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3 sep olk5 password 3 aea11 High Beam Encyclopedia - http://www.encyclopedia.com/ Farlex free Dictionary/Encyclopedias - http://www.thefreedictiona ry.com/ Answers.com (an encyclodictionalmanacapedia) - http://www.answers.com/ Bartleby.com - http://www.bartleby.com/reference/ Kids Web - http://www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb/ Testing web sites Belin - Blank - http://www.education.uiowa.edu/belinblank/ ACT - http://www.act.org/ SAT - http://www.collegeboard.com/splash College board test site - http://www.collegeboard.com/testing/ Test Prep http://www.testprepreview.com http://www.number2.com/ CLEP - http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/about.html Homeschool sites Yahoo homeschool site 3 http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=homeschool&y=y&e=86164&f=0%3A2766678%3A2718086 %3A86164&r EducationHomeSchool World (website of Practical Homeschooling Magazine) 3 http://www.home - school.com/ The Homeschool Mom - http://www.thehomeschoolmom.com/miscunitstudy.html Jon 9s Homeschool resource page - http://www.midnightbeach.com/hs/ Homeschool teacher 9s lounge - http://www.geocities.com/athens/oracle/4336/ Viirtual homeschool site - http://www.homeschool.com Links from Homeschool teacher 9s lounge 3 http://www.geocities.com/athens/oracle/4336/links.html Homeschool Central - http://homeschoolcentral.com/ Homeschool curriculum swap message board 3 http://www.theswap.com/dcforum/dcboard.cgi HomeHearts - http://www.homehearts.com/ About.com Homeschool resource page - http://homeschooling.about.com/ Christian Homeschoolers - http://ww w.christianhomeschoolers.com/index.html Library sites Altoona Public Library http://www.altoonapubliclibrary.net Des Moines Public Library http://www.pldminfo .org Mitchellville Public Library - http://www.mitchellvillelibrary.org/ Pleasant Hill Public Library - http://www.pleasanthill.lib.ia.us/ List of central iowa libraries and their web sites 3 http://www.cilsa.lib.ia.us/libraries.htm Internet Public Library http://ipl.org Internet School Library http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/ Internet Virtual Library http://vlib.org/ Web Wizard 9s Library link site http://www.westnet.co m/~observer/LIBRARY.HTM Awesome library - http://www.awesomelibrary.org/ Smithsonian - http://www.si.edu/ Library of Congress - http://lcweb.loc.gov/ (a Library of Congress site that lets you search the catalogs of libraries all over the country 3 http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/gateway.<br><br> html Understanding Call Numbers 3 http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/education/hcc/library/callno.html Dewey Decimal system 3 http://library.gallaudet.edu/lr/dewey.html http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/fi_books_dd.htm lesson on DDS - http://www.homeschoollearning.com/hsc/unit_09 - 11 - 01.html Museums Museum link - http://www.museumlink.com/ http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/rtmss/10atoc.html Virtual museums - http://www.museumlink.com/virtual.htm http://vlmp.museophile.com/ Yahooligans museums - http://search.yahooligans.com/search/ligans?p=museums The Exploratorium - http://www.exploratorium.edu/ British Museum 3 http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/ The Louvre - http://www.louvre.fr/ Isr ael Museum - http://www.imj.org.il/ Russian museum links - http://www.museum.ru/ National Air & Space Museum 3 http://www.nasm .si.edu/ National Art Gallery - http://www.nga.gov/ Chicago Children 9s Museum - http://www.chichildrensmuseum.org/ Chicago Museum of Science & Industry - http://www.msichicago.org/ Field Museum - http://www.fmnh.org/ Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - http://www.rockhall.com/ Virtual Field trips http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/fieldtrips2.htm http://www.field - guides.com/vft/ Volcano world - http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/kids/vrtrips.html Yahoo listing - http://dir.yahoo.com/Recreation /Travel/Virtual_Field_Trips/ http://www.theteachersguide.com/virtualtours.html Glacier National park virtual field trip - http://www.sd5.k12.mt.us/glaciereft/ Resources sites U.S. government interagency Kids' Portal - http://www.kids.gov/ AEA online htt p://www.iowaaeaonline.org/index.html To access areas use: user ID 3 sepolk5 password 