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Welcome to Childersburg Library! Lori Bloodsworth, Childersburg Middle Library Media Specialist 

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." ---William Butler Yeats 



Science •  [|The National Science Digital Library] -http://nsdl.org/ Funded by the National Science Foundation, this site offers information on all areas of science. Use the search engine for a quick way to find what you are looking for •  [|Weisstein’s World of Scientific Biography] -http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/ Sponsored by Wolfram Research, Inc., this site offers biographical information on many people in the field of science. •  [|Mad Scientist Network] - http://www.madsci.org/ This site is designed by a group of scientists who have posted information on various scientific subjects and also answer science related questions. •  [|NASA homepage] -http://www.nasa.gov/ As the official site of NASA, this site offers the latest information on the happenings in space. There are also learning resources and games for students and teaching resources and information for educators. •  [|US Department of Energy: Office of Scientific][|and Technical Information Science] -http://www.science.gov/ Hosted by the Department of Energy of Scientific and Technical Information, this site offers a search engine that searches credited websites for information on any given scientific topic. History •  [|History Wiz] -http://historywiz.com/ Sponsored by the nonprofit organization, HistoryWiz, this site offers multimedia exhibits on different events in history. There is also tons of information to supplement the exhibits. __• __   [|Library of Congress: America’s Story-http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi] Maintained by the Library of Congress, this site offers information on all aspects of American history. biographies, state information, music, and favorite past-times are amongst the categories of history on this site. •  [|The History Channel] -http://www.history.com/ Sponsored by the History Channel, this site offers historic information in a variety of media formats. •  [|BBC History] -http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ Sponsored by the British Broadcasting Company, this site is dedicated to bringing history to life, for the casual browser and the total enthusiast. Experience history through animations, games, movies and virtual tours, or delve into more than 450 feature articles by leading writers. •  [|PBS History] -http://www.pbs.org/history/ Sponsored by the Public Broadcasting System, this site brings video clips and information to events in history. Homework Help •  [|Homework Spot] -http://www.homeworkspot.com/ Sponsored by StartSpot Mediaworks, inc, this site offers a variety of websites to help students find more information on subject areas they are focusing on. •  [|BJ Pinchbeck’s Homework Help] -http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/ Developed by Discovery Education, this site offers a listing of educationally sponsored websites that will help students find answers to their homework questions. •  [|My Virtual Reference Desk Homework] -http://www.refdesk.com/homework.html This site offers a collection of links to different sites that offer information on the areas that students are studying. •  [|The Beehive Homework Helper] -http://www.thebeehive.org/Templates/School/Level3NoRight.aspx This site offers practice problems and interactive lessons on math, language arts, social studies, art and music, science, and foreign language. •  [|Infoplease Homework Center] -http://www.infoplease.com/homework/ Sponsored by Pearson Education, this site offers supplemental information to help struggling students get a firmer grasp on information that is taught at school. Reference •  [|Biography.com] -http://www.biography.com/ As the official site of the Biography Channel, this site offers biographies on people today and from history. Many interviews, pictures, and sound clips are included. •  [|ENCARTA Map Center] -http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/MapCenter/Map.aspx Sponsored by Microsoft, this site a world map where you can look up many geographical features on areas of the earth. •  [|Alta Vista’s Babel Fish] -http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Sponsored by Alta Vista, this site offers an area to translate blocks of texts. There is also a section that will translate web pages into over 20 different languages! •  [|Merriam-Webster’s Word Central] -http://www.wordcentral.com/ Designed by Merriam-Webster, this site is a student friendly dictionary with many fun learning activities for students! •  [|Columbia (Concise) Encyclopedia] -http://www.bartleby.com/65/ Maintained by Bartleby.com, the Columbia Encyclopedia offers over 51,000 entries. This site also includes hyperlinks in the text, so readers can look up information that they are unsure of as they are reading. Language Arts A Web site maintained by Carla Beard, an English teacher. This Website contains a wealth of K-12 resources for language arts and all of its many strands such as literature, grammar, speech, spelling. etc. A Web site maintained by the National Endowment for the Humanities that has lessons and resources for language arts, history, foreign languages, and art and culture, etc. This site is especially helpful for educators. This Web site is maintained by the Capitol Community College Fund, a nonprofit organization. This is a guide to writing papers, understanding grammar concepts, and writing research papers. This Web site is sponsored by S.C.O.R.E. or State of California Online Resources for Educators. This Web site is divided by grade level and has cyber guides, lesson plans, and Web activities for teaching various novels and literature themes.
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 * __Web English Teacher-__ http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
 * __EDSITEment-__ http://edsitement.neh.gov/
 * __Guide to Grammar and Writing-__ http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
 * __Cyberguides-__ http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html