Search engines
Kidtopia (Kid Safe Search Engine for Research): http://www.kidtopia.info/
KidRex (Kid Safe Search Engine for Research): http://www.kidrex.org/
Pebblego: https://www.pebblego.com/login/
Great Websites for Kids: http://gws.ala.org/
3rd-5th Research (Link to lots of research sites): http://libraryspot.com/
Wonderopolis: http://wonderopolis.org/home/
North Carolina/ History/ Government
National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/index.html
The Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/
NC Wiseowl: http://www.ncwiseowl.org/
State Library of North Carolina: http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/resources/index.html#online
North Carolina Museum of History: http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/
Science and Animals
NC Museum of Natural Sciences: http://naturalsciences.org/research-collections
National Wildlife Foundation/Ranger Rick (Animal Research): http://www.nwf.org/kids.aspx
National Geographic wild animals: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/
Tools
Picsearch (picture search engine): http://www.picsearch.com/
Website Evaluation Tool: http://webeval.researchready.com/
Vocabulary Grabber Tool (Virtual Thesaurus): http://www.visualthesaurus.com/vocabgrabber/
Citation Maker: http://www.citationmachine.net/
BJ Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper: http://bjpinchbeck.com/