| Local Schools |
Illinois Standards Achievement Test: From the Illinois State Board of
Education, this site includes general information, test dates, descriptions, and results.
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/assessment/isat.htm |
Schaumburg School District #54:
Local public school news and information. To see the website of a particular
school, click on "School Directory" in the bar near the top of the page. A
menu opens where you will select "Elementary Schools A-J, Elementary Schools
K-Z, Junior High Schools, Lincoln Prairie School". Click on the appropriate
choice and a new menu opens with a list schools that fall into that
category.
http://www.sd54.org |
St. Hubert School:
information and resources.
http://www.sainthubert.org/School_web/school.htm |
St. Peter Lutheran School: Click on
"General Info" to find the AR booklists arranged by author, level, points,
title.
http://www.stpeterlcms.com/school/aboutus.php |
School
Report Cards: To view the State School Report Card for a District
#54 school, "click on the school name in the school directory at the top of
this page".
http://web54.sd54.k12.il.us/parent/strptcrds/index.htm |
School Report Cards:
"Each year, the State Board of Education releases school report cards for
each public school in the state. (These) report cards include student
scores on the Illinois Standards Achievement and Prairie State Achievement
tests, and ACTs, demographic information on students and teachers, and
financial information on school districts. The state does not release report
cards for private and parochial schools".
http://www.suntimes.com/pcds/cgi/schools.cgi |
Standardized Tests:
Information from District #54 on the ISEL, ISAT, IAA, IMAGE, and TERRA
NOVA/SUPERA tests.
http://www.sd54.org/SD54/assessisel.htm |
State Assessment Tests:
information on standardized tests from the Assessment Division of the
Illinois State Board of Education.
http://www.isbe.net/assessment |
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| Online Resources |
| To use our Electronic Resources
(online reference products), click "E-Resources". When using these databases
from home, you must first type your Schaumburg Township District Library card number in the
space provided. |
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| Homework Help |
BJ
Pinchbeck's Homework Helper: sponsored by Discovery.com.
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck |
Biographical Dictionary: "The Biographical
Dictionary contains information on 19,000 notable people from ancient times
to the
present day. The Dictionary is searchable by names, keywords, and dates."
http://s9.com |
Biography.com: "Search over 25,000 of the greatest lives,
past and
present".
http://www.biography.com |
Citation Machine - The Landmark Project:
fill in the information to create your bibliography.
http://citationmachine.net |
Cite
Your Sources: Information from Seattle University's Lemieux Library on
using APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian styles.
http://www.seattleu.edu/lemlib/ResearchPath/CiteSources.htm |
Citing Sources within
Your Paper, Guide to Library Research: information from Duke University.
http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/within.htm |
Cybrarian Kids' Educational Curriculum Site:
"Librarian's site including links to school curriculum sites and educational
links for children in grades 3 through 8."
http://www.cybrary.org |
Dance Mat Typing (BBC -
Schools): "A fun colourful website with animation and games introducing
touch typing to children aged 7 to 11." There are four levels, each divided
into three stages. FLASH is required.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing |
Dewey Browse: "Web Sites Classified by the Dewey Decimal
Classification System for Grades K-12".
http://www.deweybrowse.org |
Enchanted
Learning: activities and information arranged by topic.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com |
Encyclopedia Smithsonian:
information on a variety of topics
from aeronautics to zoology.
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/start.htm |
FirstGov for Kids: "Explore, learn, have
fun".
http://www.kids.gov |
HomeworkSpot: "a free K-12 homework resource center."
http://www.homeworkspot.com |
Illinois Clicks!: "anywhere,
anytime information".
http://www.illinoisclicks.org |
IPL Youth Division: Kid's links from
the Internet Public Library.
http://www.ipl.org/youth |
Kid Info: homework and fun sites.
http://www.kidinfo.com |
KYVL for Kids Research
Portal - How to do research Home Base: research skills for students in
middle school.
http://www.kyvl.org/html/kids/homebase.html |
KYVL: How to Do
Research: information from the Kentucky Virtual Library.
http://www.kyvl.org/html/tutorial/research |
The
Learning Page: links from the Library of Congress.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/start/inres/index.html |
MeL: Children's
Resources: Michigan Electronic Library links for kids.
http://web.mel.org/viewtopic.jsp?id=2096&pathid=2618 |
Multnomah County Library
Homework Center: homework help in over thirty topics.
http://www.multcolib.org/homework |
National Geographic
Kids Homework Help: search resources from National Geographic and
Britannica.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/homework |
New York Public Library Digital
Library: "digital images including illuminated manuscripts, historical
maps, rare prints and photographs".
http://www.nypl.org/digital |
Online Conversion - Convert just
about anything to anything else: "Over 5,000 units, and 50,000
conversions".
http://www.onlineconversion.com |
Quiz Hub: "The fun online interactive
learning center" includes online interactive learning quizzes as well as
thinking games, logic puzzles, and more fun things to do.
http://quizhub.com |
Smithsonian
Education - Students Home Page: "A Place for Kids to Explore, Discover,
& Learn."
http://smithsonianeducation.org/students/index.html |
Study Skills: "Designed to Help
Students Do Better In School".
http://www.how-to-study.com |
Web Wombat Kids' Class Mates:
pre-screened links by topic for kids, from Australia.
http://www.webwombat.com.au/kidsclass |
World Almanac for Kids:
"Facts, games and helpful stuff for kids ages 8 and up". Click on "Explore"
to see and alphabetical list of subjects from animals to U.S. History Timeline. Clicking on "Fun & Games"
leads you to contests, puzzles,and quizzes. For a directory of informative links, click on "Insider Info".
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com |
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| Search Engines & Directories |
Ask for Kids: "Click...for study help in these areas: Dictionary, Thesaurus,
Almanac, Biography, Science, Clip Art, Astronomy, World Atlas, Math Help, History."
http://www.askforkids.com |
Awesome Library - K-12
Education Directory for Kids: "organizes 23,000 carefully reviewed K-12
education resources for kids".
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/student.html |
Fact
Monster: Information Please(R) for
kids.
http://www.factmonster.com |
Great Web Sites for Kids: arranged by topic; from the American Library
Association's Association of Library Service for Children.
http://www.ala.org/greatsites |
KidGrid (tm): "Safe-Sites-Only" links
arranged by topic.
http://www.kidgrid.com |
KidsClick! Web Search: "A project of the Ramapo Catskill Library System" and
"maintained by the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University", this site offers
searching by key word, topic and Dewey Decimal number, search lessons as well as picture and sound search tools.
http://www.kidsclick.org |
Yahoo! Kids - Homework Help:
Type your topic in the search box or scroll down the page until you see
"Yahoo! Kids Directory". Then click on the categories until you find the
information you need. This is the redesigned former "Yahooligans! "The Web
Guide for Kids"
http://kids.yahoo.com/learn/index |
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