http://bensguide.gpo.

gov/ This site is the educational component of the U.S. Government Printing Office. The site contains educational tools for K-12 students about government. http://www.doi.gov/public/teachandlearn_kids.cfm This site is a branch of the U.S. Department of Interior. This site provides students a look at our nations land, water, and wildlife. http://www.factmonster.com/ Fact Monster is a site that contains facts on subjects such as sports, entertainment, geography, history, biographies, education, and health. It contains encyclopedias, almanacs, games, quizzes, research tools, and much more. http://www.kids.gov/ Kids.gov is a site that has activities for all ages. Students can play educational games, create projects, explore, learn how government works, and much more. All information is from official U.S. government sources. http://express.howstuffworks.com/ HowStuffWorks Express integrates science, math, technology and reading into its site. The goal is to make learning these subjects fun and to enhance student performance. http://www.infoplease.com/ Infoplease is a free reference web site that contains facts on a wide variety of subjects. It contains an encyclopedia, atlas, dictionary, almanac, thesaurus, and many more great tools. http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/ Kids Space is a division of the Internet Public Library. It provides students with an immense amount of information including reference information, health, art & music, our world, reading, sports & recreation, computers & internet, math & science, and other fun stuff. http://www.kidsclick.org/ This site is a web search site designed for kids by librarians. It would be a great tool for students to use for research or pleasure. It also includes a Dewey Decimal Search section.

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http://www.kidskonnect.com/ This site was created to allow students to safely and effectively utilize the internet and also to help cover the curriculum being taught in schools. http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html NASA Kids Club is a site where students can find activities and information about rockets, astronauts, space exploration, space shuttles, solar system, and galaxies. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ National Geographic Kids provides students with information on different people, animals, and places. This is a great science resource for students. http://kids.yahoo.com/learn In this section of Yahoo Kids, students have the opportunity to learn science information as well as have access to a reference section that includes the encyclopedia and dictionary. http://www.refdesk.com/kids.html This is a free and child friendly web site that contains web-based reference resources arranged alphabetically. http://www.timeforkids.com/news TIME for Kids is a great tool for meeting social studies and science standards. Students have the ability to access a large amount of information, but some of the features require a subscription. http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/white-house-101/ White House for Kids provides students with the history, facts, and a tour of the White House. http://www.wordsmyth.net/ This is an online educational dictionary and thesaurus. It has definitions written at three different age levels and also includes synonyms, antonyms, and examples. http://kids.britannica.com/ This online encyclopedia is student friendly and contains an immense amount of information that includes articles, images, videos, statistics, dictionary, thesaurus, and various activities. http://www.history.com/ History.com is a great social studies tool. Students can research a wide variety of historical topics on this site. http://www.worldatlas.com/ WorldAtlas.com allows students to research geography facts, view maps, see flags for different countries and states, and learn much more.

http://www.kidinfo.com/ Kid Info is a great tool for students. They can go into the student section and have access to homework help, reference resources, search engines, fun sites, Power Points for learning, and videos for learning. http://thesaurus.com/ Thesaurus.com is an online thesaurus that allows the user to quickly find synonyms and antonyms for words. http://dictionary.com/ Dictionary.com is the largest free online dictionary. It allows the user to quickly find definitions and listen to audio pronunciations of words.