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Research Databases

Destiny Discover
Your first stop in your research: Search our books, ebooks, databases, and other educational resources
Boolify - KidzSearch.com with keyword help
Boolean Search Learning Tool Drag/drop blocks on the left and enter terms to learn how to search better by refining things.
Explora Elementary
Children's Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Use library card barcode #
Explora Middle School
Content geared to Middle School Students (includes newspaper sources) - Use library card barcode #
Midlink Magazine
Highlighting exemplary work from middle school students
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Learn about different careers
Foreign Language Picture Dictionaries
Includes English-Spanish, English-Italian, etc.
Basic Steps in the Research Process
Simple guide to starting research project or paper
Internet Detectives: Recommended Sites for Social Studies, Science, and Technology
List of websites for Middle School units
Europeana
Explore 58,021,586 artworks, artefacts, books, films and music from European museums, galleries, libraries and archives
Digital Public Library of America
Discover 29,975,726 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States
African Online Digital Library
Portal to multimedia collections about Africa

BPC School Resources

Destiny Discover
Search our books, ebooks, databases, and other educational resources
BPC School Library Website
Here, you can find library news, events, calendar, and more
BPC School Library Catalog
Search the books in the library
Google Classrooms
Log in to check your assignments

Art and Music

What's in the box?
Make Pop-up Books
Met Kids
Metropolitan Museum of Art
DSO Kids
Dallas Symphony Orchestra site with facts, games, quizzes, and more
PBS Media: The Arts
Music, Visual Art, Theater, and Dance
Kids Think Design
Everything that people create or construct needs to be designed first - project ideas, design showcases, and more
Sketchpad 3
Digital Sketch Pad
New York Philharmonic Archives
Archives of NY Philharmonic documents
Art For Kids Hub - Learn How to Draw Almost Anything
YouTube Videos teaching drawing step-by-step
NY Philharmonic
Watch and Listen to performances
Mark Kistler
Daily Drawing Lessons
Google Arts and Culture
Take a Virtual Tour of many museums, national parks, and more.
Future For All
Virtual Museum Tours

Engineering and Technology

Computer Science

Scratch
Learn to code

Digital Citizenship

Common Sense Media: Digital Citizenship
Videos with tips and manners for using social media and the internet

Choices for recess

Win the White House
Do you want to be the next President of the United States? Win the White House challenges you to build your campaign.
Nation States
Nation simulation game. Create a nation according to your political ideals and care for its people.
Slither
PBS Cyberchase
Science, math videos, games and hands-on activities ... (K-3)
Games at National Geographic for Kids
(K-5)
Fun Brain
Fun, interactive games that develop skills in math, reading, and literacy (K-8)
Discovery Kids Games
Dozens of games from Discovery Kids (K-8)
How Stuff Works
For Everyone
Fun Brain
Educational Games
Sporcle
Quizzes!
Pokemon Encyclopedia
One of the largest Pokémon resources on the internet
Papa Louie
Some games are the same as on Cool Math site
Bad News
Grades 6-8. From fake news to chaos! How bad are you? Get as many followers as you can.
BBC iReporter
Grades 6-8. Spot real stories, dodge fake news in cheeky media literacy sim
Scratch - coding
Block coding platform for everyone :)
Paper io
iCivics
Civics Games
BBC Interactive History Games

Foreign Languages

PBS Media: Spanish

Language Arts

Teen Ink
Magazine, website, and books written by teens.

Reading

Poetry for Kids
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
TumbleBooks Library
In the library - use the library card barcode of your computer; From home: use your My Library NYC card barcode. Books read onli
E-books from our library
You can search the e-books and read them right away
Myths and Legends
Read or Create Your Own Myths and Legends
Tween Tribune
From Smithsonian
My Shakespeare
Read, listen, and learn more about Shakespeare's plays

Writing

PBS Spelling Games
(K-2)
Spelling Match
A spelling match game to help grow vocabularies. (1-8)
GCF Learn Free: Grammar
Grammar lessons
Myths and Legends
Read or Create Your Own Myths and Legends
Typing Club
Learn How to Type

Poetry

Read Write Think > Poetry resources
Organized by type of poetry
Play Magnetic Poetry
Play with the Original Magnetic Poetry Kit
PBS - Create a Haiku Poem
Poetry Foundation - Poems for Children
Poetry Out Loud
Find a poem, listen to poetry, tips on reciting, and more.
Poets.org
Largest Poetry Website
Rhyming Dictionary
Find rhyming words
Learn Zillion - 4th Grade Poetry Lessons
Reading and analyzing the poem "In the Garden" (also known as "A Bird Came Down the Walk") by Emily Dickinson.
Story It - Collection of Classic Poems
Top Ten Poems by Children
Giggle Poetry
Funny poems
Poets discuss their poetry
Three famous poets discuss their poems.
Official Website of Shel Silverstein
Poetry For Kids - Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry
Read funny poems by Nesbitt, poetry lessons and games ...
Teen Ink - Poetry
Poems written by teens