3 aea11 Read Write Think http://www.readwritethink.org/index.asp Holiday Zone 3 http://www.theholidayzone.com/ Chateau Meddybemps - http://www.meddybemps.com/index.html Kiddy house .com - http ://www.kiddyhouse.com/ Funschool.com - http://www.funschool.com/ Fun Brain - http://www.funbrain.com/index.html Teaching resource sites Discovery school - http://school.discovery.com/ Kathy Schrocks resource site - http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ Read Write Think http://www.readwritethink.org/index.asp Zoom school - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/index.shtml Sites for Teachers - http://www.sitesforteachers.com/ ABC teach - http://www.abcteach.com/ Awesome library teacher info. - http://www.awesomelibrary.org/ A to Z teachers - http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/ Educator 9s Toolbox - http://www.eagle.ca/~matink/ The Gateway to Education materials - http:// www.thegateway.org/ Lesson Plan search - http://www.lessonplansearch.com/ Teaching Ideas - http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/ RHL school - http://www.rhlschool.com/ Educator 9s Reference desk - http://www.eduref.org/ Yahoo link to lesson plans - http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/K_12/Teaching/Lesson_Plans/ Lesson plans - http://lessonplanz.com/ U.S Government web site all curriculum disciplines 3 http://www.f ree.ed.gov/ U.S.<br><br> Government web sites for kids - http://bensguide.gpo.gov/subject.html Ed Helper - http://edhelper.com/ Fact Monster - http://www.factmonster.com/index.html Love to learn - http://www.love2learn.net/index.html Ethemes - http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/by - title.shtml Online Worksheets http://home.att.net/~bandcparker/worksheets.html (lots of worksheets & homeschool helps - The place to go to look for resources!) http://www.edhelper.com/ (great variety of worksheets K - 12) http://www.abcteach.com/ (5000+ worksheets) http://www.rhlschool.com/ (RHL free online resource + worksheets) http://www.onlineworksheets.org/ http://www.schoolexpress. com/ http://www.tut - world.com/ Tutorial world http://www.kidsdomain.com/grown/links/Printable_Worksheets.html http://www.teach - nology.com/worksheets/math/ (math worksheets including higher level math) Talented & Gifted/ Special needs web sites Talented & gifted htt p://www.tagfam.org/ http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/ http://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home http://www.eric.ed.gov/ http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/weblinks/gifted.htm http://www.hollingworth.org/int - res.html Special needs http://www.christianhomeschoolers.com/hs_special_needs.html http://www.supportforfamilies.org/internetguide/education.html http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/educatio n/homeschooling.html http://www.pathfinder.minot.com/plaintext/link3.html http://www.kidsource.c om/kidsource/content2/parents_of_children.html http://members.tripod.com/everywhere - places/education/spec_needs.htm http://www.nhen.org/specneed/default.asp?id=271 http://homeschoolcentral.com/special.htm Fetal Alcohol - http://www.kidscanlea rn.net/FAS.htm http://e.webring.com/hub?ring=fetalalcoholsynd Autism - http://www.autismlink.com/info/homeschool ing.php Kids Fun & Activity sites Room 108 http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/108.html Mysteries http://www.thecase.com/kids/ Meddybemps http://www.meddybemps.com Web site links for kids : http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/cfapps/free/displaysubject.cfm?aud=1 Toon Center http://frontiernet.net/~jackson/journal.htm Fun Room http://funroom.com Funhouse http://www.liswa.wa .gov.au/funhouse/ Up to ten http://www.boowakwala.com/ PBS Kids - http://pbskids.org/ Arthur - http:/ /pbskids.org/arthur/ Clifford - http://pbskids.org/clifford/ Thomas the Tank engine 3 http://www.hitentertainment.com/thomasandfriends/official_thomas_the_tank_engine_website.ht m Disney http://disney.go.com/home/today/index.html Radi o Disney - http://radio.disney.go.com/ Disney Channel - http://www.disney.go.com/disneychannel/ Disney sites - http://clipart.disneysites.com/ Fun web sites for kids 3 http://www.woodlands - junior.kent.sch.uk/besmart/cool2.html http://www.mesalibrary.org/kids/sites.asp http://www.4kids.org/ http://www.kids.gov/ Curriculum sites Art sites Art Zone