These are some of the websites we've found to be very useful over the years.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
A new astronomy-related photo every day since June 1995. The photos each contain a summary explanation
along with links to more detailed information. The kids like going back to see the photos that fall
on their birthday.
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Dictionary.com
The only online dictionary you'll ever need. Also thesaurus and reference searches, Word of the Day,
What Happened on this Day.
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Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is dedicated to taking books and other media that are in the public domain and
converting them to electronic format. They currently have over 17,000 books online. Books on astronomy,
physics, mathematics, history; Shakespeare, Einstein, and many others.
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Internet Public Library
This is a huge, well organized collection of links to every subject imaginable. Reference materials,
kids and teens areas, online newspapers from around the world. A great place to start a new research
project.
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Visible Earth
Visible Earth provides a wonderful catalog of NASA images and animations of our planet. These
images include full texture maps of the entire planet, as well as images that show current events
such as forest fires, flooding, droughts, and hurricanes.