Math

Khan Academy
Videos and tutorials on anything math (2+)
Cool Math
An amusement park of math and more... Lessons and games designed for fun! (all grades)
CoolMath4Kids
Math games
Math Games at ABCYA
Math games and other fun activities
Math is Fun
Explanations, games, puzzles, and worksheets to learn numbers, algebra, geometry and data. (K-12)
AAA Math
Comprehensive set of interactive arithmetic lessons (K-8)
PBS Media: K-8 Mathematics
GCF Learn Free: Math
Math Lessons
Dreambox

Multi-subject Websites

PBS Learning Media for Students
Science, Math, Health, the Arts ... you name it
TrueFlix
In the library - use the library card barcode of your computer; From home: use your My Library NYC card barcode
BookFlix
In the library - use the library card barcode of your computer; From home: use your My Library NYC card barcode
Brain Pop
Lots of resources and lessons (most don't need logging in)
Surfing the Net with Kids
Directory of links to high-quality websites on a wide-variety of topics, including Computers/Internet, Geography/Social Studies,
FirstGov for Kids!
Information on almost every topic you can think of... from art, music and animals, to homework help, history, how to fight crime
Watch Know Learn
Free Educational Videos organized by topic

News and Fact Checking

Kids Post
Washington Post for Kids
Weekly News from the Web
Gale InfoBits for Kids (for now available only from a school computer)
Newspapers and Magazines by subject
Time for Kids
Current event and other news
CBBC Newsround
News stories from around the world, TV, film, sports, music, animals, and more. Also includes chat, quizzes, and games.
Tween Tribune
Smithsonian Institute - mostly science news for different ages
Wikiwhere
Uncover geographical biases in Wikipedia articles by tracking down where editors of different languages source their information
Hoaxy: How claims spread online
Visualize the online spread of fake news, hoaxes, rumors, conspiracy theories, satire, fact checking, and the occasional accurat
News ELA - Nonfiction Literacy and Current Events
Free leveled news, primary sources, and more, with standards-aligned formative assessments.

Resources for Teachers

NOVA Education
Videos and other resources for science
Surfing the Net with Kids
Directory of links to high-quality websites on a wide-variety of topics, including Computers/Internet, Geography/Social Studies,
US and World History
Information and Lesson plans
Deliberating in a Dremocracy
An international program to teach children how to deliberate controversial public issues.
Teaching for Change Books
Multicultural and Social Justice Books for All Ages
Noodle Tools: Research and Citation Tool
Student research service that helps correctly cite sources in MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian citation styles. can be used throug
The first multidisciplinary aggregator of Open Access journals and papers.
"Paperity is the first multi-disciplinary aggregator of Open Access journals and papers. It is the way towards more efficient sc
JURN - Search millions of free academic articles, chapters and theses.
"JURN is a unique search tool which helps you find free academic articles and books. JURN harnesses all the power of Google, but
EconEdLink - Economics and Personal Finance Resources for K-12
"A premier source of classroom-tested, Internet-based lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students. With over 435 lesso

ELA

TeachingBooks.net
Great lessons and book guides
The Pirate Tree
Social Justice Books
University of Oxford - Writers Inspire
"Great Writers Inspire is a project which is making a substantial collection of literary themed learning resources available for
Authorfy
Interactive video masterclasses, fun downloadable activities, and exciting after school club resources.

Science

Gizmos
Over 400 math and science Gizmos gives everyone something to graph, measure, and compare. Even predict and prove.
Science Lesson Plans
Elementary Science lesson plans for grades K-5
Explore Learning
Interactive science lessons
Mad Sci Network
Science lessons and resources

Science

Science News For Students
Kids' science news from the Society for Science & the Public. (4-8)
ScienceFlix
In the library - use the library card barcode of your computer; From home: use your My Library NYC card barcode
How Stuff Works
HowStuffWorks explains thousands of topics, from engines to lock-picking to ESP, with video and illustrations so you can learn .
The museum of science, art and human perception.
(4-8)
The Museum of Natural History science website for kids.
(2-6)
Tween Tribune
From Smithsonian
Ri Channel - The Smart Place for Channel
(5-8)
Extreme Science
Science Technology / Earth Science / Animal Kingdom
American Museum of Natural History
Programs, resources and more for educators and learners of all ages.
Magic School Bus
Games and Acitivties
The Cousteau Organization
Learn about the ocean
Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Dinosaurs, Science, Arts
Optics and Microscopy
Investigate light, optics, and color
Cell Structures
Interactive Activities in Biology
Discovery Science
Science Homework Help
Science Fair Projects
Science fair project ideas and tools for K-12 students, from Science Buddies.
Secret Codes
From PBS
IPL: Science Projects Resource Guide
4000 Years of Women in Science
Learn about many famous women inventors, scholars and writers throughout history. Also features an interactive quiz and a crossw
PBS Media: Science
Large collection of media resources on most areas of science
Sports Science
Exploratorium site about science behind the sports
Ology by American Museum of Natural History
NY Hall of Science - Apps
Polar Bears Lessons

Earth Sciences

Rainforests
Tropical Forests and the perils they face
Siemens: Earth Science
Hands-on Activities
Earthquakes
The science of earthquakes
Science of Gardening
PBS Media: Earth's Geosphere
Earth's structure, internal processes, rocks and rock cycle, and more
PBS Media: Earth and Space Science

