Sherrie Greeley's Education Links

Online Reference Materials
World Book On-line
Online general encyclopedia and reference resource. It includes 22 volume print set online, videos, animations, pictures, maps, links to periodicals, links to approved web sites, ‘Research Helper’, simulated web sites, World Book Dictionary, spell checker.

Grolier Online
America the Beautiful: state by state coverage for grades four and up.
The New Book of Knowledge: Young readers’ reference, grades 4 and up.

Facts for Learning
A reference database for grades 2-8. Helps teach research skills by using: The World Almanac and The World Almanac for Kids, Gareth Stevens reference books, Weekly Reader periodical.

Junior Authors and Illustrators
Information about the creators of books for children. Eight volume series.

eLibrary Elementary
Find answers from eight types of media: magazines, books, newspapers books etc. Two searching options: natural language and TopicsSearch. www.proquest.com/go/pic
Suitable for grades K-6.

www.sirs.com SIRS Discoverer provides full-text, indexed articles and graphics from 165 magazines, 142 newspapers, 102 state and federal agencies and 47 international newspapers and magazines. User friendly interface. Articles and graphics are carefully selected for their educational content, interest, and readability. Includes biographies, fiction facts, photo essays, pictures, maps of the world, dictionary, and thesaurus. Grade 2 and up.

Kids InfoBits
Aimed at K-5. Easy to use graphics, kid friendly. Searches 80+ magazines reference books and thousands of newspaper articles. Includes The Kid’s Almanac of Geography, Kid’s Visual Reference of the World, Merriam-Webster Elementary Dictionary, and Encyclopedia of Science and Invention.

Famous First Facts
Reflecting the content of the acclaimed Famous First Facts, Fifth Edition in print, the electronic edition of Famous First Facts offers fast access to entries on thousands of inventions, discoveries, and first happenings in American history&emdash;from the date of the earliest human artifacts found in America, in 10,000 B.C., through 1997. Search by subject categories, keywords, personal names, city, state, date, and year
www.50states.com Gives information and maps on all 50 states and can be used for grades 3 and up.

www.globalcomputing.com/states Provides information on all 50 states.

www.nationalatlas.gov This site gives maps of certain areas and you can also create maps. Also gives links to information about certain areas.

www.infoplease.com On this website you can type in any question or key words. It gives links to the information you need. Also has a collection of almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and atlases.

www.ipl.org This site provides access to basic research tools such as dictionaries and encyclopedias.

www.dictionarylink.com Provides free online dictionaries, thesaurus, language translators, and encyclopedias.

www.worldalmanacforkids.com Provides facts from A to Z. Easy navigation with colorful graphics.

www.archives.gov Provides a link to the National Archives and Records Administration and links you to many primary sources.

www.big6.com/ The Big6 is the most widely-known and widely-used approach to teaching information and technology skills. When you apply the Big6 steps, you have an essential framework to approach any research question.

Bartleby.com/reference This site provides access to The World Factbook, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Roget’s II, The New Thesaurus, and Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations.

Animal Research
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/science_and_nature/living_things/ Yahoo for 8 to 14 year olds

http://www.nenature.com/ Information on mammals, birds and butterflies of New England

http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learning web/ USGS science for a changing world. K-12 education. Explore things in, on, and around and about the Earth: land, water, plants, animals maps

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/ Enchanted Learning produces children's educational web sites and games which are designed to capture the imagination while maximizing creativity, learning, and enjoyment.
Ease of use is a hallmark of our software. Children need the clearest, simplest computer interface, and our material is created so that the navigation and controls are intuitive. Our mission is to produce the best educational material, emphasizing creativity and the pure enjoyment of learning.

http://www.naturecompass.org/ Nature Compass LLC’s formal goal is to use high-quality digital media technologies and services to produce educational and entertaining Web sites that support nature education, land and water conservation, and outdoor recreation groups in Northern New England.

