DICTIONARIES

Dictionary.com
Merriam-Webster
Online Etymology Dictionary
yourDictionary.com – 230+ languages and subject areas.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Enyclopedia.com – Articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, plus links.
Wikipedia – An open-content encyclopedia.

REFERENCE

Fact Monster – Information Please for kids.
Guinness World Records
INSPIRE – Search for magazine, newspaper, and encyclopedia articles.
Purdue OWLReference materials

READING LISTS

Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
Indiana Authors
Newbery Medal Winners and Honor Books
Young Hoosier Book Award

POPULAR SUBJECTS

Countries

Atlapedia Online – Maps, key facts, and statistics on countries of the world.
Funbrain: Where Is That? – A game to help you learn geography.
Geographic.org: Countries of the World
HRW World Atlas – Includes maps of the ocean floor.
National Geographic
World Capitals

Current Events

FOXNews.com
Google News
GovTrack.us -Tracking the United States Congress.
New York Times on the Web: News Summaries
PBS: NewsHour Extra – A NewsHour with Jim Lehrer special for students.
Pew Global Attitudes Project – Surveys of world opinions.
Time for Kids – Time Magazine’s news for kids.

Explorers

1492: An Ongoing Voyage
Discoverers Web
Infoplease: Just Where Was Columbus? – Where did Columbus land?
The Mariners’ Museum: Age of Exploration
PBS: Lewis & Clark
Passages: A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration
Rivers, Edens, Empires: Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America

Government

Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
C-Span – Watch or listen to Congress live.
Indiana Governor
Indiana General Assembly
Indiana Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
The White House

Indiana

IN.gov – The official web site of the state of Indiana.
Indiana Business Research Center
Indiana Memory
Indiana Authors

Math

Coolmath.com
Math Goodies
Mathworld
Purplemath: Algebra Resource

Science Fair

Scifair.org

States

U.S. States and Territories