in various countries. In addition to a subject directory, an encyclopedia provides factual material and quotes or links to specific entries in the site's Writers Archive. The History Archive focuses on primary sources.
- Presidential Timeline
http://www.presidentialtimeline.org/
- Documents, photographs, audio recordings, and video from the collections of the twelve Presidential Libraries of the National Archives.
- Thomas: Federal Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/
- A joint project of the Library of Congress and the University of Massachusetts, contains such things as the text of Congressional bills, the Congressional Record, committee information, and historical documents, as well as links to the Senate and House of Representatives.
- White House Home Page
http://www.whitehouse.gov
- The White House Home Page provides access to information about the White House, the federal government, and current events. It includes the Briefing Room and the Virtual Library.
History
- History Channel
http://network.historychannel.com/index.asp?showcase=01&AID=1626119&PID=475522
- A collection of some of the Web's best history sites, indexed all in one place. Topics include U.S. and European history by event/time period, ancient civilizations, pre-history, medieval history, warfare, African-American history, and women's history.
- Student Reference Center
http://rqst-agent.auto-graphics.com/LoginModule/Goto.aspx?cuid=rqst&dataid=820
- Provides articles from magazines, journals, reference and non-fiction books; biographies, documents and speeches; maps and photographs. Also includes film and video clips of social, political, and cultural historical events of the 20th Century from 1893 to 1985. This database is intended for high school students and adult researchers.You will need the bar code from your Glastonbury library card to access this database from home.
- Historical Text Archive
http://historicaltextarchive.com/links.php
- Historians from around the world contribute to this database. You will find it most helpful to look at this links page
or the articles page. Browsing will find you some fascinating information as well as hard-to-find statistics (such as the price of foods in 1913-1914, 1925, and today).
- Hyper History
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
- HyperHistory presents 3,000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps.
- Internet Public Library: History
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum30.00.00/
- Serious researchers will find a wealth of resources here. This page points to
- Medieval Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook2.html
- The Internet Medieval Sourcebook, and other medieval components of the Internet History Sourcebooks project, are located at the Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies. This site contains many full-text translations of primary source materials. Areas covered on this and other pages include the Fall of Rome, the Crusades, Byzantium, the medieval church, the Renaissance, and the Reformation.
- Student Research Center
http://rqst-agent.auto-graphics.com/LoginModule/Goto.aspx?cuid=rqst&dataid=820
- A student-friendly version of the History and Science Reference Centers that provides the same high quality content. Choose content sources (Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video), browse by topic headings, use an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore top searches of the day, and even limit searches according to reading levels. This database is intended for high school students and adult researchers.You will need the bar code from your Glastonbury library card to access this database from home.
Literature and Literary Criticism
- Internet Public Library Literary Criticism Collection Main Page
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/
- Contains over 2500 critical and biographical websites about authors and their works. Searchable by author, title, or nationality and literary period. Works from a variety of world literature are available.
- Pink Monkey
http://www.pinkmonkey.com/index2.asp
- The site includes 377 booknotes for both literary classics and contemporary titles, including chapter summaries and study notes. A message forum is also available. Features MonkeyNotes™ literature booknotes and Barron's Booknote's series. According to the FAQ, MonkeyNotes are written and/or edited by highly qualified college Literature professors commissioned by PinkMonkey.com. This site also contains links to some online texts.These guides are most helpful used as a supplement. Full understanding of the book is not possible simply by reading a guide.
- Spark Notes
http://www.sparknotes.com/
- These guides are written by Harvard students or recent graduates. Besides offering study guides to classics and contemporary novels, there are also guides for a variety of other subjects, including poetry, chemistry, physics, economics, history, drama, and math. These guides are most helpful used as a supplement. Full understanding of the book is not possible simply by reading a guide.
Maps
- About.com: Blank maps
http://geography.miningco.com/library/blank/blxindex.htm
- If you need an outline map of a country, this is a good place to look.
Mathematics
- A+ Math
http://www.aplusmath.com/
- This is a fairly no-frills site that is good for reviewing and practicing elementary and junior high school math. A homework checker will let you enter the problem and your answer and tell you if you are correct. Flashcards, games, and review sheets (some printable) are available.
- Math Forum
http://mathforum.org/students/
- This comprehensive site includes topics from elementary school math through college and graduate level research. For help explaining a concept, click on the "Ask Dr. Math" links. This site does not provide instant answers to a particular homework problem, but instead supplements classroom explanations.
- Math for Morons Like Us
http://library.thinkquest.org/20991/home.html
- This site is a result of a 1998 Think Quest challenge, a program that encourages students and educators to work collaboratively in teams to learn as they create web-based learning materials and teach others. You'll find tutorials, sample problems, and quizzes on prealgebra, algebra, geometry, and calculus. There's even a question submittal section, if you're still stuck. As the title suggests, this site was created with HTML and a sense of humor.
- WebMath
http://www.webmath.com
- Need help solving a problem on your math homework? This site will help you solve it and explain the process step-by-step.
Mythology
- Myth Man
http://www.mythman.com/
- This is an excellent place to get information on both gods and goddesses and the myths they are associated with. These articles are illustrated with pictures of statues, paintings, and other artwork depicting the god/goddess or myth.
- Myth Web
http://www.mythweb.com/
- Not as extensive as Myth Man, but this site provides the basic stories of the gods, goddesses, and heroes of Greek mythology. Or use the encyclopedia to define a term or get a brief summary of the role the person/god played in the various myths.
