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- A+ Math
This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively.
- Awesome Stories
A primary-sources web site which links to hand-selected pictures, documents, maps, and audio/visual clips from the world's leading libraries, national archives and governmental web sites
(contact your librarians for password assistance).
- B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
As the Pinchbecks say, "If you can't find it here, you can't find it." The world's most complete set of homework links.
- Class Brain
ClassBrain.com is an educational resource site that has specially designed resources for K-12.
-
Ebsco Kids Search
Kids Search is designed especially for youth in grades K-5 - powered by EBSCOhost®
You will need your Salt Lake County library card number to access this database from home.
- Edheads
Educational Web experiences designed to make hard-to-teach concepts understandable using the power and interactivity of the Internet.
© Edheads 2005.
- Fact Monster
This is a nationally recognized kid's site for individualized homework help, reference materials, fun facts and features.
- Free Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
More than 1600 federal teaching and learning resources organized by subject: art, history, language arts, math, science, and others...
- The Image
Complete Guide to Minerals
- Jiskha Homework Help
Covers a variety of homework subjects.
- Little Clickers
Educational websites of fun and learning activities for children.
- Math Forum: K-12 Math Problems
Sets of math problems and puzzles, and computation tips and tricks to speed up your calculations.
- Math and Reading Help
Guide to math, reading, homework help, and tutoring.
- NCES KidsZone
The NCES Kids Zone provides information to help you learn about schools; decide on a college; find a public library; engage in several games, quizzes and skill building about math, probability, graphing, and mathematicians; and to learn many interesting facts about education.
- Searching for Stuff
Kid's search tools.
- StudyBuddy
Is a free education Web site and homework help destination for students in grades K-12.
- Topic Search
This database is brought to
you by Pioneer: Utah's Online
Library
Explore social, political and economic issues,
scientific
discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms.
You will need your Salt Lake County library card
number to access this database
from home.
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- Information
Please Kid's Almanac
Want to know
what happened today in history, or whose
birthday it is? Find this and much more at this site!
Sports, science, famous
speeches and documents, and a homework help file are just a few of the
many, many items
available with just a click of your mouse!
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- Animal
Encyclopedias
Find information about: birds; fish & sea creatures;
insects & spiders; mammals; and
reptiles & amphibians. Also find nature
guides to North American animals and plants.
- Animal Pictures
Search for
Pictures, Sounds, or Video Clips.
- Animal Sites
Links to
information about insects, tigers, zoos and more!
- DK-Eyewitness Animals Collection for kids
Salt Lake County library card number required.
- Beastly Garden of Wordy Delights
A list of plurals, collective nouns, sounds, gender and offspring for animals.
- Dinosaurs
A comprehensive
on-line hypertext book about dinosaurs!
- Endangered
Species
Which animals are endangered? Check here to find out.
- Utah Animals
Visit this
Utah's Hogle Zoo site to find information about native Utah mammals,
birds, reptiles and
amphibians.
- World Book Kids World Book Kids offers thousands of media-rich encyclopedia articles that are carefully selected and edited to suit the educational level of the users.
You will need your Salt Lake County library card number to access this database from home.
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- Biography.com
A database of 25,000 people - past
and present. Brief entries of who they were,
what they did, and why.
- Biography Resource Center
The Biography
Resource Center is a comprehensive database of biographical
information on more than 180,000
people from throughout history, around the
world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.
It combines more than
242,000 biographies from respected Gale Group sources with full-text
articles from
nearly 250 periodicals. Search for people based on one or more personal
facts such as birth and
death years and places, nationality, ethnicity,
occupation or gender, or combine criteria to
create a highly-targeted custom
search path.
You will need your
Salt Lake County
library card number to access this database from home.
- Discoverers
Web
All
kinds of information found on the web about voyages of discovery
and exploration. It includes an
alphabetical list of explorers.
- The First Ladies of the United States of America
Biographies of the wives of the Presidents.
