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The skill
that high-school
students have in using the
Internet may be harnessed to assist them in doing their homework. Many
of these sites are very visual in order to facilitate interaction.
Below are some sites, however, that are both accessible as well as
highly useful.
General Resources
America's Library
This fascinating site, from the Library of Congress, is specifically
designed for children and their parents. Drawing on the resources of
the Library, it is possible for visitors to see early cartoons, learn
what Lincoln had in his pockets the night of his assasination, and find
out what happened on a specific date. The site intends to be both
entertaining and informative, and it more than meets these objectives.
In accomplishing these goals, portions of the site can be highly
visual; however, this material will be fascinating to sighted students
and there is still much for the blind student to enjoy as well.
The
Homework Assistance Page
While the stated purpose of this Web site is "to provide a resource for
high school, college, and adult students," it will probably be most
useful for the student in grades 9-12. Topics covered include: English,
science, math, social studies, foreign language, and reference sources.
High
School Ace
This site provides free quality educational resources for teens. It
features subject guides, reference tools, news, puzzles, quizzes,
college prep questions, and college information.
Great
Educational Web Sites
Although this site, created by Phyllis DiBianco, library media
specialist at Scarsdale High School in New York is intended as a
catalog of Web resources for educators, it is also an excellent
resource for middle and high-school students. You can find information
on using the Internet, subject organized educational Websites, and much
more.
Internet
Public
Library Reference Collection
The Ready Reference section of the Internet Public Library draws
together electronic sources selected for their thoroughness, frequency
of update, and ease of use. Sources are annotated and designed to
provide quick answers to specific questions. Areas covered include:
business, computers, education, arts and humanities, law, and general
reference.
IPL
TeenSpace
With its usual attention to quality, the Internet Public Library has
assembled a select group of outstanding sites to help with homework.
While they are primarily targeted for the high-school student, they may
be of benefit for students who are either slightly older or younger,
depending on their needs.
King
County Homework Help
Homework Help assists public, private and home schooled students,
grades 4-12, with their homework assignments. The Web sites are
selected by King County, Washington Library System. Homework Help is a
starting place for information; it is not intended to be comprehensive.
When possible, sites are selected that are free from extensive
marketing.
Kid-Info
KidInfo.com is one of the better organized sites for pre-college
students. Material may be accessed by a student's level (elementary,
middle, or high school), subject (art, American history, music,
computers), or searched by use of either the conventional or the
advanced search engine.
Multnomah
County Library Homework Help
Although this site, from the Multnomah (Oregon) County Library,
provides the usual links to subject-specific assistance, it is
noteworthy for directing the visitor in nontraditional directions as
well. Links to African-American history are featured with European
history; costumes and clothing are presented beside math. In addition,
the site has an extensive list of resources -- such as news and current
affairs, mythology, and personal finance -- that relate to high-school
subjects, although they seldom constitute a course in and of themselves.
Homework
Helper
This site, hosted by Bob Drudge, is an excellent list of links of
quality homework help sites. Topics include: math, science, English,
government and history, as well as related resources.
Researchpaper
Researchpaper.com bills itself as "the Web's largest collection of
topics, ideas, and assistance for school related research projects."
The site is not a paper mill but, instead, directs students to topic
ideas and suggests strategies to make the most effective use of
electronic sources.
Schoolwork Ugh!
Despite the author of this site claiming that "This site is no longer
being maintained on a regular basis due to lack of time," Homework Ugh
is still an extremely well-organized site with lots of high-quality
resources. Its list of links is straight forward, complete, and easy to
navigate. It does not attempt to answer questions but direct the
visitor to where he/she might be expected to locate the best resources.
You can find homework help for the following subjects: art, biography,
computers, dictionaries and encyclopedias, government, grammar, health,
history, languages, law, literature, math, music, mythology,
newspapers, philosophy, politics, quotations, religion, science,
statistics, and writing.
Virtual
Library
This is an overwhelming catalogue of internet sources from agriculture
to Western European regional studies which may be accessed either by a
key word search or by browsing the catalogue.
Kids.com
This site is the U.S. government interagency Kids' Portal. It was
developed and is maintained by the Federal Citizen Information Center.
