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What online research tools are most useful to your kids?

From the lens Top Research Paper Websites for Kids.

  • Kumar_PS May 1, 2012 @ 12:05 am | delete
    Very useful lens.
  • jimmyworldstar Feb 4, 2012 @ 6:35 pm | delete
    The CIA World Factbook is great. I know a lot of kids now use Wikipedia, even though they should really be looking at all the footnotes for references.
  • kitty222 Jan 31, 2012 @ 11:09 pm | delete
    Looks like some good resources here. :)
  • sheezie77 Jan 25, 2012 @ 9:52 am | delete
    very nice lens! squidlikes!
  • myamya Jan 25, 2012 @ 9:43 am | delete
    amazing lens! squidlikes!
  • bolillie Jan 23, 2012 @ 2:24 pm | delete
    Very useful information and great lens!
  • Ben Jan 7, 2012 @ 2:44 pm | delete
    Great list. KidzSearch.com is a good one too.
  • Buchamar Dec 14, 2011 @ 6:29 pm | delete
    Great info! Thank you!
    My lens' are about educational apps :-)
  • faykam69 Nov 19, 2011 @ 4:12 am | delete
    nice collection. kids would like this. Btw, great looking lens. Awesome job!
    Take a peek at my lens, Homeschooling 101: Guide to Free Curriculum and Other Resources.
  • spartakct Nov 13, 2011 @ 6:21 pm | delete
    nice and informative lens! thanks!
  • anilsaini Sep 14, 2011 @ 2:03 am | delete
    nice information
  • bolsen19 Sep 5, 2011 @ 6:18 pm | delete
    This is a very helpful resource.
  • CruiseReady Aug 15, 2011 @ 7:19 am | delete
    My kids are all grown, but I do use the CIA World Factbook quite a lot myself. Glad to see it included here!
  • Tipi Aug 2, 2011 @ 4:32 pm | delete
    Another excellent resource you are sharing for kid safe and friendly search engine and again, so invitingly well done.
  • lbrummer Jul 26, 2011 @ 5:53 pm | delete
    Nice lens. I'm planning on writing a post on my elementary art blog about lenses that would be helpful for teachers. I will be adding your lens to the list.
  • rhodacks Jul 6, 2011 @ 12:04 am | delete
    These are very useful info. Thanks.
  • SandraL Jul 4, 2011 @ 1:16 am | delete
    Thanks very much for this list - you just saved me a great deal of time finding kid-friendly research sites for my 4th grade twins. I've bookmarked 'em all except the bibliography maker - I don't think they'll need that for a while yet, and by the time they do they'll probably be able to find it for themselves. :)
  • lasertek Jun 24, 2011 @ 11:31 am | delete
    really great compilation of websites. Btw, great looking lens. Awesome job!
    Take a peek at my lens, Homeschooling 101: Guide to Free Curriculum and Other Resources.
  • arohatech1 Apr 30, 2011 @ 8:19 am | delete
    Thanks for sharing...
  • sushilkin Apr 26, 2011 @ 7:54 am | delete
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  • Philippians468 Apr 14, 2011 @ 12:16 pm | delete
    wow thank you for sharing this lens! indeed we should encourage our children to surf safely and research on topics they are interested in, for free learning leads to great learners! cheers
  • hlkljgk Apr 4, 2011 @ 3:12 pm | delete
    terrific resource. thanks!
  • DianaHarper Mar 12, 2011 @ 2:13 pm | delete
    I look forward to sharing this lens with my children. Angel blessings upon it!
  • sharpturn Feb 4, 2011 @ 10:38 am | delete
    This information is perfect for my nephew who is doing a ton of studying right now. I had no idea these sites even existed.
    Thanks for sharing.
  • ajgodinho Feb 1, 2011 @ 3:20 pm | delete
    I don't have kids, but I think this is a great idea and resource for parents who want to their children to surf the web safely. The internet is flooded with all sorts of information and a lot of filth, so it's important to ensure that kids go to websites that are safe...well done!
  • TapIn2U Feb 1, 2011 @ 8:35 am | delete
    This is a very great lens. It is beneficial for kids and likewise informative. Good job!
  • aesta1 Jan 29, 2011 @ 11:37 pm | delete
    This is a very good resource. We often use the CIA fact book when we want to know about a country we are going to work in. I have to check out the others you have listed here. Thank you.
  • jaktraks Jan 28, 2011 @ 12:25 pm | delete
    I would have LOVED using a bibliography tool like the one above - back in the day. Great lens, very helpful.
  • mulberry Jan 17, 2011 @ 3:31 am | delete
    Wow, what a great resource. Sure beats the days when we had to spend all of our time at the library.
  • TWOnline2 Dec 15, 2010 @ 11:25 pm | delete
    very useful
  • jwindsor375 Dec 3, 2010 @ 8:27 am | delete
    I'm in highschool and actually considering using a few of these!
  • Sonya Nov 14, 2010 @ 4:26 pm | delete
    I am looking for sample research paper abstracts that a 4th grader would understand. Something guide to better demonstrate what a abstract is.
  • lravidlearner Nov 14, 2010 @ 7:50 pm | delete
    An abstract is a summary of the research paper. Summarizing is a skill 4th graders are just beginning to learn. Writing Fun by Jenny Eather has some good examples of writing at different grade levels. The summary is the last paragraph of each example. Here is the link to her site: http://www.writingfun.com/writingfun2010.html. The examples numbers are circled at the bottom of the page.
  • KarateKatGraphics Nov 9, 2010 @ 2:32 pm | delete
    well done! handy for a family like ours with several kids of "research paper age"
  • GonnaFly Oct 21, 2010 @ 4:33 am | delete
    Wow. what a great resource! I will have to send my children here.
  • lostinfiction May 21, 2010 @ 9:46 am | delete
    Here's another online resource for you, and btw it's also one that could help kids to develop a good reading habit. It's called infloox (http://www.infloox.com) and you can use it to research the influential links between people and books, or simply just generate a compatible reading list for yourself after inputting your own favourite authors/books.
  • kidswebsites Mar 30, 2010 @ 4:17 am | delete
    This is a great site! I love using Squidoo to find stuff for my kids to read, watch, learn and play online. I found a great index of kids websites on Squidoo.com. It has info on E-Learning, games, kids TV and software. Keep it up!
  • Yvette Nov 9, 2009 @ 12:23 pm | delete
    cool
  • lravidlearner Oct 6, 2009 @ 8:24 pm | delete
    The MLA Citation Generator is very bare bones. You'll see a small box with an arrow at the top of the page. Click on the arrow to select the type of source - book, magazine, website, etc. Then you fill in the blanks for the requested information and submit. It comes back with a properly formatted citation that you can copy and paste into your bibliography.

