Quickmind: http://www.quickmind.net/

Search Engines for Kids - to find web sites on specific topics. These search engines feature sites that are kid friendly.

Yahooligans! - http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/

Kids Click! - http://www.kidsclick.org/

Ask Jeeves for Kids - http://www.ajkids.com

Fact Monster - http://www.factmonster.com/

Online Reference Sources

NC WiseOwl - has online encyclopedias and research links - http:ncwiseowl.org

Novelist-http://search.ebscohost.com

Ebsco Reseach Center -http://search.epnet.com includes:

Searchasaurus (Magazines/Encyclopedia)

Elementary School Research (Magazines)

Novelist K-8 ( Fiction Books)

Merriam Webster Dictionary -http://www.wordcentral.com/aol/index.html

World Almanac for Kids - http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/index.html

Internet Public Library - http://www.ipl.org/youth/

The World Fact Book - http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Winter Olympics- http://www.usolympicteam.com/kids/index.shtml

Articles about the atheletes- http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/winterolympics/teachers/index.asp?article=default

Time for Kids: http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/articles/0,6709,1153730,00.html