Studentlinks

Favorite Web Sites for Students

Using the Internet Math Literature Science

Using the Internet

Creating Web Pages

This site, Web Monkey, that will walk you through a step-by-step process to build your own web pages.

Yahooligans is a large search directory that is user friendly and lists topics by category. Very easy to navigate through to find what you're lookiing for

Ask Jeeves is another user friendly way to find things on the Internet. All you need to do is type in a question that you need answered. Ask Jeeves will give you several choice of where to look.

Math

The Math Forum Student Center

This site is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and is hosted by Swarthmore College. It is organized by grade level and is for not only those who love math, but also for anyone needing help in math. Check out the "Weekly/Monthly Challenges" and "math tips and tricks" for fun.

Literature

Authors' Pages

This site has an alphabetized listing of links to authors and illustrators of works for young adults.

A resource with over 1,000 authors listed alphabetically. Some sites have more information than others, but still a valuable resource for students to get background information on their favorite authors.

"Provides visitors with an opportunity to discover which books made a difference in the early lives of the 20th century's eminent achievers."

Science

The Science Learning Network

Science museums around the U.S. pooled their resources to create this engaging, kid-oriented science site. You can "check out a scanning electron microscope, meet a windmill maker, or wince at a dissected cow eye. This site actually shows you something without an in-person visit.

A must for anyone interested in Space. Updated almost daily, it has a vast array of links on numerous topics related to the study of space, including spaceflight, Mars Global Surveyor, and earth observatory. CHeck out their "Multimedia Gallery" for some really cool photographs, audio and video links. You could spend a whole day here!

A Geology site that tells the story of Plate Tectonics, published by the United States Geological Survey. Wonderful illustrations and photographs, plus an easy to understand format make this site a wonderful resource for students interested in geology.

This site is called "Neuroscience for Kids" and is authored by Dr. Eric Chudler, Research Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. Here you will find everything youever wanted to know about the brain, and more. The site has some fun activities, puzzles, challenges and links to some other wonderful sites on the brain.