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All
Experts: Homework Help
Calling themselves "the oldest and largest
free Q&A service on the Internet," All Experts boasts a network
of a thousand question-answering volunteers. Find an expert by navigating
through the subject directory. Clicking on your topic (such as Geography
or Spanish), you'll be presented with an annotated list of volunteers.
Each expert has a profile with ratings and comments from previous question
askers, so you can choose your volunteer based on past performance.
http://www.allexperts.com/central/homeworkhelp.shtml
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American
University in Cairo: Ten Steps to Writing an Essay
Freelance tech writer and college teacher Tom Johnson offers a thorough
tutorial on how to write an essay, broken down into ten steps from
research to editing the final draft. And although there are no guarantees
in life or in writing, I agree with Johnson's conclusion: "If
you carefully follow the ten steps for writing an essay as outlined
on this site -- honestly and carefully follow them -- you'll learn
how to write an essay that is more organized, insightful, and appealing.
And you'll probably get an A"
http://www1.aucegypt.edu/academic/writers/
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AOL
@ School: Middle School Search
AOL @ School divides their site recommendations
into four grade levels: primary school (grades K-2), elementary (grades
3- 5), middle school (grades 6-8) and high school (grades 9 -12.) This
directory is for middle schoolers. The others can be found by returning
to Home (look for the link at the bottom of the page), following the
appropriate grade link, then choosing Browse by Category. Note that
the red at-sign icon next to a site listing means it is "educator
approved."
http://www.aolatschool.com/middleschool/search/
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AskA+
Locator
Need to find an expert on a particular subject?
The AskA+Locator will allow you to search for experts by subject area
and grade level.
http://www.vrd.org/locator/subject.shtml
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Ask Jeeves for Kids
PC Magazine Online ranks this as the
"best" search engine for middle school and younger students.
http://www.ajkids.com/
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Basic
Guide to Essay Writing
"Don't let the thought of putting pen to paper daunt you. Get
started!" Homeschooling mom Kathy Livingston includes sample
essays in her eight-step approach to essay writing for middle-school
students. She advocates a diagram (or mind map) to organize ideas
that becomes the basic structure for your essay and will lead you
into the creation of your thesis statement. "The thesis statement
tells the reader what the essay will be about, and what point you,
the author, will be making."
http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/
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BrainPop
BrainPOP was created to satisfy a demand among parents and educators
for an Internet environment where young people could learn about health,
science and technology while having fun.
http://www.brainpop.com/
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Britannica Online
Britannica.com editors bring you the best Web sites, leading magazines,
related books, and the complete Encyclopædia Britannica.
http://britanica.com/
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Captioned Media Program
We are a free-lending library of open-captioned
videos. We are funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered
by the National Association of the Deaf. Currently, we have around 4,000
captioned videos in our collection and are adding more each year.
http://www.cfv.org/
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CGFA-
Misc. Artists
A Virtual Museum of Fine Art
http://mirror.bibl.u-szeged.hu/cgfa/index.html
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Classroom Connect
Classroom Connect, Inc., is an innovative
Internet company that develops and markets original, Web-based curriculum
products and professional development programs for K-12 education.
http://www.classroom.com/
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Classzone:
Web Research Guide
Are you Web-savvy? You may already use the Internet
to e-mail friends and find the latest information on movies, news, sports,
or music. Take the Internet Basics Quiz to determine what you know about
the Internet and its uses. Then explore the other sections of Web Research
Guide to build on your prior knowledge and learn the skills you'll need
to do effective research on the Web.
http://www.classzone.com/books/research_guide/
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Columbia Encylopedia
Online
Bartleby.com has relaunched its electronic
version of the _Columbia Encyclopedia_ with numerous updates, including
improved search and navigation features. The sixth edition contains
close to 51,000 entries, including 17,000 biographies, with over 80,000
hypertext cross-references, as well as links to other resources such
as maps, speeches, and additional full-text collections held by Bartleby.com.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/
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Crayola
Lesson Plans
Rich hands-on learning experiences, linked
with core curriculum standards. New lessons are added each week.
http://www.crayola.com/educators/index.cfm
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CyberBee
Information on new sites for kids from MultiMedia
Schools.
http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/MMStocs/MMScybertoc.html
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CyberDewey
A hotlist of Internet sites organized using
Dewey Decimal Classification codes.
http://www.anthus.com/CyberDewey/CyberDewey.html
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Debate Central
Here is a comprehensive site that covers almost anything you need to
know to begin a debate team at your school and/or involve your team
in all kinds of competitions. There's everything here from Lincoln-Douglass
style debates through Policy debates, Parliamentary debates and even
Internet debates!
http://debate.uvm.edu/
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DMOZ
for Kids and Teens
"The Open Directory Project is the largest,
most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed
and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors."
