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SPECIAL INTEREST AREAS:

• Discovering Montana’s eco-system: http://fwp.mt.gov/education/ecosystem/default.htmll
• Biographies of leaders, scientists, artists, and influential figures in world history. Links to related biographies, timelines, and websites are given in each entry: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures
• Kids health site: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/

REFERENCE AND RESEARCH TOOLS:

• Online dictionary and others: http://dictionary.reference.com/
• Ask Jeeves for Kids: http://www.ajkids.com
• KidsClick!: http://www.kidsclick.org/
• Yahoo for Kids: http://www.yahooligans.com
• Son of Citation Machine, citation site:http://citationmachine.net/
• Research reference desk: http://www.refdesk.com/instant.htmll
• AcademicInfo - This web site is an online education resource center with extensive subject guides and distance learning information. The subject guides list hundreds of links that teachers and students will find useful.

SCIENCE FAIR RESOURCES:

• Science Fair Projects Steps: http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/steps.htmll
• Your Science Fair Project Resource Guide: http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/
• Yahooligans Directory: Experiments and Activities: http://kids.yahoo.com/science/

GLOSSARIES:

• Science Terms Glossary: http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/Glossary.html
• Math Glossary of Terms: http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/RR/glossary/middle/glossaryab.htmll
• Physics Glossary of Terms: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.htmll#hph
• Chemistry Glossary of Terms: http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/gtpoc/index.htmll
• The Periodic Table: http://periodic.lanl.gov/default.html

RESEARCH HELP SITES:

• The Big 6 research site to help you do your research projects (for grades K-12): http://www.big6.com/kids/
• Kid Info student index is a great starting point for students to do research by subject:
  http://www.kidinfo.com/SchoolSubjects.htmll
• Education Resources by Subject is a topic-by-topic breakdown of the best sites on the World Wide Web: http://www.educationindex.com/education_resources.htmll
• Google search engine: http://www.google.com/
• Google maps: http://maps.google.com/
• Google Earth: http://earth.google.com/
• Infoplease almanac: http://www.infoplease.com/
• Infoplease homework center: http://www.infoplease.com/homework/

READING SUGGESTIONS:

• Reading Suggestions from TeachersFirst.com: http://www.teachersfirst.com/read-sel.cfm

FAVORITE AUTHORS AND BOOKS WEBSITES:

• Jan Brett: http://www.janbrett.com/
• Fablehaven: http://www.fablehaven.com
• J.K. Rowling: http://www.jkrowling.com/en/
• The Spiderwick Chronicles website: http://www.spiderwick.com/
• The Redwall website: http://www.redwall.org/
• The Warriors website (Erin Hunter series): http://www.warriorcats.com/warriorshell.htmll
• Jenny Nimmo’s website (Charlie Bone series): http://www.jennynimmo.me.uk/
• The Lemony Snicket Unfortunate Events website: http://www.unfortunateevents.com/html/home.php
• Geronimo Stilton (via Scholastic) website:
  http://www.scholastic.com/titles/geronimostilton/archives/may04/letter.html
• Mary Pope Osborne (The Magic Treehouse series) website: http://www.marypopeosborne.com/
• The Magic School Bus (via Scholastic) website: http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/home_2.html
• Gary Paulsen’s website (via Random House): http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/
• Ben Mikaelsen’s website: http://www.benmikaelsen.com/
• Roland Smith’s website: http://www.rolandsmith.com/
• The Christopher paolini (Eragon) website: http://www.alagaesia.com/
• There and Back Again website (from The Hobbit): http://www.thereandbackagain.net/
• Kathryn Lasky (Guardians of Ga’Hoole series) website: http://www.kathrynlasky.com/
• Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo (series) website: http://www.leventhumps.com/foo/
• Judy Blume’s homepage: http://www.judyblume.com/menu-main.htmll
• Cornelia Funke’s website (via Scholastic): http://www.corneliafunkefans.com/mainSiteIEUSA.htmll
• Junie B. Jones website: http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb/
• Dr. Seuss website: http://www.seussville.com/
• Kenneth Oppel’s SILVERWING (series) site: http://www.silverwing.ca/home.html
• Kenneth Oppel’s DARKWING (part of Silverwing series) site: http://www.darkwing.ca/home.html
• Kenneth Oppel’s author site: http://www.kennethoppel.ca/home.html
• Sharon Creech’s website: http://www.sharoncreech.com/index.htmll