WHAT SHALL YOU FIND HERE? My intention here is to provide various resources for middle school students. You should find a pleasant array of sites that may be of interest to you. Hopefully you will find something you can add to your own favorite links. Happy hunting!
Hours of Enjoyment -- A site with a wild assortment of challenging math mind games, tests, puzzles, and mathematicians autobiographies. It has an ever challenging list of things to explore.
The Math Forum: Middle School Center --. A rich collection of student showcases in math, problems and puzzles, tips and tricks, and a reference shelf full of interesting math facts. There is even a special section for current hands-on Internet projects. Check out for more information.
Brain Teasers -- A place for select groups of grade levels for some fun with math brain teasers. Each Wednesday evening the site will post a new Brain Teaser for each grade-range. Solutions will be posted a week later. Good luck and have fun!
WordCentral.com -- Includes topics like buzz words, a place to look up the definitions of words and meanings, and a chance to build your own dictionary. Sponsored by Merriam-Webster. Main audience is focused on middle school students.
Storybooks! -- A collection of Virtual Storybooks that students can read. "What Did I See?" and "Colin the Coin" are just a few. Updates are done often, so please come back and visit again. Send story submissions with or without illustrations. If you have any questions, E-mail COLL0071@TC.UMN.EDU (MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR PARENT'S PERMISSION) or send your story to 422 4th ST SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA.
IPL Youth Collection: Reading Zone-Myths and Fables -- The stories from this section come from all over the world and some of them have been told to children for hundreds of years. A wide selection to choose from.
English-Zone.Com -- English-Zone.Com is a fun site for STUDENTS who are learning English as a Second Language, or studying English in general. Here, you can learn some idioms, practice with English verbs, test your grammar, check out the fun stuff page, write a silly story, or visit links to other English sites!
Whale Watching Web -- Whale watching as a commercial activity began in 1955 in North America along the southern California coast. Today, whale watching is carried on in the waters of some 40 countries, plus Antarctica. All the large whale species and many dolphins and porpoises can be seen regularly on a wide range of tours, lasting from an hour to two weeks. Whale watching is a non-consumptive use of whales with economic, recreational, educational and scientific dimensions.
Conserving Wildlife and Habitats -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency for conserving, protecting, and enhancing fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of you, the American public. We manage the 93-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System with more than 530 individual refuges, wetlands, and special management areas - and their 100th anniversary will be in 2003.
The Best of the Hubble Space Telescope -- These images are copyright by the Space Telescope Science Institute (ST Sci), operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Inc., for NASA.
Healthfinder for Kids-- Healthfinder® kids know lots of ways to be healthy and have fun! And this site is all that and more! With a collection games and information, you will find plenty here at this site to discover.
AllMixedUp -- Various games available like slider, light, hangman, chess, wordy, and tic-tac-toe!
Updated: 19 September 2001 - 12:30 AM
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