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Los Angles Public Library Go to the website for LA Public Library for books, branch hours, to check out books on line, e-books, research,
to reserve books, etc.
 
Libraries, misc. The WORLD DIGITAL LIBRARY www.wdl.org

 

Digital Library
The ULTIMATE LIBRARY!!! The LIBRARY OF CONGRESS!!! www.americaslibrary.gov
http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/
 

Internet Library

Multimedia Digital Library from the Annenberg Foundation

New York Public Library's digital collection! http://www.nypl.org/digital/

Duke University's Digital Library Collection of Rare Documents...Old ads, sheet music, Civil War info and much, much more (all primary sources) http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/#collections

Mathematical Science Digital Library http://www.mathdl.org/jsp/index.jsp

 

   
   
Almanacs http://www.geocities.com/dboals.geo/geog.html
Information about countries: Countries of the World
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/geo.html#a
Need facts about the world? The CIA is the place to check!
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook
Flags of the World! www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags

 

 

American Presidents American Presidents
   
Answers to Questions! http://whyfiles.org/
http://www.ask.com/
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
 
Art Art Links Page
Art Museums

http://americanart.si.edu/interact/index.cfm#webcasts

San Francisco Museums

Royal Ontario Museum

 

   
ASK AN EXPERT Find an expert and get your question answered.
   
Careers  

 

   
Communications FCC's guide to everyday communications (definitions, descriptions, "nuts & bolts") http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/kidszone/

 

   
Current Events News Service for Schools

http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/
http://www.weeklyreader.com/homepage.asp
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/games/index.html
September 11 Links

 

Dictionaries, Words, etc.

 
Encyclopedias http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/
 
Engineering  

 

Foreign Policy  

 

   
   
   
Geography Geography challenge/trivia game www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee

Geo Quiz Whiz? www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz

Are we there yet? Find the distance if you can handle the commercials... www.indo.com/distance

Geo meets Eco-- eco regions, habitats, etc. www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld

Wow! Everything is here! http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/geo.html#a
 Super, incredible site! www.kids.gov/k_geography.htm
So much to see and do! www.kathimitchell.com/geog.htm
Don't miss this site! www.unc.edu/~jmaxim/web_geography_for_kids.htm

Maps

http://terraserver-usa.com

crop maps http://nationalatlas.gov

Outline maps and more... www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions

Map your classroom, bedroom, or ??? (Hey! This site says it's for teachers, but you're welcome to use it, too!) http://teacher.scholastic.com/tools

 

 


 

   
GIFTED GIFTED (and everyone else) can log free to this site to check college readiness. Take tests to see how you score in a variety
of subjects. Nothing is held against you. The testing is only for feedback. https://ruready.utah.edu/RUReady/front/About.jsp

 

   
   
Government

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
http://thomas.loc.gov/
supreme court http://supremecourtus.gov/
American Presidents American Presidents
 

Health http://pbskids.org/arthur/grownups/health_tips/index.html
   
Historical--Primary Sources http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/index.html

 

Overland to California http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/expref/oregtral/oregont.html

Primary Sources California: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2000.02.0207

Primary Sources Collection from Duke University...Old advertisements (Ad Access), Old Sheet Music, Civil War and Much, much, much more! http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/#collections

 

Ancient World http://www.perseus.tufts.edu

Food throughout history. Wow and yum. Browse through cookbooks by date of publication. http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/browse_date.html#1798 If you liked that, you'll probably want to check out the museum's collection of cookery tools http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/museum.html

 

 

 

History National History Museum
Homework Help  

 

   
   
   
Literature
(also, please see Language Arts Page and click on "Literary Companion")
Complete text of public domain literature! Free digital copies of books http://gutenberg.net/
http://www.andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/classic.htm

 

   
Magazines for Kids

Get Free Access HERE to Time for Kids, Weekly Reader, and More

 

   
Medicine Folk Medicine/Herbs
   
Math Mathematical Science Digital Library http://www.mathdl.org/jsp/index.jsp

Conference Handouts for Teachers

   
   
Money www.moneyfactory.com

http://www.moneyfactory.com/document.cfm/18/2041

 

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/u/un/united_states_dollar.htm

 

http://www.frbsf.org/federalreserve/money/funfacts.html

 

http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/default.htm

 

   
Museums St. Petersburg, Russia's Hermitage Museum: www.hermitage.ru
Note: Try "Virtual Academies." Time of Knights and Ancient Egypt are terrific.