- Notable
Citizens of Planet Earth
A biographical
dictionary of over 18,000 people.
Includes birth and death years, professions, positions held,
literary and
artistic works and other achievements.
- American President: An Online Reference Resources
Collection of material about U.S. presidents, including "essays about each President and their lives before, during, and after their presidential terms.
- Presidents Resources
Collection of great information relating to the Presidents of the United States.
Biographies of the Presidents, as well as Inaugural Addresses and familiar quotations.
- The presidential timeline of the 20th Century
Interactive timelines of each president’s life that include documents, diaries, maps, photo galleries, audio recordings, video clips, and classroom projects for teachers....
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- African-American
Mosaic
A
Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History
and Culture.
- The African
American Odyssey
Explores black America's quest for equality from the early national
period through the twentieth
century. It showcases the incomparable African
American collections of the Library of Congress by
displaying more than 240
items, including books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, musical
scores, and
plays in the largest black history exhibit ever presented by the
Library.
- Africans in America:
America’s Journey
Through Slavery
The companion site to the PBS
documentary explores the odyssey of African
slaves in America, from the arrival
of Europeans in Africa to the American Civil War.
- Black History on
the Web
A
site filled with African-American history.
- National
Geographic
Online Presents: The Underground Railroad
Learn about the
journey, routes to freedom, the
people who were a part of it, and see a time
line.
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- City Data.com
Profiles of all U.S. cities and variety of helpful information and statistics.
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- Zoom
Dinosaurs
A comprehensive on-line hypertext
book about dinosaurs!
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- Encarta Online
Encarta®
Online is a valuable information resource, featuring Encarta Concise
Encyclopedia, an abridged
version of the award-winning Encarta Encyclopedia on
CD-ROM; Schoolhouse, a resource for
educators; and Explore, an area for
discovery.
- Encyclopedia
Britannica
Britannica.com editors
bring you the best websites, leading
magazines, related books, and the complete Encyclopædia
Britannica.
- Encyclopedia.com
Very
short articles.
Full length articles are only available through a home
subscription.
- Encyclopedia
of Animals from
Searchasaurus
Once connected, choose "Encyclopedia of
Animals." Find information
about: birds; fish & sea creatures; insects
& spiders; mammals; and reptiles &
amphibians.
You will need your Salt Lake County library card
number to access
this database from home.
- Encyclopedia Mythica
An encyclopedia
on mythology, folklore, and legend.
- Funk &
Wagnalls New
World Encyclopedia from Searchasaurus
This database is brought
to you by Pioneer:
Utah's Online Library
Once connected, choose
"General Encyclopedia." Provides
over 25,000 encyclopedic entries. Searchable
by subject or keywords within the entry.
You will
need your Salt Lake County library card number to access this
database from
home.
- Utah Collections
Multimedia Encyclopedia
Explore
video, audio, pictures, maps, text, charts,
and graphs about Utah. Search for articles on Utah
counties, cities, state
symbols, and more!
- Utah History Encyclopedia
Over two hundred contributors write about the individuals, organizations, locations, institutions, and topics important to Utah history.
- World Book Kids World Book Kids offers thousands of media-rich encyclopedia articles that are carefully selected and edited to suit the educational level of the users.
You will need your Salt Lake County library card number to access this database from home.
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- Federal
Government Kids' Pages
Many statistical
agencies provide special webpages
for kids in elementary through high school. The webpages
include fun facts,
games, project ideas, and career information.
- FirstGov for Kids
It provides links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject.
- The White House for
Kids
Tour
the White House with Spotty, learn Barney's White House ABCs, test your
history wits with India,
and meet some American dreamers with Ophelia.
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- American History
Includes links to: General Sites;
Columbus; Colonial America; American
Revolution; Immigration; The West (Lewis & Clark,
Mountain Men, Forts,
Pioneers, Trails, Pony Express, Railroad); Native Americans; Civil War; and
Utah.
