The websites listed below represent some of the best educational sites on the Internet today. You'll find websites with:
- online quizzes,
- printable worksheets,
- free online books
- online
Spanish lessons and reading lessons - online games for extra practice with math facts, state capitals, etc.
- science lessons you listen to online, and
- free online lessons and lesson plans for every subject
After reviewing thousands of websites, the following sites have been selected as Homeschool.com's Top 100 Web Sites for 2008. These websites contain some of the best educational content on the Internet today. Best of all, almost all of these sites are free or have free sections.
Reference Gateway Educational Materials
Learning Page http://www.learningpage.com
Britannica http://www.britannica.com
Discovery School http://school.discovery.com
Educator's Reference Desk http://www.eduref.org
Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org
Merit Badge Research Center http://www.meritbadge.com
New York Times Learning Network http://www.nytimes.com/learning
ThinkQuest http://www.thinkquest.org
Miscellaneous
Autism Today http://www.autismtoday.com
BBC Online Learning http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/subjects/basic_skills.shtml
Ideal Lives http://www.ideallives.com
Tutor.com http://www.tutor.com
Math
Ask Dr. Math http://mathforum.org/dr.math
The Math Worksheet Site http://www.TheMathWorksheetSite.com
Math Goodies.com http://www.mathgoodies.com
Math Playground http://www.mathplayground.com
Mega-Mathematics http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math
Purple Math http://www.purplemath.com
Web Math http://www.webmath.com
Science
BrainPOP http://www.brainpop.com
Chem4Kids http://www.chem4kids.com
Exploratorium http://www.exploratorium.edu
HowStuffWorks http://www.howstuffworks.com
Imagine the Universe! http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov
InnerBody http://www.InnerBody.com
Kids Dig Reed http://www.kidsdigreed.com
Life Beyond Earth http://www.pbs.org/lifebeyondearth
Science Friday http://www.sciencefriday.com/kids
NASA Kids http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov
Neuroscience for Kids http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
Nine Planets http://www.nineplanets.org
Ocean Planet Home Page http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html
Sci4Kids http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids
StarChild http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov
The Electronic Zoo http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm
The Franklin Institute: Learning Resources http://sln.fi.edu
The MAD Scientist Network http://www.madsci.org
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet http://yucky.kids.discovery.com
Try Science http://www.tryscience.org
Arts & Crafts
Arts Workshop http://www.childrensmuseum.org/artsworkshop/index.html
ArtsEDGE http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org
Art Lessons for All Grades http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/lessons.html
Inside Art http://www.eduweb.com/insideart
Kinder Art http://www.kinderart.com
Crayola http://www.crayola.com
Kids Space http://www.kids-space.org
Reading
Starfall http://www.starfall.com
How To Learn http://www.howtolearn.com
Bartleby.com http://www.bartleby.com
Children's Literature Web Guide http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown
Pink Monkey http://www.pinkmonkey.com
Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.net
Wowio.com http://www.wowio.com
Writing
ABC Teach http://www.abcteach.com
CRAYON - Create Your Own Newspaper http://crayon.net
Free Rice http://www.freerice.com/index.php
Maggies Earth Adventures http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar1.htm
Online Writing Guide http://oswego.org/staff/tcaswell/wg/para.htm
Take Our Word.com http://www.takeourword.com
The Write Site http://www.writesite.org
What Makes a Good Story? http://www.learner.org/exhibits/literature
Word Central http://www.wordcentral.com
Geography and Virtual Travel
Amazon Interactive http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html
Colonial Williamsburg: Electronic Field Trips http://www.history.org/trips
CyberBee http://www.cyberbee.com
Global Online Adventure Learning Site http://www.goals.com/Index.htm
The Jason Project http://www.jasonproject.org
Virtual Field Trips http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours
Xpeditions @ National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions
HyperHistory Online http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
K-12 Africa Guide http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/AFR_GIDE.html
Lewis and Clark http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark
Life in the Middle Ages http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/mahome.htm
New Perspectives on the West http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest
States and Capitals http://www.50states.com
The American Civil War Homepage http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war
The Canada War Museum http://www.civilization.ca/cwm/kidsection/cwmindexeng.html
The Civil War Homepage http://www.civil-war.net
The Oregon Trail http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html
Geography Worksheets http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/qt/geogprintables.htm
White House for Kids http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids
Homeschooling
About Homeschooling http://www.homeschooling.about.com
Homeschool Learning Network http://www.homeschoollearning.com/approaches/
A to Z Home's Cool http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/
Homeschool Blogger http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/home.php
Homeschool Buyers Co-Op http://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/
Homeschooling Forms http://www.donnayoung.org
Homeschool Oasis http://www.homeschooloasis.com/
The Well Trained Mind http://www.welltrainedmind.com/
Educational Games
