Homeschool.com’s Top 100 Web Sites
The websites listed below represent some of the best educational sites on the Internet today. Homeschool.com based the selection on the following criteria:
– Is the site educational?
– Is the site well organized and easy to use?
– Does the site make good use of the latest Internet technology?
– 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 2002. 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.Pintura, Art Detective
http://www.eduweb.com/pintura
Art Lessons With Talent Teacher
http://www.talentteacher.com
The @rt-room
http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/
Art Tales: Telling Stories with Wildlife Art
http://www.wildlifeart.org/ArtTales
Arts Workshop
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/artsworkshop/index2a.html
Children’s Music Web
http://www.childrensmusic.org
Inside Art
http://www.eduweb.com/insideart/index.html
Kinder Art
http://www.kinderart.com
LouvreW3
http://mistral.culture.fr/louvre/louvrea.htm
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
http://mfah.org/
Webmuseum, Paris
http://www.oir.ucf.edu/wm/
FUN
The Art and Craft of Movie Making
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/lzone/movie/index.htm
Coloring.com
http://www.coloring.com
Cyberkids
http://www.cyberkids.com
Fun Brain
http://www.funbrain.com
It’s Your Turn Online Games
http://www.itsyourturn.com
Kids Space
http://www.kids-space.org/
Riff Interactive – Live Online Guitar Lessons
http://www.riffinteractive.com/Software.htm#
World Kids Network
http://www.worldkids.net
GEOGRAPHY AND VIRTUAL TRAVEL
Amazon Interactive
http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html
Auto Factory Tour
http://www.ipl.org/autou
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
http://www.clemetzoo.com
Colonial Williamsburg: Electronic Field Trips
http://www.history.org/trips
Foreign Language For Travelers
http://www.travlang.com/languages
National Geographic Society
http://www.nationalgeographic.com
World Safari
http://www.supersurf.com
HISTORY
America’s Homepage: Plymouth, MA
http://www.media3.net/plymouth
The American Civil War Homepage
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war
Ancient Egypt on the Web
http://guardians.net/egypt
Biography.com
http://www.biography.com
The Canada War Museum
http://www.civilization.ca/cwm/kidsection/cwmindexeng.html
Castles on the Web
http://www.castlesontheweb.com
The Civil War Homepage
http://www.civil-war.net
The European Middle Ages
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MA/MA.HTM
Family Search
http://www.familysearch.org
History/Social Studies for K-12 Teachers
http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/
Justice for Kids and Youth
http://www.criminal-justice-careers.com/crime/justice-for-kids/
K-12 Africa Guide
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/AFR_GIDE.html
Lewis and Clark
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark
New Perspectives on the West
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest
The Oregon Trail
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html
States and Capitals
http://www.50states.com
WestWeb
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/westweb
White House for Kids
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids
The World of the Vikings
http://www.pastforward.co.uk/vikings/index.html
HOMESCHOOLING
About Homeschooling
http://www.homeschooling.about.com
Autodidactic Press
http://www.autodidactic.com
Unit Study Adventures
http://www.unitstudy.com
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
Math Goodies.com
http://www.mathgoodies.com
Mega-Mathematics
http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math
Web Math
http://www.webmath.com
MISCELLANEOUS
All Experts.com
http://www.allexperts.com
Babel Fish – Language Translator
http://world.altavista.com
Britannica
http://www.britannica.com
Educational Resources Information Center: ERIC
http://www.eric.ed.gov
Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org
KidsBank
http://www.kidsbank.com
Merit Badge.com
http://www.meritbadge.com
Parent Soup
http://www.parentsoup.com
The Smart Guide to Financial Aid
http://www.finaid.com
Teach With Movies
http://www.teachwithmovies.org
Think Quest
http://www.thinkquest.com
Unconventional Ideas
http://www.unconventionalideas.com
READING
Audrey Wood Club House
http://www.audreywood.com
Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com
I know That.com
http://www.iknowthat.com
National Scrabble Association
http://www.scrabble-assoc.com
Pink Monkey
http://www.pinkmonkey.com
SCIENCE
Brookfield Zoo: Go Wild
http://www.brookfieldzoo.org
Chem4Kids
http://www.chem4kids.com
Dennis Kunkel’s Microscopy
http://www.DennisKunkel.com
Discovery Channel: Learning Adventures
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures
Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu
Explore Science: Interactive Science Education
http://www.explorescience.com
The Franklin Institute: Learning Resources
http://sln.fi.edu/
HowStuffWorks
http://www.howstuffworks.com
Imagine the Universe!
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov
InnerBody
http://www.InnerBody.com
Internet Plasma Physics Education Experience
http://ippex.pppl.gov
Jason Project
http://www.jasonproject.org
Kids Dig Reed
http://www.kidsdigreed.com
Life Beyond Earth
http://www.pbs.org/lifebeyondearth
The MAD Scientist Network
http://www.madsci.org
Museum of Science, Boston: Online Exhibits
http://www.mos.org
NASA
http://www.nasa.gov
NASA Jet Propulsion Labratory
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov
Neuroscience for Kids
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
Ocean Planet Home Page
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html
Resource Center for Environmental Education
http://www.edu-source.com
Searching for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
http://www.seti.org/game/index.html
StarChild
http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild
St.Louis Science Center
http://www.slsc.org
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
http://www.yucky.kids.discovery.com
WRITING
Crayon
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
Word Central
http://www.wordcentral.com
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