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Our intent here is to provide interesting and motivational content to encourage our students to visit the Silver Bay site on a regular basis. These fun places are generally intended for children and are previewed. They may however contain advertisements. It always recommended that adult supervision be a part of Internet browsing.
The Toms River School District is not responsible for contents on external sites or servers
NEW...A List of "A History of " Sites
http://history.evansville.net/hist_of.html
REFERENCE SITES
RefDesk.com
http://www.refdesk.com
Kid Info
http://www.kidinfo.com/
Fact Monster
http://www.factmonster.com/
Info Please
http://www.infoplease.com/
Reference.com
http://www.reference.com/
DICTIONARIES
Little Explorers Picture Dictionary (multi-language) http://www.enchantedlearning.com/languages/Spanishdictionary.html
The Internet Picture Dictionary
http://www.pdictionary.com/
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/
ENCYCLOPEDIAS
http://go.grolier.com/
http://www.trschools.com/library/grolierathome.asp
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/home.aspx
PEOPLE
Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/
Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://stats.bls.gov/oco/
GEOGRAPHY AND MAPS
NEW... World Almanac for Kids (Information, Games
and Activities)
http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/index.html
NEW...Atlopedia
http://www.atlapedia.com/
NEW...Destinations (The whole world is a
click away.)
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/
NEW...National Geographic Wild World Map
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/index.html
NEW...National Geographic Wild World Map
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html
NEW...Zoom Into Maps
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/maps/index.html
Country Reports
http://www.countryreports.org/
NEW...NationMaster.com Where Stats Come Alive
http://www.nationmaster.com/
The World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
National Geographic Maps
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/
National Geographic Map Machine
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/
MapQuest
http://www.mapquest.com/
NEW...US and Word Population Clock
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/clock.html
STATES
50 States of the United States
http://www.50states.com/
National Parks
www.nps.gov
www.us-national-parks.net
Terra galleria (A nice collection of photography.)
http://www.terragalleria.com/
New Jersey
http://www.state.nj.us/localgov.htm
http://www.njac.org/frmain.htm
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/34000.html
MUSIC AND ART
Essentials of Music
http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/
NEW...Ask Art (large artist database)
http://www.askart.com/
LIVE / REAL TIME DATA
Official US Time
http://www.nist.time.gov/timezone.cgi?Eastern/d/-5/java
The Human Clock
http://www.humanclock.com/clock.php
Water Watch...Live Stream Data
http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/?m=real&r=nj
Live Buoy Data (NOAA)
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/index.shtml
Sailwx.info (ships at sea)
http://sailwx.info/shiptrack/index.html
OTHER
How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/category.htm?cat=Cool
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Roller Coaster DataBase
http://www.rcdb.com/
Kids Konnect (Search listed topics)
http://www.kidskonnect.com/SubjectIndexHome.html
The U.S. Mint
http://www.usmint.gov/index.cfm?flash=yes
H.I.P. Pocket Change (The U.S. Mint for kids)
http://www.usmint.gov/kids/flashIndex.cfm
50 State Quarters Program
http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/50sq_program/index.cfm?flash=yes&action=schedule