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| Ask Jeeves for Kids | The "Ask Jeeves for Kids" database has thousands of questions and researched answers to web sites. | ||||||||||||
| CliffsNotes | Provides free access to most CliffsNotes study guides. | ||||||||||||
| FactMonster | |||||||||||||
| How To Do Research | |||||||||||||
| Illinois CLICKS! Homework Help | |||||||||||||
| High School Ace | |||||||||||||
| Kids.gov | Educational sites for children from the federal government. | ||||||||||||
| KidsKonnect.com | |||||||||||||
| SparkNotes | Free online study guides for a variety of subjects. Also includes test preparation guides and tips for planning for college. | ||||||||||||
| Study Stack | Contains flash cards, crossword puzzles, hangman, and other word games to help you study. | ||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | A free encyclopedia. | ||||||||||||
| Yahoo! Education | |||||||||||||
| Biographies | |||||||||||||
| Biographies of Women Mathematicians | |||||||||||||
| Biography Online | This online version of the award-winning A&E cable television show explores the diversity of history's famous and infamous. | ||||||||||||
| Distinguished Women of Past and Present | Recognizes women who have made contributions in more than 50 fields worldwide. Search by subject or name. | ||||||||||||
| National Inventors Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||
| Biographical Dictionary | Biographical information on over 18,000 people who have shaped our world from ancient times to present day. | ||||||||||||
| District 15 Textbooks: Math | |||||||||||||
| Everyday Math (2004 Edition) | Online textbook support for grades K-2 for the following schools: Central Road, Kimball Hill, Marion Jordan, Stuart R. Paddock, Gray M. Sanborn, and Winston Campus – Elementary | ||||||||||||
| Houghton Mifflin Math (2007 Edition) |
Online textbook support for grades K-2 for the following schools: Jane Addams, Conyers Learning Academy, Hunting Ridge, Thomas Jefferson, Lake Lousie, Lincoln School, Pleasant Hill, Virginia Lake, Frank C. Whiteley, and Willow Bend. |
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| Online textbook support for grades 3-5 for all District 15 schools. | |||||||||||||
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Online textbook support for 6th grade and for 5th grade gifted math for all District 15 schools. Use 2004 Online Edition. |
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Online textbook support for 6th grade gifted math for all District 15 schools. Use 2004 Online Edition. |
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| Middle School Course 2 (McDougal Littel, 2004 Edition) |
Online textbook support for junior high and for 6th grade gifted math for all District 15 schools. |
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| Middle School Course 3 (McDougal Littel, 2004 Edition) | Online textbook support for junior high and for 6th grade gifted math for all District 15 schools. | ||||||||||||
| Pre-Algebra (McDougal Littel, 2004) | Online textbook support for junior high and for 6th grade gifted math for all District 15 schools. | ||||||||||||
| Algebra (McDougal Littel, 2004 Edition) | Online textbook support for junior high and for 6th grade gifted math for all District 15 schools. | ||||||||||||
| Geography | |||||||||||||
| Atlapedia.com | |||||||||||||
| Background Notes | Provides information on geographic areas and international organizations. Background Notes issued prior to January 20, 2001 are available through a link at this site. | ||||||||||||
| Blank & Outline Maps | This collection includes printable outline maps of the world, continents, regions, countries, the state of the U.S., and the provinces of Canada. | ||||||||||||
| CIA World Factbook | Country profiles featuring geography, peoples, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, & transnational issues. | ||||||||||||
| ClassBrain's State Reports | Choose your state from the map and start gathering all the information and images you will need to make an A+ report. | ||||||||||||
| Discoverers Web | Information about voyages of discovery and exploration. Contains an alphabetical listing of explorers. | ||||||||||||
| FAOSTAT | Online database covering international statistics on population, trade, land use, production, and much more. Sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Includes detailed population information, historical as well as predicated population growth. | ||||||||||||
| 50 U.S. States and Capitals | You can find the text of the state songs, pictures of many of the state flowers and birds, maps, parks, political representatives and much more. | ||||||||||||
| Flags of the World | |||||||||||||
| Geobop's Symbols | National, state & provincial flags, mottoes, animals, plants, minerals and more | ||||||||||||
| Infonation | Up-to date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations. It covers over 30 different fields of information on 185 different countries from population to the level of carbon emission, from the average temperature to the GDP. | ||||||||||||
| National Geographic.com | Search this site for articles from National Geographic and atlases/maps and other geographic information. | ||||||||||||
| PlacesNamed.com | |||||||||||||
| State Animals and Emblems | A thorough list that includes report covers and pages for each state. | ||||||||||||
| United Nations Cyberschoolbus | This site includes country profiles, Model UN Headquarters, educational games, teacher guides, and InfoNation, a unique feature that allows you to easily compare statistics from up to 6 different countries at a time. | ||||||||||||
| World Atlas, Elevation of Cities and Towns of the World | |||||||||||||
| Worldmapper | A collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| American Memory | Digital collection of historical Americana holdings of the Library of Congress including photographs, manuscripts, rare books, maps, recorded sound & moving pictures. | ||||||||||||
