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Animals

The Electronic Zoo. If it has to do with animals, pets, or vets, you'll probably find it here.

Sea World/Busch Gardens. Animal facts, photos, and quizzes, plus "Ask Shamu" for sending Sea World your questions.

 

Art and Artists

World Wide Arts Resources 3000 links to art, galleries, theater, film, dance....

World Art Treasures Discover art and architecture from all over the world!

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Museum of Fine Arts

National Museum of American Art

Musče du Louvre in Paris


Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Reference Help

Webster's Dictionary Look up a new word the electronic way--just type your word in and this dictionary looks it up for you!

OneLook Look up words in 118 electronic dictionaries all at once!

Rhyming Dictionary Perfect for your next rap song or love poem-- look up any word and this dictionary finds a rhyming match.

American Sign Language Dictionary Learn how to sign basic words, the alphabet & numbers and much more!

Roget's Thesaurus Search for synonyms and antonyms for lots of words--find another way to say it!

Fact Monster

Kids' Web Lots of links, arranged by school subject.

A Plus Research and Writing Help from the Internet Public Library on how to write your next paper.

Elements of Style  Find the answers to your grammar questions.

 

Famous People

 

 

Distinguished Women Past and Present

Astronaut Biographies

Women Mathematicians

Eric's Treasure Trove of Scientific Biography Scientists in many fields throughout history.

Famous Hispanics Includes scientists, musicians, writers, and artists.

Notable Citizens of the Planet Earth A general biographical dictionary.

MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive Mathematicians and their theories.

Biography A general database of biographies from A&E.

Calendar of Christian Historical Biographies Important Christians throughout history, including many saints.

Political Leaders 1945 - present.

Rulers Heads of State and Government, historical and international.

Schooolwork.Org's Biographical Resources Page Links collected by the Rockland County librarians.

 

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Government

 

The White House This is a great place to begin for information about the U.S. government.

The House of Representatives
The Senate

The United States Federal Judiciary

The League of Women Voters One of the best known organizations which supports citizen involvement in government.

Stately Knowledge

The United States Information Agency More information about the U.S. and its political and economic systems.

The Library of Congress Visit our country's largest library.

 


Math and Computing

Math Forum. Lots of math resources divided by type, topic, and grade level.

Ask Dr. Math. Submit your tricky math questions to Dr. Math -- all you need is an e-mail address.


Mythology

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Bulfinch's Mythology. A classic source for mythology, folklore, and legend.

 

 

 

 

Science and Nature

Amateur Science. Science projects, where to get materials, and info about the Society for Amateur Scientists.

The Exploratorium. Online exhibits like "Mutant Fruit Flies" and "Bronx Cheer Bulb" make this one of the best science sites on the Web.

Human Body. This Web page is full of sites for learning more about the human body.

 

Science Fair Projects

Internet Public Library - Your Science Fair Project Resource Guide Find out the steps to creating a successful science project.

Science Club Kids' Science Projects Simple or advanced science projects.

Science Fair Idea Exchange Look through ideas that other kids have posted.

 

Social Studies

World Factbook Lots of information, put together by the U.S. Government, on countries from A to Z.

Flags of the World Information and images of flags around the world.

The 50 States of the United States


Space

Views of the Solar System. Easy to use! Filled with amazing pictures of the planets. as well as other space links.

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Liftoff to Space Exploration. Find out about NASA's missions, what it's like to be an astronaut, and "what's cool at NASA."

The Nine Planets. An introduction to the planets, plus comets, asteroids, moons, and more, with amazing images.

Project Galileo. The Galileo spacecraft has been bringing scientists information about Jupiter since December 1995. Check here for the latest news and images.