Current Events
Time For Kids
Yahooligans News
Weekly Reader Galaxy

Biographies
Biographical Dictionary
Biography.com
Biographies for Kids
Distinguished Women of Past and Present
Great People of the 20th Century
Yahooligans Biography Directory

Basic Research

Encyclopedia Brittanica - the complete encyclopedia

Encyclopedia.com - another online encyclopedia

Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus - the most up-to-date dictionary on the Web. Click the speaker icon, and hear how it's really supposed to be spoken
Dictionary.com - This also has a translator! You can find out how to say something in another language!!!
American Heritage Dictionary

Citing Internet Sources - When you get information, picutres, sounds, and or video clips from a web page, you need to list your source. If you copy someone's else's work and don't give them the credit, it's a form of cheating AND it is against the law! This site explains how to properly give credit for someone else's material when you use it in your reports and multimedia presentations.

Virtual Body - explore the brain, heart,skeleton and digestive system
Science Fair Central - tips for Science Fair projects
KidsHealth - Ever wonder how your body works? What makes you sick? Or how to keep safe? Get all the answers to your health questions in this kids only web site.
Sandlot Science - great optical illusions!
The Black Hole Gang - learn about the science adventures of Matt, Wei Ling, Rosa, A.J., and Newton. Find the hidden links about Einstein, bats, rainforests, and other cool science topics.
4000 Years of Women in Science
Robert Krampf's Experiment of the Week -safe, dramatic, cheap, & fun experiments
Windows to the Universe - sponsored by NASA. All about earth & space sciences
How Stuff Works - award-winning sight, explains both natural phenomena & human inventions
Astronomy Glossary - definitions of lots of words you will learn about when studying outer space

Xpeditions - cool geography site from National Geographic

The White House for Kids

The History Channel's This Day in History

History Central

Best of History Web Sites - award-winning portal created for students, history educators, and general history enthusiasts. Here you'll find sites, rated for usefulness and accuracy, that will help you study or teach a wide variety of topics and periods in History.
 

Learning, Earning, & Investing - designed to teach the benefits of and strategies for long-term investing success. Grades 4-12
Number Game - hidden number game for Kdg - 1st, but fun for all
KidsBank - a fun place to learn about money and banking
Web Math - help with any math problems!
MathStories.com - tons of math word problems!
Ask Dr. Math - get help with math problems
 

Puzzlemaker - build your own word searches, crossword puzzles and more
Funbrain.Com Word Detective - fun word searches
Words and Pictures - phonics games from the BBC. This is rated very high even though the British accent is used. Requires Shockwave.
Zinger Tales! - a collection of stories told by great storytellers! Stories are provided in RealPlayer format.
 

Enchanted Learning Origami - instuctions for many origami projects, recommended by Mrs. Johnson!
Paper University - explore the world of paper!
 

Riverdeep - Math, Science, and Language Arts games. Some sections are fee-based, but they also have games for all ages you can play online for free! Click here to see them! You recognize some of them from Logical Journey of the Zoombinis, Bailey's Book House & more.
Web Sites for the Little Ones - recommended K-2 web sites, from Kennesaw College
Virtual Field Trips - WOW!
Homework Spot - provides easy access to the best online homework helpers for math, science, social studies, art, music, language, health and more.

Many of our teachers have joined Quia, a cool site which allows instructors to design activities to reinforce classroom studies. These teachers learned how to use Quia in a staff development class.
How is Quia pronounced? Quia is pronounced key-ah. It rhymes with Maria.