Top 100 Educational Websites of 2008

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
http://thegateway.org/

Ed Helper
http://www.edhelper.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/