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Search Engines
Name of Website What the Website Includes
NetTrekker Search for research websites, images, maps, lesson plans, and much more on this school friendly search engine. Also, differentiate between elementary websites and middle school websites to meet the needs of all of our students.
KidsKonnect  This excellent resource is a safe internet search engine created by educators. Search either by subject, or by alphabetical lists. Many topics are covered including animals, ancient civilizations, reading and language arts topics, space, biomes, weather, and tons more.
Kids Click  A web search created for students by librarians. Search by Category, Alphabetical Listing or Key Word. Use the Advanced Search to limit results by reading level or number of pictures. This is a good place to start when looking for information for school projects. Click on Search Lessons to enter the "Worlds of Web Surfing" a tutorial about searching and surfing.
Yahooligans  An extensive search directory for kids. Search by Key Word or Category. This directory includes many sites that kids are interested in, including games and cartoons as well as school topics.
Ask Jeeves for Kids  Jeeves will help you find websites to answer the questions you ask. No need to use Keywords or special search terms.
Fact Monster Research atlases, almanacs, encyclopedias, and dictionaries by typing in a topic or searching by subject. Also view their daily features about what is going on in the world today.
CyberSleuth Kids An online directory of websites for K-12 students created by a teacher and maintained by volunteers. All sites are reviewed and organized into logical categories. Some distracting advertisements.
Info Please Research atlases, almanacs, encyclopedias, and dictionaries by typing in a topic or searching by subject. Also view their daily features about what is going on in the world today.
 
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