CHILDREN'S WEB SITES
SEARCH ENGINES

Ask Jeeves
http://www.ajkids.com
Search tool for kids.  Prompts user to ask questions about subject and encourages students to use "natural language search" techniques.

Fact Monster
www.factmonster.com
Online almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia and homework help.  Very interactive site, helpful for info on a kids level on various subjects.

Google
http://www.google.com
A great search engine that looks up the 10 best sites with the exact words you use and highlights the words in its searches.

Homework Facts
www.infoplease.com/homework/hwfunfacts.html
Homework help in the following areas: English, Math, Science, Geography (US & World), History (US & World) and Social Studies (US & World Facts).

Internet Public Library
www.ipl.org/div/kidspace
The internet public library page for kids.  Learn about the world, do fun stuff, a reading zone, science fair projects and ask a question to a librarian at the other end.  Different topics are highlighted each month.

Instant Language Translator
http://babelfish.altavista.com
Translates instantly text up to 150 words or a web page from English to Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese.  Can also translate from the foreign language to English.

KidsClick!
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Kids
Web guide and search tool for kids by librarians.  Indexes more that 48,000 web sites for kids.

New Jersey Homework Helper
http://www.state.nj.us/hangout/subject.html
Maintained by the official state homepage.  Offers homework help in the areas of Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Geography, History and Government (local and national).