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Quick, safe spots to send your students for research:
- All-around research site libraryspot.com
- Dictionary www.dictionary.com
- Edutainment site—requires subscription www.brainpop.com/
- General info research www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html
- History Channel–great speeches at http://www.history.com/speeches
- Internet research sites for kids http://ivyjoy.com/rayne/kidssearch.html
- Kids search engine for the internet kids.yahoo.com
- Math, reading, arcade edutainment www.funbrain.com
- National Geographic for kids kids.nationalgeographic.com/
- Nova video programs www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova
- Research for kids www.factmonster.com/
- Research—chapters on subjects http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/
- Research—history http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html
- School Tube—learning videos from YouTube. Organized by topics http://sqooltube.com/
- Thesaurus—a great one www.thesaurus.com
- World Book Online (subscription required) www.worldbookonline.com/kids
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