Homework Help: Great Sites for Kids
SEARCH ENGINES; TIPS & TRICKS
1. Use quotation marks to search for words in a certain order
Example: "World War II" or "space shuttle"
2. A minus sign will exclude a word from a search
Example: virus -computer will search for the word virus but NOT computer (Be sure to put a space before the minus sign)
3. On Google, you can limit searches to certain kinds of websites, like .edu or .org
Example: war site:edu (searches for war on .edu sites)
4. Combine these steps for very specific searches.
Example: "World War" -II (will search "world war" but not "II)
Google Example: "World War" -II site:edu (will search "world war" but not "II" and will limit to .edu websites
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GENERAL INFORMATION SITES
Ask for Kids http://www.askforkids.com/
Fact Monster http://www.factmonster.com/
Great Sites for Kids http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm
Illinois Clicks! Homework Help http://www.illinoisclicks.org/basicweblinks/4
Info Please http://www.infoplease.com/
Internet Public Library KidSpace http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/
KidsClick! http://www.kidsclick.org/
ThinkQuest http://www.thinkquest.org/library/index.html
Yahoo! Kids Study Zone http://kids.yahoo.com/learn
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ART
Art Institute of Chicago Online Resources http://www.artic.edu/aic/education/onlinelearning/index.html
Ask Joan of Art (Smithsonian Museum of Art) http://americanart.si.edu/search/search_ajoa.cfm
The Getty Museum For Kids http://www.getty.edu/education/for_kids/
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BIOGRAPHY
Biographical Dictionary http://www.s9.com/
Founding Fathers http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_founding_fathers.html
Mathematicians http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/BiogIndex.html
Notable African Americans http://www.factmonster.com/spot/afroambios.html
Women in Science http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/summary.shtml
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DICTIONARIES & THESAURI
American Heritage Dictionary http://www.bartleby.com/61/
Internet Picture Dictionary http://www.pdictionary.com/
Merriam-Webster Online http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm
Thesaurus.com http://thesaurus.reference.com/
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DRAMA & THEATER
Theater History http://www.theatrehistory.com/
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Babel Fish Translation (AltaVista) http://world.altavista.com/
How to say "Hello" to the World (Internet Public Library)http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/hello/
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HISTORY, GOVERNMENT & SOCIAL STUDIES
LA GRANGE
La Grange Area Historical Society http://www.lagrangehistory.org/
CHICAGO
Encyclopedia of Chicago (Chicago History Museum) http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/
ILLINOIS
Illinois Lincoln Library http://www.state.il.us/hpa/lib/
Illinois State Museum http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/
Learn Illinois http://www.state.il.us/kids/learn/
UNITED STATES
The American Presidency http://ap.grolier.com/
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
Kids.gov http://www.kids.gov/
Presidents of the United States (Internet Public Library) http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/
United States Capitol http://www.aoc.gov/cc/architecture/index.cfm
United States Congress http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/
United States Founding Documents http://www.foundingfathers.info/documents/
United States Historical Documents http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/
United States House of Representatives http://www.house.gov/
United States Senate http://www.senate.gov/
THE WORLD
CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
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HOLIDAYS
Earth Calendar http://www.earthcalendar.net/index.php
Multi Cultural Holiday Calendar http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/
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MATH
Cool Math for Kids http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
Figure This! http://www.figurethis.org/
Math Cats http://www.mathcats.com/
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MUSEUMS iN THE CHICAGO AREA
The Adler Planetarium http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/
The Art Institute of Chicago http://www.artic.edu/aic/
Chicago Children's Museum http://www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org/
Chicago Cultural Center http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalEntityHomeAction.do?entityName=Cultural+Center&entityNameEnumValue=128
Chicago History Museum http://chicagohistory.org/
Directory of Illinois Museums http://www.state.il.us/hpa/iam/directory.html
DuPage Children's Museum (Naperville, IL)
DuSable Museum of African American History http://www.dusablemuseum.org/
The Field Museum http://www.fieldmuseum.org/
Graue Mill and Museum (Oak Brook, IL) http://www.grauemill.org/
John G. Shedd Aquarium http://www.sheddaquarium.org/
The Morton Arboretum (Lisle, IL) http://www.mortonarb.org/
The Museum of Contemporary Art http://www.mcachicago.org/
The Museum of Science and Industry http://www.msichicago.org/
National Museum of Mexican Art http://www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/index2.html
National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum http://www.nvvam.org/
The Notebaert Nature Museum http://www.chias.org/
Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago http://oi.uchicago.edu/
Spertus Museum http://www.spertus.edu/
SciTech Hands-On Museum (Aurora, IL) http://scitech.mus.il.us/
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MUSIC
Instrument Encyclopedia http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/
LIft Every Voice: Music in American Life
Music Notes http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame http://www.rockhall.com/
San Francisco Symphony Kids' Site
Sesame Street Music Zone http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/music/zone/
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SCIENCE
Kids Do Ecology http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas-web/kids/
Microbe Zoo http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/
Science News for Kids http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/
Science Websites for Kids http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php?id=221
Volcano World http://volcano.und.edu/
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SPORTS TEAMS IN THE CHICAGO AREA
Chicago Bears http://www.chicagobears.com/
Chicago Blackhawks http://blackhawks.nhl.com/
Chicago Bulls http://www.nba.com/bulls/
Chicago Cubs http://cubs.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=chc
Chicago Fire http://chicago.fire.mlsnet.com/t100/index.jsp
Chicago White Sox http://whitesox.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=cws
Chicago Wolves http://chicagowolves.com/
Kane Country Cougars http://www.kccougars.com/
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last updated 4/9/2008