- Ancient and Classical
Civilizations
Includes links
to: Aztecs; Maya; Egyptians; Greece; Rome;
China; Vikings; and the Seven Wonders of the Ancient
World.
- Day you were born
Public Pioneer tells you what happened on "This day."
- DK-Eyewitness History Collection for Kids Salt Lake County library card number required.
- World History
Includes links to: the Middle Ages; the
Renaissance; World War I; World War II;
the VietnamWar; the Persian Gulf War; and the 20th
Century.
- Day You Were Born
Check out these sites to help you find
out what happened on the day you were
born.
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- Documents
in the News
Houses links to online government publications that deal with
timely topics such as global
warming and air safety.
- Hot Paper
Topics
Features briefly annotated links to high-quality Web resources that
cover a variety of timely
issues such as health care reform, smoking
legislation, gun control, and human rights.
- Topic Search
This database is brought to
you by Pioneer: Utah's Online
Library
Explore social, political and economic issues,
scientific
discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today's classrooms.
You will need your Salt Lake County library card
number to access this database
from home.
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- Magazines from
Searchasaurus
This database is brought to you by Pioneer: Utah's
Online Library
Once connected
click on "Primary Search" to find the
full text from nearly 70 children’s
magazines appropriate for elementary
schools and children’s reading rooms. Click on "Middle
Search Plus" to
find the full text for over 100 magazines covering general topics
appropriate for
middle and jr. high school students.
You will
need your Salt
Lake County library card number to access this database from
home.
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- Yahoo! Maps
Type in a U.S. address, and this
site will draw you a map of where it is!
- Yahooligans
Map Sites
There are maps of almost everywhere on earth available through
this site.
- National
Geographic
Society Map Machine
Find County maps and State maps! Begin by selecting a
continent, or use
the index to go directly to a specific country, territory or
state.
- Outline Maps
Find outline
maps of the world, the continents, and the United States.
- How far is
it?
A Service of Bali Online. You
can type in the names of two cities
around the world and learn the distance between them.
- Utah
Maps
Maps of cities and towns as
well as a state map and counties map.
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- Austin Children's Museum
Includes
seasonal and other activities, teen scene, and newsletters.
- The
Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Features on-line exhibits such as
bats, Alexander Calder, Dinosaurs, and a Planetarium.
- Children's
Museum of Utah
Informational site
about exhibits, calendar, events and
membership. Includes links to other children's museums, Utah
Kids links,
science and art links.
- The
Exploratorium
This science museum in
San Francisco has hands-on
exhibits such as the science of cycling, microbes, and building your
own "ear
guitar."
- National Museum of
the American Indian, Smithsonian
Includes exhibitions and links to
other Native American sites.
- The Utah Museum
of Natural History
Iinformational site about exhibits, events and
membership.
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- Alphabetical List of Federally Recognized Native American Tribes
This page not only lists all the federally recognized tribes of Native Americans, but also has links from those tribes for their official websites, stories and legends, books, photographs and artwork.
- Index
of Native
American Resources on the Internet
Search for cultures, nations,
history, and much more!
There is so much information on this site that
sometimes it is hard to find what you want.
- Native American Indians
of Utah
Anasazi, Goshute, Paiute, Ute, Fremont, Navajo, and Shoshone
- Native
Americans from
Kid Info
Search for tribes and nations and Native American
Home Pages.
- Native Nations
Alphabetical list of tribes
- Sipapu: Chetro Ketl Great
Kiva
This
site presents a three-dimensional reconstruction of a Great Kiva, an
architectural feature found
in many prehistoric Anasazi communities in the
Southwestern United States. This particular model
was created using
archaeological records from the excavated Chetro Ketl Great Kiva, which is
located in Chaco
Canyon in northwestern New Mexico.
- Smithsonian
Institution's National Museum of the American
Indian
Dedicated to the
preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages,
literature,
history, and arts of Native Americans. The museum's collections span more than
10,000 years of
Native heritage, from ancient stone Clovis points to modern
silkscreen prints.
