netTrekker:
http://school.nettrekker.com/
Discovery Education Streaming (formerly UnitedStreaming) Online Videos and
Clips:
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm
Maps 101:
http://www.maps101.com/Application/Index.aspx
GROLIER Online Encyclopedia:
http://auth.grolier.com/login/go_login_page.html
Fact Monster: Full of useful information
http://www.factmonster.com
KidsClick:
Here is another excellent site with a collection of almost
7000 sites for young people through high school created and maintained by
librarians.
http://www.kidsclick.org
Copyright-friendly images to use in school projects:
http://www.pics4learning.com/index.php
Infoplease:
Access 10 menus, from Biographies to Weather. Each menu is supported by a
selection of features, encyclopedia articles (more than 57,000) and related
links. The site's atlas serves up country maps showing major cities and
political boundaries. Almanacs include a Daily Almanac and Facts Behind the
News. Use the 20th Century Chronology to locate statistics, events,
biographies, obituaries and more for each year of the past century.
http://www.infoplease.com
ALA's (American Library Association) collection of great websites for
grades K-8 includes some sites on
the arts, biography, and literature:
http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm
***Wikipedia Encyclopedia: Use for research ONLY as a back-up for facts
found elsewhere or if information is unavailable on other resources.
***Check OPAC, Grolier, EBSCO, Yahooligans, and Teacher Pages FIRST!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Internet Public Library KidSpace:
Includes an extensive list of ready reference sources as well as useful
subject collections in a variety of fields. From the University of Michigan.
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/
Dewey Browse:
Websites Classified by the Dewey Decimal Classification System for Grades K-
12. Created and Maintained by Gail Shea Grainger (a local NH librarian!).
http://www.deweybrowse.org/
United Nations Cyberschoolbus: includes an interactive database, InfoNation,
with accurate official and up-to-date information and statistics regarding
the countries of the world.
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/
Maps from the US Department of the Interior:
http://www.nationalatlas.gov/
The Best of the Internet
Internet Resources selected by the New Hampshire State Library:
http://pierce.state.nh.us/internet/
Town of Greenland website:
http://www.greenland-nh.com/?page=links&item=a
Weeks Public Library:
http://www.weekslibrary.org
SAU 50:
http://www.sau50.org
Boy Meets Book is the web site of Mike Sullivan, published author of
Connecting Boys With Books and former librarian at Weeks Public Library:
http://www.geocities.com/talestoldtall/BoyMeetsBook.html
For Junior High students: Teen Reads features interviews with popular
authors, book reviews, contests,
and a newsletter.
http://www.teenreads.com/
IdeaLabs:
Looking for a great book about museums? Want to know what its like to walk
on the Moon? Or need some tips on starting your own rock, stamp, or coin
collection? Then check out Smithsonian IdeaLabs, where you can explore these
subjects and more!
http://smithsonianeducation.org/students/index.html
NatureWorks was developed and produced by New Hampshire Public
Television and the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center. Looking for
information about plants and animals of NH? click nature files
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/
Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids:
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids is brought to the World Wide Web as
a service of the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing
Office (GPO). Ben's Guide serves as the educational component of GPO Access,
GPO's service to provide the official online version of legislative and
regulatory information.
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
News and Newspapers Online:
http://library.uncg.edu/news/
Everyday Math Homeroom:
http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/students/index.shtml
Ask for Kids: ask a question!
http://www.askkids.com/
Country Reports:
http://www.countryreports.org/
TekMom's Research Tools:
http://www.tekmom.com/search/index.html