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Different subject areas, Picture of the Day, Games, etc.
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Searchasaurus is a colorful, easy-to-use search interface for elementary and middle school students. Searchasaurus provides access to magazine articles, pictures, encyclopedias, and a dictionary through an animated interface with a dinosaur theme that encourages students to enhance and develop basic search methodologies.
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Ebsco Kids Search is designed especially for youth in grades K-5. Kids Search makes it easy for students to search by keyword or by topic to find the most useful search results. Results can be easily sorted by source type - -magazines, reference books, photos, flags, etc.
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Through the Student Research Center, users can easily pre-determine which content sources (e.g., Magazines, Newspapers, Biographies, Country Reports, Film & Video) will be included with their search. They can also search their databases by topic heading, make use of an online dictionary and encyclopedia, explore the top searches of the day, and even limit their search according to appropriate reading levels.
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Just type in an author, title or key words in the Find box, or browse the database by age group, and you’ll access a rich collection of titles, BookTalks, Recommended Reads book lists and more. Book jacket images, annotations and first chapter excerpts, as well as tools like Lexile scores and popularity ratings, help you to quickly find that just-right book.
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Look up words fast in the Student Dictionary.
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Enter a word and see links to that information in several resources. A Reverse Dictionary feature is offered.
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Dictionary, Thesaurus, Word of the Day, Question of the Day, Article of the Day, This Day in History plus much more.
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Write EXPRESS
Online rhyming dictionary for poetry and songwriting.
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Type in the word you want to rhyme and click the Show Rhymes button - a list of words will appear.
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Use the drop down menu to choose from several types of searches such as Find Rhymes, Find Similar Sounding Words, Find Antonyms, etc.
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Hear dinosaur names pronounced. Be sure to see the "If Dinosaurs Could Talk" section for specific information.
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Each entry includes a brief definition, synonyms, antonyms (where appropriate), and concept, the general idea underlying the terms in the entry. Arranged in easy-to-use dictionary-style format, with over 17,000 entries.
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The Internet's premiere free encyclopedia. Search or browse over 57,000 articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia.
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Click any of the category buttons or enter a keyword; excellent free images.
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Origins of States.
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For printable outline maps, select a state, region, or continent from the dropdown menus.
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Online encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, and almanac and lots of subject areas.
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Atlapedia Online contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
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Outline maps and map tests.
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Type in your zip code and see an aerial picture of location - see if you can find Francis McClure.
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ANIMATED ATLAS
"Growth of a Nation" is a free, ten minute movie which depicts the geographic history of the United States from the beginning of the nation to fifty states. Geographic elements are interactive, as is the timeline. Click the image to go to the movie.
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Learn the history of first names.
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A biographical dictionary. This dictionary covers more than 33,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.
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Translate a word or phrase into a foreign language.
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Find out what any acronym or abbreviation stands for.
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A great source for clipart for your classroom - browse by category.
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Enter a date and click the Quick Page button to see events related to that date. Prices of common items such as gallon of gas, bread, etc., are included.
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