Students And Parents

Students & Parents: Homework Resources

Updated: May 2008

All links free unless noted. If you find a link not working, please e-mail brad.hughes@ksba.org.

Site addition of the month

Memorial Day lessons that live A series of history resources and lesson plans about Memorial Day for students

Preschool sites

American Library Assn. 50-plus Web site links for parents and young children.

Enchanted Learning Loads of pages for preschoolers with games, printouts

First School Fun and free, lessons, printable arts and crafts, all for the preschool-age learner

Preschool Playground Learning activities for parents and preschool-age children

Sesame Workshop Ideas for parents of preschoolers in games, crafts, stories

Zoom Dinosaurs An on-line dictionary about dinosaurs and such

General Educational sites

All about Advanced Placement Everything college-bound students and parents should know about AP courses

Ask Jeeves For Kids Safe place for kids to type in questions & get answers

B. J. Pinchbeck Links to 650-plus useful sites for homework help

C-SPAN in the classroom Teaching guides, support materials, broadcast schedules

Discovery for students Multiple links and applications for learning by students

Discovery for parents Links and educational tips for parents

Education 4 Kids Math flash cards, U.S. Presidents, vocabulary and more

Education Place Resources and links for students, parents and teachers, plus Kentucky specific aides

Encyclopedia Britannica The reference site from the folks who publish books

Fact Monster's Almanac Search all sorts of almanac type questions

Games to learn by Scholastic.com's fun-filled site with all sorts of games designed to help children learn

Homework Contract Sample (non-legal) contract between parents and their children regarding homework

Homework Helper A general reference site linking to homework help sites for all grades

Homework Hub Great site features range from researching a paper to study tips to skills building tests

Homework Spot Links to resource pages, current events, grade-specific information - a great resource

How stuff works Guide to the workings of things from soap to jet engines

I Know That Fee-based site with activities from preschool - age 11

Internet Public Library 27,000+ resources chosen by school librarians and students

Kentucky Education Savings Plan Trust Creating a tax-deferred college expenses account

Kentucky Virtual Library Information for research, history, studies about all things Kentucky

Kids Center Math Baseball, Grammar Gorillas, games for ages 5 - 13

Kidinfo.com Help with homework and research

Kids Click Web Search Links to thousands of educational Web sites in 15 categories

Kids Net General search engine with 20,000 child safe sites

Library in the Sky Research resources for parents, students and teachers

Parent Involvement PTA site with tips on how parents help school, student success

Project Gutenberg Links to thousand of e-Books on the public domain

Scholarship Help A wealth of information for parents and students about college scholarships, planning

Teens Know Links to other Web resources for art, music and theatre homework assignments

Test Prep Review Free practice test resources for ACT, SAT, PRAXIS and more

Art / Languages

Foreign language Resources for English, French, Spanish, Italian, German

Homework Elephant - Music British-based site with information and links related to the study of music

Language Homework Help French, Spanish, Italian, German language help plus bilingual dictionary

Learning through the arts Arts in education information & activities for children 3-5

Literature Post Hundreds of online classic books, plays, poems and stories

National Gallery What's on display at the National Gallery in Washington

Metropolitan Museum Images/information from New York's Museum of Art

Music, music, music Focused for teachers, the site has great links for parents and children interested in music

Foreign language homework help Resources include dictionaries, translations for eight languages

Social Studies

A & E Classroom Literature, humanities & social studies, features from Biography

Ease History Site is filled with photographs and downloadable videos about U.S. history

Founding Father The life and times of George Washington

Geography Games Dozens of links to games, quizzes and puzzles about geography

Info Please: social studies Atlases, facts about world, U.S., state history and social studies

Pinchbeck's Art & Music Links to sites ranging from famous painters to guitar chords and drum lessons

Schoolwork/history Multiple links tied to history, U.S. and world

Students.gov Covers government education, career, data and information links

Time for Kids Child-friendly presentation of national, international news

What happened on today's date? History and events by dates on the calendar - select option Today in History

Science / Math

About Biology Homework help site focusing on biology studies

A+ Math Features worksheets, puzzles and flash cards parents can use to boost student math skills

Algebra Help Worksheets, calculators, lessons and other tools for students, teachers

Animal Planet From the Discovery/Learning Channels: all animals, all the time

Ask Dr. Math Homework help from Swathmore College math department

Chemical elements Links to multiple science sites on the study of all chemical elements

Chemistry 11 Cool site created by teacher Jeremy Schneider with chemistry lesson plans, tables, worksheets

Extreme Science Site covers science-related areas: time, space, weather, animals

Fact Monster's Science Homework Center Biology, chemistry, computers, energy, weather and more

Mad Scientist Network Another believe it or not, to find answers to science questions

Martindale Center Links to thousands of calculators from higher math to dog sledding.

Math & Reading Help for Kids Tips on homework help, improving test scores, positive study habits

Potter's Science Gems Science and math resource with 11,000 links, by grade level

Probability Central Math quizzes, games and resources

Science Fair Central Three sections on projects for students, teachers and parents

Science News for Kids The latest news in science, written for students, plus an archive by topic

Smithsonian Institution: Science & Nature Games, links, sources: from the Wright Brothers to walking on the moon

The Human Body Thousands of images, lots of information about human anatomy

Today in Science History Important events, births, deaths in science throughout the year

Writing

Common English errors Some of the most frequent mistakes made in writing

Bartleby Tools for writers, including famous quotes and references

Free Dictionary Features an estimated two million articles and definitions from leading encyclopedias

High School Hub English, writing, grammar, spelling, research guides and links

Literary Quotes Site provides quick resource for quotations from literature by topic, author, subject and more

Homework Center: Writing Skills Writing resources for students elementary through high school

Merriam-Webster Collegiate dictionary with common misspellings shown

Tutoring Sites

Smart Thinking (Math tutoring, fee-based service)

Tutor.com(Database of 30,000 tutors, fee-based)

Kentucky School Boards Association

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