Students at Foothill:

Student Resources Center:

Information and Reference Links

The Student Resources Center is presented to provide students with links that they can use to assist them in their education.

Libraries and Reference Resources

• Style Guides
  • Citing Internet Sources - APA (American Psychological Association) Style
  • Citing Internet Sources - MLA (Modern Language Association) Style
  • How to Cite Footnotes and Bibliographic Entries (APA)
  • How to Cite Footnotes and Bibliographic Entries (MLA)
• Encyclopedias
  • Encyclopedia Americana (available from FNSBSD networks only)
  • Britannica Internet Guide (from Encyclopedia Britannica)
  • World Book Encyclopedia
• Dictionaries
  • A Web of Dictionaries; 400 dictionaries in more than 130 languages
  • Merriam Webster's Dictionary
  • Word Net Search; online dictionary
  • The Semantic Rhyming Dictionary
• Libraries and Reference Works
  • The Internet Public Library
  • A Large Collection of On-line Reference Works
  • The World Wide Web Virtual Library
  • The AskERIC Virtual Library
  • Sentence Craft
• Teacher Resources
  • Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
  • Educational Hot lists (wide range of topics with multiple links)
  • Cornell Theory Center K-12 Gateways
  • NASA K-12 Online Education Resource Server
  • PuzzleMaker; create and print crosswords, word searches, mazes, and more
• Student Resources
  • StudyWeb; over 15,000 research topics
  • How Stuff Works; great explanations of how things work
  • Ask An Expert
  • The KIDLINK Home Page

News

• The New York Times; updated every 10 minutes
• Tomorrow's Morning; news stories for kids
• CNN Newsroom
• CBS Up to the Minute News
• NBC/Microsoft News
• Discovery Channel On-Line
• Worldwide News via Gopher

Searching the Internet

• Meta Searches
  • Internet Search Using MetaCrawler; multiple search engines
  • Internet Search Using Beaucoup; more than 1000 specialized search engines by category
• Advanced Search Engines
  • Internet Search Using Lycos
  • Internet Search Using AltaVista
  • Internet Search Using Excite!
  • Internet Search Using Hotbot
• Especially for Kids
  • Arribavista; filtered search for pictures and illustrations
  • Netfind for Kids
  • KidsClick!
  • Ask Jeeves for Kids; ask a question to begin a search
  • CyberSleuth for Kids
  • Yahooligans:   

Find a College or University

• The Princeton Review
• CollegeQuest
• College Search
• Best Schools USA
• About.com College Admissions
• College Finder
• CollegeNet
• American Colleges and Universities

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Science and Math

General

• Measure 4 Measure; translations and conversions
• Bill Nye the Science Guy
• The Franklin Institute Virtual Science Museum
• The London Science Museum
• Newton's Apple
• The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry

Weather

• Every Weather Link Known...

Space

• General Resources
  • StarChild; a Learning Center for Young Astronomers
  • Lake Afton Public Observatory (including Ask an Astronomer)
  • NASA SpaceLink
  • Astronomy and Space Servers
• Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)
  • The Northern Lights Planetarium (Norway)
  • The Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) Resource Page
• Images
  • Earth and Moon Viewer; view the Earth and the Moon from any location in space
  • Nighttime Lights of the World
  • The Best of the Hubble Space Telescope
  • Hubble Heritage Project
  • Astronomy Pictures and Animations
• Solar System
  • The Nine Planets
• Galaxies and the Universe
  • Interactive Stars and Galaxies
  • Constellations and their Myths

Earth Science and Dinosaurs

• General
  • Earth Alert; Daily Updates on the State of the Planet
  • The Earth System Science Community
  • US Geological Survey Information
• Volcanoes and Earthquakes
  • Volcano World (including Ask a Volcanologist)
  • Volcanoes: Can We Predict Eruptions?
  • USGS Earthquake Information
• Gems and Minerals
  • Smithsonian Gems and Minerals Exhibit
  • Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
• Dinosaurs
  • Dinosaurs in Cyberspace; Links to many dinosaur sites
  • Dinosaurs in Hawaii
  • The Berkeley Dinosauria; lots of information about dinosaurs
  • Dinosauria On-Line
  • Dinosauricon
  • Dinosaurs: Facts and Fiction
  • ZoomDinosaurs

Life Science and Chemistry

• Human Anatomy
  • Human Anatomy On-Line
  • The Visible Human Project
  • An Interactive Tour of the Human Heart
  • BodyQuest; human anatomy references
  • How We See; Anatomy of the Human Eye
  • The Fitness Files
  • NCHS Disease Statistics
• Cell Biology
  • Cell Biology
  • A Dictionary of Cell Biology
  • The Virtual Cell; dissect a plant cell on-line
• Animals
  • General
    • Animal Photo Library and information from the National Zoo
    • Wildlife from the Pittsburgh Zoo
    • The Birmingham Zoo
    • Animal Skull Collection
  • Reptiles and Amphibians
    • Herpetology Resources and Pictures
    • Interactive Frog Dissection
    • The Froggy Page!
  • Mammals
    • Buzbee's Bat House; extensive collection of bat resources
    • Humpback Whales (AK/BC Whale Foundation)
    • Spotted Dolphins
    • Marine Mammals Page; large variety of marine mammals
  • Birds
    • Smithsonian Bird Photographs
    • The Raptor Center at University of Minnesota (birds of prey)
    • Long list of bird links
  • Fish and Marine Organisms
    • Monterey Bay Aquarium
    • National Marine Fisheries Server
    • Fish Biology
    • The Cephalopod Page; squids, octopi, cuttlefish
    • Deep Sea Pages; including pictures of deep-sea animals
    • Sharks; a list of links to shark resources
    • Pelagic Shark Research Foundation
  • Insects
    • Book of Insect Records
    • The Wonderful World of Insects
    • Insect Image Gallery
    • Insect Database
    • My Insects Page
    • Insects Hotlist
    • Carl Hayden Bee Research Center
    • Monarch Butterfly Watch
• Chemistry and Physics
  • Periodic Table of the Elements
• Environment and Habitats
  • Environmental Education Resources
  • Rainforest Workshop Home Page
  • Ocean Planet

Math

• The Math Forum
• Measure 4 Measure; translations and conversions
• IllusionWorks; optical and other illusions explained
• Mathematics Dictionary; math terms defined
• Number Notation (how much is a quatuordecillion?)
• Amusement Park Physics
• Manipula Math; Java applets for solving math problems
• Dave's Math Tables (requires Java)
• Savings Calculator and other Credit Union Information from Northern Schools Federal Credit Union
• Math Mania
• Ask Dr. Math!
• MathMagic! (problem solving challenges for all grade levels)
• A Gallery of On-Line Interactive Geometry
• The Geometry Center at the University of Minnesota
• Geometry in Motion (interactive geometry)
• Mega-Math for elementary students
• The Spanky Fractal Archives
• The Prime Number Home Page

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