| Cyber Corner... |
| ...for Students |
| Ask Jeeves for Kids http://www.ajkids.com | Ask questions and Jeeves leads you to a helpful site. |
| Awesome Library www.awesomelibrary.org | K-12 education directory of 14,000 reviewed sources. |
| www.eduplace.com/math/brain/index.html | A Brain Teaser in three grade ranges, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 is posted each Wednesday evening. Houghton-Mifflin sponsors this site. |
| www.hhmi.org/coolscience/ | *The Howard Hughes Medical Institute invites curious kids to explore biology... on screen, off screen, and in between. |
| http://KidsHub.org | Kids Hub is a fun interactive learning center for elementary and middle school students. It includes educational games, puzzles, quizzes, spelling activities, and subject guides. |
| www.50states.com | *Fast facts and trivia of each state, including state flags, birds, songs, capital cities, maps, worksheets and more. |
| First Gov for Kids www.kids.gov | U.S. government's site for children, including age appropriate material on topics ranging from the arts to transportation. |
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Internet Public Library Youth Division http://www.ipl.org/youth |
Quality links for kids arranged by subject. Includes some good math sites. |
| KidsClick! http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick%21 | Groups sites by topic and allows you to search for sites geared to kids. |
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Librarian's Guide to Cyberspace http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/50.html |
50+ sites for kids recommended by the American Library Association |
| www.rangerrick.com | *The National Wildlife Federation sponsors this site. The site contains Fun & Games, a Nature Quest, quizzes and contests. |
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700 + Great Sites for Kids http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html |
Links are organized and maintained by the American Library Association. |
| Yahooligans http://www.yahooligans.com | Groups sites by topic and allows you to search for sites geared to kids. |
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Zoom School www.EnchantedLearning.com/school/Schoolarchives.html |
Zoom School is an on-line elementary school classroom with lessons in geography, biology, language arts, and early childhood activities. |
*Sites
were recommended through the Thursday Times. Due
to the fast-changing nature of the Internet, they strongly urge parents
to preview any recommended sites and to always supervise their children when
on-line.
| ...for Parents and/or Teachers |
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Ask Jeeves www.ask.com |
Ask Jeeves for information. |
| Booklist http://www.ala.org/booklist/index.html |
Read reviews of
current books published by the American Library Association. |
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Children's Literature - Resources for Teachers http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/rteacher.html |
Activities,
lesson plans and information about children's literature. |
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ED's Oasis Homepage http://www.edsoasis.org |
Creative ideas
by teachers to foster active learning. |
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Education Resources (McREL) http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/lesson.asp |
Educational
research and curriculum connections. |
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Google Image Search http://images.google.com |
Huge searchable gallery of images. |
| Internet Public Library www.ipl.org |
Maintained by
the University of Michigan, this site offers a huge collection of reference materials and full-text journals and newspapers. |
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Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ |
A categorized
list of sites for students and educators. |
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Library in the Sky http://www.nwrel.org/sky/index.asp?ID=3 |
Index of more than 6,300 education sites to assist teachers. |
| Mapquest http://mapquest.com |
Great for
people with or without a sense of direction. |
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Springfield High School Virtual Library http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us:80/~spjvweb |
(Joyce Valenza)
& many great links. |
| Great site. One stop
shopping! Give it a look. http://www.marcopolo-education.org/ |
MarcoPolo is a web site that "offers over 1,000 standards-based lesson plans for K-12 teachers, links to panel reviewed web sites, a search engine that helps teachers find important information quickly, and extensive supplemental resources across all grade levels and multiple curriculum areas: the Arts, Economics, Geography, Humanities, Mathematics and Science." |
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Wissahickon High School Virtual Library http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us:80/~whslib |
Includes many terrific links. |