Science
- BJ Pinchbeck's Science Homework Helper
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/bjscience.html
- Selected sites cover general science, anatomy, biology, botony, chemistry, dinosaurs, earth science, entomology, medicine, meteorology, physics, science fair projects, space, and zoology. Sites range in target age from younger elementary students to high school.
- Chemical Elements
http://www.chemicalelements.com/
- Atomic number and mass, melting and boiling points, number of neutrons and protons, and history of each element.
- Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
- Lots of cool stuff to explore on this site! Check out the sports science area and see if you're cut out to be a major league home run champion. Experiments and facts about the science of food, living things, machines and tools, the Earth and solar system, and many other topics are among the kid-friendly choices.
- Inner Body
http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
- Take an interactive tour of the human anatomy here. Please note that this site accepts banner ads, including those of the "click here to win!" variety. Therefore, although the site is helpful, parents may wish to use it with their children.
- ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System)
http://www.itis.gov
- This site is a collaboration of several government agencies. The goal is to create a database with reliable information on species names and their hierarchical classification. Both animals and plants are included.
- Internet Plant Names Index
http://www.ipni.org/index.html
- The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) is a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of all seed plants.
- Plant Classification
http://plants.usda.gov/
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Plant Data Center have compiled an extensive site for plant research. You can use the search box for information or click on CLASSIFICATION on the left side of the page to get complete classification schemes.
- Science Reference Center
http://rqst-agent.auto-graphics.com/LoginModule/Goto.aspx?cuid=rqst&dataid=818
- Provides articles from scientific reference books, magazines, journals, biographies and
images. Topics covered include: biology, chemistry, earth & space science, environmental science, health & medicine,physics, technology, and wildlife.
- SCIENCE FAIRS
- AOL@School: Science Fairs
http://school.aol.com/sciencefairs/
- From this page, you can select experiments and information for various age levels: Primary (grades K-2), Elementary (grades 3-5), Middle School (grades 6-8), or High School.
- ALA Great Websites for Kids: Science Experiments
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/greatwebsites/greatwebsitesscience.htm
- This site is sponsored by the American Library Association. Great Sites for Kids websites are selected by a committee of teachers and librarians according to specific selection criteria.
- Internet Public Library Science Fair Guide
http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/
- This site looks empty when you first look at it. It's just a couple of paragraphs with some words in colored type. Click on those words, and an excellent list of resources will appear. For instance, click on "Scientific Method" to get half a dozen (or more) explanations and examples. The "choose a topic" selection leads to a page full of links to good ideas.
- Science Fair Central
http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/
- This site from Discovery.com contains a wealth of information about science fair projects. It will walk you through the steps of choosing a topic,developing a hypothesis, preparing the experiment, and writing up the results. Several possible broad topics are given (Animas, Weather, etc.), with questions to help you focus on an experiment that interests you. Noted science fair author Janice van Cleave is featured on this site. The library owns many books by this author.
- SOLAR SYSTEM
- The Nine Planets
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
- An extensive overview of the solar system.
- World Wildlife Fund
http://www.wwfus.org/index.cfm
- An excellent resource for information about endangered species and ecoregions/biomes, as well as many other conservation-related topics. This site is intended for older students and adults. Elementary school students will need assistance.
States
- 50states.com
http://50states.com/
- This site will be particularly helpful to elementary students who have to research a state, but many will find links to helpful topics: state symbols, date of admission to the Union, famous people, county profiles and links to towns, links to several state government sites, genealogical links, climate information, representatives in the Federal and State Congress, and much more. There are some advertisements on this site, and some linked sites also have advertisements and pop-up ads.
Wars
Look under "American History" for more on the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
- Avalon Project: WWII Documents
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/wwii.htm
- A vast collection of primary source documents, including the full text of various treaties, the text of agreements from the Yalta Conference and Potsdam, notes to and from the U.S. and Japan concerning Pearl Harbor, declarations of war, and much more.
- Eyewitness to History
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/
- Primary source documents, many of which are first-person accounts, from events taking place from the ancient world through the middle of the twentieth century. The Revolutionary War, Spanish-American War, Civil War, WWI, and WWII are all represented.
- History Guy
http://www.historyguy.com/index.html
- This site doesn't just concentrate on the major conflicts of the twentieth century (WWI, WWII) or on wars which the United States participated in. It attempts to be as comprehensive as possible, including military conflicts past and present from around the world. The Arab-Israeli conflict, the Persian Gulf, the Balkan wars, wars in the Cechen Republic, and conflicts in Africa are all represented.
- Internet Public Library: Wars
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/
- Links to sites about the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII and more.
- Pathfinder: The U.S. Civil War
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48451
- This Pathfinder provides researchers and Civil War buffs with both print and Internet resource suggestions. Pathfinders are starting points, meant to point researchers to sources of information which may be useful. Further research will be required. This Pathfinder is from the Internet Public Library.
- United States Civil War Center
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/
- the U.S. Civil War Center's mission is to locate, index, and make available all appropriate private and public data on the Internet regarding the Civil War. It currently contains over 6,500 links, many of them to primary sources.
- Pathfinder: WWI
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48548
- This resource is intended to aid high school and college students in beginning research papers on World War I. Print and Internet resources are included. Pathfinders are starting points, meant to point researchers to sources of information which may be useful. Further research will be required. This Pathfinder is from the Internet Public Library.
- Pathfinder: WWII
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48549
- This resource is intended to aid high school and college students in beginning research papers on World War II. Print and Internet resources are included. Pathfinders are starting points, meant to point researchers to sources of information which may be useful. Further research will be required. This Pathfinder is from the Internet Public Library.
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