Writing A Research Report For Kids Is Child's Play With These Tools

If your 3rd grader needs to write about the customs, food and culture of Iroquois Indians, for example, this is THE place to find it! Mr. Donn has information on most social studies topics in grades K-8 and the site has won numerous awards. While the site lacks a search tool, information is easy to access using the major subject headings. There's also a section on Language Arts with guidance for writing reports and essays. We make frequent use of the thesaurus, dictionary and rhyming dictionary at Word Central. This Merriam-Webster site is designed specifically for the K-12 crowd. The dictionary has a speaker icon that lets you hear the word pronounced correctly. All of the components give you links to the other ones when you look up a word so your kid has plenty of options to find the right word for his paper. By the way, I love that rhyming dictionary.

Kids writing poetry or songs will love it too! There are also lots of word games on the site. Another dictionary we frequently use is OneLook. Nothing fancy, just a great workhorse of a dictionary with synonym help. You plug in the word. OneLook displays quick definitions, as well as the results of dozens of online dictionaries. A nice feature is the reverse dictionary. You type a short definition, such as "barrel maker". The reverse dictionary search returns possible words to fit the definition, ranked in order of the closest match. So kids can use the reverse dictionary as a kind of thesaurus as well. OK, let's admit it. The bibliography is the ugly underbelly of research writing. It's grunt work. But there's a simple online tool for making this task easier. BibMe is an automated bibliography generator. There are options for several formats, including Modern Language Association (MLA), which is the type of citation commonly used in K-12 term papers and research papers.

You pick the type of source (book, magazine, website, journal, newspaper, film, etc.). Use the auto-fill mode and conduct a search on your source. Once selected, the entries will be automatically filled in for you. Or select manual entry mode and a form asks for the vital information. You submit it, and voila! You copy and paste or download the citation into your bibliography. Or use the option to download and save your bibliography. Those options require free registration. If your child or student needs more help with research, check out more free resources listed on LearningReviews Guide to Research Skills Websites. What online research tools are most useful to your kids? Sign in or sign up and post using a HubPages Network account. 0 of 8192 characters usedPost CommentNo HTML is allowed in comments, but URLs will be hyperlinked. Comments are not for promoting your articles or other sites. Thanks for providing another excellent citation generator. This site offers lots of different citation formats.

Bibme bibliography generator just covers some style of citation. This generator does not have CSE (Council of Science Editors) format. CSE is the necessary style in education most of the students used CSE style. 100's of citation style and it's very easy to use. What a fantastic resource for anyone! While searching for such tools and websites I came across this website it helps one to start on their research process. It features papers and presentations shared by their users. And the best thing is that they also allow users to ask questions that other users answer . Now that's something that would surely help me get on with my research. Thanks for sharing these highly useful learning websites. Awesome library is really awesome. What an awesome lens! I can definitely use this resource list since I have a child in 6th, 8th, and 11th grade. They're going to love this! Thank you so much! The CIA World Factbook is great.