http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm Art Games - http://www.albrightknox.org/artgames/index_launched.html National Gallery of Art - http://www.nga.gov/ National Gallery of Art kids - http://w ww.nga.gov/kids/ Crafts - http://www.makingfriends.com/ Fun Brain - http://www.funbrain.com/index.html Great Sites for Kids - http://www.greatsitesforkids.com/gsfk/index.asp The Exploratorium - http://www.exploratorium.edu/ Crayola - http://www.crayola.com/ Language Arts sites L anguage arts link site links 3 http://www.kids.gov/ http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/School_Bell/Language_Arts/ http://www.yahooligans.com/school_bell/language_arts/Authors/ http://www.edu4kids.com/ Connecting Reading And Writing link site (excellent s ite!!) - http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/writing.htm Read Write Think http://www.readwritethink.org/index.asp Children 9s literature web si te - http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html Interactive web site - http://jc - schools.net/tutorials/interactive.htm Yahooligan 9s list of language arts sites 3 Carol Hurst 9s literacy site - http://www.carolhurst.com/ Reading Lady - http://www.readinglady.com/ Grammar Lady - http://aacton.gladbrook.iowapages.org/id3.html Stories from the web (incorporates reading and writing) 3 http://www.storiesfromtheweb.or g/sfwhomepage.htm Neverending tales http://www.coder.com/creations/tale School House Rock (grammar) - http://w ww.apocalypse.org/pub/u/gilly/Schoolhouse_Rock/HTML/schoolhouse.html Writing - http://www.realkids.com/club.shtml Chateau Meddybemps - http://www.meddybe mps.com/index.html Rm 108 - http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/108.html Fun Brain - http://www.funbrain.com/index.html Brain Pop - http://www.brainpop.com/ Hursts 9s literature site - http://www.carolhurst.com/ Bartleby.com (great books & reference site) - http://www.bartleb y.com/ Great Sites for Kids - http://www.greatsitesforkids.com/gsfk/index.asp Writing sites - http://www.emints.org/ ethemes/resources/S00000243.shtml Ethemes - http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/by - title.shtml KidBibs - http://kidbibs.c om/home.htm Reading Rockets - http://www.readingrockets.org/ Online Stories Online books - http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/ Internet Pu blic Library http://ipl.org Project Gutenburg - http://www.gutenberg.org/ Blackmask online books - www. blackmask .com Baen Free Library on line stories - http://www.baen.com/library/defaultTitles.htm Site for links to online litereature/stories 3 http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/Electronic_Text_Archives/ Candlelight stories - http://www.candlelightstories.com/ Children 9s storybook http ://www.magickeys.com/books/ check out the 8award winning sites 9 for great links!) Children 9s classics online - http://www.bygosh.com/childrensclassics.htm Children 9s Bedtime stories - http://the - office.com/bedtime - story/ Rosetta project - http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/ Stories from the Web http://www.storiesfromtheweb.org/sfwhomepage.htm http://misslink.org/children/bibstory2.html (Bible stories) http://www.classicreader.com/ Math sites Math web sites links 3 http://www.kids.gov/ http://www.ed ina.k12.mn.us/creekvalley/staffdev/Internet%20Sites/studentsites.htm Saxon Math - http://saxonpublishers.harcourtachieve.com/en - US/saxonpublishers.htm Math sites - http://www.kidskonnect.com/MathSites/MathSites.html Yahooligan 9s math sites links - http://search.yahooligans.yahoo.com/search/ligans?p=math&y=y&r=School+Bell%02Mat h%02Games+and+Puzzles Interactive web site - http://jc - schools.net/tutorials/interactive.htm K 3 8 th Math Sites - http://www.thecoo.edu/~apeter/math_sites.htm Fast facts - http://www.mccc.edu/~kelld/page400.html Flashcards - http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/index.html http://www.prongo.com/cards/flashcd.html http://www.mathplayground.com/flashcards.html http://www.edu4kids.com/index.php?page=12&TB=2 http://www.factmonster.com/math/flashcards.html http://www.mathfactcafe.com/ http://home.indy.rr.com/lr obinson/mathfacts/mathfacts.html School House Rock (math) - http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/gilly/Schoolhouse_Rock/HTML/schoolhouse.html Rm 108 - http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/108.html