The volunteers responsible for the Kids and Teens section have reviewed
and organized 23,790 sites into fourteen subcategories Each site is
briefly annotated and includes a recommended audience: kids, teens,
or mature teens. Have a passion you want to share with the world? Find
an appropriate DMOZ topic, and volunteer to be a section editor.
http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/
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Disney
Educational Productions -- Cyberlesson Page
Take an online field trip courtesy
of Walt Disney! Some really neat sites!
http://disney.go.com/educational/cyberlesson.html
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Edmark
For over thirty years, Edmark has been a pioneer
in developing innovative and effective educational materials for children.
Recognizing the possibilities of the computer as a learning tool, Edmark
has combined new multimedia technologies with proven educational strategies
to create a family of award-winning educational software products (free
downloads at this site)
http://www.edmark.com/
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Educate
the Children
Educate the Children provides free worksheets,
lesson plans, and teaching ideas to teachers and parents of children
5 to 11.
http://www.educate.org.uk/
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Eduhound
EduHound proclaims to be "Everything for Education K-12."
This is not just a meta-site of annotated links. EduHound also provides
a free tool for developing a password-protected hotlist, a site of the
week, a list of A+ sites, and a weekly newsletter. The database of resources
is extensive, with more than 60 subject categories. The site is also
offered in Spanish. Just added to the site is a new section for the
Pre-K through 2 set, EduPuppy. It is very similar in format to EduHound,
and users can browse by category or search by alphabetical keyword.
http://www.eduhound.com/
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English
Worksheets Land
English Worksheets Land is the creation of 17 teachers. When the Common
Core Standards began being implemented in schools, we felt a little
lost. The curriculum got flipped upside down in some of our States.
In others, teaching became more like acting. We basically read from
a script all day. Looking for resources that were aligned to the Common
Core for Language Arts became impossible. That's when we knew we had
to do something to help teachers every where.
http://www.englishworksheetsland.com
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ERIC
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
is a national information system designed to provide users with ready
access to an extensive body of education-related literature. ERIC, established
in 1966, is supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of
Educational Research and Improvement, and the National Library of Education.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/
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Ethics
in Computing
Ethics in Computing covers such broad topics as the basics, privacy,
intellectual property, speech issues, social justice issues, commerce,
risks, and computer abuse. The series of topics within each category
link to off-site articles and papers. A study guide and questions for
discussion are provided for each area. Teachers will appreciate this
rich resource when designing a study of ethics and technology to meet
student technology standards.
http://www.eos.ncsu.edu/eos/info/computer_ethics/
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FactMonster: On-Line
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Homework Help
Fact Monster, a part of Information Please,
is a reference site for young students. It includes fun facts, homework
help, and cool games and quizzes.
http://www.factmonster.com/
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FamilyFocus.com
- Helping to Strengthen Families
FamilyFocus.com has prescreened millions
of sites that contain family related "search" words. Now the
best internet sites for family related topics are summarized here and
made available by subject.
http://www.familyfocus.com/
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Fast Facts
This site has everything from almanacs to weather
http://www.refdesk.com/fastfact.html
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The
Five Paragraph Essay
The five paragraph essay is a commonly taught and tested structure.
And although the author of this Geocities site doesn't identify themselves,
The Five Paragraph Essay is a good overview of this defined format.
I particularly like the color-coded outline defining the role of each
of the paragraphs. "The introductory paragraph is the place in
which the writer introduces the reader to the topic. It is important
to make this a clear and limited statement."
http://www.geocities.com/soho/Atrium/1437/
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Genius Find
Geniusfind is a directory of search engines, archives, and databases
that are topic-specific.
http://www.geniusfind.com
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High School
Hub
The High School Hub is a noncommercial gateway
to excellent free online academic resources for high school students.
