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 RECOMMENDED RESEARCH/REFERENCE TOOLS FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS:
 
 
 
AskHere PA:   https://powerlibrary.org/chat/
 
Atlapedia (atlases):  www.atlapedia.com
 
Easybib citation maker:  www.easybib.com
 
Internet Public Library:  www.ipl.org/div/kidspace
 
Kids' Almanac (Fact Monster): www.factmonster.com/almanacs.html
 
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary:  www.wordcentral.com/home.html
 
Thesaurus (synonyms): www.thesaurus.com
 
Kidtopia (kid-friendly search engine): www.kidtopia.info
 
 
 

Online Resource Subscriptions:

The Power Library
https://powerlibrary.org/
The Power Library is offered as a service of Pennsylvania's public libraries, school libraries and the State Library. It allows you to access thousands of full text periodical articles, newspapers, a major encyclopedia, plus photographs, pictures, charts, maps, reference materials for young people and more.
ID and password required off campus.


Online Resources:

The Pennsylvania Department of Education
 

The Library of Congress

Over 10 million digitized primary sources, including documents, images, motion pictures, sound recordings and maps.  Experience these resources, along with related lesson plans, features and activities that will help enhance teaching and learning in your classroom.

The Educator's Reference Desk
 

Resource Collection - Links to over 3000 resources on a variety of educational issues.

Lesson Plans - The collection contains more than 2000 unique lesson plans which were written and submitted by teachers from all over the United States. 

Question Archive - A collection of over 200 responses to popular questions on the practice, theory, and research of education.

ERIC Database - The world's largest source of education information contains more than one million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice.
 

Thinkfinity

Internet Content for the Classroom - Marco Polo provides the highest quality Internet content and professional development to K-12 teachers and students throughout the
United States. First launched in 1997 as a collection of standards-based, discipline-specific educational web sites for K-12 teachers.

 

Skill Builders K-8 Interactive Sites

Math, Reading, and Lanuguage Arts interactive activities
 

Links for K-12 Teachers

Several large collections of subject area and resource links for K-12 teachers.

 

CyberBee  (PreK-5)
Learn practical ways to use Internet resources in the library, classroom, or at home through these electronic excursions. You will visit several destinations that will include travel tips, curriculum ideas, cool sites, and cutting-edge technology.