It provides links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the best
kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject.
MEGAlinks
This very accessible and easy to navigate site offers a number of
excellent links to sites of practical value for the high-school or
community college student.
Science
General
Chemistry Online
Fred Senese of the Department of Chemistry, Frostburg State University,
hosts General Chemistry Online. Included are links to information about
Common compounds, exam questions, resources, a tool box, and a
glossary. The site is both searchable and browseable.
Rader's
Biology4kids
Biology4kids fills a need for a site devoted exclusively to the
biological sciences. It is both browseable and searchable. Although
much of the site is visual, projects, photos, and resources make this
site an excellent stop for the student seeking help in this area.
BioTech
Although the authors of this site say, " Our goal is to enrich the
public's knowledge of biology and chemistry. We aim to serve everyone
from high school students to professional Researchers," the material is
tilted toward the more advanced visitor. Dictionaries, links to other
Web resources, and material on biochemistry are at the heart of this
site.
Rader's Chem4kids
Although this site provides gateways to other science sites, chem4kids
itself focuses on chemistry, biochemistry, and other specialties of
chemistry. The site is both searchable and browseable and provides
activities and downloads.
SCIENCE
HOBBYIST
While this site does provide homework help, its great strength is as a
resource for projects, science fairs, and identifying outside resources.
Rader's
Geography4kids
The designers of this site make it clear that it is concerned with
physical geography, or earth sciences, and not countries and their
capitals. If you're looking for information about resource management,
energy, climate change, or water, you have come to the right place. In
addition to being searchable and browseable, it also contains examples
of concepts as well as activities and downloads.
Homework
Help, Science Fair Project Ideas, Math Help, Homework Helper"
Although HomeworkSpot has extensive sections devoted to elementary and
middle school, the high-school section is of sufficiently high-quality
to be worth attention in its own right. Links include: English, fine
arts, foreign languages, health, life skills, math, science, social
studies, Technology, and college prep. In addition, there are many
other links to information to improve study skills and help with
research.
Social
Sciences Homework Help for College
This page is provided by the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal
Behavior at Indiana University as an aid for students from grammar
school to graduate school and beyond. The site does not have the
personnel available to individually answer general questions, so it
offers online resources to help judge the quality of information, do
library research, do online research, improve study skills, learn to
write well, find links to online resources about animals and animal
behavior, and learn about careers and training options in the field of
animal behavior.
MadSciNet:
The
24-hour exploding laboratory
By selecting the "Ask a Scientist" link on this site, you can get
answers to your science questions from a member of the Washington
University faculty in St. Louis.
Gary’s
Astronomy Homework Help
Gary's Astronomy Help provides links to information about black holes,
sun spots, the solar system, satellite, as well as numerous other
resources of use to the student. While the site is targeted for a
college-level student, there are links for younger students as well.
Finding Data
on the Internet
This site provides the basics for interpreting the most common types of
statistics found on the Internet. It, then, guides the visitor to the
best sites for locating the raw data. If you are comfortable with
statistics, you can skip the explanatory material, but you will still
find the site a useful time saver.
Planetary
Fact Sheet
This site by NASA's National Space Science Data Center provides fact
sheets for every planet and for many minor bodies, including
information on mass, rotation and revolution periods, atmospheric
composition, magnetosphere information, and much more.
A
Periodic Table of the Elements at Los Alamos National Laboratory
This site, sponsored by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, provides
the periodic table of the elements. Click on an element, and you are
lead to material describing it.
QuickMath
Automatic Math Solutions
QuickMath is one of the first sites of its kind on the internet. It is
the first site where you can simply type in an expression in a fairly
intuitive way, hit a button and get the answer. It focuses on more
advanced math, such as algebra, differential and integral calculus,
matrices, etc. Parts of the site, however, will be more easily accessed
if the visitor can see the screen, however.
Science
and
technology information from Scientific American
By selecting the "Ask an Expert" link at this site, sponsored by
Scientific American Magazine, you can ask your scientific questions of
an expert in the relevant area. In addition, there are a profusion of
links to the most recent research and debate in science.
