Mrs. Schapeler's Favorite Safe Student Searches
More Fun & Safe Research Tools
Google Book Search
1. In the left search box enter a topic
2. Up at the top click on Search Tools
3. Drop-down arrow next to Any Books - change to Free Google E-books
2. Up at the top click on Search Tools
3. Drop-down arrow next to Any Books - change to Free Google E-books
Other Student Searches
....worth mentioning
- All-around research site libraryspot.com
- Dictionary www.dictionary.com
- Brainpop—requires subscription www.brainpop.com/
- General info research www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html
- Internet research sites for kids http://ivyjoy.com/rayne/kidssearch.html
- Kids search engine for the internet kids.yahoo.com
- National Geographic for kids kids.nationalgeographic.com/
- Nova video programs www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs.html
- Research for kids www.factmonster.com/
- Research—by grade level www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=LabelMaps
- Research—chapters on subjects http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/
- Videos on so many topics www.woopid.com/
- Research—for kids libraryspot.com/
- Research—history www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html
- School Tube—learning videos from YouTube.
Organized by topics http://sqooltube.com/ - Science headlines—audio science.nasa.gov/headlines
- Thesaurus—a great one www.thesaurus.com