Amschool Curriculum: search engine

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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Refseek

Currently in public beta, RefSeek is a web search engine for students and researchers that aims to make academic information easily accessible to everyone. RefSeek searches more than one billion documents, including web pages, books, encyclopedias, journals, and newspapers.

Here are two of the collections I think you might enjoy:

RefSeek's guide to the 25 best online resources for finding free educational videos. With the exception of BrainPOP and Cosmeo, all listed sites offer their extensive video libraries for free and without registration.

Teacher Resources

Friday, April 3, 2009

2 Great Elementary Sites

ABCya! is a leader in free & exciting computer activities for elementary students to learneducational computer games and activities were created or approved by certified teachers! Activities are modeled from primary grade lessons and enhanced to provide an interactive way to learn. The activities incorporate content areas such as math and reading introducing basic computer skills. Many of the kindergarten and first grade on the web. All while games are equipped with sound to enhance understanding.

Fact Monster is an ideal reference site for kids ages 8-14 that provides entertainment and educational resources. It combines the contents of an encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas, and several almanacs loaded with statistics, facts, and historical records. A single search engine allows you to search all these sources at once.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Top Marks

Found this great search engine on Richard M. Byrne blog.

Topmarks is one of the largest independent educational websites in the UK. The best to easy find free educational resources. You may find resources in all subjects: