Kids' Pages - Homework

Animals

Wildlife Encyclopedia: Click on Animals and Plants, or type in the name of an animal to get animal pictures, maps, and information about animals of the world. (You will need your Sonoma County Library card number to reach this from home.)
Cells Alive: Excellent, detailed information about cells, with photos.
National Wildlife Federation/Ranger Rick Zone: For younger children.
Animal Diversity Web: From the University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology. Has a handy search box to search for animals, and articles are rated with stars. Uses the latin names of animals heavily.
Animal Page from Multnomah Library: Great homework site's animal links.
The Children's Butterfly Site: Learn about butterflies and moths.
National Geographic's Animals and Nature: Animal information from National Geographic. Some pictures, citations to videos and articles in the magazine.
The Electronic Zoo: Pet breeds and general information on animals. Lots of links but not very well-organized; many commercial links to products and services.
Threatened and Endangered Species: The Red List of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

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Student Research Center (click on Biographies or type a name to search)

You need your Sonoma County Library card number to reach this from home.

You need your Sonoma County Library card number to reach this from home.

Over twenty short biographies of important African Americans.

Connections to over 400 author information pages.

Very brief biographies of famous people past and present. From The Biography Channel.

Brief biographies or links to other sites with information on western women.

Includes photos and links for US Presidents and other notable people in US history, including:

Explorers of the World: Good links not only to discoverers, but also to other "explorers" such as artists and philosophers.
Discoverers Web: Brief biographies of a number of explorers, including links to other sites.

Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Biographies of important women indexed by name and by field of activity.
4000 Years of Women in Science: Over 125 brief biographies of women scientists.
The First Ladies of the United States: Even the most obscure first ladies get the royal treatment here.
Biographies of Women Mathematicians: College students organized this site of women mathematicians alphabetically and chronologically.
Biographies of Western Women: Brief biographies or links to other sites with information on western women.

California Missions Studies Association: Great links to stories, school projects, web sites for each mission, bibliographies and more. There is a page for Projects by and for Young Scholars which has links to school projects.
Spanish Missions of California: Created by a couple of high school students, this site has good links to both books and other web sites.
California Mission Internet Trail: Created by a fourth grade class in a California school, this site was created for kids and teachers.
California Missions Interactive: A bicycling tour of the missions with web pages for each site and questions from California fourth graders.

Learn About Native Americans: Click on the map to find out more about the people of each region.
Native Americans - Internet Public Library: Links to several top-quality web sites selected for the Internet Public Library.

California Indians search on Internet Public Library: Links to several top-quality web sites selected for the Librarians' Internet Index and Internet Public Library.
Dictionary of California Indians: From the San Diego State University Library. Starts with A - C. Click the letter ranges on the left to see entries for the rest of the alphabet.
Photo Gallery 1 - Photo Gallery 2 - Photo Gallery 3: Photos of cultural and historical value of Northern California Indian tribal groups, on the Northern California Indian Development Council's website. They also have some great sound files of traditional Karuk songs. The main NCIDC website has links to information about tribal business, maps of related areas and tribal groups, and links to other sites relevant to California Indians.
California Indian Basketry: Some nice photos of beautiful California Indian basketry.
Bibliographies of Northern and Central California Indians: For upper grades. An excellent resource for finding books and maps about specific tribal groups

CultureGrams: Photo Gallery, Recipe Collection, database of Famous People, and Data Tables. Read topics, explore maps and flags. (Sonoma County Library card required to use this from home.)
Countries Page from Canton Library: Facts, foods and flags from countries around the world.
National Geographic: Countries and cultures from around the world.
Country at a Glance: From the United Nations CyberSchoolBus - information on each country you select. You can also play Flag Tag at this site - name the flag or the country.

CultureGrams: Reports include maps, flags, symbols, and timelines, plus sections on history, economy, geography, population and more.
Stately Knowledge: From the Internet Public Library - state report information, very basic facts, flags and maps.
The 50 States of the United States: State information, free catalogs, songs, cartoonists, penpals, lots of information arranged by state.
Color Landform Atlas of the United States: Great maps of the states; satellite images and shaded relief maps.
Free Travel Brochures: This online site provides a way to request free maps, guides and brochures be sent to you, covering travel sites within continental North America (that includes Mexico, Alaska and Canada as well as the United States). Might be useful for those school reports on the states.

Holidays: From Multnomah Public Library.
Holidays: A Sampler From Around the World: From the Scholastic site.
Yahooligans! Around the World: The Yahooligans! list of Holiday sites from around the world.
Holidays from KidsClick!

Thanks to all the Sonoma County Children's Librarians who contributed websites for the homework pages.