Try some of these links on for size.  Many are good resources for research.  Some are just for fun!  
Many are portals to dozens of great educational resources.  We'll be adding more as the year goes on 
so check back from time to time. Bookmark any sites you find useful so you can access them anytime.  
Scroll down for short descriptions of each site. Or click here for a link to a number of different search engines.

All in a Name -- Find out how many people around the nation share your name.
http://www.progenealogists.com/surnamestudy.htm 

American Journeys -- The American Journeys Project is a collection of over 16,000 pages of diaries and letters from early American explorers
http://www.americanjourneys.org/

American Library Association -- A listing of great sites for kids collected and reviewed by professional librarians.
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatites/amazing.html 

Atlapedia -- Political and geographic maps of the world or a particular country.  Each map has demographic, economic, and historical information
http://www.atlapedia.com

AskColorado - a free 24/7 online information service provided by librarians from Colorado libraries from throughout the state. 
http://www.askcolorado.org 

AskColorado Homework Help - AskColorado now offers Live Homework Help. Students in 4th - 12th grades and college introductory courses can login and work with professional tutors to get help with English, writing, math, science and social studies homework.
http://www.aclin.org/reference/livehomeworkhelp/ 

Big 6 Research Process - the Big6 is the most widely-known and widely-used approach to teaching information and technology skills in the world. When you apply the Big6 steps, you have an essential framework to approach any information-based question
http://www.big6.com/

Biographies -- Great site to find biographies on historical and contemporary personalities.
http://www.biography.com/

BrainyQuote -- Find just the right quote for any occasion or report.
http://www.brainyquote.com

CIA World Fact Book -- Great source of up-to-date-information on dozens of countries.
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Colleges and College Scholarships -- Links to ten FREE online scholarship searches, college admissions and financial aid office email addresses and toll free numbers, links to college websites and online applications (by state), a free college admissions and scholarships email newsletter, and a list of the web's best college and scholarships websites.
http://www.college-scholarships.com/ 

Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection - offers access to newspapers from across the state between 1859 and 1923

Colorado Virtual Library for Kids -- Explore dozens of topics with links to numerous websites. 
http://kids.aclin.org/ 

Coolest Space Science Images of 2001 -- Images of the Leonid meteor shower and asteroid Eros were among the top space images of 2001 as rated by Space.com.
http://space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/coolest_2001_011221.html 

Discovery School's Clipart Gallery -- Clip art on the web.  Check it out...
http://school.discovery.com/clipart/index.html

Dr. Math -- Need math help?  This might be the place. 
http://mathforum.com/dr.math/

EBSCO Search -- Reference, research and periodicals.
http://search.epnet.com

Edsitement - The Best of the Humanities on the Web from the National Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the National Trust for the Humanities, and the Marco Polo Education Foundation.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/

Encyclopedia Britannica -- Web access to a first class encyclopedia.
http://www.britannica.com/

Fear of Physics -- Find explanations for the basic laws and theories of physics in easy-to-understand language and multi-media clips.
http://www.fearofphysics.com

Federal Statistics --The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.

50 States -- Information about all 50 states.
http://www.50states.com/

Figure This! -- Math Challenges for Families 
http://www.figurethis.org/challenges/math_index.htm

FlagSpot - A great site for current and historical flags
http://flagspot.net/flags/

Guaranteed Scholarships -- You'll find a list of scholarships guaranteed by individual colleges to ALL admitted students meeting the criteria listed.
http://www.guaranteed-scholarships.com/

Get Recruited! -- All students can get recruited by colleges, universities, and graduate schools,  FREE!
http://www.get-recruited.com/

Grolier's Encyclopedia -- Log on and gain access to all of Grolier's on-line products - Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, New Book of Knowledge, nueva enciclopedia Cumbreen linea, New Book of Popular Science, and Lands and Peoples.
 http://go.grolier.com
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iBistro -- Jenkins electronic card catalog.  Log on to search the Jenkins library for resources.  You must be on the D-11 network at school to use this site.
http://sirsi.d11.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/8liE4RuEaT/JENKINS_MS/290880173/60/1/X

Illuminations  -- Selected Web Resources on Patterns and Functions.
http://illuminations.nctm.org/swr/list.asp?Ref=2&Std=1 

Internet Public Library - Just what it sounds like. Everything you'd want in an on-line library.
http://www.ipl.org/

Kids Click -- Dozens of topics for kids to explore.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/

KidsClick Clipart -- Clip art on the web.  Links to many clip art sites.  Check it out...
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/searchkids.pl?keywords=clipart&searchtype=all 

LA Museum Art -- Over 10,000 images from the permanent collection of the LA County Museum of Art.
http://mweb.lacma.org 

Librarians Guide to the Internet -- Information you can trust!
 http://lii.org/ 

The Math Forum -- The algebra problem of the week.
http://mathforum.org/algpow/ 

Math Help Hotline - Homework help in math grades 6 - Calculus
http://hotmath.com/index_hm.html 

Mind Stretchers - Stretch your imagination! 
http://www.teachersfirst.com/tchr-subj.cfm?subject=mindstretchers 

NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory - Catch a glimpse of the super massive black hole at the center of our galaxy.  Just one of the images at this out-of-this-world photo gallery.
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/chronological.html

NASA's KSNN - A series of 1-minute, web-based videos featuring kids investigating science
http://ksnn.larc.nasa.gov 