Reptiles/Amphibians
http://www.snakesandreptiles.com A reptile search engine: Herp.Search.com; searches reptile sites on the internet

http://www.umass.edu/umext/nrec/snake_pit/ UMass National Resources and Environmental Conservation group provides educational programs and materials that enable people to make informed decisions.

Birds
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/ Mission: Patuxent's mission is to excel in wildlife and natural resource science, providing the information needed to better manage the nation's biological resources

http://www.owlpages.com/ All kinds of information and web sites for information on owls.

http://www.buteo.com/index.html [HAWKS, EAGLES, ETC.] Information about and photographs of Birds of Prey that can be found in North America.

Mammals
http://www.batcon.org/ The mission of Bat Conservation International is to protect and restore bats and their habitats worldwide.

http://www.squirrels.org/ This is a personal web site. It is a collection of facts, stories, and other information. They were acquired from many sources, some of which are listed below. Its purpose is "not" to serve as a reference. But rather to address some of the most commonly asked questions about this widely known, yet rarely understood little animal . . . The Squirrel!

http://www.bears.org/ A web site dedicated to the preservation of accurate bear beliefs


New Hampshire State Library
Research Databases
Research Databases available through the New Hampshire State Library at no cost. Is a service of NHewLINK. Included in this link are Student Resources:
EBSCO HOST
Primary Search
Primary Search provides full text for more than 60 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.

EBSCO Animals
Provides in-depth information on a variety of topics relating to animals. The database consists of indexing, abstracts, and full text records describing the nature and habitat of familiar animals.

Marshall Cavendish Wildlife Reference Center
EBSCO Publishing and Marshall Cavendish, publisher of high-quality reference series, have created the Marshall Cavendish Wildlife Reference Center, giving researchers an in-depth understanding of wildlife and animal species. This database contains three encyclopedias, Dinosaurs of the World, Encyclopedia of Mammals, Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World, and thousands of periodical articles and images.

Searchasaurus
A colorful, easy-to-use search interface for elementary and middle school students. It includes Primary Search and Middle Search Plus as well as EBSCO Animals and Funk and Wagnell’s New World Encyclopedia.

Novelist K-8
A reader’s advisory service that specifically targets children and young adults. Includes K-8 materials ie picture books, chapter books and young adult titles.

Novelist
Provides information and resources to help locate the best in fiction.

Also available through the NH State Library:

Reading
Bookhive
Children can find lists of books of all different genres from biographies to science fiction.
Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site:
A wealth of information on children’s literature including book reviews, author information, themes of children’s literature as well as curriculum areas.
Children’s Literature Web Guide:
A comprehensive guide to children's literature with information for kids, parents and teachers.
Kidsreads.com:
Provides reading suggestions, games and activities related to books and information about children’s authors.
The Reading Corner:
Brief reviews of books for children and young adults.
World of Reading:
An interactive site offering children the chance to read about books and submit their own reviews.

Science and Math:
A+ Math
An interactive site that allows children to improve skills in adding, subtracting, multiplying and other math concepts.
All About Nature:
Information about all kinds of animals including facts about habitat.
Ask Dr. Math:
This site enables school students to ask questions of math experts.
Hubble Space Telescope:
A wealth of information, including pictures, from the Space Telescope Science Institute.
StarChild:
From NASA, a learning center for young astronomers.
Your Science Fair Project Guide:
Developed by the Internet Public Library, this site guides your web resources and leads you through the steps to successfully complete a science experiment.


People and Places
Altapedia Online:
Maps and information on countries of the world.
Author Corner:
This site provides information about children’s authors and illustrators.
Biographical Dictionary:
Brief biographical entries on over 16,000 notable figures from ancient times to the present day.
Countries A-Z:
From the Canton Public Library, this site offers links to information about country flags and international recipes as well as links to profiles of countries around the world.
New Hampshire Almanac:
A collection of information about New Hampshire including: Demographics and Statistics, Elections, Flora and Fauna, Government, Fast New Hampshire Facts, History, People and Places, State Symbols.
Portals to the World:
From the Library of Congress these links provide authoritative information about the nations of the world.
POTUS - Presidents of the United States:
Resource on the U.S. Presidents created by the Internet Public Library.
Stately Knowledge:
Information about each of the 50 states, including basic facts and historical dates.
Zoom Explorers:
From Enchanted Learning.com, this site offers information about explorers and their journeys.

