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This link will take you to research material appropriate for k-12th grade. Adults will be very happy with the information from the high school level of Britannica, too.
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Specifically designed to provide high school students with full text access to periodicals, reference books, primary source documents, biographies, and more.
Middle school students can access biographies, historical essays, encyclopedias, and popular, middle school magazines.
This excellent resource helps students research multiple sides of current issues including affirmative action, cloning, DNA profiling, HIV/AIDS status disclosure, immigration, Iraq, and much more.
This current events database allows researchers to explore social, political & economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms including controversial opinions and viewpoints.
GENERAL
The Homework Spot You need it? They have it. A huge directory of homework resources by subject as well as project ideas and help with writing.
Thomas.gov Federal legislative information on the Internet.
Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection Search Colorado newspapers from 1859-1923.
Merriam-Webster Online How do you spell that word? And what does it mean? Try this famous dictionary and thesaurus for help.
Sparknotes.com Study guides for English literature.
GEOGRAPHY
United Nations Information about the United Nations, global issues, and information about UN member countries/states.
CIA World Factbook Facts and maps about countries of the world.
Flags of the World Thousands of flags from around the world.
American Memory-Library of Congress Historic photograph collections of United State’s history.
USHistory.org Hundreds of resources about American History
The American Civil War Home Page Civil War resources including battles, biographies, medicine and more.
Civil War Maps- Library of Congress Search for maps by location, subject or alphabetically.
Gettysburg Address-Library of Congress See a copy of the original Gettysburg Address writing by Abraham Lincoln and read about how it was written.
U. S. National Archives and Records Get primary source documents for American history.
Mr. Dowling’s History Passport Links to information on counties, culture and history.
Math.com The World of Math online.
The Exploratorium Science Museum The Exploratorium has a web site of over 15,000 web pages exploring science, art, and technology including science experiments and activities.
Science News for Kids Science news, games and information to keep you up to date on science in the news.
The Why Files Find out the science behind the headlines.
NASA Thousands of pages of resources on astronomy, planets, comets, astronauts and new discoveries of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
