Whitman Elementary School

Suggested Reading for Kids

Software Recommendations for Kids

Quickmind:  Use your log in and password to access quickmind at home.

The American Civil War Page: The most complete collection of information about the Civil War on the Web.

Congress.Org: A Guide to the U.S. Congress

States Database:  Get information about the 50 United States

The Congressional Email Directory: All the email addresses of the Congress listed by state.

Uncle Sam's Reference Shelf: 1994 Statistical Abstract of the U.S.

United States Postal Service
U.S.Census Bureau Home Page: Vast repository of data on the size, make-up and activities of the population of the U.S

State of New Jersey Kid's Page  NJ hangout, play games, check out Governor's Book Club lists, and learn about New Jersey.

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The Weather Channel ® Home Page Great weather links and lots of weather information.

WeatherNet: Latest weather reports from around the world.

The Franklin Institute Science Museum: Great resource for science links.

ExploreScience: the online learning community dedicated to the teaching and learning of science. 

Science Fair Central: science fair ideas and kid's science fair projects

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Math.com: Math help on the web.

Math Baseball: Improve your math skills. Fun game teaches addition,subtraction, multiplication, division, and elementary algebra.

Aplusmath: This web site was developed to help students improve their math skills interactively.

Math Goodies: free educational web site featuring interactive math lessons, homework help, worksheets, puzzles, message boards, and more! We have over 400 pages of free math activities and resources for students, teachers, and parents.

Math Word Problems for Children:  The goal of this web site is to help grade school children improve their math problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

 

 

Porta Portal:  access links to teacher web sites.  Teacher Porta Portal passwords are listed on the teacher web pages.

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center: was established as a central source of information on prevention and intervention programs, publications, research, and statistics on violence committed by and against children and teens.

Virtual Reference Desk: The Best reference site on the Web.

America's Library: This Web site is brought to you from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the largest library in the world and the nation's library.

Sites for  researching school assignments:
Places on the web to find information about many school subjects.

The Internet Public Library:  Online public library for the Internet community. Includes directories of online texts, newspapers, magazines, reference materials; plus special sections for youth and teens. 

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HotSheet: A quick reference site to thousands of sites for news, music, magazines,and more.

CNN Interactive: A great start-up page for your Internet browser.

The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News

Time Magazine

USA Today : The complete newspaper.

Africana.com:News and comment from around the world about the lives, experiences and needs of black people. 

U.S. News Online

Washington Post Online

The New York Times on the Web:
The New York Times on the Web: Daily international, national and local news coverage from the newspaper, breaking news updates, technology news, sports, reviews, crosswords, classified ad listings. 

PBS Online: Lots of information on their programming, great links and more!