Homework Links

mega-sites

BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
Over 700 links to sites to help with homework.
 
Discovery School Student Guide
A Discovery.com site tools to help you study and games to challenge your mind.
 
 
Oh! Teens! Homework Help
 
High School Students Homework Central
 
Learning Express Library
Free online collection of practice tests and study aides on a variety of topics.
 
Middle School Students Homework Central
 
Multnomah County Library Homework Center
 

english

A+ Research & Writing for High School Students
An excellent site to help research, organize and write a paper for high school and college students..  
 
Basic Guide to Essay Writing
This site offers basic guidelines to writing an essay.
 
Researchpaper
A collection of topics, ideas, and assistance for school related research projects.

history

The American Civil War Homepage
 
Archiving Early America
 
Civil War Homepage
 
Evolution of Ohio
 
Outline of US History

math

Ask Dr. Math
This site from Drexel University has a searchable archive that answers a multitude of math questions.
 
Interactive Mathematics Online
This is a great site for helping in high school math, especially in geometry.
 
Introduction to Algebra
Clearly-written definitions and easy-to-understand Algebra examples.
 
The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
This site provides biographies of over 1,000 mathematicians as well as other mathematical information.

science

General Science
HowStuffWorks
A commercial site that explains the principles of everyday items.
 
Invention Dimension
Lots of information about scientific inventions and their creators from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
 
Rader’s Kapili.com
Provides basic information about many fields of science.
 
Science Photo Library
Strictly photos. Useful for reports where photos need to be included.
Astronomy
NASA
The official NASA web site.
 
U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Department
Sun or moon rise/set tables for one year for any location worldwide.
Biology
Photo Gallery
Cell biology photos from the University of Nebraska.
 
Microbes.info  
The Microbiology Information Portal.
Chemistry
Chemical Elements.com
An online interactive periodic table of elements.
 
Webelements
A high quality source of chemistry information relating to the
periodic table.
 
3-D Virtual Chemistry Library
Models of 150 molecules and compounds from the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College in England.
Earth Science
Blue Planet Biomes
Includes maps of the 9 major world biomes and gives information (including photos) about the climate, plants, and animals found there.
 
Encyclopedia of Global Warming
Investigate the phenomena of climate change and greenhouse gases and their effects on many species and environments.
 
National Climatic Data Center
Government site providing weather records of cities across the U.S.
 
The World’s Biomes
A biome page created by a biology class at The University of Berkeley in California.
Physics
Fear of Physics
Basic properties of physics.
 
The Official Rube Goldberg Web Site
Rube Goldberg’s inventions.
 
Star Light, Star Bright
Wave information – light waves, gamma rays, x-rays, infrared wavelengths, etc.

evaluating web sites

Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources

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