Links for Students and Parents
All of these links have been reviewed by teachers and staff members at LMS.
However, information on the Internet is subject to continuous change.
If you find any inappropriate materials on any of the sites listed below,
please e-mail us so that we can remove those links.
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 Homework Help
 Education Associations and Resources
 Library and Research Resources
 Search Engines
 Graphic and Sound Sites
 Special Education
 Language Arts
Foreign Language
 Science
 Math
 Social Studies
 Art
 Music
 Dance
 Drama
 Physical Education
 Health Education 
 Recreational Safety
 Technology
 News and Current Events

Education Associations/Resources

Lexington School District One Home Page

Middleweb
Resources, ideas, and support for middle school parents, students, and teachers

SC Department of Education

US Department of Education

 Prentice Hall Schools
Textbook information

 School Notes
Teachers can post information here for parents and students

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Graphics and Wavs

(Note:  Some of these pages may take a few minutes to load.)

 Animation Factory
Some of the graphics are free for use and some are only for subscribers

Awesome Clip Art for Kids

 Clip Art Warehouse

Free Graphics
Contains over 600 graphics links

 Hellas Multimedia
Images organized in categories
(Watch out for pop-up ads)

Kid's Domain Icons

Leo's Icon Archive
Collection of icons in gif and ico formats

 Sound America - Wav Sounds
Wavs files can be used in PowerPoint and Publisher

Lissa Explains It All
Web design resources

 Web Genies
Web design resources for kids

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Search Engines

About

Altavista

Ask Jeeves for Kids

Ditto
Search for images

Dogpile
Metasearch

Google
My personal favorite

Kids Click

Lycos

Xrefer
Searches reference materials on the net

Yahooligans

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Library and Research Resources

American Library Association Parents' Page

Biography Resources
Resources from A&E Television's Biography series

Britannica Desktop Encyclopedia

Discus - South Carolina's Virtual Library

Grolier Encyclopedia
You will need to get a userid and password
from the Media Specialist in order to access Grolier

HowStuffWorks.com
Describes "how stuff works" - covers more than 1,000 topics

Information Please Almanacs

Internet Public Library

Kids Click!
Web search engine for kids designed by librarians

Library of Congress

 MarcoPolo
Internet content for the classroom - math, science, technology, geography
humanities, economics, and the arts

New York Public Library

OneLook Dictionaries Search
Searches more than 700 online dictionaries

Public Broadcast System (PBS) Online

SC Educational Television (SCETV) Virtual Library
 Multimedia archive searches over 40 years' of ETV resources -
You will need a userid and password to access SearchSCETV

Smithsonian Institution/Smithsonian Museum

 Yahooligans

 Your Dictionary
Over 200 language and specialty dictionaries

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Homework Help Sites

About.com Homework and Study Tips

 Fact Monster Homework Center

 Homework Spot for Middle School

Middle School.net Homework Help

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News and Current Events Resources

BBC

CNBC

CNN

MSNBC

News Directory
Links to newspaper and magazines worldwide

New York Times

Reuters

The State Newspaper

USA Today

 WIS Television News

 WLTX Television News

 WOLO Television News

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Language Arts Resources

Acronym and Abbreviation Finder

Bartleby Library - Great Books Online

Biography Resources

Children's Literature Web Guide

Funschool.com - Games and Activities

Guide to Grammar and Writing

Guide for Writing Research Papers
Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation

 Houghton Mifflin Education Place - Reading and Language Arts

 MarcoPolo - Edsitement Literature/Language Arts
Internet content for the classroom - resource links

Rhyme Zone - Find Rhymes and Synonyms

Sentence Sense - Basic Writing Skills

The Word Detective

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Foreign Language Resources

MarcoPolo - Edsitement Foreign Language

Internet content for the classroom - links for eight languages

Online Foreign Language Dictionaries and Translators

 Parlo
Language and culture - English, Spanish, French, and Italian
Contains classroom activities for teachers

 Transparent Language

Travlang's Foreign Language Translating Dictionaries
Watch out for the pop-up ads

 Your Dictionary
Over 200 language and specialty dictionaries

 Perseus Digital Library
Tongs of Digital Resources for Classical Languages

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Math Resources

Ask Dr. Math

Fractals

Funschool.com - Games and Activities

MarcoPolo - Illuminations
Internet content for the classroom from the
National Council of Teachers of Mathematices

Math Central
Resources for teachers and students

Math Forum
Resources for teachers, students, and parents

Math Forum's Internet Math Library
 

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Social Studies Resources

 50 States
Detailed information on all 50 US states

Country Reports
Information on countries worldwide - including flags and national anthems

Discovery Channel Online

Funschool.com - Games and Activities

History Net

 History/Social Studies for K-12 Teachers

MarcoPolo - Edsitement Art and Culture
Internet content for the classroom - culture

MarcoPolo - Edsitement History & Social Studies
Internet content for the classroom - history and social studies

National Geographic Xpeditions
Internet content for the classroom - geography

 My SC Government
South Carolina state government information web site

National Geographic

Odyssey Online
Explore Near Eastern, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and African cultures

Palmetto Junior Historian Society

SC State Museum

The History Channel

The White House Kids' Page

The White House Online