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Welcome to the Homework Helper. Our kids are experienced
Internet travelers. They can help you find information on the Internet to help
you complete your homework assignments. They love adventure, so are
glad to be your guide in finding information on the Internet.
Homework Helper -- To help you, we've organized the information by topic.
Just mouse-click the topic. More detailed information will appear. Keep clicking
until you find what you need. Just look at all the subjects you can explore!
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Art History
- A Timeline of Art History
- A. Pintura - Art Detective. Learn about famous painters & solve the game!
- Inside Art - another great art game
- Life & Times of Eleven Art Masters
- World Art Treasures: Search through 6 different programs to see good pictures and articles discussing art history from around the world.
Art Museums and Galleries:
Crafts:
Dance :Yahooligans Dance includes African Music and Dance, Pow Wow Dancing, and WWW Virtual Library of Dance
Drama: Yahooligans! Drama includes National Youth Music Theatre, Theatre Central, Welcome to Sprouts Theatre for Children and more
Development & Anatomy
- The Human Body: Learn about your body and how it works
- Very detailed information in Gray's Anatomy Online
- The Brain and Spinal Cord
- Visit the Brain Explorer
- A Big Look at Your Eyes
- All about Your Heart
- Learn About Teeth with Mr Reach
- KidsHealth: click on to "Kids" to find fun things about health
Good Nutrition
- Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition Center
- Kids Food Cyberclub
- Nutrition Explorers from the Dairy Council
- The Kids Healthy Fridge Quiz
Safety Issues
Kid's Web Resources, Virtual Library , or Yahooligans!
- 4000 Years of Women in Science
- Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport - all the history you'll ever need
- American Memory: Collections relating to American culture and history from the Library of Congress - either Search or go under List of all...Collections and Topics.
- Civil War
- Virtual Ellis Island is an audio and pictorial tour of the immigrant experience on Ellis Island.
- Links to the Past - The National Park Service
- Egyptian history, information and great clip art to do papers!
- National Park Service History.
- Today in History
- This Day in History - Developed by the History Channel.
- Yahooligans! History
- Museums and Exhibits
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Authors and Writing
Biographies
- Notable Citizens of Planet Earth: biographical information on over 18,000 people from ancient times to the present; discover who did what on what day.
- Famous Birthdays - What famous person was born on your birthday?
- Yahooligans! People of History
Languages
- Foreign Languages: twiddle your thumbs while you wait, but this links you to 19 different language selections
- Say Hello to the World - learn to say Hello in all sorts of languages
- Learn Sign Lanuage
- Blindness and Braille
References
- Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: After "Words to Search For:" type a word or you may search by the authors name if you know it
- Elements of Style: Basic rules of grammar, word usage, form, spelling and expression
- Fairrosa's Library of Children's Literature
- Hotlist: Literature
- Yahooligans! Language Arts
Stories/Storytelling: Search under Tales from Other Cultures, Familiar Folk Tales or Collections of Tales for lots of fun tales
Words:
- Cool Word of the Day: learn a new word or two a day!
- Word Central - Look up words in their online dictionary
- Fake Out! The Definition Guessing Game - test your vocabulary skills
- Word Puzzles: Choose from Rooty*Hoot*Hoot, Word Wave, Word WEB, Word SynOpps, Word Ogees or Crossword Puzzles for some word fun
- Electric Postcard: Select a card you like, write your message and send it off!
- Hotlist: Links to educational sites by the Franklin Institute
- Internet Public Library: has Ask the Author, Story Hour, The World of Reading, Doctor Internet and a writing contest
- Kids Games & Reading Materials
- The Virtual Smithsonian: Take a virtual guided tour of all the museums
- Yahooligans!: The Web Guide for Kids sponsored by Yahoo
- Ask Dr. Math
- A+ Math - make your own math flashcards!
- Math in Daily Life - or "Why Do I Need to Know This Stuff?"
- Brain Teasers
- Clever Games for Clever People
- Elementary Level Math
- Hotlist
- Numbers
- Weights and Measures: A fun table to convert measurements of weight, length, etc.
- Yahooligans! Math Page
- Instruments
- Essentials of Music - learn about composers and eras of classical music - includes a glossary of music terms
- Jazz Kids from PBS - learn about jazz musicions and music
- Heart and Soul - a celebration of African American Music
- How to Read Music
- Yahooligans! Music Listing
Olympics:
Sports and Games
- Top Sports Stories - games, scores, and news from Yahooligans Sports
- Sports Illustrated for Kids
- Women's Sports Page
- Yahooligans! Sports and Recreation
Ask Dr. Science -Today's question or a list of past questions
Ask a Scientist from SCORE (Schools of California On-line Resources for Education)
Animal Kingdom
- All Those Animals
- Sea World and Busch Garden's Animal Resources
- Yahoo's Animals, Insects, and Pets
- Birds: Info on Birdwatching & Birds or see Nature: Extraordinary Birds from PBS. It's a great place to learn about unusual birds
- Fish: The Fishy FAQ ; Fish Information Service and the Fish Cam - view fish as they live and swim!