| America's Story | Marks the 200th anniversary of the Library of Congress and provides access to amazing Americans, events in American history, and more. | ||||||||||||
| Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids | Geared for students kindergarten thru 12th grade. | ||||||||||||
| Biography of America | |||||||||||||
| Decades in 20th Century America | |||||||||||||
| dMarie Time Capsule | An "on this day in history" site. | ||||||||||||
| Egyptians History | |||||||||||||
| Food Timeline - Traditional State & Food Recipes | |||||||||||||
| History Channel | Find out what happened on this day in history. You can also browse speeches & exhibits. | ||||||||||||
| HyperHistory | Covers 3000 years of world history. Important events and facts in science, culture, religion, politics and major wars. Also lifelines of famous people from their date of birth to their death. | ||||||||||||
| NARA/US National Archives & Records | Photographs from the National Archives and Records. Browse the collection by time period or by photographers. | ||||||||||||
| National First Ladies' Library | Web site devoted to the history and legacy of America's first ladies. | ||||||||||||
| Presidents of the United States/POTUS | Find background information, election results, cabinet members, presidency highlights and some odd facts about each of the presidents. | ||||||||||||
| State Recipes and Foods | Find Traditional recipes and food from the United States | ||||||||||||
| Timelines-AlternaTime | A collection of timelines on the Web. | ||||||||||||
| Whitehousekids.gov | |||||||||||||
| WhoWhatWhen: Interactive Historical Timelines | |||||||||||||
| Math & Science | |||||||||||||
| Algebra Homework Help Center | |||||||||||||
| The Math Forum--Ask Dr. Math | |||||||||||||
| Webmath | |||||||||||||
| All About Nature: Biomes and Habitats | Basic information about the climate, plant, and animal life. | ||||||||||||
| Animal Diversity Web | An online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan. | ||||||||||||
| Animal Info-Rare, Threatened and Endangered Mammals | This site tells you what the rarest animals in the world are and gives you detailed information about each endangered animal, including habitat, diet, behavior, threats and/or reason for decline. | ||||||||||||
| ARKive Species | |||||||||||||
| Bill Nye: The Science Guy | |||||||||||||
| Color Matters | |||||||||||||
| Defenders of Wildlife - Kids' Planet | Information about endangered species. | ||||||||||||
| eNature.com: Online Field Guides | Guides from the Audubon Society for 4800 different species of birds, mammals, trees, fishes, butterflies, insects, reptiles and seashells. | ||||||||||||
| Geographic Names Information System | From the maps of the US Geological Survey. | ||||||||||||
| How Stuff Works | Explains simply with excellent diagrams how many common appliances, machines, and technologies work. Good background information for science projects. | ||||||||||||
| IUCN-World Conservation Union | Worlds largest conservation-related organization. Searchable "red Lists" of endangered species. | ||||||||||||
| KidsHealth | |||||||||||||
| Michigan Tech's Volcanoes | |||||||||||||
| Names of Males, Females, Babies, and Groups of Animals | |||||||||||||
| Nine Planets | Find facts and pictures about planets, satellites, comets and meteorites as well as a glossary to help explain the technical terms. The pictures are terrific! | ||||||||||||
| Neuroscience for Kids | Explore the Nervous System. | ||||||||||||
| Scirus | A comprehensive science-specific search engine. | ||||||||||||
| Sea World/Busch Gardens Animal Information Database | |||||||||||||
| Strange Matter | Discover the secrets of everyday stuff. | ||||||||||||
| TheImage.com | Images and properties of minerals and gemstones. | ||||||||||||
| WebElements: The Periodic Table on the World Wide Web | This site provides a wide range of information on any element of the Periodic Table. It includes ChemPuter, an interactive calculator for chemistry. | ||||||||||||
| What's That Stuff? | This site by the American Chemical Society looks at the chemical composition of every-day items ranging from lipstick to shower cleaners to paper. | ||||||||||||
| World Climate: Weather, Rainfall and Temperature Data | Over 85,000 climate records are online for thousands of places. Data includes temperature, rainfall and what the weather was typically like for each month. | ||||||||||||
| Wondernet | The American Chemical Society's science activity site for kids. | ||||||||||||
| World's Biomes | |||||||||||||
| Your Gross and Cool Body | |||||||||||||
| Writing & Literature | |||||||||||||
| Bibliography Style Handbook | From the Writer's Workshop at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: styles include the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Modern Language Association (MLA.) | ||||||||||||
| Citing Sources, Guide to Library Research | |||||||||||||
| CliffsNotes | Provides free access to most CliffsNotes study guides. | ||||||||||||
| Elements of Style | William Strunk's Elements of Style. | ||||||||||||
| Encyclopedia Mythica | An encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legend. | ||||||||||||
| Internet Picture Dictionary | |||||||||||||
| Online Literary Criticism | The Internet Public Library offers this starting point for finding criticism of American and British literary works. Search by authors, work's title, or literary period. | ||||||||||||
| Online! Citation Styles | |||||||||||||
| So You Have to Read a Biography | A guide to biographies over 150 pages for Young Adults. | ||||||||||||
| SparkNotes | Free online study guides including literature, poetry, and the No Fear Shakespeare series. | ||||||||||||
| VoS English Literature | Voice of the Shuttle. An excellent source for literary criticism. | ||||||||||||
| Winged Sandals | Classical Greek mythology. | ||||||||||||