Search Engines and Directories for Education

Search Engines dedicated to resources for education.
Be sure to check out the Kids Cyberspace

	NetTrekker was recognized by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) as the best educational product available for educators and students.
	Yahooligansis a Search engine/ browsable index of the Internet for Web surfers aged 7 to 12 selected by Yahoo!		Ask Jeeves Very user friendly search engine for children with 'safe' links to other search engine results
	School Zone -30,000 free, clean resources for UK education.		OneKey partnered with Google.com to provide the largest database of kid safe sites
	Children Safe Search Engine, PeachPod's Parental Preferences allows you to customize the search to best fit your child's interests and age		Cybersleuth Kids, a Search Engine for children of all ages created by teachers and volunteers to provide a safe educational online database of links to help the student sift through the maze of information on the internet.
	The Awesome Library has organized over 10,000 reviewed resources into categories for teachers, parents, kids, teens, librarians or the community, as well as by subject areas.		Disney's Directory and Search Engine of selected and reviewed Sites.
	Microsoft's Encarta free on-line encyclopedia with special sections for parents, teachers and students.		At BartlebyYou can Search the Columbia Encyclopedia, Roget's Thesaurus, World Fact Book, Oxford Shakespeare and much more through this site.
	Kids Click , Web Search for Kids produced by Librarians with over 6000 Sites compiled.		Berit's Best is a Directory of safe, recommended Web sites for children to age 12. Each site has been reviewed and rated.
	Kids on the Web. Lots of links to 'Fun Stuff' for Kids of all ages. Other sections include Homework Tools, Educational Sites, Childrens Books and Stories and Safety on the Net.		The Education Index -a guide to the very best educational Sites on the Web reviewed and sorted by subject, and 'lifestages' from prenatal to parents .
	Discovery Online. You'll find links to five general subject areas - History, Technology, Nature, Exploration and Science. These areas feature stories, contests, games and conversations with experts exclusive to the Web.		Sea World/Busch GardensAn extensive database with over 1000 pages on animals and animal related issues. There are also links to other animal-related Internet resources. For all ages.
useums	An exhaustive list of Museums on-line around the world categorized by country.
SUBJECT SPECIFIC SEARCH ENGINES
	National Geographic -Geography Education, Map Machine, Kids Features, WORLD magazine for kids, Collectors Corner and much more		MapQuest's Interactive Atlas contains international maps with views that can be magnified from national to street level. You can zoom-in and browse in over three million locations worldwide, obtain city-to-city and door-to-door driving directions, identify places of interest, create and save personalized maps.
	The principal purpose of World Art Treasures is to promote the discovery and love of art. It contains over 100,000 photos of art from Egypt, China, Japan, India, and Europe.		ART The Fine Art Search Engine. A database of over 7500 artists with articles, information and links to major art galleries worldwide
Argos	HISTORY Argos only includes Sites with material on the Ancient and Medieval worlds.
The Why Files	Searchable Site of articles about "the science behind the news" written for		The Franklin Institute Science Museum Hot List. Whilst the Franklin Institute has resources of it's own they have an excellent Hot List of best Internet Sites for most curriculum areas. .
	Windows to the Universe contains a vast amount of information about the Earth and Space Sciences with plenty of graphics, sound animation and video files. The content, which can be accessed at a beginners, intermediate or advanced level, includes cross-references to mythology, art, biographies, books and much more.