HOMEWORK AND RESEARCH SITES
General/Civics/English/Geography/History/Math/Texas/Science
GENERAL
Contains over 800 great links to sites that'll help with your homework.
Academic resources for high school students.
You need it? They have it. A huge directory of homework resources by subject as well as project ideas and help with writing.
Internet Public Library Kidspace
Search for your subject and get a list of resources chosen by librarians around the country.
Internet Public Library TeenSpace
Links to topics and resources specifically of interest to teens.
"Information you can trust" on lots of topics. All sites are selected by librarians.
Recommendations on books to read.
Gives you the hard facts you're most likely looking for: birth and death dates, famous works, notorious trivia. Provides links to the four best sites for additional detail. Movie stars, authors, frauds, cartoon dogs -- anyone is fair game.
CIVICS
Federal legislative information on the Internet
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
Choose a grade level then look around for information on how the U.S. government works.
Department of Justice: United States Attorneys Kids Page
Federal Justice Department web sites for students of all ages.
ENGLISH
How do you spell that word? And what does it mean? Tyr this famous dictionary and thesaurus for help.
Study guides for English literature.
GEOGRAPHY
Information about the United Nations, global issues and information about UN member countries/states.
Facts and maps about countries of the world.
Thousands of flags from around the world.
Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology
Huge resource for Greek Mythology
HISTORY
Historic photograph collections of United State's history.
Hundreds of resources about American History.
The American Civil War Homepage
Civil War resources including battles, biographies, medicine and more.
Search for maps by location, subject or alphabetically.
See a copy of the original Gettysburg Address writing by Abraham Lincoln and read about how it was written.
POTUS Presidents of the United States
Find background information, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest as well as links to biographies, historical documents, audio and video files, and other presidential sites.
U.S.National Archives and Records
Get primary source documents for American history.
Mr.Dowling's Electronic Passport
Links to information on counties, culture and history.
MATH
A question and answer service for K-12 math students and their teachers.
Math tables, algebra formulas and more.
The Worth of Math online.
An amusement park of math and more...designed for fun!
Math Challenges for Families.
SCIENCE
The Exploratorium Science Museum
The Exploratorium has a web site of over 15,000 web pages exploring science, art and technology, including science experiments and activities.
Science Fair Project Resource Guide
Find out how to do a science fair project and get ideas of different projects you can do.
Science news, games and information to keep you up to date on science in the news.
Find out the science behind the headlines.
Thousands of pages of resources on astronomy, planets, comets, astronauts and new discoveries of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
National Security Agency's website for kids.
Activities, games and puzzles for 8-11 year olds.
Student's Guide to Global Climate Change
TEXAS
The Handbook of Texas Online is a multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography and culture sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association and the General Libraries at UT Austin.
Texas at your fingertips.