Environment and Health

National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences
Activities and games related to environmental health sciences (K-8)
Tox Town
Environmental Health and Toxic Materials
Tox Mystery
Find hazards in a house
PBS Media: Health and Physical Education
Illnesses, Mental and Emotional Health, Healthy Living, and more

LIfe Science

Africa Photos
Images of wildlife and people of Africa
Siemens: Life Science
Hands-on Activities

Animals

San Diego Zoo
Games, activities, animal cams & videos and sections for the amphibians, birds, insects, mammals and insects at the San Diego Zo
Discovery Kids
Learn about some of the most amazing animals on the planet!
Animal Cams
See animals in real time
Animal Search - National Geographic Kids
Click on animals and find out all about them!
BBC - Nature Wildlife
National Audobon Society - Kids
Activities about birds and other animals and much more!
Extreme Science
Science Technology / Earth Science / Animal Kingdom
Jonathan Bird's Blue World
Cool site with videos of sea animals and sharks etc
ZooBooks
About your favorite animals, like what and how they hunt, where they live, even what they sound like! There are also fun games a
Animal Diversity
Individual species include information on distributions, natural history, conservation, and economic importance, along with pict
All About Birds

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs at Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Dinosaurs Information and activities
BBC - Dinosaurs
Lots of information on dinosaurs and links more sites

Human

Inner-body
Human Body System
Kids Health
About human body and how to stay healthy
BBC - Human Body and Mind
Grade 4 and up
PBS Media: History, People, Milestones
Life Science: Humans (media available in areas of biology, genetics, movement, medicine, etc.)
PBS Media: Human Evolution
PBS Media: The Human Body
K-8

Physical Science

Amusement Park Physics
Siemens: Physical Science
Hands-on Activities
PBS Media: Physical Science

Space

NASA Kids Club
Space Exploration (2-8)
BBC - Solar System
Explore solar system with BBC programmes
PBS Media: Earth and Space Science

Science fair

Science Buddies
Topic Selection Wizard, science fair project ideas, step by step how to do a science fair project

Social Studies and History

Cast Your Vote
Learn how voting process works.
BBC Primary History
Study Ancient Greeks, Ango-saxons, Romans, Children of Victorian Britain, Vikings, and Children of World War 2
African American World
Play games, send e-cards and meet kids!
National Geographic Kids
Geography and natural history for kids.
IPL: Cultural Quest
Selected information about different world cultures
History Channel
Videos, News, and interesting lists
Neferchichi's Tomb
Ancient Egypt
Experiencing War
Listen and watch hundreds of veterans recount their experiences of World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam wars.
PBS Media: Social Studies
PBS Media:Geography
PBS Media: World History
Food Timline
Ever wonder what ancient Romans ate or the pioneers cooked along the Oregon Trail? Who invented potato chips?
First Days Project
The First Days Project shares 439 stories of immigrants' first days in the United States.
Ancient History Encyclopedia
"A non-profit educational website with a global vision: to provide the best ancient history information on the internet for free
iCivics
Civics games
Anne Frank Organization
Lesson about Anne Frank

Biographies

My Hero
Celebrating the best of humanity one story at the time
4000 Years of Women in Science
Learn about many famous women inventors, scholars and writers throughout history. Also features an interactive quiz and a crossw
American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant
Interacting learning about Ulysses S. Grant
IPL: US Presidents
Up to Barack Obama
Distinguished Women of Past and Present
Search options include subject, name, and links to the Internet. Sections devoted to Black History Month and books about women a

U.S. History and Government

Liberty! The American Revolution
Documentary and related resources
FreedomFlix
American history e-books: Library - use the library card barcode of your computer; Home: use your My Library NYC card.
Constitution Facts
The entire text of Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence - and much more!
Colonial History Kids Zone
The Colonial Williamsburg Kids Zone includes interactive games and activities for kids.
IPL: Stately Knowledge
Basic facts about states
PBS Media: U.S. History
IPL: US Presidents
American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant
Virtual Tour of Mount Vernon

New York History

Gotham Center of New York City History
A public center devoted to the history of New York founded in 2000 by historian Mike Wallace.
100 Years - New York City History
One Hundred Years gives a sampling of New York City's history with interactive multimedia activities, quizzes, and videos.
Forgotten New York
Light-hearted magazine-style exploration of forgotten historical locations in New York
New York: A Documentary Film
Award winning documentary series
Welikia
Beyond Mannahatta - The Historical Ecology of NYC

Sports

Sports Illustrated for Kids
Sport magazine - sport articles
Sports Science
Exploratorium site about science behind the sports
Major League Soccer
US Major League Soccer offical website
World Soccer
Information on world soccer teams
International Tennis Federation
Judo
Website with information about judo
Major League Baseball
National Baseball Hall of Fame
National Basketball Association (NBA)
National Footbal League
National Hockey League
Official Olympics Movement Website
Special Olympics
Take Me Fishing
USA Track and Field
Women's National Basketball Association