LASF/Links: Resources for Students

Old Farmer's Almanac - electronic version of the famous annual edition
Bibliomania - Over 60 classic novels, dictionaries, and important classic non-fiction works. All full text searchable HTML.
bigchalk.com - provides a broad spectrum of educational Internet services to K-12 teachers, students, parents, librarians, and school administrators. Student resources are well-organized and broken down into elementary/middle/high school levels.
Dictionary List - Just about every dictionary on the Internet is here. Browse the list or use their search page to look up a word.
Dictionaries - over 450 dictionaries indexed at OneLook Dictionaries Fast Finder
Dictionaries and Glossaries - includes foreign language dictionaries, acronyms, and more; grouped by language or by subject
Educators Net - use the Site Index to discover a wealth of links to many reference tools
Encyclopedia Britannica - search the famous encyclopedia, read reviews of the Web's best sites, timely articles from leading magazines, and Books in Print.
FreeTranslation.com - an easy-to-use site for rapid translations where you can get the "gist" of foreign language text and web pages.
Answers.com - Plain answers instead of links. Answers.com's Answer Engine gives you concise, relevant answers on any topic.
Library Spot - Reference Desk: Acronyms, Biographical Info, Business Info, Calculators, Calendars, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Government Info, Maps, Phone Books, Quotations, Statistics, Books, Journals, Newspapers, Magazines, and more!
New York Times Guide to the Internet - a diverse collection of links to online resources and search engines used by the newsroom of The New York Times for forays into the Web
NewsDirectory.Com - Newspapers and magazines throughout the world
NewspaperLinks.com - Newspaper Association of America's gateway to U.S. papers' Web sites, searchable by city or state
Refdesk.com - this is a reference portal; makes all our links in this category redundant!
The World Factbook - Reference maps and extensive factual information on the countries of the world, brought to you by the CIA! Created in 2001 and updated periodically.
YourDictionary.com - A web of online dictionaries. Over 200 languages, multilanguage dictionaries, specialty English dictionaries, thesauri and more. Search box makes for quick lookup of English words.

General Topics/Multi-Subject

Awesome Library - Something for everyone: kids, teens, parents and teachers. Over 14,000 resources for students of all ages
Canada's SchoolNet Learning Resources - curriculum and education support materials, approved by professional educators
CyberDewey - fast, well organized Internet directory
Education Index - an annotated guide to the best education-related sites on the Web. Sorted by subject and lifestage, so you can find what you're looking for quickly and easily.
Educational Hotlists - Great! Fast and easy links to great sites, listed by subject, from the Franklin Institute.
Homework Central - great organization; groups into elementary, middle, high and college+
Homework Helper - BJ Pinchbeck's famous Homework Helper at Discovery.com
Contra Costa Times - local news, brought to you by Contra Costa Newspapers, Inc.
The Internet Public Library - a collection of over 12,000 Internet resources, hand picked, organized and described
Internet Public Library's Youth Division - lots of fun and educational things to do covering all topics
Internet Public Library's Teen Division - links selected by teens for teens
KidsClick - web guide and search tool for kids by librarians; indexed by subject category
Kids' Online Resources - this is huge and may be all you'll ever need! Kindergarten through college.
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Education Links - great resources for middle and high school students
Odyssey of the Mind - a world-wide program that promotes creative team-based problem solving for kids from kindergarten through college
SchoolNet - resource links organized by subject
Schoolwork.org - links grouped by subject
UCMP Subway - ride a virtual subway to wonderful virtual distinations!
WWW4Kids.org - cool places so have fun learning, not searching
WWWVirtual Library - indexed by subject
Yahooligans! - Yahoo's web guide designed especially for kids

Art/Humanities/History/Social Studies

Art Deadlines List - Provides information about juried exhibitions and competitions, call for entries/proposals/papers, poetry & other writing contests, jobs, internships, scholarships, residencies, fellowships, casting calls, auditions, tryouts, grants, festivals, funding, financial aid, and other opportunities for artists, art educators, and art students of all ages. Some events take place on the Internet.
Art History Resources on the Web - from Okanagan University College (British Columbia)
Art on the Net - artists share their art with others on the Internet. Artists can come to learn how to get themselves and their art up on the Internet.Visit the Artists Studios and Gallery rooms, and find out about art happenings on the net.
The-artists.org - each artist with portrait, brief biography, links to articles, essays and interviews; original art, limited edition artprints, photography and posters, multimedia and artist's books.
California Heritage - California history archive, including photos
California Home Page - find California history and government information here
Historical Documents - Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Federalist Papers, early Congressional documents - searchable
Legislative Information on the Net (Thomas) - complete text of all bills before the Senate and the House of Representatives; committee reports; links to the Congressional Record
National Geographic - the magazine online; search an index of publications, visit the library or virtual museum, get information about the National Geography Bee, pose a question to the staff or check out the mini-encyclopedia, kids magazine, or travel magazine; search the site
Smithsonian - lots of resources and links to museums
SOSIG, The Social Science Information Gateway - a freely available Internet service providing a trusted source of selected, high quality Internet information for students, academics, researchers and practitioners in the social sciences, business and law. Part of the UK Resource Discovery Network.
Voice of the Shuttle - from UC Santa Barbara, huge well-organized database of resources serving the college (or accelerated high school) level and beyond student
Welcome to the White House - all things Presidential
The World Factbook - Reference maps and facts for the countries of the world, brought to you by the CIA
World Wide Arts Academic Resources - thousands of links to artists and art resources

Math & Science

Science Fair Participants!
Need some inspiration for a great science fair project? Check out some of these Web sites to help get that creative spark going! Click here for a full page of science fair projects websites.

