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Student Links

Students.gov

http://www.students.gov/STUGOVWebApp/index.jsp

This site is great for providing answers to your questions about your education, career, government and much more.

College Board

http://www.collegeboard.com/splash

SAT registration, college information links and planning for your future in higher education are some of the things available in this site.

Smithsonian Education

http://smithsonianeducation.org/students/index.html

Many links about history, science, space, and people for students. This site is in affiliation with the Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.

High School Hub

http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm

This sites includes homework help, current events, and various learning activities.

Educational Services Talent Search

http://www.sfaacets.org/highschool.html

Answers frequently asked questions that high school students have about entering college and planning for their future.

Mapping Your Future

http://www.mapping-your-future.org/MHSS/

This site is a step-by-step guided tour about planning for your future.

Social Studies Sources

http://education.indiana.edu/%7Esocialst/

This page is designed for students K-12 in providing useful information in every branch of the social sciences.

History/Social Studies for K-12 Students

http://home.comcast.net/~dboals1/boals.html

The major purpose of this home page is to encourage the use of the World Wide Web as a tool for learning and teaching and to provide some help for K-12 classroom teachers in locating and using the resources of the Internet in the classroom.

All Social Studies for Students

http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/cfapps/free/displaysubject.cfm?sid=9&aud=1

Resources and searches for politics, current events, history, and geography.

Enhanced Learning in Geography

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/

Various maps, activities, and articles for all ages in the field of geography.

Parent Links

NEA Parents

http://www.nea.org/parents/

Site includes a lot of help in various ways for parents in getting involved in your child's education.

Funbrain.com

http://www.funbrain.com/funbrain/parents/

This site is the parents' center for the internet's #1 educational games.

U.S. Department of Education for Parents

http://www.ed.gov/parents/landing.jhtml?src=pn

Many options and links for parents, in getting ready for school, a parents' guide and school information.

Parents Guide to the Internet

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/internet/index.html

From the Department of Education it provides much information internet tips and helpful information.

ICRA- Internet Content Rating Association

http://www.icra.org/

This site provides steps to create a safety net for children as they explore the information super-highway.

Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention: The Parent Connection

http://www.edc.org/hec/parents/

Resources and information about drugs and alcohol for parents of college-bound students.

Education World Parent Center

http://www.educationworld.com/parents/

Articles, issues, and resources with various topics concerning education.

Awesome Library

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/parent.html

Great links and resources for K-12 parents. Contains a directory, index, and a search engine.

Parents Helping Parents

http://www.parentshelpingparents.org/

Network of support groups for parents, and other adults in a caretaking role, who are isolated, overwhelmed or afraid of their anger toward their children.

College Board For Parents

http://www.collegeboard.com/parents

Information for parents for general college information, test-taking, and financing your child's future.

Teacher Links

National Educational Technology Standards Project (NETS)

http://cnets.iste.org/

Links and information about the current standards and updates in regards to technology and improving America's classrooms.

Helping Your Students With Homework

http://www.ed.gov/pubs/HelpingStudents/index.html

This sites gives great advice for teachers on how to address and approach homework related issues with students that may arise.

NEWSHOUR Extra

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/index.html

In affiliation with PBS, this site provides useful links and meaningful information about current events for teachers.

PA Department of Education

http://www.pde.state.pa.us//

Includes information on state-wide standards and testing, links for employment, and teaching requirements in the state.

Pennsylvania State Education Association

http://www.psea.org/

This site for Pennsylvania's educators features resources, news, and information about joining the organization.

Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education

http://www.passhe.edu/content/?/

Information and links about the fourteen state schools in Pennsylvania.

U.S. Department of Education

http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml

Great information and links for teachers, students, parents, and administrators alike.

Teacher Information Network

http://www.teacher.com/

This clearinghouse provides links to resources for teachers that include organizations, reviewed teacher sites, schools on the Internet, the U.S. Department of Education, and state departments.

Teacher Talk

http://education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/tthmpg.html

This site is a publication for preservice and secondary education teachers that exists as a series of World Wide Web documents.

A to Z Teacher Stuff

http://atozteacherstuff.com/

This site offers lesson plans, thematic units, teacher tips, teacher discussion forums, downloadable teaching materials & eBooks, printable worksheets and blacklines, emergent reader books, and themes.

Research Links

A Research Guide for Students

http://www.aresearchguide.com/

Great links and information available on how to write that A+ paper.

Chicago Manual of Style

http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/chicagogd.html

This site includes everything you need to know about the Chicago/Turabian Style of papers and research.

Online Writing Lab- Using MLA Format

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html

From Purdue University, a great source in using MLA formatting for papers.

Research I-tools

http://www.itools.com/research/

Find facts and theories about any subject on this searching form.

Noodle Tools

http://www.noodletools.com/

NoodleTools is a suite of interactive tools designed to aid students and professionals with their online research.

Student Research Tools Web Tour

http://lone-eagles.com/webtour5.htm

Many links that will help in a variety of ways for conducting research.

American History Research Tools

http://www.mrburnett.net/research.html

Search engines, historical documents, timelines, maps, and encyclopedias for researching various topics in U.S. History.

Pink Monkey

http://www.pinkmonkey.com/

This site features booknotes and information on a wide variety of works of literature.

United States History Index

http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/USA/

Many links and information for every topic and age in U.S. History.

European History Index

http://www.academicinfo.net/histeuro.html

Sections and links in this site include digital publications, Country Histories, European Union, World War I, World War II, Holocaust, Cold War, Archaeology, Cinema.