Homework Help

To find out just how much times have changed since most of us were in school, go to your favorite search engine and type in "homework helpers." Then sit back in amazement as the links fill page after page, and wonder what today's children did to deserve the bounty of sites designed especially for helping them complete their homework. By providing tips and further information, these sites take a lot of anxiety out of this daily task, and even make learning more fun.

Inquisitive students could get lost at Refdesk.com, a portal that links to federal organizations, calculators, maps, and medical manuals as well as offering specialized dictionaries and encyclopedias. Kids can also consult library websites, document archives, and museum home pages to find material suited to their grade level. High schools, colleges, and universities often post homework help, too.

Lots of homework sites focus on test-taking strategies and methods for writing essays, while others concentrate on a particular subject, like Science or Vocabulary. Since kids often have homework in multiple subject areas, features like the Homework Central database at Bigchalk.com group several websites by subject and grade, thus allowing kids to easily research paper topics and view interactive diagrams. Another particularly hands-on site, Brain Mania, invites kids to ask for help from the volunteers at the site, who can respond to most queries within twenty-four hours. And parents can put to rest any fears about their children stumbling across inappropriate material on their search, as most homework sites, including Yahooligans, Reader's Digest, and Magellan sift through them to find the most kid-friendly and informative ones. Oh, to be a kid again!