I know that http://www.iknowthat.com
Study Stack http://www.studystack.com
Family Fun http://www.familyfun.com
Teach With Movies http://www.teachwithmovies.org
The Smart Guide to Financial Aid http://www.finaid.com
Fun Brain http://www.funbrain.com
Study Spanish http://www.studyspanish.com
By Kids For Kids http://www.bkfk.com/
Family Travel http://www.familytravel.com
Learning Page http://www.learningpage.com
Britannica http://www.britannica.com
Discovery School http://school.discovery.com
Educator's Reference Desk http://www.eduref.org
Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org
Merit Badge Research Center http://www.meritbadge.com
New York Times Learning Network http://www.nytimes.com/learning
ThinkQuest http://www.thinkquest.org
Miscellaneous
Autism Today http://www.autismtoday.com
BBC Online Learning http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/subjects/basic_skills.shtml
Ideal Lives http://www.ideallives.com
Tutor.com http://www.tutor.com
Math
Ask Dr. Math http://mathforum.org/dr.math
The Math Worksheet Site http://www.TheMathWorksheetSite.com
Math Goodies.com http://www.mathgoodies.com
Math Playground http://www.mathplayground.com
Mega-Mathematics http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math
Purple Math http://www.purplemath.com
Web Math http://www.webmath.com
Science
BrainPOP http://www.brainpop.com
Chem4Kids http://www.chem4kids.com
Exploratorium http://www.exploratorium.edu
HowStuffWorks http://www.howstuffworks.com
Imagine the Universe! http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov
InnerBody http://www.InnerBody.com
Kids Dig Reed http://www.kidsdigreed.com
Life Beyond Earth http://www.pbs.org/lifebeyondearth
Science Friday http://www.sciencefriday.com/kids
NASA Kids http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov
Neuroscience for Kids http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
Nine Planets http://www.nineplanets.org
Ocean Planet Home Page http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html
Sci4Kids http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids
StarChild http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov
The Electronic Zoo http://netvet.wustl.edu/e-zoo.htm
The Franklin Institute: Learning Resources http://sln.fi.edu
The MAD Scientist Network http://www.madsci.org
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet http://yucky.kids.discovery.com
Try Science http://www.tryscience.org
Arts & Crafts
Arts Workshop http://www.childrensmuseum.org/artsworkshop/index.html
ArtsEDGE http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org
Art Lessons for All Grades http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/lessons.html
Inside Art http://www.eduweb.com/insideart
Kinder Art http://www.kinderart.com
Crayola http://www.crayola.com
Kids Space http://www.kids-space.org
Reading
Starfall http://www.starfall.com
How To Learn http://www.howtolearn.com
Bartleby.com http://www.bartleby.com
Children's Literature Web Guide http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown
Pink Monkey http://www.pinkmonkey.com
Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.net
Wowio.com http://www.wowio.com
Writing
ABC Teach http://www.abcteach.com
CRAYON - Create Your Own Newspaper http://crayon.net
Free Rice http://www.freerice.com/index.php
Maggies Earth Adventures http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/grammar1.htm
Online Writing Guide http://oswego.org/staff/tcaswell/wg/para.htm
Take Our Word.com http://www.takeourword.com
The Write Site http://www.writesite.org
What Makes a Good Story? http://www.learner.org/exhibits/literature
Word Central http://www.wordcentral.com
Geography and Virtual Travel
Amazon Interactive http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html
Colonial Williamsburg: Electronic Field Trips http://www.history.org/trips
CyberBee http://www.cyberbee.com
Global Online Adventure Learning Site http://www.goals.com/Index.htm
The Jason Project http://www.jasonproject.org
Virtual Field Trips http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours
Xpeditions @ National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions
HyperHistory Online http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html
K-12 Africa Guide http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/AFR_GIDE.html
Lewis and Clark http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark
Life in the Middle Ages http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/ma/mahome.htm
New Perspectives on the West http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest
States and Capitals http://www.50states.com
The American Civil War Homepage http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war
The Canada War Museum http://www.civilization.ca/cwm/kidsection/cwmindexeng.html
The Civil War Homepage http://www.civil-war.net
The Oregon Trail http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html
Geography Worksheets http://homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/qt/geogprintables.htm
White House for Kids http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids
Homeschooling
About Homeschooling http://www.homeschooling.about.com
Homeschool Learning Network http://www.homeschoollearning.com/approaches/
A to Z Home's Cool http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/
Homeschool Blogger http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/home.php
Homeschool Buyers Co-Op http://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/
Homeschooling Forms http://www.donnayoung.org
Homeschool Oasis http://www.homeschooloasis.com/
The Well Trained Mind http://www.welltrainedmind.com/
Educational Games
I know that http://www.iknowthat.com
Study Stack http://www.studystack.com
Family Fun http://www.familyfun.com
Teach With Movies http://www.teachwithmovies.org
The Smart Guide to Financial Aid http://www.finaid.com
Fun Brain http://www.funbrain.com
Study Spanish http://www.studyspanish.com
By Kids For Kids http://www.bkfk.com/
Family Travel http://www.familytravel.com
