Homeschool.com's
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Homeschool.com's
Top 100 Web Sites
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The websites listed below represent some of
the best educational sites on the Internet today. Homeschool.com
based the selection on the following criteria:
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Is the site educational?
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Is the site well organized and easy to use?
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Does the site make good use of the latest Internet technology?
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Is the site interesting and informative?
After reviewing thousands of websites, the following sites have been selected as Homeschool.com's Top 100 Web Sites for 2004. These websites contain some of the best educational content on the Internet today. Almost all of these sites are free or have free sections.
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Art and Music A Lifetime of Color A.Pintura, Art Detective Children's Music Web |
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Art Tales: Telling Stories with Wildlife Art
http://www.wildlifeart.org/ArtTales
Arts Workshop
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/artsworkshop/index.html
ArtsEDGE
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org
Art Lessons for All Grades
http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/lessons.html
Inside Art
http://www.eduweb.com/insideart
Kinder Art
http://www.kinderart.com
LouvreW3
http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm
The @rt-room
http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room
Webmuseum, Paris
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm
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Fun
Coloring.com
Cyberkids
Fun Brain
It's Your Turn Online Games
Kids' Place |
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Kids Space
http://www.kids-space.org
World Kids Network
http://www.worldkids.net
Geography and Virtual Travel
Amazon Interactive
http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html
Colonial Williamsburg: Electronic Field Trips
http://www.history.org/trips
CyberBee
http://www.cyberbee.com
Global Online Adventure Learning Site
http://www.goals.com/Index.htm
The Jason Project
http://www.jasonproject.org
Virtual Field Trips
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours
Xpeditions @ National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions
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History
Ancient Egypt on the Web
Biography.com
Castles on the Web
Family Search |
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History/Social Studies for K-12 Teachers
http://home.comcast.net/~dboals1/boals.html
HyperHistory Online
http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
Justice for Kids and Youth
http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage
K-12 Africa Guide
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/AFR_GIDE.html
Lewis and Clark
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark
Life in the Middle Ages
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/mahome.htm
New Perspectives on the West
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest
States and Capitals
http://www.50states.com
The American Civil War Homepage
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war
The Canada War Museum
http://www.civilization.ca/cwm/kidsection/cwmindexeng.html
The Civil War Homepage
http://www.civil-war.net
The Oregon Trail
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html
The World of the Vikings
http://www.worldofthevikings.com
WestWeb
http://scholar.library.csi.cuny.edu/westweb/noframes/main.html
White House for Kids
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids
Homeschooling
About Homeschooling
http://www.homeschooling.about.com
Homeschool Methods
http://www.homeschoollearning.com/approaches
Merit Badge Research Center
http://www.meritbadge.com
Peg's Unit Study Planning Page
http://members.aol.com/PegFlint/units_how_to_plan.html
Math
Ask Dr. Math
http://mathforum.org/dr.math
Basket Math Interactive
http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/index.html
Exercises in Math Readiness
http://math.usask.ca/readin/menu.html
KidsBank
http://www.kidsbank.com
Math Goodies.com
http://www.mathgoodies.com
Mega-Mathematics
http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math
Purple Math
http://www.purplemath.com
Web Math
http://www.webmath.com
Miscellaneous
Parent Soup
http://www.parentsoup.com
Teach With Movies
http://www.teachwithmovies.org
The Smart Guide to Financial Aid
http://www.finaid.com
Unconventional Ideas
http://www.unconventionalideas.com
Reading
Audrey Wood Club House
http://www.audreywood.com
Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com
Children's Literature Web Guide
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown
Pink Monkey
http://www.pinkmonkey.com
Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.net
Reference
Babel Fish - Language Translator
http://world.altavista.com
Britannica
http://www.britannica.com
Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com
Educator's Reference Desk
http://www.eduref.org
Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org
Merit Badge Research Center
http://www.meritbadge.com
New York Times Learning Network
http://www.nytimes.com/learning
ThinkQuest
http://www.thinkquest.org
Science
BrainPOP
http://www.brainpop.com
Chem4Kids
http://www.chem4kids.com
Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu
HowStuffWorks
http://www.howstuffworks.com
Imagine the Universe!
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov
InnerBody
http://www.InnerBody.com
Kids Dig Reed
http://www.kidsdigreed.com
Life Beyond Earth
http://www.pbs.org/lifebeyondearth
Museum of Science, Boston: Online Exhibits
http://www.mos.org
NASA Kids
http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov
Neuroscience for Kids
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
Nine Planets
http://www.nineplanets.org
Ocean Planet Home Page
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html
Sci4Kids
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids
StarChild
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov
The Electronic Zoo
http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm
The Franklin Institute: Learning Resources
http://sln.fi.edu
The MAD Scientist Network
http://www.madsci.org
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com
Try Science
http://www.tryscience.org
Writing
CRAYON - Create Your Own Newspaper
http://crayon.net
MidLink Magazine
http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink
Researchpaper.com
http://www.researchpaper.com
Take Our Word.com
http://www.takeourword.com
The Write Site
http://www.writesite.org
What Makes a Good Story?
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/literature
Word Central
http://www.wordcentral.com