- Insects - Butterflies, Entomology Basics & Pictures (Entomology is the study of insects); Hotlist's Insects - links to lots of creepy crawlies; Wonderful World of Insects Yahooligans! Insects - more links
- Mammals: Get The Mammal Facts and visit Yahooligans Mammals pages
- Of the Sea: Penguins, Seals, Sharks, and Whales - find out how these animals survive in the sea
- Zoos - the National Zoological Park's Home Page with photos, highlights and even a questionnaire; Electronic Zoo - full of animal resources
- Prehistoric Life:
- Yahooligans! Dinosaurs
- Fossil Halls - on-line tours of the exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History in New York
- Dinosaur Hall - information galore on dinosaurs and their lives
Astronomy and Space
- Astronomy for Kids Answers to your outer space-related questions
- Basics of Space Flight Learners' Workbook: A lot of data, sometimes complex, about space and space flight
- ScienceMaster is the place to learn about the universe, or space, find information on volcanos, and global warming, explore plants, animals or DNA, and study physics or chemistry.
- Solar System (Nine Planets), Welcome to Star Child (lots of simple explanations); Overview of the Solar System (nice pictures showing relationship of planets)
- NASA Space History
- Yahooligans! Space guess what-more links
Earth Sciences- Yahooligans!-links
- Earthquakes: Images of most recent earthquakes and active volcanoes; Earthquake Information: information from the US Geological Survey, Earthquake of the Day: see where the latest earthquake occurred and what it's magnitude was
- Meteorology (Weather and Atmosphere): Northern Lights: learn more about them, Snow and Ice: Glaciers, Blizzards, Snow and a Kids' Snow Page; Sunrise, Sunset Computation: enter a city name, a state abbreviation and the 4 digit date and you can see when the sun will rise and set; The "Weather Dude": a weather page especially for kids; Franklin's Forecast: Build your own weather station, learn about today's sophisticated weather technologies, and check the weather right now, Weather Underground: quickly providing latest weather conditions for US cities; Yahooligans! Weather or Weather: in case you want more links
- Yahooligans!Oceanography for more resources
- Rocks & Minerals: Learn from Rocky the Rock Hound or the US Geological Survey web site to learn about minerals, rocks & gems. Also check out the site on Pearls
- Volcanoes: link to "Worldwide Volcanic Reference Map" and other volcanic activity.
Environment: Yahooligans! Environment
Fun Sites:
EcoKids Clubhouse - learn about the earth and its resources
- Plastic Bags: Start with "Test Your Environmental IQ," then on to other resources; uncover a hidden picture by answering questions about recycling
- Sierra Club: links to other environmental and science education spots
- Children of the Earth United - learn ways you & kids around the world can help the environment
- Earth Dog - read about the adventures of Earth Dog & learn interesting facts about the environment
- Earth Day - something to celebrate every day - Mother Nature!
Kinetic City; Science Bob's Lab; CBC for Kids; Bill Nye the Science Guy's site
The Investor Museum an information resource for anyone who wants to learn more about American inventors and their discoveriesScience Museums: Yahooligans! List; Field Museum of Natural History; and The Franklin Institute Science Museum, Chicago Museum of Science & Industry, England's National Museum of Science & Industry, The Center for Science & Industry
Geography - Countries of the World
- Around the World: Yahooligans!--search under Cultures, Food and Eating, Regions or Travel
- Archeological Adventures
- Ancient Cave Paintings in France
- Maya Adventure
- Easter Island - from PBS
- Virtual tour of Tutankhamen's Tomb - from National Geographic
- GeoNet: Test your knowledge of our planet
- Africa for Kids - learn about Africa
- How far is it - Find the distance between any two cities in the world
- Maps: go to Maps and Geography for different links
Resources: each of these are "libraries" of local and regional information
- Yahooligans! Around the World: Countries and U.S. States with links to each state
- Geographia - great interactive site to learn about the world
- Going Places with PBS
- World Surfari: Learn about the food, customs and history of people in other countries-different country each month
Government and Politics
- White House Where the President and First Lady live in Washington, DC
- White House for Kids
- The Constitution of the United States
- Executive Branch
- Hall of Presidents - picture gallery & short biography of each one
- Judicial Branch: The US Supreme Court
- Legislative Branch
Transportation: Airplanes; the Transcontinental Railroad and the building of the American West, information on bicycles and cycling and details on cars, trucks and other motor vehicles
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