These links provide students with help for homework and projects as well as some interesting sites to visit again and again.
Student Survey (New)
Student Survey (versión en español)
Scholarship Opportunities
"Education is a Civil Right" Essay Contest
RushmoreDrive.com has partnered with the National Alliance of Black School Educators and the Pearson Foundation to offer high school seniors the chance to win up to $5,000.00 in scholarships.
Homework Helpers
Great Web sites for Kids!
There are many
web sites that provide kids with information about their favorite authors and
illustrators. This section of the American Library Association's 700+ Great
Sites lists many authors, with information about their lives and their books,
and ways to get in touch with them.
B. J. Pinchbeck's Homework
Helper
This is a
wonderful guide to encyclopedias, dictionaries, reference works, and other
resources on a great variety of subjects. The site has been up for three years
and the enthusiasm of its now 13 year-old creator adds appeal to everything from
the Ultimate White Pages to Bugs in the News.
KidsConnect
KidsConnect
offers information and references in kids in grade K-12 to be used for school
projects. Questions are submitted via e-mail and are answered by volunteer
school librarians, usually within two days. KidsConnect is a component of
ICONnect, a technology initiative from the American Association of School
Librarians (AASL).
The Internet Public Library:
Reference Center
This site
provides an "ask a question" feature and a teens collection, as well as sections
on reference, arts and humanities, science and technology, and
education.
Content
Area/Curriculum Planning
These links
for students include such diverse fare as "The Complete Works of Shakespeare,"
and "The K.I.D.S. Report."
OWLS Homework
Help
Homework
help from OWLS, the On-Line Westchester Library System, includes many links to
places on the Internet, arranged by Dewey Decimal number. The numbers are
annotated, too, so that a child looking for fairytales will be guided to the
300s (Social Science). This is not only useful for Internet searches, but it
also serves as a handy Dewey guide for in-person library
research.
Fun Stuff
Girls Creating Games is a multimedia website that is packed with games for girls and excellent tools for teachers on increasing the technology kills of girls. The 23 session curriculum is designed to increase the number of girls who are producers (not just users) of information technology. Project activities build their interest, confidence, and support to pursue courses and careers. This website/program was funded via a NSF grant.
The website includes the following:
- Games created by girls
- Tools for Teachers
- Instructional materials for Computer Game Design
- How to Recruit and Retain Girls in IT Programs
- Pair Programming (includes a new video!)
- Building Girls' Tech Savvy Identity
- Helping Girls Become Independent Problem Solvers
- Research findings
- A list of publications and conference presentations
Eastchester Middle School Terrific Websites for Middle School
Kids
This
all-purpose site is divided into categories that run the gamut from museums to
yo-yos and almost everything in between.
Steve Savitzky's Interesting Places for Kids
An
award-winning site in its own right with many unusual links.
Surfing the Net with
Kids
"Surfing the
Net with Kids" (from the syndicated newspaper column of the same name) ferrets
out the best of the online world for students, parents and teachers. Each weekly
column rates and reviews five fun, educational Web sites on topics as diverse as
Stock Market Simulations, Gargoyles and Monarch Butterflies. Subscribe to the
free weekly e-mail edition at join-surfnetkids@s1.net.