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Resources for Students
Adventures in Education - provides information
for middle school and high school students in career planning and planning
for college.
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.
Berit's Best
Sites for Children - provide links for students with a 1-5 rating system.
The categories include Just for Fun, Kids on the Net, Creatures Great and
Small, Serious Stuff, and more.
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.
Crayola Home Page - provides information
on the history of the Crayola company, tour of how crayons and markers are
made, stain removal tips, and trivia.
Educational Testing Service - provides
information and practice test questions for SAT, GRE, GMAT, TOEFL, LSAT,
and the Praxis series or teacher exams.
Encarta Free Enclopedia - students can
search the free encyclopedia for information.
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.
The Hot
Seat - an interactive mock job interview.
Kids' Almanac - Yahooligans provides a resource written for students about animals, business, disasters, laws, sports, the environment, and more.
KidsConnect - online referral service that allows students
to ask a question and get responses from a volunteer librarian usually in 2 school days.
Kids Web - a world wide web digital library for school children with
links to sites in the arts, sciences, social studies, and others.
KidPub - a place for students
to read student work and publish their own.
Kids Web - a world wide web digital library for school children with
links 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.
Riddle du Jour - each day
a riddle/brain teacer is placed on the net with students given the opportunity
to answer. Students can also submit brainteasers, and if no one answers
correctly, they are the winner.
Scavenger Hunt for Kids on the Net
- each week they produce a treasure hunt for students to search 8 different
web sites while helping them become more comfortable with the Internet and
learn interesting facts.
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 Mystery Novella section that provides a mystery thriller with obscure
words to help students increase their vocabulary.
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.
We Read - provides activities for elementary students in math, science, social studies, and science.
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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