Roy J. Smith Middle School
Resources to Use for Research and Inquiry
This page contains sites that are useful when doing research, to discover an answer to a question you have, or even for exploring new things. You must always remember, not all sites on the internet are safe, student friendly, or even creditable sources. Please use the following sites to help you do your research or random searching to stay safe.
1. National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids can be used for research because it has a search option, or it can be used for the joy of learning something new that you are interested in.
2.Britannica Kids
Britannica Kids is a great resource for research and for answering questions you might have just out of curiosity.
3. Kidtopia
Kidtopia is also a safe search engine for research and beyond. If you prefer to just explore a subject, there are also buttons to click for your interests.
4. Safe Search Kids
Safe Search Kids allows you to search for only safe images, safe wiki's, or safe videos specifically.
5.Cool Kid Facts
Cool Kid Facts gives fun facts in your chosen subject and even has jokes for kids.
6.Kiddle
Kiddle is a search engine and the facts button takes you to Kpedia with tons of subject choices to explore.
6. Study Jams
Study Jams contains videos, slideshows, tutorials and interactive activities related to science and math topics of your choice.
7.Wonderopolis
Wonderopolis has a wonder of the day, wonder questions, and a search bar to type in your own things you are wondering about. This website is useful for research as well.
8.Kids Think Design
Kids Think Design not only helps students understand each design job, but it also has kid's designs and invites you to submit a design as well.
9. Make Me Genuis
Make Me Genius lets you select your grade level and then teaches you amazing things through cartoon videos. Since you can select what you want to learn, this is helpful for research as well.
10. PBS Kids Design Squad
PBS Kids Design Squad allows you to learn how to build things, design, listen to cool things kids have done and more. This is a great site for exploration but not good for research specifically.