Kids' Pages - Homework

Animals

InfoBits: Click on Animals or type in the name of an animal to get encyclopedia and magazine articles and animal pictures. (You will need your Sonoma County Library card number to reach this from home.)
Cells Alive: Excellent, detailed information about cells, with photos.
National Wildlife Federation/Ranger Rick Zone: For younger children.
Animal Diversity Web: From the University of Michigan's Museum of Zoology. Has a handy search box to search for animals, and articles are rated with stars. Uses the latin names of animals heavily.
Animal Page from Multnomah Library: Great homework site's animal links.
National Geographic's Animals and Nature: Animal information from National Geographic. Some pictures, citations to videos and articles in the magazine.
The Electronic Zoo: Pet breeds and general information on animals. Lots of links but not very well-organized; many commercial links to products and services.

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People in Kids' Infobits: You need your Sonoma County Library card number to reach this from home.
African Americans in History: Over twenty short biographies of important African Americans.
Learning About Authors and Illustrators: Connections to over 400 author information pages.
Presidents of the United States of America
Biography search: Very brief biographies of famous people past and present. From The Biography Channel.
Biographies of Western Women: Brief biographies or links to other sites with information on western women.

Explorers of the World: Good links not only to discoverers, but also to other "explorers" such as artists and philosophers.
Discoverers Web: Brief biographies of a number of explorers, including links to other sites.

Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Biographies of important women indexed by name and by field of activity.
4000 Years of Women in Science: Over 125 brief biographies of women scientists.
The First Ladies of the United States: Even the most obscure first ladies get the royal treatment here.
Biographies of Women Mathematicians: College students organized this site of women mathematicians alphabetically and chronologically.
Biographies of Western Women: Brief biographies or links to other sites with information on western women.

California Missions Studies Association: Great links to stories, school projects, web sites for each mission, bibliographies and more. There is a page for Projects by and for Young Scholars which has links to school projects.
Spanish Missions of California: Created by a couple of high school students, this site has good links to both books and other web sites.
California Mission Internet Trail: Created by a fourth grade class in a California school, this site was created for kids and teachers.
California Missions Interactive: A bicycling tour of the missions with web pages for each site and questions from California fourth graders.
California Mission History: Brief histories of each of the California Missions. Informative, if somewhat commercial, site.

Native Americans: A list of resources linking you to the websites of Native American Nations' homepages, biographical information on leaders of the past, and links to current topics of interest in the Native American community.
Chaco Anasazi - 3D Interactive Kiva: A 3 dimensional reconstruction of the Great Kiva at the Chaco Canyon site - allows you to pan in any direction to see the interior, and to listen to traditional music that may have been performed there. The "fly-through" movie of the kiva is truly amazing. Requires the (free) Apple Quicktime plugin to run the movie version. There are static versions also. Good archaeological description of the site. From the UCSB Anthropology department.

California Indians search on LII: Links to several top-quality web sites selected for the Librarians' Internet Index.
Dictionary of California Indians: Dictionary of California Indian tribes
Photo Gallery: Photos of cultural and historical value of Northern California Indian tribal groups, on the Northern California Indian Development Council's website. They also have some great sound files of traditional Karuk songs. The main NCIDC website has links to information about tribal business, maps of related areas and tribal groups, and links to other sites relevant to California Indians.
California Indian Basketry: Some nice photos of beautiful California Indian basketry.
Bibliographies of Northern and Central California Indians: For upper grades. An excellent resource for finding books and maps about specific tribal groups

CultureGrams: Photo Gallery, Recipe Collection, database of Famous People, and Data Tables. Read topics, explore maps and flags. (Sonoma County Library card required to use this from home.)
Countries Page from Canton Library: Facts, foods and flags from countries around the world.
National Geographic: Countries and cultures from around the world.
Country at a Glance: From the United Nations CyberSchoolBus - information on each country you select. You can also play Flag Tag at this site - name the flag or the country.

CultureGrams: Reports include maps, flags, symbols, and timelines, plus sections on history, economy, geography, population and more.
Stately Knowledge: From the Internet Public Library - state report information, very basic facts, flags and maps.
The 50 States of the United States: State information, free catalogs, songs, cartoonists, penpals, lots of information arranged by state.
Color Landform Atlas of the United States: Great maps of the states; satellite images and shaded relief maps.
Free Travel Brochures: This online site provides a way to request free maps, guides and brochures be sent to you, covering travel sites within continental North America (that includes Mexico, Alaska and Canada as well as the United States). Might be useful for those school reports on the states.

Holidays: From Multnomah Public Library.
Holidays: A Sampler From Around the World: From the Scholastic site.
Yahooligans! Around the World: The Yahooligans! list of Holiday sites from around the world.
Holidays from KidsClick!

Thanks to all the Sonoma County Children's Librarians who contributed websites for the homework pages.