Des Plaines Valley Public Library District

Tutoring Available

Crest Hill: Through mid-May, 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: Tutoring in Lockport has ended for the school year. We hope to be able to provide a tutor next school year. Many thanks to the America Reads/America Counts Program and Joliet Junior College.

Tutoring is made possible by an
America Reads/America Counts grant facilitated by Joliet Junior College.

Homework Reference Help

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.

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!

The World Fact Book Facts about countries around the World. This is a good resource for school reports.

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"

Yahooligans! This is a great kid friendly place to learn and explore everything from A to Z!

Kids Click! Here you can find lots of links for interests and homework.

Report Links Do you have a report to write? Check out this site for information and links on the web.

Research Papers The ABC's of writing your paper from picking the topic, organizing your ideas to bibliography!

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!

Fleetkids.com Learn about money, how to make money, budget it and save.

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.

Bugbios.com Go buggy for bugs in this great site. Learn the insect families, classes, orders, scientific names and common names.

National Wildlife Federation Contains information and articles about our environment

Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government Ben Franklin is your guide to this site

BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper If you can't find it here, you can't find it!

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.

Fact Monster A cool compendium of fun facts from Information Please.

Homework Math Help

Math Dictionary for Kids An animated, interactive Math Dictionary for students that explains over 500 common mathematical terms in simple language with visual examples.

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.

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.

AAA Math Hundreds of pages of basic math skills, explanations of topics, math practice and games.

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

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.

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.

StarChild A colorful introduction to the wonders of the solar system including animations, video clips and activities to make the learning experience fun!

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.

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.

Super Science Fair Projects Complete Guide to Science Fair Projects, Topics and Experiments.

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!

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.

Successful Science Fair Projects Read about how to make a great project!