Homework Guides

Discovery School Homework Guide from the minds behind the Discovery Channel.

Factmonster Help on lots of different subjects, including science, math, language arts and basic study skills.

Infoplease Homework Guide to different school subjects.

InspireKids Links about Indiana, basic info, science and homework help

National Geographic Homework Help Guides, pictures and information about the world.

Jiskha Homework Help Post a homework question or see what other people have asked, or go to the subject guides on the right for more help.

Art

Grove Art Online Learn about art masters and the history of art with this online Art Dictionary with more than 45,000 images.

Current Events

Opposing Viewpoints Essays about important topics of the day such as stem cell research, global warming, terrorism and more. The same essay collections once available in print, now available 24/7 from home. Fully citable resource.

History

Pop Culture Universe Details about people, trends and events since the 1920s to now. Fully citable resource.

History, It's Happening! Interactive website with links to events in history

Old Pictures Historic photos

Presidential Speech Tags Most popular words used in presidential speeches throughout U.S. history

Math

Math Cats Math Crafts and lessons for school and home

Dr. Math Answers and explinations of concepts and problems from elementary school to college.

Science

What's That Snake? Identify creatures in your own backyard.

What Tree is it? Identify trees in your own backyard.

Test Helpers

Buddy Project Skills you will use on the ISTEP+

Learning Express Library Practice tests for school with detailed explinations of concepts and answers.

World Book Encyclopedia

Kids - Lots of pictures, easy to use, just follow Atlas the guide dog

Standard - Quizzes and helpful guides

Advanced - Orignial Source Historical Documents to help you with essays and papers

Dictionaries

WordCentral Student edition of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Wordsmyth Custom search boxes and result pages for older and younger students

Writing

Purdue OWL
Online Writing Lab: guides to writing term papers for high school and college.

More Links

RCMS Homework Helper Page Links to more helpful sites

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