History and Government
Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government:
This site provides learning tools for K-12 students, parents and teachers with information on how the government works. It is divided into age appropriate sections.
Best History Websites:
A history portal created for K-12 students, history educators and history enthusiasts.
History net:
A helpful site containing historical information and links to other history related online publications. Strives to make history relevant to today.
whitehousekids.gov:
The White House site with information of interest to children.

Search Engines:
Ask Jeeves for Kids:
This site allows children to type in questions and get answers on-line.
GetNetWise:
An online safety guide for parents with tools for children’s Internet safety.
KidsClick
A kids guide to the internet developed by librarians.
Yahooligans!
Yahoo! for 8 to 14 year olds.
www.thinkquest.org Provides links to other sites created by students. Links to over 5,000 sites made by kids.

Homework Help:
Ask Dr. Universe:
From Washington State University, Dr. Universe answers questions on any topic from global warming to neural networks.
Awesome Library:
Over 17,000 online resources organized by topic. Levels for children and teens and available in five different languages. For students, teachers, and parents.
Blue Web’n:
A directory of web sites for K-12
Fact Monster:
From Information Please, this kids almanac has an atlas, almanac, dictionary and searchable encyclopedia.
FINDarticles.com
An archive of published articles dating back to 1998 from more than 300 magazines and journals.
First Gov for Kids
This site provides links to many Federal Kids’ sites along with kids’ sites from other organizations all grouped by topic.
Great Sites:
700 great sites for kids from the American Library Association.
Homework Spot:
Links to subjects for elementary, middle and high school students.
Internet Public Library Youth Division:
Organized by subject, this digital library offers information about topics such as author biographies, science projects, and creating web pages.
Multnomah County Library Homework Center:
Provides homework help links by subject. The Social Issues link, from the menu, provides both sides of an issue from Abortion to World Population.
NoodleLinks:
To help students do research online NoodleLinks is a database of academic bibliographies that is keyword searchable or browseable by topic. Bibliographies provide both online and print resources.
Schoolwork:
Searchable by keyword or subject, this site provides links to homework help sites on the Internet.
Zoom School:
This site offers and online classroom with subjects ranging from geography to language arts to early childhood.

Other Resources
Howe Library Online:
Howe Library is the Hanover Public Library. Their web site offers the public links to EBSCO, NovelList and Kid’s Catalog (their online catalog).

Teacher Resources
ERIC
ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 980 educational and education-related journals.

Professional Development Collection
Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of more than 550 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This database also contains more than 200 educational reports. Professional Development Collection is the most comprehensive collection of full text education journals in the world.

4Teachers.org
Works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering FREE online tools and resources. This site helps teachers locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars. There are also tools for student use. Discover valuable professional development resources addressing issues such as equity, ELL, technology planning, and at-risk or special-needs students.

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
A categorized list of sites on the internet. Useful for enhancing curriculum. Best new sites to support teaching and learning.

www.EnchantedLearning.com Gives information on geography, history, nursery rhymes, animals, music, and art for teachers.

www.ala.org Provides numerous resources that can be used by teachers and librarians.

www.eduref.org Educator’s Reference Desk. Contains over 2,000 lesson plans and 3,000 links to educational resources.

http://www.noodletools.com/ Site contains research tools such as information literacy search strategies, web search strategies, articles on teaching research skills. Free version of NoodleBib Starter, an MLA and APA bibliography composer geared towards elementary students. $200

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php A tool to help teachers make rubrics.

Parent Resources
American Library Association www.ala.org
Great web sites for children.

Born to Read: How to Raise a Reader
Suggestions for family literacy.

www.beritsbest.com 1,000 sites for children rated on a scale of 1-5. Diverse subject matter.