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Homework Help or Just for Fun!
Searchasaurus is a kid friendly information tool that is simple and intuitive, making it easy for students to search by icon, keyword or by topic to find the useful information. This child-friendly, graphically-rich interface is designed specifically for elementary/middle school students keeping in view their needs and search abilities. It is both powerful and fun to use.
Includes full text for popular magazine titles (some dating back to 1975), reference works, biographies, and government publications. Smithsonian, Astronomy, The Economist, and Popular Science are some of the magazines available. Learn about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, dinosaurs and prehistoric animals through this database. Includes pictures for selected animals with the animal's location and Latin name.
Primary Search® contains full text for nearly 70 popular, elementary school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). The Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia database indexes over 25,000 records, updated annually covering an array of topics, beautiful images, brief biographies.
Middle Search® Plus contains full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Helpful for homework assignments and school projects.

 

On-Line Magazines
Time for Kids
A news magazine for children, this site covers current events and sports, and it offers challenging games.
Weekly Reader
An online educational magazine with content geared to different grade levels.
National Geographic World
National Geographic's online magazine for children with articles, cartoons, and games.
Ranger Rick
This on-line version of a popular children's magazine offers homework help, articles and activities.
Cricket Magazine Group!
Website for the Cricket Magazine Group that includes: Cricket, Spider, Ladybug and Babybug.
EEK!
For children in grades 4-8, this electronic magazine explores environmental education.

 
 
Activities and Games
Story Cove - Children can listen to or watch a story unfold on this site.  Story Cove folktales come from a variety of cultures and places. They share timeless values and simple, universal lessons.
Hulu.com Family Channel - Family Programming Section of the popular movie and TV show streaming site.
 Hoodamath.com Hooda Math is all about making math fun. Visit the games page to play math games which help reinforce math concepts. Watch a tutorial to learn math concepts.
 Bonus.com- A site containing 1300 activities for kids including games and puzzles.
 Familyfun.com- From Family Fun magazine...lots of crafts and holiday ideas.
 pbskids.org- PBS site for kids that includes learning games, paint box, and links to PBS shows.
 Yahoo internet games- Links to internet interactive games.
storyplace.org/storyplace.asp-StoryPlace, is an interactive website providing children with the virtual experience of going to a library. StoryPlace currently consists of two libraries, the Preschool Library and the Elementary Library.
Kidthing! - Kidthing is a new platform that keeps kids safe while they use the internet to have fun learning, sharing, and getting to know the world around them. It's a safe, secure, ad-free place for kids to learn. Check it out!
 
History and Government
Best History Websites- History portal created for students, educators, and history enthusiasts
 CNNfyi.com- CNN site for students and teachers with lots of homework resources and current events program support.
 History Net- Historical information and access to history related online publications
 Presidents of the U.S.- Resource on U.S. Presidents created by Internet Public Library
 Stately Knowledge- Information about each of the 50 states, facts, and historical dates
 Time for Kids- News magazine for children covering current events and sports.

Homework Help
 Ask Dr. Universe- From Washington State University...answers questions on many topics.
 Ask Jeeves for Kids- Search engine that uses natural language algorithms. Also searches Yahooligans and Education World.
 Awesome Library- Over 17, 000 on-line resources organized by topic in 5 languages.
 Fact Monster- Almanac, dictionary, and encyclopedia from Information Please Almanac
 High School Ace- Detailed reference collection with monthly features.
 Homework Spot- Links by subject for all ages.
 Yahooligans.com- Yahoo for 8 - 14 year olds.
 Zoom School- On line classroom.

Math
Allmath.com- For elementary and middle school...flash cards, metric conversion, multiplication tables, etc.
AAAmath.com - Find explanations of mathematical topics, practice problems, and challenging games organized by topic and grade level.
Coolmath.com - This site is fully interactive and allows the user to sharpen basic math skills, play math-related games and explore new math concepts.

 

Reading and Writing
Bookhive.org- Great lists of books of all genres
 Children's Book Council
 Funbrain.com- Spelling games for elementary children
 Kidsreads.com- Reading suggestions, games, and activities

Science
 Enchanted Learning- Information about animals and habitat
 Madsci.org- Ask a scientist archives for elementary age
 National Geographic World- Web resources for science experiments
 Your Science Fair Project Guide- Web resources for science experiments

 

 

 

 

Snowflake-Taylor Public Library
418 S 4th West
Snowflake, Arizona 85937
(928) 536-7103, ext. 3
(928) 536-3057 FAX 
library@ci.snowflake.az.us

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