| ProQuest K-12 (formerly bigchalk.com) [more...]: Offers a growing family of classroom-focused, subscription-based educational resources that support the 21st Century information literacy needs of teachers and students across all curriculum areas. |
| Tutor.com [more...]: Leading provider of one-to-one learning and information services. |
| KidSource Online [more...]: Focuses on health, education, and general parenting. Subjects range from safety and nutrition to recreation and schoolwork. Many articles are rated for quality. |
| The Math Forum [more...]: Provide resources, materials, activities, person-to-person interactions, and educational products and services that enrich and support teaching and learning in an increasingly technological world. |
| REFERENCE INFORMATION |
| MATH SUCCESS |
| Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary/Thesaurus [more...]: Online dictionary/thesaurus that is very easy to use. Just type your word in the dictionary or thesaurus search field and click Search. OneLook Dictionary Search [more...]: Search more than 430 dictionaries at once, as well as dictionaries in foreign languages. Thesaurus.com [more...]: Peter Roget spent over 50 years cataloging and categorizing words and their synonyms. World Book Encyclopedia [more...]: The Student Resource Center contains World Book resources to help students with their school work. It also offers educational games and activities that help make learning fun. World Book editors continue to update this section to help students of all ages. |
| Kid'sClick [more...]: Web search for kids by librarians. Search over 600 subjects. |
| FactMonster.com [more...]: A member of the Learning Network with an online Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Almanac, and Atlas. |
| Education Place - Kid's Place [more...]: The Houghton Mifflin Education Place website provides kids' games and activities for math, reading, language arts, social studies, and more! |
| The Old Farmer's Almanac [more...]: The printed version of this online resource has been used since 1972 for weather and planting information. |
| BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper [more...]: "If you can't find it here, then you just can't find it." B.J. is 14 years old and with his dad started this site in 1996. They have found more than 700 terrific links to educational sites on the Internet that they think you'll really like. |
| Worldtime [more...]: Interactive world atlas. |
| HOMEWORK ASSISTANCE |
| MISCELLANEOUS EDUCATIONAL SITES |
| The listing of the following information does not constitute an endorsement by John Adams Elementary School. |
| Children's Encyclopedia of Women [more...]: This encyclopedia was started in March 1998 by third and fourth grade students at Pocantico Hills School in Sleepy Hollow, NY. |
| History Channel Classroom [more...]: The History Channel in the classroom. National Geographic Kids [more...]: Amazing facts for kids. NASA SpacePlace [more...]: Information and activities about space and exploration for kids from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and NASA. National Science Foundation [more...]: This site indexes hundreds of hand-picked sites with activities regarding science in the home. Lots of activities and information. |
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| John Adams Elementary School 2009-2010 PTA Website |
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