Student Resources

Homework Help

American Library Association a great database with links on any subject.

Ask Jeeves for Kids -study tools and search engine

Kids Click - a database of over 6400 sites compiled by librarians.

Kids Place at SJPL - A great source for homework help, cartoons, fun, games and to get to know your public library.

Kids Yahoo - search engine is designed for web surfers ages 7 to 12.

National Geographic for Kids - great resource for homework questions.

Language Arts

Americas Library Americas Story -The Library of Congress page about our American past. This is a great source for biographies.

Grammar Gorillas -Monkey around with your grammar skills.

Kidport Kidport helps you learn and shows you how to have fun doing it!

Starfall The Starfall learn-to-read website is offered free as a public service.

Wacky Tales -Write your own crazy story.

Math

AAA Math -features a comprehensive set of interactive arithmetic lessons.

A Plus Math A Plus Math is a great site to play games and learn facts at the same time.

Create a Graph - Interactive site which allows you to create various types of graphs.

Funbrain Funbrain is a great site with fun interactive games.

Gallery of Interactive Geometry -This is a fun interactive site for geometry.

Interactive Multiplication Games - numerous interactive games to help learn multiplication facts

Kids Place This site has some great brain teasers.

Math Forum Student Center - Ask Dr. Math your math question, take the math quiz or play a game.

Science

Ask Dr. Universe - Dr. Universe is the worlds most curious cat. Ask him all your science questions.

Bill Nye the Science Guy - Check out the Science Guys online lab.

Lawrence Hall of Science Lawrence Hall is a family science center near the UC Berkeley campus. Its a neat science center, and their Website has fun science activities.

National Geographic for Kids - a place where kids dare to explore.

National Weather Service - Track weather conditions across the country.

Social Studies

50states.com - This is a good website for finding basic information about each of the 50 states.

Ben Franklins Guide to U.S. Government - Ben Franklin guides K-12 students through all kinds of cool facts about our government.

California Gold Rush Hey 4th gradersthis is a site for you.

California Missions Find out about the 21 California missions along the El Camino Real.

California Missions Directory A great resource for those of you preparing for your mission reports.

Colonial Days Learn what life was like for children during the American Colonial Days.

Library of Congress - The most important website for American History and especially good for fifth grade.

Silicon Valley History - Excellent source of pictures and information about early Santa Clara Valley - especially good for third grade.

Smithsonian - Americas attic consists of 19 museums. The online site includes a wide array of all things American and is especially useful for fifth grade.