Internet Resources

The Internet can be a very confusing place. This page will help you locate the sites we visit at school, as well as some other useful sites. To get back to the St. Mary site after clicking on one of the links, just hit the "Back" arrow on your browser's toolbar until you see this page again.

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A great way to find anything on the Internet. Uses natural language search.

A great search engine. Fast and comprehensive.

The best directory listing of the Internet.

A kids version of Yahoo. Lots of educational game links.

A very neat site for children of all ages. There are educational games that don't require a plug-in. A real plus!

Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists.

Useful for 4th grade "Parade of States" reports.

A great way to learn about the stock market and to try it cost-free with their stock simulation exercise.

Helpful site when it comes to understanding and defining computer terms.

Official Website of the White House. Lots of interesting information is available on this site.

Religion

www.catholic.org A great reference site for everything you ever wanted to know about our faith. Included is a listing of all the saints and angels.

http://www.pastoralink.org/calendar/0002cal.htm Link to the Liturgical calendar.

Computers/The Internet

Beginner's Guide To Life And The Internet Everything you ever wanted to know about the Internet, but were afraid to ask. Written by a beginner, who makes everything easy to understand and comprehensible.

http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html A beginner's guide to building Internet web pages, by hand. Not a great idea for your very first page, but a great skill to learn if being a Webmaster interests you.

Social Studies

www.nationalgeographic.com We all know and love the magazine, now we can visit their interactive website.

www.c-span.org Ever wondered why Republicans are called the GOP? What does Congress do all day, anyway? The best political cable channel has a web site with a large area for teachers.

EDU4KIDS- US President's Drill Game Test your Presidential trivia! Sure, you know Lincoln was 16th, but who was his first vice president? A great way to learn about American history while having fun at the same time.

www.cnn.com The Cable News Network website. All the news you need to start your day.

www.ibiscom.com Visit this fascinating interactive site to get detailed, first- hand accounts of what it was like in the Ancient World, Medieval times, the Civil War, the Old West, and many other historical time periods.

Spanish

www.elpais.es A real live Spanish language newspaper on the Internet, for free. A great way to practice Spanish in a real life setting. More useful for older kids as this is real, conversational Spanish.

Math

Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles Dozens of fun puzzles, from easy to challenging, requiring the application of math skills or just logic. A great way to get kids interested in the side of math that isn't just number crunching.

Mighty m&m Math Experiment A mouth watering way to test your skills with percentages and probability. Just make sure you don't rot your teeth.

Science

Soap Bubbles Ever wondered why soap bubbles are always round? Why not a cubic soap bubble? And just how big do they get, any way?

www.Yucky.com A favorite site for anyone who loves Science and learning about the body.

Cool Science for Curious Kids Ever been to a museum and wished you could take home some of their cool activities? This site lets you do 5 all time favorites, right at home. Try it, you could learn something.

http://science.msfc.nasa.gov The folks at NASA feature the latest news in science, including weather, space travel, and astronomy.

English

The Five Paragraph Essay Wizard Hamburger essays, building a house, "The IGAP Prompt", whatever you want to call it - you will be writing 5 paragraph essays for many years to come. If you need more help writing them, this site is the place to go.

www.scholastic.com Good site for teachers as well as parents.

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