| 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.
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| 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 |
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| 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
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| American
Presidents |
American
Presidents |
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| Answers to
Questions! |
http://whyfiles.org/
http://www.ask.com/
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
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| Art |
Art Links Page
Art Museums
http://americanart.si.edu/interact/index.cfm#webcasts
San Francisco Museums
Royal Ontario Museum
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ASK AN EXPERT
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Find an expert and get your question answered. |
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| Careers |
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| Communications |
FCC's guide to everyday communications
(definitions, descriptions, "nuts & bolts")
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/kidszone/ |
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| 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. |
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| Encyclopedias |
http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/
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| Engineering |
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| Foreign Policy |
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| 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
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| 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 |
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| Government |
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
http://thomas.loc.gov/
supreme court
http://supremecourtus.gov/
American Presidents American
Presidents
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| Health |
http://pbskids.org/arthur/grownups/health_tips/index.html |
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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
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| History |
National
History Museum |
| Homework Help |
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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 |
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| Magazines for
Kids |
Get Free Access
HERE to Time for Kids, Weekly
Reader, and More
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| Medicine |
Folk Medicine/Herbs |
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| Math |
Mathematical Science Digital Library
http://www.mathdl.org/jsp/index.jsp
Conference Handouts for Teachers |
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| 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
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| 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/
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| Music |
Learn to read music and more!
http://www.emusictheory.com
Nat'l Music Museum
http://www.usd.edu/smm/ |
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| 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 |
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| Politics |
Who has the money? What every voter needs to
know about his favorite politician:
www.opensecrets.org/payback
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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=travflSpace
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 |
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| Space |
Nasa's "Brain Bites" answers kids (often gross)
questions
http://education.jsc.nasa.gov/brainbites/home.html |
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| School Subjects,
Ref. |
www.awesomelibrary.org |
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| Speeches |
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/ BBC's Interviews
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/
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| Spelling |
Virtual Spelling Bee
http://www.spellbee.org/ |
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| Testing
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Testing Page! |
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| Timelines |
Historical
Timeline Links |
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| Thesaurus |
http://thesaurus.reference.com/
http://www.m-w.com/
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| Tours... |
White House Tour!
http://www.whitehousehistory.org/ |
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| Tutoring |
Khan Academy Free
http://www.khanacademy.org/ |
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| Vocabulary |
Word of the Day
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday
This one's for little guys!
www.enchantedlearning.com/dictionary |
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| Women |
http://www.nwhp.org/
http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/whm/ |
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| Writers'
Reference |
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/
http://www.bartleby.com/141/
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| 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/
coreK12
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