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Amazing Picture Machine - provides a search engine for students to search for pictures. Students are given a list with the name of the picture, size, and a brief description
Ask Jeeves for Kids - provides a site for students to ask questions and get them answered.
Billy Bear's Playground - a site designed for primary students that has games, activities, storybooks, and more.
BLS Career Information - a career guidance site designed for elementary students. Students select an area of school they are interested in such as math, science, P.E., social studies, music/arts, or reading. They can choose, an occupation and will learn what these workers do, what the job is like, the pay, similar jobs, how to prepare for the job, and more.
Britannica – provide links to the best Web sites, leading magazines, related books, and the complete Encyclopædia Britannica.
College Net - a site that allows students to search for information about colleges, financial aid, and graduate
programs.
College View - a site for students looking for information about colleges, financial aid, and multimedia presentations about colleges. This allows students to enter criteria they are looking for in a college and then suggests specific colleges.
Cox Education Network - the site for students and teachers to use for the Arizona ASP (application service provider).
Columbia Encyclopedia - the sixth edition contains nearly 51,000 entries with more than 80,000 hypertext cross-references.
Educational Testing Service - provides information and practice test questions for SAT, GRE, GMAT, TOEFL, LSAT, and the Praxis series or teacher exams.
Encyclopedia.com - Electric Library provides more than 14,000 articles from the Concise Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia.
Encyclopedia Smithsonian - features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources on subjects from Art to Zoology.
FactMonster.com - reference materials aimed for students that includes an almanac, atlas, dictionary,encyclopedia, and more.
FastWeb Free College and Scholarship Search - is one of the largest scholarship sites that is available for free on the Internet.
HighSchoolHub: Academice Resources for High School Students - provides links to English, mathematics, social studies and science sources, along with Daily SAT question, New York Times Quiz, Today in History, and more.
Hotlist - Kids Did This! - The Franklin Institute Science Museum presents a useful list of Internet resources divided into three main groups: Topics, Science Resources, and Teacher Resources.
KidsConnect - provides an alphabetized and thematic list of words and topics and links to information.
KidPub - a place for students
to read student work and publish their own.
Kids Web - a world wide web digital library for school children withlinks to sites in the arts, sciences, social studies, and others.
Learn to Juggle- provides step by step directions and animated graphics on how to juggle.
News Pop- provides a search engine with 7500 sources for finding the latest news.
Pics for Learning - provides copyright friendly images for students and teachers.
RefDesk– provides extensive links to reference resources on the Internet in a highly organized fashion.
SAT Preparation- an educational website that will help high school students prepare for the vocabulary section of the new SAT exam. The site is also useful to anyone that
would like to improve their English vocabulary.
Spark Notes- notes on a variety of topics written by students and recent graduates.
The Study Hall - a site that helps students prepare for tests like the SAT, ACT, and GRE. It has free test-taking tips, educational links, information for further reading, and the Vocab Novella section that provides a mystery thriller with obscure words to help students increase their vocabulary.
Technology Glossary - TekMom created a site with buzzwords for students about technology.
US News College Step by Step - a site to help students choose a college, apply
on-line, get advice on financial aid, ask questions to admissions experts,
and a guide for parents.
Vocabulary University - a site with vocabulary activities for students in grades 4-12. They provide vocabulary puzzles to enhance vocabulary mastery and have exercises to help prepare for GED, SAT, and ACT tests.
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet - a great site for kids with information about the body, worms, cockroachs, bugs, and more.
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