Abrams Planetary Skywalker Diary - daily listing of astronomical highlights for amateur and expert stargazers alike. Find out what to look for, when to look, and where to look for it.

ASK - Adventures in Science and Knowledge - Go! Go! Go! Resources for students and teachers K-college
Ask Dr. Math - college math students answer questions from anyone in grades K-12 by e-mail; includes archives of past questions and answers
Astronomy Picture of the Day - stars, galaxies, nebulae, planets, comets, asteroids -- beautiful photographs with captions explaining what you are looking at
Calculus on the Web - interactive tool for learning calculus
California State Science Fair - find help getting started with your science project
Canadian Space Agency--KidSpace - a great space place for kids
Cornell's Math & Science Gateway - links to resources in mathematics and science for educators and students in grades 9-12
dragonflytv - "Real Kids, Real Science" Great science resource for kids and teachers
Stephen Hawking's Universe - Clear and understandable explanations: Strange Stuff Explained, Universes, Cosmologic al Stars, Unsolved Mysteries, Things to do in the Dark, Ask the Experts, Teacher's Guide, About Stephen Hawking
Heavens Above - input your city's coordinates (Lafayette is: latitude: 37.886, longitude: -122.117) and get predictions on a variety of satellites: when they will be visible to the naked eye, how bright they will be, where they will be located. .
Hubble Heritage Gallery - gorgeous images and lots of facts: galaxies, nebulae, stars and planets. A great site for anyone interested in astronomy
Imagine the Universe - a discussion about the universe for students 14 and over from the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research
J-Track Satellite Tracking - keep track of satellites; especially cool is the J-Track 3D feature which produces a 3-dimensional plot showing the positions of 500 satellites in real time and updated every 10 minutes
Lunar and Planetary Observation - Great images of planets, moons, eclipses, including time-lapse photography animations
Mars Millennium Project - all things Mars
The Math Forum - great math resources with a section just for students
Professor Freedman's Helpful Math Links
Mathematics Hotlist - Great! Over 85 links to great math sites for homework help, math fun and information, from the Franklin Institute
Molecular Expressions - An immense photo gallery, Java tutorials on many kinds of microscopy, a microscopy primer, and silicon zoo
National Geographic - the magazine online; search an index of publications, visit the library or virtual museum, get information about the National Geography Bee, pose a question to the staff or check out the mini-encyclopedia, kids magazine, or travel magazine; search the site
Neuroscience for Kids - created for students and teachers who would like to learn more about the nervous system. Enjoy the activities and experiments on your way to learning more about the brain and spinal cord
OceanLink--Bamfield Marine Station, Canada - a great place for kids looking for information about the oceans
Periodic Table Reference Information
The planet Mercury - Pictures and quizzes about the planet Mercury
The planet Venus - Pictures and quizzes about the planet Venus
The planet Mars - Pictures and quizzes about the planet Mars
The planet Jupiter - Pictures and quizzes about the planet Jupiter
The planet Saturn - Pictures and quizzes about the planet Saturn
The planet Uranus - Pictures and quizzes about the planet Uranus
The planet Neptune - Pictures and quizzes about the planet Neptune
The planet Pluto - Pictures and quizzes about the planet Pluto
Science Learning Network - science resources, online museums and excellent links to many other educational resources on the web
S C O R E Science - get help locating science resources on the Internet
The Solar System in Pictures - Pictures and picture-quizzes about all the planets in the solar system.
StarChild - a learning center for young astronomers, from the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research; great site for kids 13 and under interested in astronomy
University of Alberta's Internet Resources for Mathematics & Statistics
WeatherNet - access to over 380 North American weather sites

Writing/Literature

American Heritage Book of English Usage - a detailed look at grammar, style, diction, word formation, gender, social groups and scientific forms, this valuable reference work is ideal for students, writers, academicians and anybody concerned about proper writing style, brought to you by Bartleby.com
American Heritage Dictionary of English Language - over 90,000 entries feature 10,000 new words and senses, 70,000 audio word pronunciations, 900 full-page color illustrations, language notes and word-root appendixes,
brought to you by Bartleby.com. Search box is right on front page.
APlus Research & Writing Guide - excellent step-by-step guide to researching and writing a paper, including finding information on the Internet
Bartlett's Quotations - famous quotations, brought to you by Bartleby.com
Columbia Guide to Online Style - contains examples of citation style for a variety of online resources
Great Books Online by Bartleby.com - literature, reference and verse, all free!
Literature Webliography - more appropriate for older students: general guides, bibliographies, library catalogs, dictionaries, discussions, organizations, periodicals, style guides, electronic texts, individual authors
Project Gutenberg Etexts - huge collection of downloadable online texts searchable by title and author
The Elements of Style -the classic "must-have" reference book is now online, brought to you by Bartleby.com.
Roget's Thesaurus - The famous thesaurus, brought to you by Bartleby.com.
The Write Place - St. Cloud State University and LEO: Literacy Education Online LEO is the homepage for The Write Place, the writing center at St. Cloud State University, as well as the online site for Kaleidoscope, SCSU's multicultural literary magazine. Everything you need to write your best. Students from middle school through college will love this site.
Webgrammar - help with spelling, grammar, homonyms, punctuation, style, and capitalization. Information in the areas of writing, education, typography, academic research, andWeb development.
Writing & Composition Links - a dozen links to writing and composition resources on the web, from the Franklin Institute

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