It features interactive learning activities, an ongoing poetry contest,
a reference collection, college information, and subject guides for
English, mathematics, social studies, science, world languages, arts,
and technology. Over 500 U.S. high schools representing all 50 states
have linked to the High School Hub from their web sites.
http://highschoolhub.org/
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Homeschooler
Freebies
This site is dedicated to helping homeschooling
families find the best educational freebies the internet has to offer.
http://www.geocities.com/tolerance_diversity/HomeschoolerFreebies.html
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Homework
Help
About the site. This site is loaded with helpful links to homework help
online.
http://www.journalismnet.com/school/
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Internet School
Library Media Center
This site contains professional and student
resources. It also provides librarian resources and links with online
networks. Visually appealing with many links to library and academic
information. This site is user-friendly, providing several links and
extensive search features. There are lesson plans available along with
curriculum resources. Student resources are easy to understand and are
well thought out. It also has an electronic library and is updated regularly.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil
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IPL
KidSpace: Ask a Question
At IPL KidSpace there are no previous questions
and answers to peruse, just a form to submit your own query. Questions
will be answered via email by a school librarian in a couple of days.
Most likely, the volunteer will point you to Internet resources where
you can find your own answer. What else would expect from a librarian?
IPL KidSpace reminds us that our own school librarians are terrific
(and live) resources that should not be
overlooked.
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/ask/
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IPL Teen Library
Your suggestions and a real librarian select fun
& useful sites from all over the Web.
http://www.ipl.org/teen/
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IPL Youth Division
Internet Public Library, Youth Division
http://www.ipl.org/youth/
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KidsClick!
Web search for kids by librarians.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
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Libraries and the Information
Literate School Community
This site is devoted to media centers, libraries,
books, electronic information, information literacy and the search for
understanding.
http://library.laws.com/
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The Library of Congress
Web-based excerpts from the nation's largest
library, with subject-based and thematic groupings which change from
time to time. Not the simplest site to navigate, (it's improving), but
the content is high-quality.
http://www.loc.gov/
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Library Tips for
Kids
A collection of ten great things to do at the
library. Compiled by the American Library Association as part of American
Library Week. This site also includes links to other library resources
and ideas.
http://www.ala.org/kidsday/
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Lightspan-Online Learning
and Search
The Lightspan Partnership, Inc., a provider of
curriculum-based educational software and Internet products and services,
is guided by a simple principle: there is no limit to what students
can achieve when provided with tools that motivate them to learn. That's
why Lightspan is dedicated to improving student academic achievement
by providing educational resources that can enhance learning in schools
and students' homes
http://www.lightspan.com/
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Linktown.kids
links
The Denver Public Library has put together this
neat site
http://www.denver.lib.co.us/kids/index.html
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National Center
for Educational Statistics
Welcome to the National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES) Students' Classroom. We're glad you stopped by our site. Move
your mouse around the classroom above and watch the chalkboard to see
the different pages you can visit. Click on one when you're ready to
try it out. You can also use the text links below.
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/
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Net Surf Learning
The site provides a collection of interactive
work sheets. Students at all levels use materials from the Web to learn
English.
http://www.netsurflearning.com
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Newspapers
US and Worldwide
Locate and read newspapers from around the globe
http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html
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Noodle
Quest
One of the hardest parts about doing academic
research on the Internet is figuring out where to start! A search engine
is usually the first thing to try, but what search engines are the most
useful for your topic? Fill in the short form below, and we'll point
you in the right direction.
http://www.noodletools.com/noodlequest/
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Noodle Tools
NoodleTools offers two research aids: a "fill
in the blanks" search engine designed to help novice web users
conduct complex searches, and an on-line tool to generate MLA style
bibliography citations for a wide variety of sources. The bibliography
tool is especially useful for its ability to spit out a technically
correct citation for almost any situation.
http://noodletools.com/
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Odyssey of
the Mind
The OM folks have really spruced up their website to reflect the quality
of their competition! OM promotes creative problem solving and team
work through assigned problems. Each team works the same problem and
the solutions are then evaluated for efficiency and effectiveness
http://www.odysseyofthemind.com/
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Online
Writing Lab: Writing Essay Exams
Brought to you by Purdue University Online Writing Lab, this lesson
starts with a question. "What is a well-written answer to an
essay question?" A well-written exam essay is well focused, well
organized, well supported and well packaged. It then continues with
dozens of essay writing tips such as how to use common writing devices
including providing details, examples, comparisons, classification,
or examination of cause or effect. It even lists useful transition
words such as: yet, similarly, though, despite, however, conversely,
next, subsequently, and so on.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_essay.html
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OWL:
Research & The Internet
The free PowerPoint viewer is required to view
this Purdue University Writing Lab workshop. Windows users can get one
from http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/Ppview97.aspx
; Mac users can download theirs from
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/download/office98/powerpoint98viewer.asp
.Once the slide show is opened,
use a single mouse click anywhere on a slide to proceed to the next
slide. A right-mouse click will open a navigational menu with additional
selections such as full-screen or reverse. For your efforts, you'll
be rewarded with a nice introduction to online research and criteria
for Web site evaluation.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/pp/Internet.ppt
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Personal Educational
Press
Personal Educational Press is a free utility for generating work sheets,
word lists, game boards, quizzes, and flashcards.
