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Tutoring Available
The tutor will
help students at both locations with Reading and Math in grades K to 8
Crest Hill: Starting
January 11, 2010, a homework help tutor will usually be available on Monday and
Tuesday evenings between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. and on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. The tutor helps students on a first-come, first served basis. Please
note that it is a good idea to call Children's Services and confirm that the
tutor is "in".
Lockport: Starting January 11, 2010, a tutor is
available after school on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. by appointment only.
To sign up for a 30-minute timeslot, please contact Children's Services at
815-838-0755 or email
pjarog@dpvlib.org.
Tutoring is made possible by an
America Reads/America Counts grant facilitated by Joliet Junior College.
Homework Reference Help
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Illinois Kid's Zone Learn about the State of Illinois, Bicycle
Safety and Laws, Fire Safety and Firefighters, and Explore the Nature and the
Environment.
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Word
Central by Webster Learn how fun words can be with interactive
activities and an online dictionary. You can even build your own dictionary or
create a poem!
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The World
Fact Book Facts about countries around the World. This is a good
resource for school reports.
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Great Sites! The American Library Association's list of "Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious,
and Colorful Web Sites for Kids and The Adults Who Care About Them"
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Yahooligans! This is a great kid
friendly place to learn and explore everything from A to Z!
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Kids Click! Here you can find lots of links for
interests and homework.
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Report Links Do you have a report to
write? Check out this site for information and links on the web.
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Research Papers
The ABC's of writing your paper from picking the topic, organizing your ideas
to bibliography!
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World Flag Database This is the place to find flags of every
country and province with printable pictures for your reports. It also
provides facts about the country and more!
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Fleetkids.com Learn
about money, how to make money, budget it and save.
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Kidsbank.com Guided by
Penney, Dollar Bill, Interest Ray, Checks, and Mr. EFT, younger students will
learn all about money, savings, interest, checking, and electronic banking in
this pleasant and interactive site.
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Bugbios.com Go buggy for bugs in this great site. Learn the
insect families, classes, orders, scientific names and common names.
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National Wildlife Federation Contains information and articles
about our environment
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Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government
Ben Franklin is your guide to this site
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BJ
Pinchbeck's Homework Helper If you can't find it here, you
can't find it!
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Netstate.com Your
one stop shop for information about the fifty states. They have information
on the people, flags, seals, geography and symbols for each and every state.
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Fact Monster A cool
compendium of fun facts from Information Please.
Homework
Math Help
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Math Dictionary for Kids An animated, interactive Math Dictionary for students that explains over
500 common mathematical terms in simple language with visual examples.
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Math Forum Do you need with your
math homework? Maybe your parent's need help helping you!
This
site has all your numbers from addition to algebra.
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A + Math This site was developed
to help students improve their math skills interactively. Visit the Game
room to play some exciting math games. Test your math skill with our
flash cards or you can even create your own, with Flashcard Creator. Check out the Worksheets section, where you can print worksheets to practice
offline. Try the Homework Helper to check your homework solutions.
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AAA Math Hundreds of pages of basic math skills, explanations of topics, math
practice and games.
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Cool Math:
An Amusement Park of Mathematics: A fun
math site with all sorts of interactive math games for kids of all ages.
Homework Science Help
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Science Buddies An
in-depth science related site with some very useful online tools that empower
students to learn and have fun as they complete their science fair projects.
Science Buddy offers detailed guidance and examples for serious students who
want to do the best possible science project.
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4000 Years of Women in
Science This site profiles over 125 Women from our scientific
and technical past. The list includes inventors, scholars, and writers
as well as mathematicians and astronomers.
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StarChild
A colorful introduction to the wonders of the solar system including
animations, video clips and activities to make the learning experience fun!
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Biomes & Habitats This site provides information on a number of Earth's biomes including
the desert, the tundra, grasslands, tropical rainforests and many more. Find
out about the complex community of plants and animals in each different
environment.
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Habitats This site offers numerous links to habitat-related life
science sites on such topics as ecosystems and photosynthesis. The Activity
Center includes information on animals, endangered species, insects, and
plants.
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Super Science Fair
Projects Complete Guide to Science Fair Projects, Topics and Experiments.
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Science
Fair Project Resource Guide
Are you doing a Science Fair Project at school or perhaps you just would like
to learn how to do some cool experiments? Here is a great science site
for kids!
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Volcano World Kid's Door
Mt. St. Helen's is where? How many active volcanoes are there in Hawaii?
Volcano World's Kid's Door has these answers and a lot more!
- Science Fair
Central Loads of
Information for Science Fair!
- Surfing the Net
with Kids Science Fair Projects This site gives ideas for where to
find a science fair topic and
how to start your project. There are
games to introduce the concept
of the scientific method and tips on what makes
a good project.
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Successful Science
Fair Projects Read about how to make a great project!
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