Saturday, February 04, 2012
 
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Links for Students

Homework Helpers: Homework getting you down? Here are some helpful links, by subject area, to help you with your homework! 


Science Minimize

www.middleschoolscience.net 

  Chemistry, Elements, Minerals, Gemstones
www.chem4kids.com (Periodic Table & Elements)
www.webelements.com (Web Elements Periodical Table)

www.gemstone.org/ (Internat'l Colored Gemstone Assoc.)
www.theimage.com/ (Mineral & Gemstone Gallery)
www.minerals.net (Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom)
www.chemicol.com  (Training Solutions for the Chemical Industry)
www.chemicalelements.com  (Online, Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements)


   Biomes, Endangered Species, the Environment  
www.mbgnet.net (Missouri Botanical Garden: Biomes of the World)
www.enchantedlearning.com (animal printouts, biomes, habitats, astronomy,and more...)
www.oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/biomes (Biome Basics)
www.blueplanetbiomes.org (Blue Planet Biomes)
www.sierraclub.org/ecoregions/ (Sierra Club)
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome (The World's Biomes)
www.cyberfair.gsn.org/tenan/indexusa.htm (Endangered Animals of the World)
www.fsw.gov/endangered (U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program)
www.eelink.net/EndSpp/  (Endangered Species)
www.earthforce.org  (Earth Force)
www.kidsagainstpollution.org  (Kids Against Pollution)
www.nwf.org  (National Wildlife Federation)
www.worldwildlife.org  (World Wildlife Fund)


    National Parks
www.us-national-parks.net (U. S. National Parks)
www.nps.gov (National Park Service)
www.kaibab.org (Grand Canyon Explorer)
www.llbean.com (go to Outdoors Online, Park Search)


     Viruses and Germs
www.virology.net/Big_Virology/BVHomePage.html (Big Picture Book of Viruses)
www.bam.gov  (Body and Mind: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)
www.cdc.gov  (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)
www.kidshealth.org  (Kids Health)


     Simple Machines       
www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/schoolzone/Info_Simple_Machines2.cfm (Simple Machines)
www.teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/simple/ (Simple Machines)
www.ed.uri.edu:80/SMART96/ELEMSC/SMARTmachines/machine.html (Marvelous Machines)
www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html (Elements of Machines: Simple Machines)
www.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/spotlight3.html (Spotlighting Simple Machines)
www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/index.html  (Amusement Park Physics)


     Astronomy
www.seds.org (The Nine Planets)
www.windows.ucar.edu (Windows to the Universe)
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/ (Welcome to the Planets)
http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/kids/projects.shtml (Starfinder)


    Volcanoes & Earthquakes
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu (Volcano World)
www.geol.ucsb.edu/~fisher/ (Volcano Information Center)
www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/world.html (Earth's Active Volcanoes)
www.volcano.si.edu/gvp (Global Volcanism Program: Smithsonian)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids/ (U. S. Geological Survey: Earthquakes)
www.howstuffworks.com/earthquake.htm (How Earthquakes Work)
www.pbs.org/wnet/savagearth/ (Savage Earth: volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis)


    Scientist Biographies

www.ziplink.net/~pik/Famous%20Scientists.html
www.blupete.com/Literature/Biographies/Science/Scients.htm
www.th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de/%7Ejr/portraits.html
http://crux.astr.ua.edu/4000ws/4000WS.html
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/
www.brgt.net/


English Language Arts Minimize
www.classzone.com/eservices (ELA online textbook for 7th & 8th grades) - user name and password supplied by teacher
www.poetryoutloud.org - sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts

WORLD LANGUAGE Minimize

www.pasoapaso.com (Paso a Paso textbook)
www.puzzlemaker.com
www.festivals.com/~kids
www.henry.k12.ga.us/PGES/projects/around.htm (Christmas Around World Scavenger Hunt)
www.holidayfestival.com/ (Worldwide Holiday & Festival Site)
www.dayofthedead.com
www.louvre.fr (France: Musee de Louvre, Paris)
www.museoprado.mcu.es (Spain: Museo del Prado, Madrid)
www.vivacincodemayo.org (Cinco de Mayo)
www.mexconnect.com (Mexico Connect)
www.mexonline.com (Online Guide to Mexico)
www.accuweather.com (weather related projects)
http://finance.yahoo.com (currency converter)
www.xe.com (currency converter)
www.dictionaries.travlang.com (Travlang Translating Dictionaries: French & Spanish and currency converter)

 


Biography Minimize

www.americanhistory.si.edu (National Museum of American History, Washington, D. C.)
www.history.org (Colonial Williamsburg)
www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS (Presidents of the United States)
www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/index    (Presidents)

www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/index (First Ladies) 

www.mariner.org/age/index (Age of Exploration Curriculum Guide)
www.win.tue.nl/cs/fm/engels/discovery/index (Discoverers Web home Page)
www1.minn.net/~keithp/index (Columbus Navigation Homepage)    
www.loc.gov (Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.) 
www.walika.com/sr/uniforms (Uniforms of the American Revolution)
www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty (Liberty! The American Revolution)
www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile (Time: 100: Heroes and Icons)     
www.americanhistory.about.com
www.thehistorynet.com
www.mountvernon.org (Geo. Washington's Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens)
www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica (Archiving Early America)
www.dohistory.org (see On Your Own, History Toolkit)
www.mayflowerhistory.com (Mayflower Web Page)
www.nativetech.org (Seventeenth-Century Native Americans in New England)
www.monticello.org (Monticello, Home of Thomas Jefferson) 
www.johnadamslibrary.org - (John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library)


Additional Minimize

HEALTH 
www.cdc.gov (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
 
LIBRARY/RESEARCH
http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/infolitles.html (Online Activities Promoting Information Literacy)

MATH
http://mathforum.org/dr.math (Ask Dr. Math!)
www.aplusmath.com
www.math.com (Math.com)
www.coolmath.com (Cool Math)
www.webmath.com (Webmath)

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