Great Kids' Sites

Enchanted Learning - great site for kids!

Doctor Funbrain - great student activities

The Universal Currency Converter
How much is $1.00 in German Marks? Go here to find out how much the US
dollar is worth in other currencies.

Create a Graph - this neat site allows you to create various graphs easily and with good instructions!

How Stuff Works - great explanations

Surfnet - guide to the best kids' sites

Kids on the Web - terrific links for kids

Great Sites for Kids - over 700 of them!

Stone Soup - international magazine written and illustrated by kids ages 8 to 13

Coolmath4kids - an amusement park of math, designed for fun

Search Engines:

Vivisimo is an excellent engine clusters search results.

Google is one of the best search tools.

Dogpile searches a number of search engines.

Yahoo is an excellent search directory.

AltaVista is excellent, especially for science.

WebCrawler searches Google, Yahoo, MSN Search, and Ask.

MetaCrawler searches several search engines.

Encyclopedias and a good Dictionary:

Encyclopedia.com

LibrarySpot Encyclopedias

Dictionary.com

How to Use the Internet:

WebQuest teaches how to do research on the Internet.

Internet Help tells about search engines.

Evaluating Internet Resources - you will learn how to evaluate web content.

Safety on the Internet:

The Librarian's Guide to Cyberspace for Parents and Kids has links to 50 great sites for children, online safety precautions, tips for parents to help their children with the Internet plus more.

Internet Safety - this page has tips for children on how to use the Internet safely.

Hoax Hotline - visit this page to checkout all the computer virus hoaxes.

Information on computer viruses and hoaxes, and how to protect your computer.

Help With Homework:

Multnomah County Library Homework Center

P.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper has links to resources that can help you with your homework.

Yahooligans allows students to find answers through keyword searches and by clicking on menus to get to the answers.

Newspapers Worldwide - this is a great source of links to hundreds of newspapers worldwide!

Library of Congress Gateway to 220 library catalogs.

Amazon.com for finding out about books and so much more.

Ask an Expert connects you with experts who can answer your questions.

AOL's list of International Directories can lead you to resources in other countries.

Multnomah County Library

Washington County Library

Regional Technology Information Network - on-line community information for the Portland/Vancouver area.

PBS for Kids

PBS for Parents

Powell's Bookstore - check out this block square store of new and used books located in downtown Portland.

Children's Literature Web Site has many children's literature resources.

Weather

Nerd World:Weather - more weather information than you can imagine!

USA Today Weather - nationwide weather information.

Worldwide Weather

Portland Instant Weather Plus Forecast includes doppler radar images.

Portland 10 Day Forecast - another good source of local forecasts.

Oregon Department of Transportation - road reports, weather forecast, real-time traffic condition photos, and more.

Washington Department of Transportation - road reports.

National Weather Service

The Weather Channel

Teacher Links:

Mr. Goodman-Farley's Favorite Links

Mr. Paff's Favorite Links

Cool Sites

Neat Teacher Stuff

Every Body Needs A Buddy - an idea book about the benefits of buddy classes