6.General Reference 7. North Carolina Reference 8. Search Engines 9.Time, Time Zones & Seasons 10. Weights and Measurements
a.Fact Monster
b.Information Please
c.World Fact Book
2:Atlases:
a.US Atlas
b.World Atlas.com: maps, flags & facts
c.World Atlas & Geography Resources
3:Biographies:
a.Biography.com
b.Biographical Dictionary
c.Jr Reference Collection People Search
password: Wiseowl, select People Search
4:Dictionaries:
a.Dictionary.com
b.Merrian-Webster Online
5:Encyclopedias:
a.Encyclopedia.com
b.Grolier Online via NCWiseOwl:
Select the Encyclopedia Option from Wiseowl then any of the
following:
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
The New Book of Knowledge
New Book of Popular Science
Lands & People
6:General Reference Sites:
a. Jr Reference Collection
b.KidsClick!
c.refdesk.com
7:North Carolina Reference
Click HERE! for: NC Almanac, NC Encyclopedia, NC Facts in Brief, NC Fun Facts & State Symbols links.
8:Search Engines:
a.Yahooligans.com: the Web Guide for Kids!
b.Google.com: teachers for classroom use please select Preferences, scroll
down to Safe SearchFiltering, select Use Strict Filtering, scroll to bottow of page
and Save Preferences. This has been done in the Media Lab.
c. Search Engine and Search Strategy Guides
9:Time, Time Zones, Moon & Sun Cycles
a.Official Time: by the US Navel Observatory.
b.Official US Time: includes an interactive map of US Time Zones.
c.Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise, Moonset and Twilight: plus
phases and positioning of the Moon, Earth Seasons and more data from the
National Naval Observatory
10:Weights and Measures
a. Weights & Measures Resources -refdesk.com.
b. Yahoo! Reference: conversion calculators for area, length, volume,
weight & mass between US standard and Metric.