Solomon Schechter Day School
of Greater Monmouth County

Useful Sites

 HOMEWORK SITES

B. J. Pinchbeck's Homework Help

http://www.bjpinchbeck.com/mailto:bbolitsk@frsd.k12.nj.us

Homework Central

http://www.homeworkcentral.com/

Student Resources--General Homework Help

http://www3.mwis.net/~science/research.htm

GoKids Homework Help

http://www.go.com/Center/Kids/Learn_the_Web_for_kids

Search Engines

 http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm                       A site that lists all the other child friendly search engines

http://www.ajkids.com                                         search engine where student asks a question and is directed to different sites to find the answer.

http://snooper.com/                                              search engine without any obscenities, bigotries and commercialism presenting drugs alcohol and sex

http://www.aol.com/netfind/kids/                     AOL search engine for kids

http://school.edview.com/search/                      smart search for kids organized by subject

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/           kids search engine designed by librarians at Ramapo Library System in New York.

http://www.searchopolis.com/                           geared for grades 6-12.

http://www.alfy.com                                            web portal geared to younger children; picture oriented

http://www.google.com                                                      search engine that is very user  friendly and has many educational listings.

Seven Steps Toward Better Searching

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/WebQuest/searching/sevensteps.html

Suitable for students in grades 2-7.

Science Hot Links

Access Excellence   http://www.gene.com:80/ae/

Large collection of biology activities and classroom projects

Ask a Science Expert  http://njnie.dl.stevens-tech.edu/curriculum/aska/science.html
...a list of science mentors to which teachers or students can pose questions of interest

Ask Orkin  http://www.orkin.com

Learn more about the biology, habits and habitats of insects (includes Ask Dr. Bug)

Bill Nye the Science Guy 

Students recognize and like this popular TV host’s page.

Blue Web’n Update   http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn

Provides lesson plans, tutorials, field-trips, collaborative projects by discipline.

Bubblesphere  http://bubbles.org/

This page is devoted to the history and making of bubbles.  Kids will love looking at this page

Bugwatch  http://www.bugwatch.com

A close-up look at the world of insects

Cockroach World   http://www.nj.com/yucky/roaches/index.html

Curious Kids Science Newsletter  http://www.waterw.com/~science/index.html

Earthrise  http://earthrise.sdsc.edu

Earth photographs database

Exploratorium  http://www.exploratorium.edu
The Exploratorium web site contains a collection of virtual interactive exhibits, presentations, activities, and science news from the Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco (includes Cow Eye Dissection)

Exploring the Environment http://www.cotf.edu/ETE

Franklin Institute  http://sln.fi.edu

One of the most popular sites on the web -- take a virtual walk through the heart!

The Froggy Page  http://frog.simplenet.com/froggy/

Everything you wanted to know about frogs, and more.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm

International Space Station  http://issa-www.jsc.nasa.gov

Follow this site through the assembly and usage of the International Space Station

Invention Dimension  http://web.mit.edu/invent

From MIT, includes sites for patents and copyrights as well as links to invention, science and engineering links

Kathy Shrock’s site http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/

This is an excellent first stop to find lesson plans in all subject area.

Kidsat  http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/kidsat/
NASA's pilot education program bringing Space Shuttle experience to classrooms

LIFTOFF to Space Education  http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/kids/welcome.html

For younger students - interactive word find puzzles, weight translator for other planets

Live From Mars  http://quest.arc.nasa.gov

Interact 0n-line with various NASA professionals and NASA projects

The MAD Scientist Network http://medicine.wustl.edu/~ysp/MSN/MAS.SCI.html

"Ask-a-Scientist" site in 25 covering chemistry, physics, astronomy, earth and biological science and featuring the Edible/Inedible Experiments Archive and A Guided Tour of the Visible Human

NASA Lewis Research Center Learning Technologies K-12 Homepage  http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12

Uses basic aeronautics principles to teach math and science (tutorials and lesson plans)

NASA Shuttle Web  http://shuttle.nasa.gov

Info on past/future shuttle flights. Live audio and video feedback during missions

National Audubon Society  http://www.audubon.org/audubon

National Geographic  http://www.nationalgeographic.com

National Science Education Standards  www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses

From the National Academy of Sciences

National Science & Technology Week  http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/nstw/start.htm

Year-round events about the importance of science and engineering through hands-on learning activities and events - this year's theme: Webs, Wires and Waves

New Jersey Science Teachers Association (NJSTA)  http://soho.ios.com/~nelsonb/njsta/njsta.html

New Jersey's Statewide Systemic Initiative (NJSSI)  http://nj5.injersey.com/~njssi/

PBS Teacher’s Site  http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/science/index.html

Provides a vast resource of lesson plans, kids activities and grant information.

Pitsco's Launch to Science Resources   http://www.pitsco.com/p/sci.html

Extensive listing of science resources -- check out their other content areas

Project LABS (Learning About Basic Science  http://www.rohmhaas.com/ProjectLABS

Detailed instructions for more than 40 hands-on science experiments (e.g., "Is There Fungus Among Us?")

Science Center Travel Guide  http://www.astc.org/astc

Listing of all Association of Science-Technology Centers

Science Learning Network  http://www.sln.org

Science Sites for Kids  http://volvo.gslis.utexas.edu/~clig/science.html

Spacelink  http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov

Archive of NASA projects and initiatives; history of human spaceflight .

Space Educator's Handbook  http://tommy.jsc.nasa.gov/~woodfill/SPACEED/SEHHTML/seh.html

NASA spinoffs - products or procedures developed by NASA and being used in industry or in the home (workout machine, golf aerodynamics, cordless phone, etc.)

Telescopes in Education (TIE)  http://encke.jpl.nasa.gov/TIE/TIE_index.html

24-inch reflecting telescope located at the Mount Wilson Observatory in California

Virtual Field Trip Site  http://www.field-guides.com
...a well-done group of natural science-related field trips on the Web with original content, teacher resources, and links to related sites

 Volcano World  http://volcano.und.nodak.edu

The Weather Unit  http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/WEATHER/weather.html

Thematic tie-ins to math, science, reading & writing, social studies, art, music drama and physical education.

Weathernet  http://cirrus.sprl.u mich.edu/wxnet/tropical.html

Contains a variety of weather maps, including satellite image maps, surface maps, and contour maps.

Whalenet  http://whale.wheelock.edu

Hands-on, collaborative telecomputing project

The Why Files http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/

The Why Files web site focuses on the theme of the "science behind the news."

You Can with Beakman and Jax    http://www.beakman.com
...a great science site for kids who love Beakman