Homework Help

Students often have questions about homework that can stump their brains. They look everywhere but they simply cannot find it. So where do they go? If they haven't already, they should try using the Internet.

The Internet is a place full of homework helping resources for students and teachers as well as parents. Here are just a few of the many spots on the Internet you can look for homework help.

If you are an America Online member, you will be happy to know that there are special areas just for homework.

• For kids homework, go to keyword KO HH.
• For research and learning, the keyword is Research & Learn.
• Ask­a­Teacher (keyword: Homework) features different levels of help including elementary, junior high and high school and even college level help.

If you are not on America Online, in the world wide web you can find much more than plenty of homework help:

Information for Students

• You can access the newsgroup alt.school.homework­help.
• Virtual facts on file, which has reference sources on the Net, is available at http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html
• Ask an Expert ­ http://www.askanexpert.com/askanexpert/.
• B.J. Pinchbeck, a 13 year old boy, has a web site with homework from him and his dad. The address is http://tristate.pgh.net/~pinch13/.
• Homework Help through the Star Tribune features information at many different levels. The address: http://www.startribune.com/stonline/html/special/homework.
• Research­It, a reference tool from iTools, can be accessed at http://www.itools.com/research-it/research-it.html.
• Study Web, which lists 27,000 links for students and teachers is available at http://www.studyweb.com.
• Academic Assistance, which has help from professors and teachers, can be accessed at http://www.academicasst.com.
• For homework help in all areas, go to http://www.schoolwork.org.
• http://www.educationx.com has great educational content.
• So does Yahooligans Homework Resources, which can be reached at http://www.yahooligans.com/School_Bell/Homework_Answers/.
• The "Homework Maniac" is a site through the Washington Post available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/interact/longterm/safari/tours/maniac.htm.

Teacher Resources

• One big web site teachers can access is http://www.teachers.net. It has lots of information about teaching many different subjects.
• As mentioned above, Study Web (http://www.studyweb.com), has links for teachers as well as students.
• TeacherWeb (http://www.teacherweb.com) is also a great place for teachers to look.

Parent Resources

• Parents also have a special hang out on the Internet. One is the Parent Line, http://www.parent-line.com

Hopefully next time your child needs help with homework, you will have some web pages you can look to for help.

The Internet is growing every day, and there is sure to be more Homework Help web pages to come. Type in "homework help" in a search engine and see what you come up with. If you are a student, parent, or teacher, the Web is an invaluable tool for you.


Will Meier is a student at Seguin High School. His e­mail address is willcm2001@aol.com. His web page is http://www.castleweb.com/~will/. He is a Seguin Internet Club Member.

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