Homework Help
All Topics:
Search Encyclopaedia Britannica Online ...something on everything!...click on the Student or Junior links for simpler stuff. You will need to enter your Library card number + password to get into it.
- Google-Kids & Teens ( search through quality sites selected for kids)
- KidSpace (sites chosen to help with homework questions)
- Te Ara (NZ encyclopedia-look for the 'Get the short story' link for simpler stuff)
- Fact Monster (dates, history, people)
- Suzy's Fact Sheets (information on everything from aerodynamics to yachts)
- Online Dictionary (look up words, find their meanings and see how they connect to other words and concepts)
Animal Stuff:
History:
Our World & Beyond:
Any Questions - Call up your own online librarian to help find stuff for homework questions. This service is available to all NZ school students.
Helpful Homework Tips :
- Always bring your project to the Library so we can help sort out what you need to know
- Ask yourself questions - why? who? when? how? about the topic the teacher gives you.
- Come to the Library before its almost due - all the good books go fast.
- If you're stuck DON'T leave without asking Library staff to help - thats our job!
Useful Websites
Guinness World Records
Yes....the 2007 record book is out now at your local library. If you're waiting for a copy why not check out the official Guinness World Records website.
Do you know ...
- who has the record for the most live rattlesnakes held in the mouth?
- where are the most expensive pair of jeans in the world?
- what is the longest skateboard in the world?
... or find out how to become a world record holder yourself.
BBC’s Science and Nature website
This website is crammed full of amazing facts and fun activities. Visit the hot topics page to find out if you’ve got what it takes to be a superhero. Go to the games page and see if you can handle the pressure of a penalty shoot out.
www.bbc.co.uk/sn/
National Geographic for kids
Could a giant space rock slam into earth? Find out in the ASTEROIDS ROCK article. Look up the truth behind THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST.
Visit the CREATURE FEATURE and check out all sorts of wild creatures from cheetahs to crocodiles and whales to warthogs. Take the GeoBee challenge – how much do you know about your planet? This and heaps more at …. www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/index.html
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