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Look here for some of our favorite websites to help you get the best information for your assignments!

GENERAL HOMEWORK WEBSITES

700+ Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious, Wonderful Web Sites for Kids and the Adults Who Care About Them
www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/

bigchalk
www.bigchalk.com

English Grammar
http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/English/Grammar

Flashcard Exchange!
http://www.flashcardexchange.com/index.jsp

Multnomah County Library Homework Center www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/
This comprehensive site covers just about every topic you could imagine!

My Homework Helper
www.refdesk.com/homework.html

SCIENCE PROJECTS

BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/index.html

Brain Pop
www.brainpop.com/science/matter/scientificmethod

Bunsen Bob's Science Hunt
www.sciencehunt.com/HuntHow.nsf/MainFrame?OpenFrameSet

Cloud Forest Alive
http://www.cloudforestalive.org/

Exploratorium Science "Snacks"
www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/

Kid's Science Projects from the Science Club
www.halcyon.com/kidproj1.html

Science Fair Central from the Discovery Channel
school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral

The Ultimate Science Fair Resource
www.scifair.org

Successful Science Fair Projects
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/fair.html

Your Science Fair Project Resource Guide
www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/

What's That Stuff?
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff.html

GENERAL SCIENCE

Biology4Kids
www.biology4kids.com

Chem4Kids
www.chem4kids.com

Geography4Kids
www.geography4kids.com

Physics4Kids
www.physics4kids.com

About Geography
http://geography.about.com/cs/homeworkhelp/

MATH

Math Power
http://www.mathpower.com/

Dr. Math
http://mathforum.org/dr.math

ANIMALS

The Wild Ones Animal Index
www.thewildones.org/animal.html

Animal Printouts from Enchanted Learning
www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/

Invertebrate Zoology from the National Museum of Natural History
www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmnh/zoology.htm


BLACK HISTORY

Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to Black History www.blackhistory.eb.com

Infoplease Celebrates Black History
www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html

Black History:Exploring African-American Issues on the Web
www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html

This Week In Black History
www.seditionists.org/black/thisweek.html

The Underground Railroad
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/


EXPLORERS

Explorers of the World
www.bham.wednet.edu/explore.htm

Women Adventurers
www.infoplease.com/spot/whmbios13.html


OUR COUNTRY, GOVERMENT AND POLITICS

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
bensguide.gpo.gov/

National First Ladies Library
www.firstladies.org/

US Mint
www.usmint.gov/kids/

US State Department: Digital Diplomacy for Students!
www.state.gov/kids

The White House for kids
www.whitehouse.gov/kids/

About Connecticut
http://www.state.ct.us/about.htm

Stately Facts About Connecticut
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/stateknow/ct1.html

City of Bridgeport
http://www.cityofbridgeport.org/

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