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Parents!
Please visit these sites for important child safety information: CHILD SAFETY ON THE INFORMATION HIGHWAY
Find out how you, as a parent, can help protect your family’s privacy while teaching your child or teen how to safely participate in social networking sites.
TUTORING Live Online Homework Help
Live Homework Help® tutoring is easy to use and is available every day from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm Pacific time. Certified online tutors provide help with homework. Click the picture on the right for more information.
Go to top  DATABASES FOR KIDS
Fact Cards are a series of research resources designed for quick reference for students in grades 4 through 8. The topics covered by Fact Cards are those California, United States, and World topics included in the social studies curriculum in California.
The New Book of Knowledge –“A 7-million-word repository of text and images” great for current events and in-depth information. Lands and Peoples – “An encyclopedia of countries, cultures, and current events”. America The Beautiful – “State-by-state history and current events for elementary and middle school students”. Dictionaries Atlases Daily News, including Feature Stories and International News Desk
Go to top  SCHOOL TOOLS
Go to top  SEARCH ENGINES
Ask for Kids
http://www.ajkids.com/
A search engine designed exclusively for kids ages 6 – 12. The sites allows you to ask a question and then takes you to sites that can help answer the question. KidsClick!
http://www.kidsclick.org
Librarian-produced web search site for children. You can browse by category or search by keyword. Know Play--Reference Help on the Web
http://kplay.cc/reference.htmlLook up anything in a dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, atlas, or world factbook or do a search of rhyming words, quotations, artists, or acronyms. Yahooligans
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/
Yahoo Kids! features fun and educational resources for kids with games, music, jokes, movies, news, astrology, and much more!
Go to top  BIOGRAPHIES
Database -- Grolier Online
The world's most respected online encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas and reference resource for students and educators. Designed just for children, it has the full text of The Book of Knowledge (an encyclopedia), Lands and Peoples (an encyclopedia about all the countries in the world), and America the Beautiful (an encyclopedia with state by state information). - Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/
The source for information about famous figures of the past and present. POTUS: Presidents of the United States
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/
From the Internet Public Library, this site contains lots of information on the presidents and their cabinets. Presidents of the United States
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
The official White House site provides a short history of the U.S. Presidency, along with biographical sketches and portraits of all the presidents to date.
Go to top  COUNTRIES AND STATES
DATABASE -- Grolier Online
The world's most respected online encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas and reference resource for students and educators. Designed just for children, it has the full text of The Book of Knowledge (an encyclopedia), Lands and Peoples (an encyclopedia about all the countries in the world), and America the Beautiful (an encyclopedia with state by state information). Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Background Notes include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of independent states, some dependencies, and areas of special sovereignty. Facts about the United States
http://www.ipl.org/div/stateknow/These web pages will help you find out the basic facts of any state in the Union, including Washington, D.C.
Go to top  CURRENT EVENTS
Go to top  HISTORY
California Missions Resource Center
http://www.missionscalifornia.com/Provides information, images, historical facts, stories and other resources on each of the California Missions. ClassBrain.com
http://www.classbrainmissions.com/More information about missions, as well as links to information for doing reports on a historical personage, a state in the U.S., or even a country. Gold Rush – California’s Untold Stories – Oakland Museum of California
http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/
A virtual tour of a past exhibition at the Oakland Museum of California, featuring information and historic photographs related to the California Gold Rush. Khan Academy
http://www.khanacademy.org/
With a library of over 2600 free educational videos, covering everything from arithmetic to physics, the Khan Academy provides useful educational resources to meet your needs. An Uncommon Mission
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/mission/index.htmlThis website developed from a traveling exhibit intended to create an awareness of the preservation and conservation needs of the California Missions. It provides brief information about each mission as well as links to other useful websites. Underground Railroad – National Geographic Online
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad/
Provides an interactive journey through the Underground Railroad, featuring a timeline, profiles of important historical figures, and maps showing the routes and networks used to escape to freedom.
Go to top  MATH
Ask Dr. Math
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
A collection of math questions and answers in a searchable archive arranged by educational level. You can either choose a grade level and then a subject, or use the search box. Khan Academy
http://www.khanacademy.org/
With a library of over 2600 free educational videos, covering everything from arithmetic to physics, the Khan Academy provides useful educational resources to meet your needs.
Go to top  SCIENCE
Go to top  SOCIAL STUDIES
Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/Teaches kids from kindergarten through grade 12 about the United States federal government.
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