    Another easy-to-use citation generator is BibMe (#6 on the second list). It provides more information, more formatting options and more options for saving your bibliography. You must register for free to use it.

    Has anyone found any other good citation generators?
  • Heather Nov 6, 2010 @ 12:53 pm | delete
    In response to lravidlearner, bibme is probably the best. But it doesn't cover the Harvard system, which is pretty much the only one used in the UK and most of Europe and Australia. I've found a very similar reference tool that covers this style. Here's the link: http://www.citethisforme.com
  • beru7oo Oct 6, 2009 @ 3:44 pm | delete
    can you give me some websites that can give me some facts about the # 12
  • BarbKaz Aug 21, 2009 @ 8:16 am | delete
    Great info! I'll be sending my youngest to this lens as the school year goes on.
  • JoyfulPamela Jun 12, 2009 @ 4:53 pm | delete
    Hello Heidi! Wow, this is great. My kids will be visiting this page often in the future.
    Thank you for your encouragement on my first lens!
  • barcamv Mar 20, 2009 @ 11:26 am | delete
    What a fantastic tool for students, teachers and their parents!!!!
  • StephenC Feb 15, 2009 @ 8:50 pm | delete
    Terrific resource, great job!
  • a_willow Jan 5, 2009 @ 6:05 am | delete
    You are one of October graduates! Come by and answer few questions to show the way to those who will follow! Wish you many, many more great lenses!
  • a_willow Nov 2, 2008 @ 7:36 am | delete
    This lens entered Fresh Squid Contest for November as one of the lenses that has been featured on Fresh Squid group during October!
  • a_willow Oct 6, 2008 @ 10:15 am | delete
    My husband who is a teacher gonna love this! Welcome to Fresh Squid group! Glad to have you aboard!
  • beempa Oct 2, 2008 @ 7:38 am | delete
    Great Job Heidi! :) Very helpful lens with loads of great content!
  • Evelyn_Saenz Oct 2, 2008 @ 5:22 am | delete
    You have some very helpful sites here. I can't wait to tell my 6th grader about this. She has a report due in a couple of weeks and I thought I was going to have to do all the translating for her. You give me hope that she will be able to do her own research. Thank you.
  • Coral_Milburn_Curtis Sep 21, 2008 @ 2:37 am | delete
    This is one of the most useful sites in my Education Education Education group. I must have a closer look at the rest of your lenses, if they are as good as this one. Thanks for this.
    Best wishes
    Coral

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