LINKS FOR STUDENTS

 
books on back of student


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


ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
   
www.classzone.com/eservices (ELA online textbooks for 7th & 8th grade) - user name and password supplied by teacher
      
www.poetryoutloud.org - sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts
   
www.poetshouse.org
   
www.poetryfoundation.org
      www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/sites.htm - American authors & literature site

   

GEOGRAPHY
  
www.gwip.glencoe.com (Geography textbook) - user name and password supplied by teacher
   www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditons/atlas (maps)
   www.eduplace.com/ss/maps (Education Place: outline maps)
      
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook (CIA World Factbook)
      
www.infoplease.com/atlas (Infoplease Atlas)
      
www.my.homeworknow.com/teacher/walls (Mrs. Walls' homework information)
      
www.countries.com
    www.enchantedlearning.com (Enchanted Learning: "Flags of the World")
      
www.worldatlas.com  (World Atlas Travel)

   

HEALTH
  
www.cdc.gov (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

HISTORY
    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)
   
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)
 
SCIENCE
    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/
    www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/coloring_book/index_people.html

WORLD LANGUAGE
    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)


page last updated by Mrs. Pratt , June  2008
Frolio Middle School Library, Abington, MA


home button Return to Home Page