Education Web Guide
Our list of sites to assist with homework and provide for all sorts of educational needs
August 4, 2003
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learning sites for kids
FFFBI
A clever canine sleuthing adventure for 6-12 year olds. Fun opening line: "On the Internet, no one knows you're a dog. Or a chicken." Created by PBS affiliate WGBH.
PBS Kids
From Reading Rainbow to Mr. Rogers, this is a safe spot to keep kids occupied for hours with online coloring books, sing-alongs, stories and games.
SesameWorkshop
Elmo greets you at the door of this highly interactive site. In addition to the games and activities you might expect from the Sesame Street folks, there's an offline bonus: printable games like Big Bird's Safety Page that work just as well when the computer is off.
Kindle Park and My ThinkBox
Yes, there is a monthly fee (under $5), but it's tough to find a more powerful collection of educational resources for 3- to 6-year-olds. Kindle Park features electronic books, learning games and activities, while My ThinkBox offers parents help with teaching their young ones.
Ask Jeeves for Kids
Not just kid-safe, this search engine generates results that were selected to best help students. In addition, the site offers free tools like an almanac and a thesaurus, plus links to fun and games on the Web.
Nick Jr.
Another fun site that isn't just for TV watchers, Nick Jr.'s highlight is an ever-changing "to do" list of reading assignments and games, plus parental tips on things like nutritious brown bag lunches that kids will actually eat.
Kid's Online Resources
An independent site that isn't the easiest to navigate, but it's packed with links to games, homework helpers and more. Plus "serious stuff for parents, teens and Internet safety." If you can get past some initial confusion, this is a site worth surfing.
Computing With Kids
Perhaps the Web's best site for reviews of children's software. Computing With Kids is the brainchild of Jinny Gudmundsen, who writes books on kids and technology, and whose "edutainment" reviews are syndicated nationwide.
Viewz — Buying CD-ROMs for Kids
A review site of kids' games that's part of the Viewz tech advice portal. The reviews tend to focus on the educational value of various titles - but they never forget that the games should be fun as well.
homework helper sites
FedStats
A combination portal to federal agency websites and search engine that will turn up almost anything to do with numbers, from the nationwide frequency of train wrecks to the demographic makeup of your neighborhood.
NewsTrove.com
With its vast alphabetical listing of hot topics, this news search engine is handy for boning up on current events. .
NewsLink
Like NewsTrove.com, this site lets you search recent news stories, but it organizes information by city and state (as well as by publications and broadcasters) for more specific coverage.
Bartleby.com
Perhaps the greatest literary resource on the Web, Bartleby not only has a full set of dictionaries and quotation references, but also free searchable editions of "Gray's Anatomy", the King James Bible, the complete works of Shakespeare and more.
H2G2
Inspired by Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and operated by the BBC, this pop-culture encyclopedia features witty entries on "life, the universe and everything." It's a fun place to look for paper topics.
HowStuffWorks
Whatever you need to know about how pretty much anything in the physical world works, from carburetors to capillaries. Go here for complete explanations and beautiful animated diagrams.
History Channel
Not just a smart cable station, the History Channel has created an amazing multimedia archive of civilization's most significant events. Searching and browsing for speeches, texts and images are equally easy.
Math2.org
Here you'll find all of the basic tables, from multiplication to trigonometry and calculus, plus tips for solving mathematical puzzles and a message board for additional help.
Math.com
A little more polished than Math2.org, but also a little more commercial, this site nevertheless features some very cool, very free math tools, like online scientific calculators and graph plotters.
Artcyclopedia
Even though it's always trying to sell you something, Artcyclopedia still features the best free visual-arts database online. Type in the name of a sculptor, photographer, painter or architect, and you get a biography plus links to that artist's work online.
National Geographic
The staple of school libraries has a high-tech website that offers fun (and educational) things like two- and three-dimensional journeys under the streets of New York or into a mummy's tomb.
High School Hub
A great one-stop shop for high-schoolers — there's nothing "kiddie" about the learning activities ("Common Chemicals," "Italian: Animals") or the current events ("FEMA: Emergency Management"). There's also a full range of study guides by subject, plus extras like "Poetry by Teens."
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