Reference and Miscellaneous Teacher Resources

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Answers
Expert Central.com
Got a question? Get an answer from one of over 14,000 experts.

How Stuff Works
Great place for student questions regarding how things work.

Why Files
Answers and information about the science and technology behind the headlines.

Atlases and Maps
Altapedia Online
Access full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on virtually all countries of the world.

United States Maps
From the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, this site offers maps of every state, maps of major metropolitan areas, historical maps, and maps of national parks.

Atlas of Canada
Great online source for national maps and facts about Canada.

Mapquest
Driving directions, maps, etc.

Alexandria Digital Library: Earth
Access links to maps and information organized by continent, or take a look at the whole universe.

Lonely Planet Online
Interactive maps, etc.

WORLDTIME
An interactive world atlas, information on local time, sunset and sunrise times for world cities, and a data base of public holidays worldwide.

How Far Is It?
Uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies). It also provides a map showing the two places.

Earth View
Earth images from space!

CIA World Factbook
Comprehensive and up-to-date information on virtually every country in the world

Geographic.org
Nice resource for country profiles providing concise information, flags, and maps. The index is alphabetical.

InfoNation
View and compare up-to-date statistical data for the member states of the United Nations.

Biographies
Biography.com
Resources from the Biography Channel. See also A & E Classroom: Teaching with Biography for teacher's guides and ideas for teachers.

Biographical Dictionary
Find concise biographies on more than 25,000 notable men and women!

Clip Art
Free Clip Art and Photos
From about.com.

GifArt
Cool free graphics including 3D animations.

AAAClipArt.com
Links to a large number of free clip art sites.

Free Clip Art Network
All sorts of clip art plus links to other clip art sites.

Clipart.com
Clip art, photos, fonts, etc.

Teachers.Net Clip Art
A good selection for you to download.

Halloween Clip Art
Great stuff for your Halloween lessons and worksheets.

Dictionaries
Dictionary.com
An on-line dictionary. Not only will it give you definitions, but it has links to other dictionaries, style manuals, jargon dictionary, and "Ask Doctor Dictionary," which allows you to e-mail questions about words, grammar, or language.

Your Dictionary.com
An incredible number of links to specialty and multi-lingual dictionaries.

Mirriam-Webster Online
A dictionary, thesaurus, word games, word of the day, etc

One-Look Dictionaries
Searches for the word you enter in 757 general and specialized online dictionaries!

English Vocabulary
Dictionaries and glossaries: Canadian, Australian, Caribbean, Irish, medical, business, technical, you name it!

Acronym Finder
Look up more than 240, 000 acronyms/abbreviations and their meanings. See also The Internet Acronym Server.

Martindale's Reference Desk
Links to dictionaries, maps, encyclopedias, calculators, catalogs, etc.

Directories
Academic Info
A directory of Internet resources tailored to a college or advanced high school audience.

Electronic Journals Resource Directory
Find online journals.

Embassy World
Connect to hundreds of embassies. See also Embassy.org.

CIA World Factbook
Comprehensive and up-to-date information on virtually every country in the world.

http://www.theodora.com/wfb/abc_world_fact_book.html
Nice resource for country profiles providing concise information, flags, and maps. The index is alphabetical.

InfoNation
View and compare up-to-date statistical data for the member states of the United Nations.

Switchboard.com
Internet directory.

NewsDirectory.com
Find newspapers, magazines, TV stations by country or region.

Catholic Internet Directories
Links to sites of interest to Catholic educators and students.

Minnesota Government Information and Services
Directory of links to most government resources. See also Minnesota Government Directories including the legislature, schools, and universities.

Minnesota Cities Directory
Information on every city or town in MN.

Encyclopedias (Free On-line!)
Encyclopedia.com
Contains over 50,000 articles plus links giving you access to millions of articles and pictures in the Electric Library.

MSN Encarta: Encyclopedia Article Center
More than 4,500 articles plus other resources..

Wikipedia
Free, online encyclopedia anyone can edit!

The Informationsphere
Allows you to search by category.

Martindale's Reference Desk
Links to dictionaries, maps, encyclopedias, calculators, catalogs, and you name it.

The Canadian Encyclopedia
A searchable encyclopedia providing information about Canada.

Encyberpedia
Index of connections to sites on virtually any topic.

Gardening
Directory of Gardening Sites
Links to many sites related to gardening.

The Garden Gate
Everything your students need to know about gardening.

KnowYourGardening.com
Online garden plant encyclopedia!

My Garden Guide
More great gardening info including a plant encyclopedia.

NAFEX
Information on growing fruits and nuts.

Holiday-Related Sites
Holiday Lesson Plans Page
Ready-made lesson plans for a variety of holidays.

Around the World Holidays
From Yahooligans. Great site for diversity-related projects.

World Holidays
Another site with excellent information and links.

Homework Help
Resources for Help with School Projects and Homework
A huge site with resources for every subject area.

Fact Monster
All sorts of information and help in a user-friendly, searchable site.

Jishka Homework Help
Offers help by subject as well as the opportunity to "ask an expert."

Infoplease Homework Center
Organized by skills and subject.

B. J. Pinchbecks Homework Helper
An award-winning homework help page started by a 13-year-old and his dad but now part of Discovery School.

The Kids on the Web: Homework Tools

Quotations
Quotations from About.com
Looking for a quotation for a presentation or paper? Need information about a specific quotation? You'll probably find it at this site.

Quotations at Bartleby
Quote of the day and links to the Bartleby Collections.

QuotationReference.com
An online dictionary of famous quotations.

The Quotations Page
Over 24,000 quotations.

Famous Quotations Network
Another searchable set of quotations.

Resources for Teachers
National Education Association
Their home page.

The American Federation of Teachers
Their home page.

Library of Congress: American Memory
Historical photos.

The Educator's Reference Desk
Formerly ERIC, this site offers an incredible collection of educational resources on-line.

Cartoons for Teachers
Cartoons for newsletters and classroom use.

Special Education (Internet Resources)

Software
Freeware Downloads
Download more programs free. Click on education on the left-side menu to find software for your classroom.

Free Software for Teachers
Download the Teacher's Report Assistant, Sc1 Mark Calculator, or basic skills software for young children.

School Express Free Software
Download one or all of the 130 programs available.

5 Dollar Software
Lots of popular titles for five bucks each. Our Education Department recently ordered more than 60 programs from this site and the one below!

PlanetCD.com
More great education software for "free"(but 5.49 or 5.99 for Shipping).

Educational Software Cooperative
Great source for inexpensive software.

Thesaurus
ARTFL Project: Roget's Thesaurus
Enter any word into the search box.

Wordsmyth  Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus  

YourDictionary.com
Another site offering both a dictionary and thesaurus.

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