Where to find homework help on the Internet

Oh no! Right after dinner your child says, “Can you help me with my homework?” You’ve worked all day and the last time you saw an algebra question was in high school and that was…well, it doesn’t matter how long ago that was. The point is the last thing you might feel like doing at the end of a long work day is helping your little angel with his homework. This is where the internet can be a wonderful helper. There are many different websites that are devoted to helping children of all ages with their homework. You can look up help based on subject or grade level. You might also want to check out your schools website. Many teachers have websites that will give tips on assignments. In addition many districts have subscriptions to sites that might be helpful for your child. Here are some great sites to get you started with finding homework help:

 • www.bigchalk.com
o This site lets you look up information based by topic or age

 • http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/index.shtml
o This is for elementary school students and has information on geography, biology, language arts and has activities

• www.askkids.com
o Special search engine for kids to find homework help and also has links to specific resources.

• http://www.k12science.org/askanexpert.html
o This site has an amazing number of resources all broken down by subject.

• http://www.mathforum.org/dr.math/
o This is great for advanced math questions. It has formulas for almost every type of math problem. If you have a math question stop here first!

 • http://refdesk.com/homework.html
o There is a little bit of everything here. You can look it up by grade level, or look for help in specific subjects.  

If you need even more ideas this site has some great resources:
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/kqweb/kqreviews/networth/v31n4.cfm  

Do you have a favorite website you send your children or students to?