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10 Web Sites Every Student Should Know

Many of my friends ask me for this and now here they are for you

HowStuffWorks
Ever wanted to know  How CD burners work? What the sun is made of? These questions, and a large amount of others related to computers/electronics, automobiles, science, entertainment, and people, are all answered at this award-winning Web site.Just type a query into the search window or peruse the topics by category. Extras include free newsletters, surveys, and printable versions of all answers.

MSN Encarta
The free Encarta site features more than 4,500 articles pooled from Microsoft Encarta and comes with dictionaries, map, fast facts, interactive quizzes, useful homework tools, and more.

Refdesk
Since 1995, Refdesk.com, that stands for "reference desk," has served as a one-click springboard to many of the Web's top dictionaries,biographies, calculators, atlases, news headlines, and search engines. The site also includes a handy "homework helper" section that provides help in all subjects to students in every grade.

Download.com
Many of u know it.Download.com the ultimate file repository that links to thousands of downloadable free or shareware programs. This includes utilities for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux, Internet tools, desktop dictionaries and language translators, Pocket PC and Palm applications, and of course, computer games. Visitors can search by typing in a keyword or by perusing the many sections.

Novelguide.com
The easy  answer to those black- and yellow-striped Cliff Notes is Novelguide.com, a reliable and free source for literary analysis of classic and contemporary books such as Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Notes from the Underground. The site offers character profiles, metaphor and theme analysis, and author biographies.

Math.com
This site provides help in a number of maths-related subjects,e.g basic grade-school math, calculus, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and statistics. Practice exercises are automatically graded, and this free site also features a glossary, calculators, homework tips, math games, and lesson plans for teachers.

Wolfram Mathworld
With more than 12,600 entries,it is the  most extensive mathematics resource.

FreeTranslation
Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Perfect for language studies, this handy Web site automatically converts text from one language into another,e.g English to Simplified Chinese or French to English. Simply type and paste up to 10,000 characters (about 1,800 words) into the search window and then select the desired language. Or, you can cut and paste a Web URL to convert the entire site.

Shakespeare Online
ARE u crazy about SHAKESPEARE. On the aptly named Shakespeare Online site, visitors can read every play or poem from the world's most celebrated writer and, more importantly, make some sense of his works with free analysis and famous quotes.

Science Made Simple
Science classes including the difficult science projects aren't as easy for some to grasp as for others. At Science Made Simple, kids of all ages can get detailed answers to many of science's questions, read current news articles related to science, get ideas on school projects, and take advantage of unit conversion tables. Users can also find out if their school's textbooks pass the test.

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