Search Engines
Links to Ask Jeeves for Kids, Awesome Library, KidsClick, OneKey (by Google), and Yahooligans.


Homework Help and Research Tools
50 States of the United States
This site features all the help any student would need to write a state report.

Year by Year
Click on any year to find out what happened in the world and in the United States during that time in history.

Fact Monster
A comprehensive reference site for kids, this site is fully searchable and offers information by subject.

Help from MathNerds
This site fields questions about elementary-through-college level math, providing students with guidance and sugestions for solving math problems and grasping concepts.

Homework Center
The Homework Center contains sites and resources for K-12 homework subjects.  These resources are reviewed and maintained by the Multnomah County Library.

Internet Public Library Youth Division
This site, designed for children ages 4 to 11, includes an online story time, Dr. Internet, and a large Dewey Decimal Collection of sites.

Internet Public Library Teen Division
The Internet Public Library also has a site designed just for teenagers.

Museums and Interesting Places to Visit
American Memory
This Library of Congress site provides documents and historical materials that portray the people and events that have made our nation what it is today.

Exploratorium
The science museum in San Francisco has electronic versions of hands-on exhibits such as exploring the science of hockey, tracking severe storms, and dissecting a cow's eye.

Franklin Institute Science Museum
Visit online exhibits from this famed Philadelphia museum.  The site also has educational "hotlists" that offer valuable homework connections.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for Kids
Find out how to get photos from space, see a launch, and more on this out-of-this-world site designed for kids.

 

Just for Fun
Great Web Sites for Kids
This site includes links to online resources for fun and learning reviewed and organized by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.

FunBrain.com
This site offers learning games organized by age.

PBS Kids
The PBS Online site contains links and activities related to popular PBS television shows.

Sports Illustrated for Kids
This is a colorful site with articles about sports figures, league standings, games, and more.

Yuckiest Site on the Internet
At this site, kids can learn about worms, roaches, and many other gross and cool things.

Sites for Children Eight and Under
Enchanted Learning
This site contains a picture dictionary search engine that makes Web searching easy.

Kids Under 8
This site, organized and maintained by the Multnomah County Library, features links to Web sites for younger children.

 

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