Monster Math - http://www.factmonster.com/mathmoney.html Fun Brain - http://www.funbrain.com/index.html Cool Math for kids - http://www.coolmath4kids.com/ Brain Pop - http://www.brainpop.com/ Intermath - http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1874 Journal of Online Mathematics and its Applications 3 http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_i d=1875 http://www.allmath.com/ http://www.aaamath.com/ http://www.edu4kids.com/ http://www.math drill.com/ http://www.mathfactcafe.com/ Great Sites for Kids - http://www.greatsitesforkids.com/gsfk/index.asp Music sites Music f or kids - http://www.kids.gov/k_music.htm Music - http://library.thinkquest.org/C001468F/home.htm Naxos music learning zone - http://www.naxos.com/NewDesign/flearning.files/blearning.htm Play music - http://www.playmusic.org/ Instrument Encyclopedia - http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/ Music history http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/history/music - history.htm http://www.lib.washington.edu/Music/mushist.html http://www.si.edu/RESOURCE/FAQ/nmah/music.htm Composer links & biographies 3 http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mn200/music/composers.html http://library.music.i ndiana.edu/music_resources/composer.html http://www.classical.net/music/mstrindx.html http://www.essen tialsofmusic.com/composer/composers.html http://www.classical - composers.org/page/home Great Sites for Kids - http://www .greatsitesforkids.com/gsfk/index.asp Science sites Science web sites links 3 http://www.kids.gov/ http://www.kidsdomain.com/kids/links/ Science.html http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REVscience.htm http://jefferson.lib.co.us/kids/kids_fair.ht ml Science for Kids - http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/ Interactive web sites - http://jc - schools.net/tutorials/interactive.htm U.<br><br> S. geo logical survey - http://www.usgs.gov/ The Exploratorium - http://www.exploratorium.edu/ The Observatorium - http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/entries/entry_2.html Adler Planetarium - http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/ Neave Planetarium - htt p://www.neave.com/planetarium/ Virtual Planetariums - http://jove.geol.niu.edu/faculty/stoddard/planetarium.html http://www.chabotspace.org/vsc/planetarium/thesky/default.asp http://sim.ol.ru/~nikitin/stars/ Your sky - http://www.fourmilab .ch/yoursky/ Celestial sky - http://www.pcsapo.com/csphere/csphere.html Space site - http://school.discovery.com /schooladventures/universe/ Space site - http://library.thinkquest.org/29033/ School House rock (science) - ht tp://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/gilly/Schoolhouse_Rock/HTML/schoolhouse.html Rainforest site - http://www.rainforestlive.org.uk/index.cfm Energy - http://library.thinkquest.org/C004471/ Fun Brain - http://www.funbrain.com/index.html Animals - http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/mon2.h tm Creation site - http://www.icr.org/ Education 4 kids - http://www.edu4kids.com/ Kinetic City - http://www.kineticcity.com/ Brain Pop - http://www.brainpop.com/ Butterflies - http://www.thebutterflysite.com/gardening.shtml Life Sciences - http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1858 National Heart - http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1877 The New Genetics - http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1876 Solar Eclipse - http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1864 Space Weather Research Explorer - http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1863 Virtual Courseware - http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1861 Great Sites for Kids - http://www.greatsitesforkids.com/gsfk/index.asp Social Studies / History sites Social studies web site links 3 http://www.kids.gov/ http://www.geocities.com/enchantedforest/tower/1217/third5.html http://www.techtrekers.com/social.htm http://www.christianitytoday.com/kids/features/social.html http://jc - schools.net/tutorials/interactive.htm http://literacy.owcc.net/famlit/Children/Social_studies.htm http://www.sldirectory.com/teachf/socsci.html http://www.trumanlibrary.org/educ/sites.htm http://www.kidsites.com/sites - edu/history.htm Eye Witness history - http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/ Library of Congress American Memory website 3 