http://www.educationalpress.org
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Princeton
University Reference Resources
A virtual reference desk from Princeton University
Library staff. This is an easy access to online dictionaries, encyclopedias,
data archives, government info, library resources, book/journal collections,
measures and weights, currency converters etc. It is user friendly and
updated regularly.
http://infoshare1.Princeton.EDU:2003/databases/
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PROJECT
GUTENBERG OFFICIAL HOME SITE - INDEX
Project Gutenberg began in 1971 when Michael Hart
was given an operator's account with $100,000,000 of computer time in
it by the operators of the Xerox Sigma V mainframe at the Materials
Research Lab at the University of Illinois.
http://promo.net/pg/
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RefDesk:
Ask the Experts
Wouldn't it be wonderful if your class could submit
questions to a real astronomer while studying the solar system? Or how
about an entomologist to answer your bug questions? This site contains
the Web addresses of fifty experts who are willing to answer questions.
It is not as extensive a list as the Pitsco site (see below), but it
is a good starting point.
http://www.refdesk.com/expert.html
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Scholastic
News Zone
Scholastic News Zone, part of the larger
Scholastic site, presents current events in a fun and appealing way
for students in grades three through eight
http://teacher.scholastic.com/newszone/index.asp
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School
Library Journal: Surf For
A thematic guide to Internet sites.
http://www.slj.com/articles/surffor/surfforarchive.asp
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Study
Guides and Strategies
Your path for most effective learning is through
knowing yourself your capacity to learn the process you have successfully
used, and will need interest, and knowledge of, the subject you wish
to learn. It may be easy for you to learn physics but impossible to
learn tennis, or vice versa All learning, however, is a process which
settles into certain steps. This amazing site is full of study and learning
strategies
http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/
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The FamilyEducation
Network
The FamilyEducation Network, helping parents help
their kids succeed in school and in life. Rated one of the top 10 Web
sites in the world and the #1 Web site on the Internet for parents (FamilyPC
Magazine, May 1998)
http://familyeducation.com/home/
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The Global Schoolhouse
Link to educational information
from all over the world!
http://www.gsn.org
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The New York
Times Learning Network
The New York Times Learning Network is a free
service for students in grades 6-12, their teachers and parents. The
site is updated Monday through Friday throughout the school year.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/
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Think Quest
You've seen some of the fabulous websites created for this competition
featured in this newsletter and on hotlists around the Net. Here's your
chance to participate in the thrill of international competition while
working with students to research and create their own original website
on a high interest topic!
http://www.thinkquest.org/
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United States House of
Representatives
Washington D.C. 20515
http://www.house.gov/
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World
Book Fun
World Book Encyclopedia's Fun Pages
http://www.worldbook.com/fun/html/fun.htm
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Writing
Den: Essays
Designed for students in grades six through twelve, this section of
the Writing Den introduces parts of an essay, how to write an essay,
and eight kinds of essays: definition, classification, description,
compare/contrast, sequence, choice, explanation, and evaluation. "In
a compare and contrast essay, you write about the similarities and
differences between two or more people, places, or things. You can
organize the essay by writing about one subject first and then comparing
it with the second subject. A more effective way is to organize the
essay by comparing each subject by category."
http://www2.actden.com/Writ_den/tips/essay/
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Xerox
Map Viewer
The Xerox PARC Map Viewer is a World-Wide Web HTTP server that accepts
requests for a World or USA map and returns an HTML document including
an image of the requested map. Each map image is created on demand from
a geographic database.
http://mapweb.parc.xerox.com/map/color=1/features=alltypes
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Yahooligans!
A Great Kids Search Engine!
http://www.yahooligans.com
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