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General Resources:

Live Homework Help
Connect live with an expert tutor for homework help in grades 4-12 in English, seven days a week from 1 PM – 10 PM, and in Spanish Sunday-Thursday from 1 pm – 7 pm.

InfoTrac Kid's Edition - magazines, This is a database of newspapers and reference books for information on current events, the arts, science, popular culture, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

Internet Public Library… Youth Division

List of Tutors and Homework Assistance sources from the Community Information Project (PDF file)

Specific Topics:

Language Arts
Grammar:

Grammar Blast
Fun Brain Word Games
Grammar Gorillas

Read a Book:

Childrens Books Online
Kids Reads
Reading Scene

Benboszoo Alphabet
San Mateo Couty Library's We Recommend pages

Vocabulary: Vocabulary University
Word-A-Day
Reference
Dictionaries:

Fact Monster Dictionary
Word Central

Encyclopedias:

Fact Monster
Internet Public Library Kidspace
Knowledge Adventure Encyclopedia (Requires registration)
Google Kids Directory

Thesaurus: Roget's Thesaurus
Science & Math
Animals: Creature Feature from National Geographic
Animal Encyclopedia
Kids Go Wild!
Astronomy: Astronomy for Kids
Nine Planets… a Tour of the Solar System
Astro for Kids
Geology:

US Geological Survey for Kids
Neill's Geology for Kids
Volcano World

Savage Planet
The Mineral Gallery
Earthquakes for Kids

General Science: You Can… Beakman's Science Stuff
How Stuff Works - Science Channel
Kinetic City (Requires creating an account)
Math:

K - 6:

Math Glossary
A Plus Math
All: Math.com
The Math Forum with Ask Dr. Math
Social Studies
California History:

California Native Americans
The First Americans - California
California Indians

California Missions
California Missions eBooks
PLS Librarian Links for California Missions
Mission Photo Tour

Gold Rush
California's Untold Stories
Photos of the Gold Rush

Current Events: Kids Newsroom
Geography: National Geographic Homework Help
National Geographic for Kids

National Geographic GeoBee Quiz
Other Countries: Country Reports
Countries of the World
Say 'Hello' to the World
Country at a Glance from the UN
People: Author Guides
TIME 100
My Hero
States:

States and Capitals
Class Brain State Reports
Name that State Quiz

The Arts
Art:

Art Safari from the Museum of Modern Art
The Art Detective
Inside Art

Dance: dance-kids.org/
The Electric Ballerina
Music:

San Francisco Symphony Kids Site
The Music Room
Music from DataDragon

KidzSing Garden of Songs

   

 

 

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