Science
Learning Network
If you are a science teacher or a parent who wants to link your child
to excellent science resources on the Internet, this site is for you!
"The Science Learning Network (SLN) is an online community of
educators, students, schools, science museums and other institutions
demonstrating a new model for inquiry science education." Funded by the
National Science Foundation and Unisys Corporation, this site includes
links to many excellent sites designed for children and science
educators.
Cornell
Math and Science Gateway
This Gateway provides links to resources in mathematics and science for
educators and students in grades 9-12, although teachers of other
levels may find these materials helpful. Topics covered include:
astronomy, biology, chemistry, computers, earth & environmental
science, engineering, health and medicine, mathematics, meteorology,
and physics.
Social Sciences
Social
Studies, Homework Help, Carnegie Library
This site contains a wealth of links to a variety of topics including:
archaeology/anthropology, biography, civics, current events, economics,
French, German, homework helper, languages, Latin, multiculturalism,
music, native American culture, and Spanish.
Country Studies --
Library of Congress
This site contains the online versions of books that were originally
published in hard copy by the Library of Congress to analyze the
history, culture, and government of approximately 100 foreign
countries. While there are some important omissions, if you are looking
for information about most countries, especially if it is not a major
country, this is a good place to begin.
Social
Psychology Network
This is a gateway site with links to a variety of resources in the
field of social psychology. It includes links to sites on specific
social psychology topics, graduate programs, organizations,
professional journals, teaching resources and more.
Social Research
Resources
This site provides a variety of links useful to anyone interested in
the field of sociology. Links include things like publications, data
information, research organizations, graduate student information
sites, university and departments of sociology, media news sites, and
other social science sites of interest.
U.S. Congress on the
Internet
This is the official site of Congress. If you want to know what
legislation is being considered, how your representative voted, or what
a particular committee has been doing this is the place to go. There is
an excellent database for searching legislation.
History
The
Encyclopedia of World History
Simply put, this is a volume that is intended to convey the key
features of world history. Renowned historian Peter N. Stearns and
thirty prominent historians have combined their expertise over the past
ten years to perfect this comprehensive chronology of more than 20,000
entries that span the millennia from prehistoric times to the year
2000. This is an excellent source which may be easily browsed by topic
or searched by key word.
Historical
Text Archive
The Historical Text Archive was created to enable historians to have an
electronic storage and retrieval site and to demonstrate the advantages
of such sites for the study and teaching of history. At present, it
contains over 5,000 links. The site contains annoying commercial
clutters but is well worth putting up with the annoyance.
Biographical Dictionary
This online biographical dictionary covers over 33,000 individuals from
ancient to modern times. The dictionary can be searched by birth years,
death years, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works,
achievements, and other keywords.
Language and Literature
EspanOle!
Pagina Principal
At EspañOlé you will find all you need for the study,
teaching, and/or
appreciation of the Spanish language, its literature, AP exams, the
Hispanic arts, music, people, history, foods, and lands. The site is
hosted by Florida’s Spanish teacher of the year for 2001-02.
Free Book Notes.com
Free Book Notes .com is dedicated to finding all of the sites with free
book notes or "free cliff notes" and indexing all the individual free
study guides and free book summaries for you on one easy to navigate
site. It currently has a database of links to over 2500 free
cliffnotes, free book notes, and free book summaries for a wide variety
of literary classics from all the major study guide sites (including
Pink Monkey, Barron's, SparkNotes, Classic Notes, Book Rags, BookWolf,
and Campus Nut) On each individual study guide page, you will find
links to all the cliff notes, book summaries, book notes, and analysis
for that book. This way any time you need free literary criticism,
chapter summaries, or other study help with a book, you can check here
first and the site will point you in the right direction.
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
This site attempts "To be a complete annotated guide to the scholarly
Shakespeare resources available on the Internet." In addition, the
visitor can find interesting facts such as the dates of Shakespeare
festivals, a family genealogy, and a timeline of Shakespeare's life.
Several school districts provide free homework
help either through
speaking with a teacher directly by telephone and/or by computer.
Depending on the program, you may not have to be a resident of the
district sponsoring the program to take advantage of its service. Some
of our favorites include:
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