Recommended Websites
| Religion | |
|---|---|
| Archdiocese of Washington | http://www.adw.org |
| Little Flower Parish | http://www.lfparish.org |
| Vatican | http://www.vatican.va/ |
| A ministry for traveling Catholics | http://www.masstimes.org |
| Daily prayer on-line | http://www.sacredspace.ie/ |
| Government | |
| National Geographic for Kids | http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ |
| Smithsonian | http://www.si.edu/Science_and_Technology/ |
| The History Channel | http://www.historychannel.com/ |
| Maryland Kid's Page | http://www.mdkidspage.org/ |
| The White House | http://www.whitehouse.gov |
| Learn about the President, the history of the Presidency |
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/ presidents/index.html |
| The White House for Kids | http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids |
| Congress for Kids | http://www.clerk.house.gov/ |
| Ben’s Guide to US Government | http://bensguide.gpo.gov/ |
| The official kids' portal for the U.S. government | http://www.kids.gov/ |
| Arts & Recreation | |
| Art in the White House | http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/art/index.html |
| Smithsonian National Zoo | http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ |
| National Gallery of Art | http://www.nga.gov/kids/ |
| Science | |
| The NOAA Home Page Takes you on a science journey from the bottom of the sea to the sun. Learn about this important U.S agency - home of the Weather Service and much more. |
http://www.noaa.gov/ |
| The NOAA Photo Library Over 20,000 public domain images of satellites, marine mammals, weather phenomena, Antarctic and more! |
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ |
| Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) Run by NASA, this site has a new picture every day. |
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/ apod/astropix.html |
| NASA for middle-school students | http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/index.html |
| Search Engines | |
| Ask Jeeves for Kids | http://www.askkids.com/ |
| Kids.Net.Au - searchable database of over 30,000 sites designed specifically for kids - contains English dictionary and thesaurus | http://www.kids.net.au/ |
| KidsClick Web Search - Web Search for Kids by Librarians - Includes Games | http://www.kidsclick.org/ |
| ThinkQuest Library of Sites | http://www.thinkquest.org/en/ |
| Yahooligans Web Guide | http://kids.yahoo.com/ |
| Reference | |
| Awesome Library K-12 Education Directory | http://www.awesomelibrary.org/ |
| Everyday Mysteries: Fun Science Facts from the Library of Congress | http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/ |
| Fact Monster Online Encyclopedia, Atlas, Almanac & Dictionary | http://www.factmonster.com/ |
| Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus | http://www.merriam-webster.com/ |
| Rainforest Facts | http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm |
| Language Arts - Reading | |
| Carol Hurst reviews Literature For Children and provides fun learning and teaching ideas | http://www.carolhurst.com/ |
| Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales | http://www.andersenfairytales.com/en/main |
| Scholastic Authors and Books | http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/home.jsp |
| Free Rice Help others while learning vocabulary! | http://www.freerice.com/ |
| Math | |
| A+ Math | http://www.aplusmath.com/ |
| AAA Math for Kids | http://www.aaamath.com/ |
| Create a Graph Classic | http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/Graphing/Classic/ |
| Math Playground | http://www.mathplayground.com/ |
| MathSite: Polygon Dissection Gallery |
http://mathsite.math.berkeley.edu/ polygon/EntranceOverture.html |
| Roman Numberal Facts and Converter |
http://www.crowes-nest.com/CrowesNest/ Library/RomanConv/roman.html |
| Spanish | |
| Learn Spanish | http://www.learn-spanish.co.il/ |
| Language Guide Spanish | http://www.languageguide.org/espanol/ |
| Language Guide French | http://www.languageguide.org/im/num/fr/ |
| Spanish-Vocabulary/Animals |
http://www.spanicity.com/Spanish- Vocabulary/Animals/Animals.htm |
| Spanish-Vocabulary/Body |
http://www.spanicity.com/Spanish- Vocabulary/Body/Body.htm |
| Spanish-Vocabulary/Adjectives |
http://www.spanicity.com/Spanish- Vocabulary/Adjectives/Adjectives.htm |
| Spanish-Vocabulary/Clothing |
http://www.spanicity.com/Spanish- Vocabulary/Clothing/Clothing.htm |