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Kim Handle
(Brooklyn - United States)Kim worked for the Professional Development Department in Education at the New York Hall of Science in Corona, Queens for the past three years and has recently accepted a fellowship at Brooklyn College. Kim's undergraduate work was in environmental ...
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- From: Digital Tools for Homework Help
- Contributed By: Anna Batchelder
Curated by the American Library Association, this website contains links to age-appropriate student-facing content by subject/topic. This is an excellent resource for parents to use as a place to find great web recommendations for their kids during homework time.
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"Ask Kids is a search engine designed exclusively for young people ages 6 to 12. It's a free, safe, fun way for kids and their parents to quickly and easily research school topics like science, math, geography, language arts, and history in a search environment that's safer and more age-appropriate than traditional, adult search engines."
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Awesome Library organizes the Web with 37,000 carefully reviewed resources - including student, parent and teacher facing materials.
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Filled with educational games, subject-specific student facing content, this website is a wonderful resource for homework help. Make sure to visit the BBC school students page (http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/students/) if you are looking specifically for student-facing interactive educational content.
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"BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that supports educators and engages students." Visit BrainPOP Jr. for age-appropriate content for children in grades K-3 and BrainPOP (http://www.brainpop.com/) for animated interactive content for children in grades 4-12. This site is a great reference during homework time.
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"LearnEnglish Kids is for children who are learning English. Find games, songs, stories and lots of activities - and learn English too."
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"The Internet Public Library is a public library for the world wide web. Students from a consortium of colleges and universities with programs in information science develop and maintain the IPL!" This is a useful search and research engine for elementary school students.
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KidsClick is owned and run by the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at Kent State University. It includes links to kid-friendly websites by subject selected by librarians.
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"Common Sense Media rates and reviews kids' websites based on child development principles. Our websites for kids reviews offer parents many great alternatives to engage and entertain kids from the youngest ages right through the teen years. We offer in-depth individual reviews and great parent guidance about how to keep kids safe and protect kids' privacy online."
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http://www.commonsensemedia.org/website-reviews/all-ages/all-genres