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html History Channel - http://www.history.com/ Brain Pop - http://www.brainpop.com/ Explorers site - http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/ The Exploratorium - http://www.exploratorium.edu/ School House rock (history) - http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/gilly/Schoolhouse_Rock/H TML/schoolhouse.html White House - http://www.whitehouse.gov/ http://www.edu4kids.com/ Holocaust information 3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_%28resources%29#External_links http://www.ushmm.org/ http://www.hmh.org/ Playing with time - http://www.playingwithtime.org/ Hyper History - http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html British History - http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ History Learning site - http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/index.htm Fun Social Studies - http://www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/ (Medieval History 3 ht tp://www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/links/medieval_history.htm Medieval history links 3 http://www.forrestps.act.edu.au/hwh_medieval2.htm http://www.omnibusol.com/medieval.html http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Year%20 7.htm History for Kids! (middle ages Europe, Asia, Africa before 1500 AD) 3 http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/index.htm Great Sites for Kids - http://www.greatsitesforkids.com/gsfk/index.asp Geography sites Geography web sites links 3 http://www.kids.gov/ http://www.educationindex.com/geography/ http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/EWgeography.htm http://www.internet4classrooms.com/social_geography.htm Children 9s geography links 3 http://www.westborough.kent.sch.uk/childrensgeography.htm Visible earth - http://www.visibleearth.nasa.gov/ Africa site - http://library.thinkquest.org/C002739/index2.shtm Central America - http://www.cloudforestalive.org/ National Parks - http://www.nps.gov/ Historical Atlas - http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm Glacier National park virtual field trip - http://www.sd5.k12.mt.us/glaciereft/ Great Sites for Kids - http://www.greatsitesfo rkids.com/gsfk/index.asp Multicultural sites African American Web Connection - http://www.aawc.com/Zaawc0.html African American web site list IA state university 3 http://www.public.iastate.edu/~savega/afr_amer.htm African American web ring (type in 8African American 9) - http://v.webring.com/hub American Jewish history web sites - http://www.ajhs.org/reference/links.cfm http://www.temple.edu/feinsteinctr/fcrelated.html American Library association Africa n American web link site list 3 http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues1999/january1/africanam erican.htm American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library (click on 8African American) - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Asian American web site list IA state university 3 http://www.public.iastate.edu/~savega/asian_am.htm Asian American cultural center - http://research.yale.edu/aacc/ Hispanic - http://teacher.scholastic.com/hispanic/index.htm Hispanic / Latino web sites IA state university 3 http://www.public.iastate.edu/~savega/us_latin.htm Islamic web link 8Musalman 9 (this is a Islamic search engine, sites are not screened - http://www.musalman.com/ Islamic web link through Yahoo 3 http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Religion_and_Spirituality/Faiths_and_ Practices/Islam/Web_Directories/ Judaism and Jewish resources page - http://www.shamash.org/trb/judaism.html http://emol.org/jewish/jewishresources.html The Martin Luther King Jr.<br><br> (MLK) Center for Nonviolent Social Change 3 http://www.thekingcenter.com/ Multicultural Web site links IA state university 3 http://www.public.iastate.edu/~savega/multicul.htm Museum of Afro - American Hist ory, Boston - http://www.afroammuseum.org/links.htm Native American web links http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/native.htm Native American we b links http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/ Native American site - http://www.nativetech.org/ Our Shared History: Celebrating African American History and Culture 3 http://www.cr.nps.gov/aahistory/ Fun Brain - http://www.funbrain.com/index.html

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