Yahooligans
Popular directory and search
engine. Sites included here are often just as
appropriate for secondary students as they are for
elementary.
www.yahooligans.com |
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Kathy Schrock’s Guide
The “mother” of all
educational directory sites. Extensive listings.
Also includes a search engine. Look under Kidstuff
for web sites appropriate especially for younger
children. Sign up to receive email for the Site of
the Day!
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ |
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Blue Web’n
Excellent site with directory,
search engine, plus ability to refine search by
grade level. Sign up to receive updates via email!
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn |
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Education World
Extensive directory an search
engine. Can be a little “busy” and commercial.
www.educationworld.com |
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Awesome Library
Separate pages for Kids and
Teens. Includes a search engine.
www.awesomelibrary.org |
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MarcoPolo
New site with extensive
Internet content. Web sites (many have interactive
elements) plus lesson plans and other professional
material. Includes a search engine.
http://marcopolo.worldcom.com |
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Learning
Network (New York Times)
In addition to all of the
resources directly provided by the New York Times,
click on their Site of the Day for their most recent
pick of other web sites. On this page, you will also
find a directory of other sites that the publishers
of the Learning Network have chosen.
www.nytimes.com/learning
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Students.gov
Student gateway to the U.S.
Government.
http://students.gov |
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ThinkQuest
See Library of Entries for may
of the ThinkQuests that have been created by
students as part of this international competition.
Sites that have won awards are marked with a red
dot. Many ThinkQuest entries have interactive
elements.
www.thinkquest.org |
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Great Sites!
700+ sites chosen for children
by the American Library Association.
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites |
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Berit’s Best Sites for Children
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Includes ratings for the sites
that are included. Provides a search engine for the
site.http://www.beritsbest.com |
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ENC Online
Excellent web site with much of
its content provided by ENC but also includes
directories of other web sites. Grade levels are
assigned. Check
out the monthly Digital Dozen for some really great
sites that often have an interactive element.
http://www.enc.org |
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Searchable database of web
sites chosen for students. Searchable by grade
level.
http://school.aol.com |
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EduHound
Sites organized in over 50
categories. You can also sign up for to receive a
weekly update via email.
www.eduhound.com |
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KidsKonnect
Very worthwhile site with an
alphabetized list and subject directory. Unique
features include a link to childrens' magazines (see
Periodicals in the Reference Sites box) and a page
for each state that will point you to other links as
well as give you some basic information.
http://www.kidskonnect.com/AlphabetizedList.html |
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Gateway to
Educational Materials (GEM)
The Gateway to Educational
Materials provides educators with access
to thousands of educational resources found on
various federal, state, university, non-profit, and
commercial Internet sites. GEM is sponsored by the
U.S. Department of Education. Teachers, parents,
administrators can search or browse to find
educational materials, including lesson plans,
activities, and projects from Consortium members.
http://www.thegateway.org/ |
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Library in the Sky
Over 1500 quality educational
web sites are included.
Library in the Sky includes both a directory
and a search engine. Note that in addition to
accessing the Main page,
you can also click a tab for Teacher,
Student, Parent, or Librarian. Produced by the
Northwest Regional Laboratory.
http://nwrel.org/sky/index.asp |
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KidsClick
This site has a directory and
search engine. KidsClick! was created by a group of
librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ |
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