Please see the update here with more websites, kid-friendly browsers, citation resources, how to research, and a poster!
Quick, safe spots to send your students for research:
- BrainPop–with the BrainPop characters, a launchpad to curiosity
- CoolKidFacts–kid-friendly videos, pictures, info, and quizzes–all 100% suitable for children
- Dimensions–academic research geared for college-level
- Fact Monster–help with homework and facts
- Google Earth Timelapse–what changes to the planet over time
- Google Trends–what’s trending in searches
- History Channel–great speeches
- How Stuff Works–the gold standard in explaining stuff to kids
- Info Please–events cataloged year-by-year
- Library Spot–extensive collection of kid’s research tools
- National Geographic for Kids
- Ngram Viewer–analyzes all words in all books on Google Books
- SqoolTube Videos–educational videos for preK-12
- TagGalaxy–search using a cloud
- Wild Wordsmyth–picture dictionary for kids
- World Book–requires membership
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Use Unconventional Research Sites to Inspire Students
How do I teach Inquiry and Research in Middle School
updated 3-22-21
Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.
Check out http://mrnussbaum.com/ this is a great website I use for projects in my Elementray school technology classroom.
I’ve seen this one. You’re re–lots of good materials.
Gr 5 have a task, to show with a bar graph the positive or negative effect music have on students studying for a test .Please help this mother is hands in the hair.
Hi Wanda
Collect the data on Excel, then highlight and push F11. Here’s a link with more detail: https://askatechteacher.com/2011/11/01/tech-tip-57-how-to-create-a-chart-really-fast/. Good luck!
Hi!
I have recently started a new educational site for kids: http://www.AskZacky.com.
The site is NOT a seach engine (like many of them out there)
and hence site does not redirect kids to other sites by providing links: the site simply and directly replies to kids and answers their questions fully (they way Ask.com used to be!). This site offers amazing and innovative kids design and monitors its content extremely closely to make sure all the contect is suitable for kids. Kids can ask questions falling onto 12 categories as well as questions not
falling onto any category listed (like personal questions). Our main goal is to serve needs of
curious children and answer/explain most complex topics to them using a simple language.
And one of the most amazing feature of this site is that it offers monthly prizes to most active site users!!
Looks good. Thanks for sharing.
I use this site all the time for useful stuff thanks.
Thanks, Gavin!
KidzSearch.com is a great safe resource for kids for their school research.