Websites for Teachers: Study Skills and Research Tools

Note: When I started my first website for teachers in 2004, one of my intentions was to share links to other useful websites. At the time, there were a few great sites and new ones cropping up all the time, but nowhere near the variety available now. Over time sites change or disappear, and links go down. So I'm moving the lists of my favorite websites to blog posts, to show that as of the date of this post, these links all work and connect to some resources I've found to be helpful.

Study Skills Resources and Homework Help:

Ask the Experts:

All Experts from About.com (Grades 4-12) – Well-organized by topics and subtopics
Ask Kids (Grades 2-8) – Type in a question or use the subject-based study tools
CIESE Ask the Experts (All Levels) – Science and engineering education resources
RefDesk Ask the Experts (All Levels) – Links to a variety of “Ask the Experts” websites

Kids’ Hub (All Levels)

Subject-area based links and activities for kids
Also: High School Ace

Research Tools:

42eXplore (Grades 4-12)

Sets of information and links by thematic topic

Almanacs:

Old Farmer’s Almanac (Grades 3-12) – Comprehensive almanac with daily updates

Dictionaries:

Infoplease Dictionary (Grades 4-12) – Searchable dictionary with 125,000 entries
Little Explorers Picture Dictionary from Enchanted Learning (Grades K-5) – Picture dictionary for younger students
Merriam-Webster On-Line (Grades 3-12) – Dictionary, thesaurus and other resources, including Word of the Day and Word Games
One Look Dictionary Search (Grades 6-12) – Search over 900 dictionaries in multiple languages
Word Central (Grades 3-12) – On-line student dictionary

Encyclopedia:

Encyclopedia.com (Grades 3-12) – Searchable encyclopedia, regularly updated
Rudiments of Wisdom (Grades 3-12) – Cartoon encyclopedia organized by subject

Search Engines:

Fact Monster (Grades 2-8) – Fun, searchable site with information on a wide variety of topics
Kids Click! (Grades 2-8) – Web search tool for kids by librarians; organized by keyword or subject/category; school subjects as well and fun stuff
Kids’ Search Page (Grades 2-12) – Allows students to search from a list of kid-friendly websites

Websites for Teachers: Study Skills and Research Tools

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