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Homework Helper.
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Fast Facts:
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Here's a really fun way to learn math; they make learning into a game.
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Helping your child learn science.
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The Imperial History of the Middle East in a 90 second flash presentation.
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National Geographic
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Okay. You are taking a foreign language and need to "write a short story" in that language. Bummer. Alas! We come to the rescue with a site that will translate what you write in English to the language of your choice! It will literally complete your assignment for you. The problem is, the teacher will be able to tell what you've done and you'll get an F for your efforts but the following site might prove useful as a "study tool." As long as it helps you learn the language and doesn't do your homework for you, we're getting somewhere here. Another feature of this website is that it will translate entire web pages of your favorite URL into the language of your choice. Pretty amazing! Check it out. Click here.
Something new from Google: Their News Archive Search, which digs into the visible Net universe and presents results in timeline order. For example, if you type in the keyword "Kennedy" you will be taken on a trip back in time before John F. Kennedy became president, the Nixon debates, the Presidency, and his untimely death. If you enter the keyword "Iraq" for example, you will see a timeline of just who said what and when they said it. It's well worth a try. Click here.
Let's say you are going to have a test to see if you know where each state is. Or, you just want to sharpen your skills on just where some states actually are. Do you know your states? Find out.
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Practice taking a sample SAT test plus receive pointers on just what kinds of questions to expect. A MUST for those who may be taking the test in the near future.
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A Mega-Dictionary.
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Could you pass 8th grade math? Find out. Click here.
If you are a student using this page as your homework helper, it might prove useful to check out the job prospects in the line of work you may be thinking about. The following site will give you the information you need to know when selecting a college or, even younger, selecting a profession! Check out the job prospects, starting salaries, and a lot more.
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Recommended on USA Today."Gray's Anatomy" online.
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This fun BBC site, called Science Clips, has interactive lessons to teach kids about everything from healthy teeth to the properties of different types of rocks."
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Local School Directory features listing of all public schools in the U.S. along with statistical information. The state-by-state listing makes it easy to find school phone numbers and address in our area.
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Help for that first day back at school.
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Here's a really helpful guide regarding what college life is gonna be like.
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All about rocks. Not rock and roll, but just plain rocks.
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State statistics relating to population. Click here.
Here's a close-up look at nature.
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Here's a look at some commonly misused words. Also a great learning tool. Check out "Confusing Words."
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Take a look at the man, his life, and where he lived. In 3d. Thomas Jefferson.
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Here's a quick dictionary that will find the word for you. Click here.
Would you like a map of just about any city in America with a map - about 100 years ago? Maybe not. But if you do, here it is:
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Whether you’re a college engineering student or a high school sophomore in algebra, math can be a daunting subject, and the homework associated tends to be pretty challenging. Enter Webmath, devoted to making the world of math a little less complicated. Subjects include K-8 Math, Plots & Geometry and a Math for Everyone section. Additionally, over 1,000 pre-solved problems, many with free answers, are accessible. From USA Today
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U.S. Presidents.
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It's not too early to be thinking about that science project. Get some neat ideas! Click here.
Here's another online dictionary and a lot more.
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World Rulers Past and Present.
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Need some help with a science project?
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Welcome to WordCount
The site knows the 86,800 most frequently used English words as deployed throughout a 100-million-word selection of documents representing, according to the British National Corpus, a cross-section on current usage. What do you think the most used word in the English language is? Take a moment to think about it, then find out if you're right.
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Find out all about the "American Judeo-Christian" calendar and how it compares with calendars from other cultures and religions. You might be surprised.
From USA Today: "Calendars have always been based on astronomical events — equinoxes, solstices and the like — and their effects (real or perceived) on human activity. Calendars through the Ages documents the structures humankind has attempts to place on these celestial movements. Learn what the names of the days of the week mean, find out why so many calendars group days in sets of seven. and discover a simple equation that'll tell you on which day of the week a certain date fell." The common explanation is that the seven-day week was established as imperial calendar in the late Roman empire and furthered by the Christian church for historical reasons. The British Empire used the seven-day week and spread it worldwide. Today the seven-day week is enforced by global business and media schedules, especially television and banking.
The first pages of the Bible explain how God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh. The concept that the God that holds the universe together actually needs "rest" is not usually not debated. People just come to believe that God was needed to rest but they never actually stop to think about what they are believing. There are two sets of the 10 Commandments in the Bible. In the other version, the people were to obey the Sabbath because that was the day He brought "his chosen people" out of Egypt. This seventh day became the Jewish day of rest, the sabbath, Saturday.
