Award Winning Books
Award Winning Children’s Books
A database on the web collecting several lists of award winning children’s books.
Database of Award Winning Children’s Literature
Lets you customize a search based on specifications such as age level, gender, language, and ethnicity.
Homework Help
B.J. Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper
Hosted by Discovery, this site actually started with B.J. and his father. Over 700 links to different school subjects.
Homework Spot
Homework Spot is a free homework information portal that features the very best K-12 homework-related sites. This site brings you the best resources for English, math, science, history, art, music, technology, foreign language, college prep, health, life skills, extracurricular activities and much more.
Homework Tools
Kids on the Web – Homework Tools has links for Homework Tools, Educational Sites and much more. You could spend days exploring all these links, and new ones are added every month.
KidsClick! Web Search
A web search engine for kids created by librarians.
National Geographic Kids!
A good resource for kids about the world, its people and its wildlife.
RefDesk.Com Daily Almanac
This site provides almanac-type information related to the current date. The links range from factual sites to fun sites to “Today’s Comics” and “Joke of the Day.”
World Almanac For Kids Online
This site makes it easy to find facts on hundreds of topics with the online companion to its best-selling annual book. Explore this virtual world of facts about subjects ranging from aardvarks and other animals to Zulus and other peoples of the world.
Zoom School
This part of the Enchanted Learning site is called Zoom School and offers links to subjects like geography, science/biology, language arts and more.
Current Events
Role Models On
The Web
This site presents individual profiles of an increasing number of role models from a wide range of fields and occupations.
Explorers
Eduscapes Explorer Page
Includes annotated lists of explorers and exploration-related topics.
Zoom Explorers
One of the more comprehensive overviews of explorations including expeditions beneath the sea and into outer space.
Inventors
African American Inventors
A small list of African American inventors with extensive biographical information provided for each.
Black Inventor Online Museum
This site looks at the great and often unrecognized pioneers in the field of invention and innovation.
Native Americans
Native American Indian Resources
A huge collection of informational sites about American Indian culture and history.
NativeTech
Special features on NativeTech include information on Native American games, toys, food, recipes, poetry and stories.
The Rainforest
Amazon Interactive
Explore the geography of the Ecuadorian Amazon through online games and activities. Learn about the rainforest, the people who call it home, and much more.
Rocks & Minerals
Mineral Galleries
This site provides loads of mineral descriptions, images and specimens online. Search by name, keyword, class or groups.
Mineralogy Database
This mineral database contains 4,255 individual mineral species descriptionswith links. Visit the “What’s New” section for details.
Science Fair Projects
IPL Science Project Resource Guide
The Internet Public Library will guide you to a variety of web site resources, leading you through the necessary steps to successfully complete a science experiment.
Space Exporation
StarChild
A colorful introduction to the wonders of the solar system including animations, video clips, and activities to make the learning experience fun.
States & Capitals
Fifty States and Capitals
Easy to use list of state facts, including state songs (words only.) There are also links to state and city Web pages, information on newspapers, nicknames and trivia.
U.S. Government
Ben’s Guide To US Government For Kids
Organized by grade level with text and diagrams to illustrate how our government works.
English & Grammar
2 Bee Or Nottoobee
From the people who made the Funbrain web site, here is a verb game in which students test their knowledge of verb tenses.
Elements of Style Writing Guide
This site is the electronic version of the reference book, The Elements of Style by William Strunk. It gives in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style and concentrates attention on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated.
Online Grammar
Discusses all parts of grammar with description and examples.
Spelling Game
The computer will give twenty sets of four words. Place a check next to the word which is spelled wrong. Spell the word you checked correctly in the box. If you get all twenty problems correct, you can put your name on our leader board.
Wordcentral Dictionary
A wild and wacky online dictionary for kids with lots to do besides looking up words.
History
History Link 101
Currently the cultures/time periods of Prehistory, Africa, China, Egypt, Greece, Aztec, Mayan, Olmec, Native Americans, Mesopotamia, Middle Ages and World War II are completed with the aim to cover the entire scope of World History. Find information on art, biographies, daily life, maps, and pictures for each culture/time period.
On This Day
A daily almanac where you can discover important moments in history every day.
Math
All Math, All the Time
This site focuses on basic math principles such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Practice your arithmetic with the handy Flashcards! option or try and complete the magic square.