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Here are some great research tools on the Web.
These sites have been reviewed by Suntree Elementary School personnel and were deemed valuable and safe at the time of review. As with all internet usage, it is best practice for parents to carefully review sites before proving access to children.

Search Engines Just for Kids
KidRex
Safe search for kids, by kids! Enter keyword(s).
AOL@SCHOOL
Top-notch collection of educational sites. Identified by grade level. Enter keyword(s).
KidsClick!
Kids' sites from the Ramapo Catskill Libraries. Identified by reading level. Enter keywords(s).
Yahoo! Kids
For students age 7-12. Formerly Yahooligans. Enter keyword(s).
Ask for Kids
A natural-language search engine. Enter a question or keyword(s).

General Search Engines
Education World
500,000+ sites chosen for students and educators. Enter keyword(s).

Science Search Engines
The "Why Files"
Search 100's of articles about "the science behind the news" from the Univ. of Wisc.-Madison Enter keyword(s).
SeaWorld Animal Info. Database
Text and pictures. Enter keyword(s).

History Search Engines
American Memory

American History Collection, Library of Congress. Enter keyword(s) or phrase.
Yahooligans! History
For students ages 7-12. Enter keyword(s).
The History Channel
The online version of A&E's History Channel. Enter keyword(s) or phrase.

Image Search Engines
Pics4Learning
Copyright-friendly images for education. Enter keyword (or phrase in quotes).
American Memory


American History Collection, Library of Congress. Enter keyword(s) or phrase.

Encyclopedias
Britannica Concise
Click on a title to see the entire article. Enter keyword, phrase or question.
Encyclopedia.com
The Columbia Encyclopedia. Enter keyword(s) or phrase.

Dictionaries and Thesauruses
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
(Press Return/Enter)
The trusted source. Enter a word.
RhymeZone

Formerly the Semantic Rhyming Dictionary. Enter a word. Click the popup box to select an option.

Biographies, Authors
Biography.com
Over 25,000 biographies; many with picture. Enter full name or last name.
Yahooligans Authors
Over 300 authors. Enter full name, first name or last name.
Children's Literature Web Guide Browse Authors and Illustrators Directory. Browse to locate author.

Maps
Geography: Merriam-Webster's Atlas Easy-to-use atlas of countries and states. Click a pop-up box and select a map.
National Geographic Xpedition Atlas Includes black & white maps made especially for printing (use landscape mode). Click on the map or click the pop-up box to select a map.
Atlapedia Physical and political regional maps of the world.
National Geographic Map Machine Super maps, but complicated to use. To find a specific place, type it into the "Find a Place" box.

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