NCTM Illuminations 
http://illuminations.nctm.org/index.html

NewsBank - Periodical articles cover social, economic, environmental, government, sports, people, the arts, health, and science issues and events as well as articles exploring civics, culture, environment, government, sports, people, health, and science. Sources: U.S. regional and national newspapers, wire services, transcripts, broadcasts, and magazines for middle schoolers. 1992 to current.  
http://infoweb.newsbank.com/ 

Noodle Bib - Need some help with those bibliographic citations.  Check this out.  type in your citation information and it puts it in the correct format
http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/index.php

Pikes Peak Library -- Log-on to the Pikes Peak Library District web site.  Search, check out books, requests holds. etc.  All you need is your library card number.
http://library.ppld.org/  

Puzzles On-line -- Amuse yourself with 20 different types of printable and interactive crosswords, along with word search, trivia tests, and number challenges.
http://www.puzzlechoice.com/ 

The Real Challenge -- Test your skills against your international peers in Math and Science.
http://www.getsmarter.org  

Reading Lists -- Reading is perhaps the most important skill students learn, and TeachersFirst has lots of ideas to encourage reading  as a lifelong habit. Our reading lists page lists hundreds of respected titles for pre-K through high school. http://www.teachersfirst.com/mailbot/redirect.cfm?MessageID=247&ListID=49&Link=www.teachersfirst.com/read-sel.html

More Reading lists - Reading lists for Middle School and High School students by topic
Still More Reading Lists - IPL Teenspace: Books & Writing
Links to recommended reading for teens as well as information about authors, writing, and more.
Reading Rants! Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists
A site of annotated booklists especially for teens. Created and maintained by a librarian who provides extensive annotations for the books, and a way for teens to make their own suggestions.

Reference Desk -- May be the best all-around, all-purpose reference site out there, plus thousands of links to other reference sites.
http://www.refdesk.com

SIRS Discoverer - Great research resource.  Reading levels of articles are indicated.  Articles can be e-mailed to your personal address at home.
http://discoverer.sirs.com

StartsSquad - A great place to start for children, parents, librarians, and teachers seeking age-appropriate Web sites selected and organized by professionally trained librarians.
http://www.startsquad.org/ 

State Government Web Sites - A popular list of web sites from state government agencies that are useful for students doing research papers. Links are provided to government sites on topics such as government, health, history, criminal justice system, education, kids' pages, energy, outdoors/wildlife, etc.
http://www.cde.state.co.us/stateinfo/slstpschbib.htm 

StateLine -  Hover over "Statistics" and there will be many options to select from like Education, Environment, etc.
http://www.stateline.org/stateline/

Visual Thesarus - An engaging experience in language and interface, the Visual Thesaurus is an artistic exploration that is also a learning tool.
http://www.plumbdesign.com/selected_work/visual_thesaurus

World Almanac For Kids On-line - You can find tons of cool stuff throughout The World Almanac for Kids Online.
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/index.html

Word Wonders - Are you tripping over word choices (their/they're; feet/feat, etc.)? If so, try out this site to build word choice confidence. Word Wonders offer a series of online activities to help build familiarity with all those homophones and problem words. It's a great individual tool for either classroom or home use.  http://www.teachersfirst.com/mailbot/redirect.cfm?MessageID=203&ListID=49&Link=www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/wonders.html

WorldNews Network -- An online portal to international news.
http://www.wnnetwork.com/

YA Zone - The Young Adult Zone at the Pikes Peak Public Library.  Information for teens.
http://www.library.ppld.org/YoungAdults/index.asp

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Disclaimer: Users may, through hypertext or other computer links, gain access to other sites on the internet which are not part of the Colorado Springs School District 11 web site.  Colorado Springs School District 11 assumes no responsibility for any material outside the District 11 Web Server which may be accessed through any such link.

Web Sites for Teens

The Diary Project
http://www.diaryproject.com/
The Diary Project is an archive of anonymous journal entries in 24 categories including relationships, body image, and self-esteem. The site’s goal is to encourage communication amongst teens of all cultures and backgrounds, provide peer-to-peer support, stimulate discussion, and generate feedback that can help ease some of the concerns encountered along the way.

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Colorado History Web Links

Alfred Packer Collection / Colorado State Archives.
Documents and photographs of Alfred Packer, including confessions, and court documents. Has a warning guaranteed to whet the interest of any grade school child.
http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/packer.html

Colorado Civilian Conservation Corps Records / Colorado State Archives.
History of the Corps in Colorado including photographs and CCC Enrollment Index.
http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/ccc/cccscope.html

Colorado Digitization Program / Colorado State Library.
Links to digitized historic materials, including photographs, from “Heritage Colorado”, “Historic Newspaper Collection”, “Colorado’s Main Streets”, “Western Trails”, plus “Educator Resources”
http://www.cdpheritage.org/ 

Colorado License Plate History / Department of Revenue
Listing of changes in plates from 1913 to 2000 with color and designation history.
http://www.mv.state.co.us/titlereg/registration/plates/history.html

Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection / Colorado Digitization Program, Colorado State Library
Learn search strategies to access historic newspapers plus workshops for educators
http://www.cdpheritage.org/newspapers/index.html

Colorado Volunteers During the Civil War (1861-1865) / Colorado State Archives
History of the voluntary military regiments including a bibliography.
http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/civwar/civilwar.html

Governor’s Council of Defense Collection – World War One and World War Two / Colorado State Archives
Samples online of photographs from special war topics both military and civilian.
http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/wwcod/codhome.htm

Guide to Colorado’s Historic Architecture and Engineering / Colorado Historical Society
Photos and descriptions of 45 styles represented in the state from pioneer log to foursquare to early high rise/commercial.
http://coloradohistory-oahp.org/guides/architecture/archindex.htm