- Spirit of the
Anasazi
Learn Anasazi symbolism, cultural periods, history,
and more!
- Utah American Indian Archive
On the opening screen, you will see the archive access on the left and the Utah Indian Educational Curriculum access on the right.
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- Rivers of the World
Click
here for Internet Sites with brief
information about the Amazon, Congo (Zaire),
Danube, Euphrates, Ganges, Huang He (Yellow), Indus,
Mackenzie, Mekong,
Mississippi, Missouri, Murray, Nile, Ob, and Yangtze Kiang.
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- Astronomy
Picture of the Day
Each day a
different image or photograph of our
fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief
explanation written by a
professional astronomer.
- Clark Planetarium
- Gale DK - Eyewitness Science Collection for kids Salt Lake County library card number required.
- NASA's "Liftoff to Space Exploration."
Look for the "3D Solar System" and "Kid's
Space" for stories, art, science,
and puzzles!
- Nine
Planets
The
Nine Planets is an overview of the history, mythology, and
current scientific knowledge of each
of the planets and moons in our solar
system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and
movies, most
provide references to additional related information.
- Star
Journey
View
the nighttime sky using National Geographic's popular star chart or take a
look at the Hubble
Telescope.
- The
Constellations and
their Stars
Need information on stars, constellations, the Milky Way?
Check out this site!
- Windows to
the Universe
A fun sight about
earth and space science.
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- About
Rainbows
Answers many questions about rainbows including what makes the bow and what
makes the colors.
- Cool
Science for Curious Kids
Learn how
animals are classified, the parts of a
plant, a butterfly's life cycle, about junk in the air,
and how to look at
things closely without a microscope.
- The Exploratorium
This science museum in San Francisco has hands-on exhibits such as the science of cycling, microbes, and building your own "ear guitar."
- DISCovering Science (found
in the Student
Resource Center)
DISCovering Science provides comprehensive
coverage of the following
scientific disciplines: Physical and applied
sciences; Medicine; Technology; Information
sciences; and Mathematics.
You will need your Salt Lake County
library card
number to access this database from home.
- How Products are made
Explains and details the manufacturing process of a wide variety of products, from daily household items to complicated electronic equipment and heavy machinery.
- How Stuff
Works
Find out how the engine in your
car works, or what gears do, or what
makes the inside of your refrigerator cold. A new article
gets added every
week!
- Periodic
Table of Elements
Interactive
Periodic Table of Elements. Click on a
chemical element to find basic information, atomic
structure, isotopes, facts,
and related links.
- Volcano World
View
Volcanoes of the World, Currently Erupting Volcanoes, Volcano
Images and Information, Volcanoes of Other Worlds, and Volcanic
Parks and Monuments.
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- All Science Fair Projects
Provides free science fair projects with complete instructions.
- Cool Science Fair Projects
Has fun and interesting science fair projects and science project ideas for elementary, middle, and high school.
- Science Buddies
Free science fair project ideas, answers and tools.
- Science Fair
Click here for
sites with ideas on how to select a science fair project,
sample projects, project advice from a science fair judge,
and hundreds of ideas arranged by topic.
- Super
Science Fair Projects
Complete guide to science fair projects,
topics and experiments.
- Whelmers
Demonstrated
experiments for all ages - designed to "whelm" students!
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- Titanic Sites
Click here to
take a photo tour of the ship, get a
passenger list, and learn how the ship was
constructed.
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- The
American West
A collection of
sites that provide information about
pioneers, trappers, mountain men, westward expansion,
historical figures,
cowboys, Native Americans, the Union Pacific Railroad, trails and more!
- History from the
Utah State
Historical Society for Kids
Archaeology, counties, dinosaurs, economy,
education,
geography, government, governors, history, natural resources,
sports, symbols and mottos,
timeline, and transportation.