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. www.smithsonianeducation.org/students

Thomas Jefferson's Home, Monticello: www.monticello.org

American Museum of Natural History (Ology) NYC  http://ology.amnh.org

United States Holocaust Museum, Washington, D. C.: www.ushmm.org

Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA: www.montereybayaquarium.org

The Mint Museum of Art, Charolotte, NC: www.mintmuseum.org/education

Dupage Children's Museum, Dupage, IL: www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org

Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA: www.exploratorium.org

Museum of Jurassic Technology (Hey, this one is weird!)  http://mjt.org/index.html
San Francisco Museums
Royal Ontario Museums

Lawrence Hall of Science

National History Museum


 

 



Science in the City
http://www.laep.org/target/science/index.html
Sunrise Sunset
http://www.laep.org/target/SMART/sunrise/sunhome.html
Fragile Habitats
http://www.laep.org/target/fragile_habitats/index.html
LA COUNTY MUSEUM OF NAT HIS
ONLINE http://www.nhm.org/exhibitions/online.html

Arts ONline
http://www.laep.org/artsonline/index.html

Nat'l Music Museum
http://www.usd.edu/smm/

ART INST. of Chicago Collection
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/?index=13

The Gettty
http://www.getty.edu/museum/
Getty Lesson Plans
http://search.getty.edu:18765/education_search/query.html?col=lessons&nh=10&pw=100%25&lk=1&qt=%22Upper+Elementary+%283%965%29%22+Visual+Arts+English%97Language+Arts+History%97Social+Science+Science+Mathematics&Search.x=10&Search.y=2
LACMA COLLECTIONS ONLINE http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/

 

Music Learn to read music and more!  http://www.emusictheory.com
Nat'l Music Museum
http://www.usd.edu/smm/
   
Names Name Information Page
Online School Subjects AOL: http://reference.aol.com/
Patriotism "Pledge Links."
Photographs, Historical Photographic Record
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/games/index.html
Facts & Photos about the History of Schools in California and Los Angeles

"American Memory" data base of panoramic photographs (some are really astonishing)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/panoramic_photo/subjectH.html

 

   
   
Politics Who has the money? What every voter needs to know about his favorite politician: www.opensecrets.org/payback
 
Science
http://extremescience.com/

Hey! Visit our Science Page for a more complete listing!

 

Astronomy 
http://dustbunny.com/afk/
Meteorology (Weather!)
www.weather.com/activities/travel/vacationplanner/?from=travfl

Space Flight

Nasa's "Brain Bites" answers kids (often gross) questions http://education.jsc.nasa.gov/brainbites/home.html

Visit the American Museum of Natural History for fantastic information and activities.
Physics
http://livefromcern.web.cern.ch/livefromcern/antimatter/kids/AM-kids00.html
http://aip.org/history/
Teeth
Teeth!

Science Booklets/Lessons Carolina Science booklets http://www.carolina.com/manuals/index.asp

   
Space Nasa's "Brain Bites" answers kids (often gross) questions http://education.jsc.nasa.gov/brainbites/home.html
   
School Subjects, Ref. www.awesomelibrary.org

 

   
Speeches http://www.americanrhetoric.com/

BBC's Interviews http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/

 

   
Spelling Virtual Spelling Bee http://www.spellbee.org/

 

   
Testing Testing Page!
   
Timelines Historical Timeline Links
   
   
   
   
Thesaurus http://thesaurus.reference.com/

http://www.m-w.com/

 

   
Tours... White House Tour! http://www.whitehousehistory.org/
   
Tutoring Khan Academy Free http://www.khanacademy.org/
   
Vocabulary Word of the Day http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday
This one's for little guys! www.enchantedlearning.com/dictionary
   
Women http://www.nwhp.org/

http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/whm/

   
   
Writers' Reference

http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/

http://www.bartleby.com/141/

 
Teacher's Tools http://www.tooter4kids.com/free_worksheets_and_awards.htm

Teacher URLs
Jillions of Lesson PowerPoints

Teacher Create games http://www.wisc-online.com/

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