Great websites for research and other educational purposes
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The Library of Congress - Access to American Memory (millions of digital items documenting American history & culture), Portals to the World (resources on countries all over the globe), Places in the News (maps and facts), Everyday Mysteries of science, and much more.
Virtual LRC - A whole library of great links to sites on all school subjects, organized by topics for easy browsing.
Math
Analyze Math - Tutorials , problems, and worksheets (with applets)
Includes ACT and SAT practice exams
Social Studies
Countries - Facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of countries from U.S. State Dept. and the CIA World Factbook
World Atlas - Maps and facts about the world.
National Flags
http://www.theodora.com/flags.html#D
Blank Maps of Countries
http://geography.about.com/library/blank/blxindex.htm
(To print a specific map: 1. Choose the desired map 2. Under the map chosen, click on " Click the map above for a printable version" 3. Copy and paste it to a blank Microsoft Word document. 4. Modify size and location (if so desired) and print.)
The 2000 Census Atlas of the United States online in PDF. Each section is many pages long, with hundreds of maps and charts - look up what you need, but please don't print!
Science
Cells Alive shows cell models, mitosis, meiosis, puzzles, and more.
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/meiosis/main.html
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/cell_cycle.html
http://discover.edventures.com/functions/termlib.php?action=α=A
http://dictionary.reference.com
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/landsteiner/readmore.html
Nobel Prize winners' biographies and more
NASA - news, launch schedules, history, contests, career information, astronomy highlights from America's space agency
also see Works Cited made easy
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