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Elementary Students

Here are some interesting links for you to help you with school work and some are just for fun!

Math sites

  • APlus Math
  • Cool Math For Kids - A popular site; includes games, activities, lessons, puzzles and mind benders. There are links to other awesome math sites for kids.
  • Cut the Knot - This site is for teachers, parents and students who seek engaging mathematics.
  • Discovering Egypt - Among other Egyptian facts, you will also learn about Egyptian numerals and test your knowledge with some mathematical problems set out using the ancient numbers.
  • Homework Help
  • Dr. Math - There are archives of hundreds of student questions or you can ask Dr. Math your own question.
  • Math League - Help for Grades 4-8 Math.
  • Puzzle Playground - Great puzzles, illusions and tricks to try.

Research sites

  • Encyclopedia
  • Geographic Information
  • HyperHistory - presents 3,000 years of world history with a combination of colorful graphics, lifelines, timelines, and maps. Over 2,000 files are interconnected throughout the site.
  • KidsConnect - will help you become more comfortable with the research process. In KCTools you'll find help with four basic phases of the research process. It begins with "I wonder" and asks you to think about your question or topic and how to seek further advice on the Internet.
  • Library of Congress: Geography & Maps - contains the largest and most comprehensive cartographic collection in the world with collections numbering over 4.5 million maps including 60,000 atlases, 6,000 reference works, numerous globes and plastic relief models, and a large number of cartographic materials in other formats, including electronic.
  • Online Books - includes more than 13,000 English works in various formats. All should be free for personal, noncommercial use. You can: search listings by author and title, browse new listings, browse by author, browse by title browse by subject, browse serial archives.
  • Online Newspapers - newspapers from various countries around the world.
  • Reference Desk - Want to find a fact? This is the place to come with facts on just about anything.

Search Engines

  • AskKids
  • Cybersleuth Kids - An internet search guide for K-12 students.
  • Kidsclick - Search a variety of search engines related to education, all from this single page.
  • Canada Only Search Engines

Other Sites

  • BBC Education - BBC Education Online is a site you must not miss. They have a wide range of highly interactive activities in many curriculum areas. The quality of the activities is absolutely incredible.
  • BrainPop - cartoon movies on health, science and technology plus other activities.
  • FunBrain - Teacher, student and parent areas in subject areas. Online activities such as math games.
  • FunSchool - has games for children from preschool age to sixth grade. The site is designed to help children learn, not to just occupy their time.
  • How to Study - provides free links to valuable sites on the Internet related to the subject of studying. HowToStudy.com has been developed by former students who, just like many students now, had a tough time adjusting from high school to university or college.
  • Pics4Learning - This collection is intended to provide copyright friendly images for use by students and teachers in an education setting. Images in the Pics4Learning collection may be used by teachers and students in print, multimedia, and video productions.
  • Wordsmyth - An interesting online reference tool that combines the functions of a dictionary and a thesaurus in one easy-to- use search interface.