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Searching the 'Net
"Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant."
— Mitchell Kapor
Answers.com 
Google: Directory uses text-matching techniques to find pages that are both important and relevant to your search.
Credible Sources Count Tutorial on how to evaluate web resources
Search engine guide - How to choose the best search engine for your needs
Searching the World Wide Web from the Online Writing Lab
Kids Click Web search for kids by librarians
Research and Citing Sources
Research 101 Quick review of what needs to be done for a good research project
Big 6 Skills for Research and Problem-Solving a guide for both kids, parents and Teachers.
6 Steps of Research -- Animation by Mrs. Swanson and Xtranormal.com (needs free Quick Time to run)
Research, Sources, & Notecards, OH MY! (How to do notecards in research)
OWL ( Online Writing Lab ) at Purdue University provides current updates to APA (American Psychological Association) and MLA Style (Modern Language Association) with detailed examples.
Citation Maker - with guidelines; this one's easy to use.
EasyBib Free MLA Citation creator
Newspapers
Star Telegram
Dallas Morning News
Newspapers - USA and Worldwide This site has links to newspapers in most of the countries of the world. back to top
Textbooks Online (see your teacher if passwords are required)
Algebra
Social Studies
Art
A. Pintura: Art Detective An interactive art detective adventure
Art Safari from the Museum of Modern Art
Inside Art an adventure in art history .
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AVID / CAREER / COLLEGE
America's Career Info.Net Provides wage and employment trends, occupational requirements, state-by-state labor market conditions, millions of employer contacts nationwide, and the most extensive resource library online.
What Can I Do with a Major in...? A wonderful site that answers the questions.
Occupational Outlook Handbook online
Campus Tours Provides virtual tours of hundreds of colleges and universities nation-wide
College Net Identifies schools based on criteria such as location, size, degree programs, etc. Provides links to individual college Web sites.
College View Provides college career, and financial aid information, as well as virtual college tours.
College Board.net
Xap Corporation Student Center. Guides students through the stages of preparing for college: comparison, selections, application, responding to admission, and managing financial aid.
Yahoo! Education Includes college search engine, test preparation, college survival information, and college news.
ACT Contains information on all tests and products produced by ACT as well as great college information.
The Princeton Review Provides a huge database on colleges, test preparation, college survivial information and college news.
Games
Power Play - Capturing Power
Battleship
Hangman 7th grade Vocab 8th grade Vocab
Cool Math - an "amusement park of math."
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Health
www.DietFacts.com (Fast Foods link)
Nutrition.gov "Smart nutrition starts here" Service of National Agricultural Library, US Dept of Agriculture
www.fatcalories.com The Fast Food Nutrition Explorer
Nutrition Facts & Calorie Counter
Nutrition Resource.com Nutrition Facts link
MedlinePlus "Trusted Health Information for You"
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Language Arts
Confusing Words is a collection of 3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers. Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misused.
Vocabulary University Great site to learn new words and reinforce understanding.
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Holocaust
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Math
Pirates of the Carribbean Identify the decimals and sink ships to get the treasure
Ordering Game "Get good at placing numbers in order! Including Negatives, Decimals, Fractions and Reverse Order."
Virtual Manipulatives "This online resource from Glencoe/McGraw-Hill offers interactive, web-based manipulatives for all students learning mathematics."
Solving Inequalities Video tutorial to
"learn to solve and graph inequalities with this easy-to-follow video.
Cool Math - an "amusement park of math."
Figure This! Math Challenges for Families - Assortment of mathematical challenges based on real life situations. Includes hints, answers, and explanations.
Roman Numerals - explanations and conversions.
Math Counts - the national math coaching and competition program for 7th and 8th grade students.
NIST Metric Information and Conversions Metric System - looks like a science lab but scroll down to see more links to other resources
A History of Measurement and Metrics
Famous Mathematicians
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Science
Try Science: Experiments
ZOOMsci: Experiments
Strange Matter "Discover the secrets of everyday stuff!" (Make sure your speakers are turned on.)
Science Explorer
Cell City WebQuest (found in Science Scope Magazine)
Approved Genetic Disorders Sites
Images of Nature Really great sites to see microscopic and electron microscopic images. A collaboration between the University of the Western Cape, South Africa and Arizona State University, USA
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Social Studies
Atlapedia - contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world. (May have limited access certain times of the day.)
Background Notes on countries from the U.S. State Department (archived in January, 2001).
CIA World Factbook - get important information on any country in the world
Country Studies - reports on more than 70 countries from the Federal Research Division.
Countries of the World - from InfoPlease Almanac
Demographia
Geographia - great site with information on the people, history, wildlife, and points of interest for countries and regions around the world.
Lonely Planet - travel guides, destinations, city maps, and more.
National Geographic - information from the magazine plus current TV documentary information, expeditions.
State and County Quick Facts - from the U.S. Census Bureau
US History
Great Questions of History "Voice your own opinion on great questions of American history!"
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Texas History
Handbook of Texas Online The Handbook of Texas Online is a multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association and the General Libraries at UT Austin. \
Immigration: The living mosaic of people, culture and hope Thinkquest site.
Also try the search terms: "immigration history (ethnic group) texas" in Google for sites.
Texas Native American Web sites
Texas History People, places and events from the Lone Star State.
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World History
Historyorb.com "Our today in history archives are comprised of over 200,000 important events, famous and celebrity birthdays and famous deaths from the past six thousand years. The archive is fully searchable, both by date and by keyword, via our today in history search engine."
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