Research

Reference

• America's Story
  history resources for teachers and students from the Library of Congress

• CultureGrams (Cobb Virtual Library)
  offers concise, reliable, and up-to-date country reports on more than 182 cultures of the world; includes kids, states and world editions

• Encyclopedia Britannica Elementary (Cobb Virtual Library)
  browse for information in encyclopedias, magazines, videos, and Web sites

• Enchanted Learning
  informational pages on many different topics covered in the elementary grades

• Kids Info Bits (Cobb Virtual Library)
  meets the research needs of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5; information on current events, the arts, science, health, people, government, history, sports and more.

• netTrekker (in order to access at home you need to register and create a username and pw)
  search engine with database of websites that have been chosen by educators

• Teaching with the Web
  links to research and information sites on most curriculum topics covered in K-5

• World Book Online (Cobb Virtual Library)
  searchable encyclopedia, current events, and "today in history" information

• Yahooligans
  searchable directory of Internet sites for kids

• Dictionary
  Merriam-Webster

• Graphic Organizers
  Houghton Mifflin; put your ideas and notes in order with these printable graphic organizers

• Picture Dictionary
  Little Explorers

• Rhyme Zone Dictionary
  Find rhymes, synonyms, antonyms, etc

• Roget's Thesaurus
  Yahooligans; enter a word or phrase to look up