Extra-biblical locations sometimes mentioned as the birthplace of the 7-day week include: Babylon, Persia, and several others. The week was known in Rome before the advent of Christianity.
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Test your geography skills below. An excellent way to find out just how much you know AND a great way to learn what you don't.
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This site has it all!!! An incredible office and homework HELP page!!!Click here.
A helpful resource for learning state capitals!
Sure, you may know the capital of your own state, but what about the capitals of other states? Think you know them all? Test your knowledge of U.S. state capitals by filling in the blanks with the correct capital-city name.
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In the Natural History Notebooks you'll find lots of fascinating facts about 246 animal species. You'll also learn about the amazing diversity of life on Earth (both past and present), and why it's important to protect that diversity. This site uses Flash Animation.
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Here's an extremely neat resource for American History in pictures and words. A great site for teachers to consider.
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Dictators.
Their life. Their death. And what happened in their countries after they were gone.
From U.S.A. Today:
"Cornell's Institute for Digital Collections presents Death of the Father, an interactive exploration into how the downfall of six dictators affected the development of countries they once ruled. Short essays and a number of historical photos bring an interesting perspective to the end days of Hitler, Stalin..."
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Just when we thought we knew at least some of the answers to the questions, along comes this site. Full of questions on a variety of topics, plus the answers.
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Looking to settle down in the cleanest country? Then you would want to choose Finland. The land with the highest suicide rate? Well, that would be Lithuania. Aneki.com serves up facts and figures on all the world's countries,
and ranks them by these and other criteria. The world is at your fingertips.
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Need pictures to go along with your history homework?
Here are literally HUNDREDS of "Images of American History." Whether you want to see a campaign poster for Abraham Lincoln or F.D.R. declaring war, the pictures are here. If a "picture is worth a thousand words" this is a unique enclopedia for your FREE reference. For a LOT of Americana in pictures
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Common Errors in English.
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How is your grammar and punctuation? Here's the Blue Book on both.
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Wildfires. Hurricanes. Volcanoes. The Earth often can make us seem rank amateurs when it comes to tearing up the geography. In words, images and video, National Geographic takes you into the heart of 'Nature's Fury.' This is an incredible website for personal viewing or classroom activities.
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Before you join a "Debate" class, read up one this.
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Follow the evolution of mankind's artistic style courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and its online Timeline of Art History. View by geographic area, time period, or artistic themes. Hundreds of enlargeable photos bring this collection alive. This reference source is its own history lesson. All Free.
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Here's what 281,421,906 people look like — at least, to statisticians. Visit our state, our town, or go anywhere in the U.S. to check out who lives where. Census 2000 results are available online.
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This site features stats on most of the world's nations, and even sound files and lyrics of their national anthems.Click here.
Your own reference desk.
For an instant and simple dictionary.Click here.
For a quick reference "book"
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From "The Discovery Channel"- amazing resources for grade school to college homework.Click here.
Let your computer be your "tutor" with your homework or around the office. Just click here.
Everything anyone could ever ask you about OUR state or any other.
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Nova Online demystifies the complex theory of evolution with a simple interactive game that demonstrates how random changes in one creature can ripple throughout an entire species. (Flash required). Click here.
What would it be like to be color blind? What would you actually see? Find out.
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Evidence Of Noah's Flood
A National Geographic expedition discovers remnants of human habitation more
than 300 feet below the surface of the Black Sea, suggesting a catastrophic
flood like that in the biblical story of Noah. Here's what the explorers found,
and how.
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Frolic with the strange and wonderful beasts that roamed the Earth following the fall of the dinosaurs. The Discovery Channel introduces you to 18 fantastic beasts with stunning graphics, games and more.
Prehistoric Petting Zoo
Becoming human. Journey through the story of human evolution in a broadband of documentary experience.
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Search For Eden
With a seasoned archaeologist as its guide, The Learning Channel sets out to find the Biblical paradise of Eden, exploring, along the way, creation myths of other cultures, the Bible's own self-contradictions, and a gallery of Genesis-influenced art.
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LIVE CAMS are now viewing every major volcano on the planet. Take a look now in real time or bookmark this page as a reference so that you can be "on the scene live" when the next volcano erupts.
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We've heard a lot of BAD things about sharks. Here's the flip side.
Go diving with the sharks. And lots more.
The Library of Congress presents America's Story, a site designed to capture a child's wayward attention. Streaming video of the 1906 San Francisco quake, early cartoons and tunes of yore are just some of what you'll find.
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This site lets young people compose 'Wacky Web Tales' by blindly supplying
adjectives, nouns and other parts of speech, which are then woven into a 'wacky' tale. Fun and educational for younger kids.
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