- Mormon
Pioneer General
Reference
From the Utah Education Network, discover the
types of illnesses the Mormon
Pioneers had, games and toys children had, how to
construct a handcart, how and what food Mormon
Pioneers cooked, and journal
entries.
- Native American Indians
of Utah
Anasazi, Goshute, Paiute, Ute, Fremont, Navajo, and Shoshone
- Trail of
Hope: The Story of the Mormon Trail
From PBS, relive the Mormons'
arduous 1,300-mile journey across the plains to Utah. Click on "Stories
and Photos"
to find out what they packed, why they came, and the dangers they
encountered.
- SURWEB (State of
Utah Resource Web)
From a map
of Utah, click on the region of your
choice for slides and text about various cultural, living
and natural locations
in Utah.
- Utah
Almanac
Brief information such as elevation and location.
- Utah American Indian Archive
On the opening screen, you will see the archive access on the left and the Utah Indian Educational Curriculum access on the right.
- Utah Animals
Visit this Utah's Hogle Zoo
site to find information about native
Utah mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians.
- Utah Collections
Multimedia Encyclopedia
Explore video, audio, pictures, maps, text,
charts, and graphs about Utah. Search for information
about Utah counties,
cities, symbols, and more!
- Utah Counties (from onlineutah.com)
This site lists the counties of Utah, cities and towns by county, and existing homepages. Interactive map of Counties.
- Utah Counties (from Utah Education Network)
This web site explores Utah's 29 counties. You will find interesting facts, a short history, photos, and supportive web links for each.
- Utah Counties (from epodunk.com)
ePodunk profiles cities, towns, villages, museums, colleges, schools and thousands of other places across the United States.
- Utah Counties (from Wikipedia.com)
Search this list of counties in Utah.
- Utah County Map
County Map - Click on a county for more information.
- Utah County Report Resources
Information compiled by the Nebo School District about each of the 29 counties of Utah.
- Utah's Counties
from the Utah
State Historical Society
Click on a county, and then on a picture
of the county again,
for information about that county and photos.
- Utah County Histories
and Census
Information
A map of the 29 counties, as well as a history of
each county and census
information.
- Utah Ghost Towns
Brief
information about 50 Ghost Towns in Utah.
- Utah History
Encyclopedia
Over two hundred contributors write about the individuals,
organizations, locations,
institutions, and topics important to Utah history.
This landmark volume will provide an
essential resource for anyone interested
in the history of the state for years to come.
- Utah History Facts
It includes major themes in Utah history and some of the significant events, individuals, and dates.
- Utah Kids!
Information about Utah from the Utah Navigational Network, the official State
of Utah Website.
- Utah
Maps
Maps of cities and towns as
well as a state map and counties map.
- Utah
Pioneers and
Prominent Men
Originally published in 1913, this landmark work
contains biographies,
genealogies and even photographs of pioneers and early
residents of the state of Utah. In
addition to prominent men, many women who
were important to the growth of the territory and state
are included. With over
10,000 snapshots of these persons, this work is helpful to the researcher
seeking
information on important founders of Utah.
- Utah State Symbols
Information compiled by the Utah State Library Division.
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- Edheads
Educational Web experiences designed to make hard-to-teach concepts understandable using the power and interactivity of the Internet. © Edheads 2005.
- USA Today Weather
USA Today has
assembled articles and other documents on climate and change.
- Weather Underground
Find the weather for any City, State or Zipcode, or Country.
You can also find a retrospective survey of weather day-by-day back through
1994. First choose a city, then look for "Historical Conditions."
- World
Climate
Climate data includes latitude and
longitude and mean temperature
for each month in centigrade and fahrenheit for 4500 locations.
Search by
country or municipality. From Buttle and Tuttle, Ltd.
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- Women's History Sites
Click
here for biographies, the National
Women's History Project, Women's Suffrage,
the Women's Movement, and more.
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