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Kids Search [1]

What is it? Research tool for middle school and elementary age students from EBSCOhost. See this 3-min. video [2] for a basic introduction.

Why use it? Search the encyclopedia. Look up words in the dictionary. Explore and search by topic.

Mango Languages [3]

What is it? A variety of resources to help you learn practical conversation skills for languages spoken all around the world.

Why use it? Mango Languages is completely self-paced and provides a quick introduction to a language and culture through the acquisition of simple conversational skills.

Searchasaurus [4]

What is it? Research tool for elementary age students from EBSCOhost. See this 4-min. Flash video [5] for a basic introduction.

Why use it? Search the encyclopedia. Learn about animals. Look up words in the dictionary.

Student Research Center [6]

What is it? Student research tool for grades 6 through 12 from EBSCOhost. See this 5-min. Flash video [7] for a basic introduction.

Why use it? Search the encyclopedia. Find magazine and newspaper articles. Learn about other countries – through reports, maps, and photos. 

World Book Kids [8]

What is it? Thousands of colorful illustrations, diagrams, and maps enrich thousands of articles selected for appeal and curricular standards, with teacher guides, provide instuctions and stimulating ways to use content in the classroom setting or for homework.

Why use it? World Book Kids is designed especially for younger users, English-language learners, and reluctant readers. The site offers simple navigation, easy-to-read content, bright colors, and a graphical design.

 

Homework Help Sites

General Reference & Homework Help Sites:

B J Pinchbeck's Homework Helper [9]: A great resource provided by d [10]iscovery.com [10] and the Discovery Channel.

The Homework Spot [11]: This site links you to hundreds of other homework help sites; organized by grade level and subject area.

www.infoplease.com [12]: Homework Center, Reference works (almanac, atlas, dictionary and encyclopedia), Today in History, and Facts Behind the News, are all sections of this in depth website. Great trivia, and links to tips on researching, studying and writing.

www.ipl.org [13]: Web links are sorted in to categories and sub categories to help you find what you are looking for quickly, and it's organized so you can have fun exploring new things, too!

www.exploratorium.edu [14]: A multimedia-rich on line project by the museum of the same name in San Francisco, this is a truly fun site for learning science. Try the Science of Baseball, or the Learning Studio.

www.funbrain.com [15]: Activities and learning games for ages 6 and under up to those 17 and older. Spend some time competing with your parents in a parent vs. kid challenge!

History & Geography Sites:

www.ohiohistorycentral.org [16]:  The Ohio Historical Society's online encyclopedia of Ohio history. This continually evolving site features over 2,000 entries related to Ohio's natural history, prehistory, and history. It also contains hundreds of images and multimedia files.

www.historyplace.com [17]: A wonderful history site, including photos, speeches, History in the USA, This month in history, and Main Exhibits. They also have a Personal Histories feature, that contains a real life history story. Not good for researching, as the site does not have it's own search engine.

www.altapedia.com [18]: All types of maps and brief text on every country.

Math & Science Sites:

www.chem4kids.com [19]:  An easy to understand chemistry site.

www.mathleague.com [20]: Quick answers to math problems for students grades 4 - 8, including these categories: Fraction, Geometry, Integers, and Introduction to Algebra. Although this site's main interest is math contests for kids grades 4 - 12, it also has practice tests, web links, tutorial files and home schooling resources.

www.nasa.gov [21]: National Aeronautics-Space Association's website (NASA). Space exploration updates as well as planet and other space related information.

www.usgs.gov [22]: U.S. Geological Survey web site. Teaches everything from glacier movement, landslides and even mapping.

www.nws.noaa.gov [23]: Web site of the National Weather Service, the government agency in charge of helping people prepare for all types of weather occurrences.
 

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Links:
[1] http://www.oplin.org/kids
[2] http://support.epnet.com/training/flash_videos/kidssearch/kidssearch.html
[3] http://ohioweblibrary.org/mango
[4] http://www.oplin.org/searchasaurus
[5] http://support.epnet.com/training/flash_videos/Searchasaurus.html
[6] http://www.oplin.org/student
[7] http://support.epnet.com/training/flash_videos/SRCInterface.html
[8] http://oplin.org/worldbook-kids
[9] http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/index.html
[10] http://www.discovery.com/
[11] http://www.homeworkspot.com/
[12] http://www.infoplease.com/
[13] http://www.ipl.org/
[14] http://www.exploratorium.edu/
[15] http://www.funbrain.com/
[16] http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/
[17] http://www.historyplace.com/
[18] http://www.altapedia.com/
[19] http://www.chem4kids.com/
[20] http://www.mathleague.com/
[21] http://www.nasa.gov/
[22] http://www.usgs.gov/
[23] http://www.nws.noaa.gov/