Top 10 Web-Sites

My Top 10
Educational Web-Sites

A list of what I consider to be the top ten web sites useful in the field of education.

Scholastic
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/home.jsp
Scholastic.com is the flagship Internet portal for the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books. This site offers content and products for children ages 0-13 and the educators and family members who support their development.
MSN Encarta
http://ca.encarta.msn.com/
The MSN Encarta site features more than 4,500 articles , the award-winning electronic reference library, and comes with dictionaries, maps, fast facts, interactive quizzes, handy homework tools and more.
ERIC
http://ericir.syr.edu/
ERIC provides a variety of services and products at all education levels, including having over 3000 resources on a variety of educational issues, more than 2000 unique lesson plans, and a collection of over 200 responses to popular questions dealing with edcuation.
PBS
http://www.pbs.org/
PBS is a leading provider of digital learning content for Pre-K to 12 educators, and offers a broad array of other educational services.
Science Made Simple
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/
At Science Made Simple, kids of all ages can get detailed answers to many of science's questions, read current news articles related to science, get ideas on school projects and take advantage of unit conversion tables.
CliffNotes
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/
CliffsNotes offers an expanded selection of free educational content covering school subjects like math, science, writing, foreign languages, history, and government.
A+ Math
http://www.aplusmath.com/
This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively with flashcards, homework helper and learning arithmetic activities.
Giggle Poetry
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/
A great site for kids to have fun while reading poems, learning about different types of poetry or finding fun games to play at home.
Create a Graph
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/
This site makes it easy for students to make their own graphs by just putting in the numbers and titles.
Yucky Kids
http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/
Considered the yuckiest science site on the internet, it has a great worm section called "Worm World" that contains lots of information about worms and wormeries.