Research Links

  • Research for younger kids
  • Homework Help
  • American History
  • Art
  • Biographies
  • Biomes, Ecosystems, Regions of the World
  • Black History Month
  • Butterflies and Insects
  • Communities and Cities
  • Countries, Maps
  • Current Events
  • Maryland
  • Math
  • (Not Necessarily) Just for Fun!
  • Poetry
  • Reference
  • Rocks, Sand, and Soil
  • Search Engines
  • Structures
  • Weather

Research for younger kids

Enchanted Learning

Homework Help

Homework Hotline
Need help with homework? Use the Montgomery County Homework Hotline! Every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 5:00pm to 6:00pm you can call and talk to a MCPS Teacher about any questions you may have.

MCPS Homework Resources
The full list of MCPS databases and important links.

The NCES Classroom
Education information and activities from for students everywhere, courtesy of The National Center for Education Statistics.

American History

The American Revolution: Kidport

Colonial America

  • Life in Colonial America
    A part of the Colonial Williamsburg site. Good for daily life reports.
  • Virtual Jamestown and the Virginia Experiment

Explorers

  • Discoverers

The History Pages

National Historical Society
archives, eyewitness accounts

State Information

  • Fifty States
    Folders for each state.

Westward Movement

  • Oregon Trail
    The Story of the Trail and those who traveled it. Includes great stories in the Fantastic Facts section. Related to the PBS program on the Oregon Trail

Women in American History

Art

edbydesign: Art is Fun

National Gallery of Art: Activities and Projects
Check out the guided tour of the Sculpture Garden with Lizzy and Gordon.

Toy Theater: Art

Biographies

Biographies of the American Revolution

Explorers at Enchanted Learning

Famous Americans

Meet Amazing Americans

Presidents of the United States

Smithsonian - Spotlight Biographies

Who2 - Biographies

Women's History - Biographies

Women in American History

Biomes, Ecosystems, Regions of the World

Biomes at Enchanted Learning

Biomes of the World at the Missouri Botanical Gardens -- Rainforest, Tundra, Taiga, Desert, Temperate, Grasslands

Freshwater Ecosystems
at the Missouri Botanical Gardens -- Rivers & Streams, Ponds & Lakes, Wetlands

Marine Ecosystems at the Missouri Botanical Gardens -- Shorelines, Temperate Oceans, Tropical Oceans

Black History Month

Black History from A-Z

Black History Links

Stamp on Black History

Butterflies and Insects

Butterflies at Enchanted Learning

Cicadas
Learn about Brood X periodical cicadas, Spring/Summer 2004.

Japan's Secret Garden: Animal Transformations
Watch a QuickTime video of a Japanese Omurasaki butterfly or a Cabbage Butterfly emerging from its chrysalis.

Monarch Butterflies: From Egg to Adult

Where do butterflies come from? Brief explanation and craft activity.

Communities and Cities

New York, New York

Pennsylvania Dutch

Countries, Maps

Geography at Enchanted Learning

InfoNation
A United Nations website containing a database of facts about countries.

Lonely Planet WorldGuide
Information, maps, and pictures about countries of the world.

Maps by State

Maryland County Map

Current Events

Ben's Guide to Government
From the Government Printing Office - Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids

CNN

Congress for Kids

kids.gov
The official kids' portal for the United States Govenment

NBC

Newsround - BBC

USA Today

Washington Post

Maryland

Maryland State Government
Start learning about Maryland at the official state site.

Maryland's Kids Page

Math

Create your own graph Use your own data to make a pie chart, bar graph, line graph, or area chart.

Shape games for young kids

  • I Spy Shapes
  • Sammy's Shapes
  • Shape Sorter

A Math Dictionary for Kids An animated, interactive dictionary for students which explains over 500 common mathematical terms in simple language with definitions, activities, examples, and practice. Note: Macromedia Flash Player is necessary to view this site.

Math Lessons that are Fun, Fun, Fun! Developed by Rice University faculty.

Max's Math Adventures Online math activities from Scholastice for the K-2 set (with an adult to help with reading).

Math Maven's Mysteries Online math activities from Scholastic for the 3rd-5th grade set.

(Not Necessarily) Just for Fun!

BookAdventure.com Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 5,400 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read offline, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by the Sylvan Learning Foundation and is a non-profit organization.

Cool Math for Kids Lots of math activities for all levels of skill and interest.

Enchanted Learning Holidays, dinosaurs, geography, dictionaries, jokes, nursery rhymes, rainforests -- many topics of interest geared for younger kids.

Houghton-Mifflin's Education Place This site features fun and interesting activities relating to science, social studies, reading, and math. Check out this month's theme!

Scholastic.com Visit the Scholastic web site to learn more about some of your favorite books and authors and to do some neat activities.

The Thinking Fountain Visit the Science Museum of Minnesota

Poetry

Giggle Poetry
Funny poems, School poems, Poetry class, Poetry contests -- if you love poetry, you have got to check this site out!

RhymeZone Stuck for words that rhyme with "cafeteria tray"? (How about radioactive display? Common European jay?) Lycos will find you a rhyming word, a synonym, an antonym, a definition, and more.

Reference

America's Library - From the Library of Congress - America's Story

AOL at School
A broad-spectrum solution to general homework queries. (Grades K-8, teachers, administrators)

Awesome Library
Awesome Libraryorganizes the Web with 37,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education.

Fact Monster
A good resource for dates, events, and geographical summaries. (Grades 2-7)

Little Explorers Dictionary from Enchanted Learning

Montgomery County Public Libraries - Kidsite

National Geographic Kids

Time for Kids

The Why Files
The science behind the news

Rocks, Sand, and Soil

Worm World at Yucky.com

Rocks and Minerals Resources Rocks, minerals, birthstones, caves, and mining links developed at Travilah Elementary School as a 4th grade research project.

Search Engines

AskJeeves for Kids

Yahooligans

Structures

Alcatraz: National Park Service Site

Architecture, structures, and building materials in general

  • Shifting Boundaries A Canadian site featuring native materials used throughout the ages

Empire State Building

  • Official Site: Kids Page
    Check out the FAQ file (frequently asked questions), the virtual tour, the cool tower cam, or the coloring pages

GreatBuildings
This searchable website with an alphabetical index gives stats and facts on over 800 famous structures around the world. Check out the New York's Brooklyn Bridge, Malasia's Petronas Towers, Virginia's Pentagon, and many, many more.

Great Wall of China at Enchanted Learning

Machu Picchu

  • Follow the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

Parthenon

Statue of Liberty

  • National Park Service website
  • Statue of Liberty Photo Tour

Stonehenge

Taj Mahal

  • Tajmahal: A Tribute to Beauty

Washington D.C. Monuments

Weather

4-WINDS WeatherNet Brookhaven's Weather Station contributes data for the NBC Channel 4 area weather forecasts

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

  • NOAA Kidspage

Snowtastic Snow

StormGuy: clouds Beautiful cloud photographs

USAToday Weather

Weather Channel

Yahoo's Weather for cities and countries