Homework Kansas
Students can connect to online tutors seven days a week, from 4:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. The service is available in Spanish, Sunday through Thursday, from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Help is available in Math, Science, Social Studies, and English.  

Biographies, Current Events, History, and Geography

Archiving Early America
Visit the early years of the USA. 

Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids 
A guide to the US government for kids from Kindergarten through 12 grade.

Biography.com
This site provides links to biographies of 20,000 personalities.

CNN Interactive
Select this link for news of current events in the USA and in the world.

National History Day
The homepage of the National History Day.  Ideas are given for  this year's theme as well as information of prizes and scholarships and the contest guide.

Welcome to Kansas
Kansas' official home page.

World Factbook
Presented by the CIA this site will give you maps, and information about the current government leaders, forms of government, economy and people of the world.  

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Picture Dictionary
This is an illustrated dictionary with over 1100 entries.

Encarta Online
An online encyclopedia.

Fact Monster
Explore the Almanacs, Encyclopedia and Dictionary.

Merriam-Webster Word Central
An online dictionary and much more. 

English and Spelling

National Spelling Bee
The site for the national spelling bee.

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
This site provides guides for writing informal essays and formal papers.

Vocabulary University
You will find lots of vocabulary puzzles for 5th grade through high school.

Writing A Basic Essay
Step by step instructions for writing a school essay are given.  The advice begins with deciding on your topic and continues through adding the finishing touches to the paper.  A sample essay is provided. 

Science and Math

Ask the Space Scientist
Want to know about solar wind, astronomy, or any other fact about space?

The Atoms Family
Have Frankenstein tell you about electricity, the Mummy show you about energy conservation and Dracula talk to you about light.  There are more creatures telling about other kinds of energy.  Each monster has experiments for you to do.

Cool Science for Curious Kids
Dive into a miniature world without a microscope, meet dust and other strange stuff in the air. Fun experiments to do.

Dr. Math
Math help for elementary through high school students – if you have an e-mail account you can get answers to your own questions – many questions answered in the archive section.

Hurricane : Storm Science
Find out about killer storms, what it is like inside a hurricane and the stories of people who have survived them.  Discover how to make your own weather instruments.  Presented by the Miami Museum of Science. 

Mathematics Lessons that are Fun
From counting to fractal geometry math can be fun.

Mega-Mathematics!
Many activities show how math can be useful and fun.  The site includes colorful maps, algorithms and ice cream, and games on graphs.

Nine Planets
This is a multimedia tour of the solar system.

Science Fair Project Resource Guide
This site shows you how to do a science fair project, gives samples and ideas for projects, and resources that will give you the basic tools for preparing a project. 

SuperKids Math Worksheet Creator
Make your own math drill worksheets for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions and more. 

Citing Electronic Resources

Online Citations
Shows the recommended methods of documenting electronic sources in the MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE, and other styles.