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As a parent of a student enrolled in Virginia Beach City Public Schools or an employee of the school division, you are able to purchase several Microsoft software packages at significant savings through the Microsoft Student Select Program. The Student Select Program enables K-12 students, teachers and staff to buy single user Microsoft products for home use at a discount of up to 85% off commercial retail pricing.

Secondary School Curriculum/Student Guide 07-08

Wondering what's for Lunch?
District-Wide Lunch Menu

VBCPS On-Line Subscription Service

From this page, you can select to receive an online subscription -- via email --
to one, several, or all of the following publications produced by the school division.

***SOL Practice Tests***
Give the VA SOL a try.

Dr. Math Ask Dr. Math is a question and answer service for K-12 math students and their teachers.

Math Definitions If you need some help with math definitions check out this animated Math Dictionary. It has all of the math definitions divided into grades 1-8.

A+ Math Math games, flashcards and a lot of fun

Technology Integration Tons of math games here!

Education Place Created by Houghton Mifflin, who publishes the school system's language arts series. Has lots of great activities for students

Encarta A subscription based on-line encyclopedia with some free information.

Midlink Magazine The digital magazine for kids

Book Adventure Book club sponsored by Sylvan and Barnes & Noble

Space

Learn about the planets

Amazing Space the Final Frontier

Astronomy Picture of the Day View the heavens at this great site

National Air and Space Museum Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.

Solar System Simulator Take a look around our part of the galaxy.

Welcome to the Planets An introduction to our Solar System.

Animals

Endangered Animals Animals on the endangered list.

National Zoo..... National Zoo Web Cams OranguCam, Elephant Cam, Rhino Calf Cam and The Mysterious Naked Mole Rat Cam!

Oregon Coast Aquarium One of the best aquariums in the world, home of Keiko, "Free Willy".

San Diego Zoo One of the best zoos in the world.

B altimore Aquarium

Shedd Aquarium in Chicago

Fish FAQ This page has lots of interesting information on fish. It has the answers to questions like do fish sleep and do fish swim backwards.

Zoom Birds Information and links to bird sites.

Whale Times Lots of information about whales and other marine mammals.

Zoom Dinosaurs Need dinosaur information??? Then check out this site!

Machines

Simple Machines This site gives great definitions and pictures for simple machines.

General Science

The Black Hole Gang Science Adventures

National Geographic The magazine, the website

Volcano World Keep track of all the active volcanoes in the world!

The Smithsonian Institution Home Page Information about the museum.

The Exploratorium- Exploranet Online science exhibitsd and displays

Chem-4-Kids Basic explanation of chemistry

African American History

African American History Challenge Test your knowledge of African American history....a great SOL test review too.

Black History on the Web A wonderful site!!!

The African-American Mosaic From the Library of Congress

Gateway to African American Studies From the Dept of State.....nice

African American Culture and History A ton of links from the Smithsonian

Virginia History

Colonial Williamsburg This page has a lot of graphics and downloads slowly.

History of Jamestown This site is maintained by Jamestown Rediscovery. It has many good links and facts about Jamestown.

Jamestown Trivia In this interactive site, students try to attain the Prof. of history status by clicking on the correct Jamestown statements.

U.S. History

Timeline of the Civil War

Lewis and Clark Travel with our heroes as they cross the United States on their epic journey

Pirates and Privateers More of those sea scoundrels.

The White House Includes a version for kids

The Underground Railroad This site is maintained by National Geographic. It takes the students on a journey through the underground railroad in a fun atmosphere with lots of good facts, pictures, and sounds.

The American Presidency This site is from Grolier Online and has lots of good information on the Presidents, Vice-Presidents, First Ladies, elections, political parties, etc. It also has a couple of quizzes to test your knowledge.

Index of Inventors Who made what, when, and why

World History

Egypt, Egypt, Egypt Loads of pictures and brief bits of information

Ancient Greece in the Virtual Classroom A brief but very informative description of Ancient Greece, including its philosophers and mythology. There is also an excellent page of links to other web sites

Ancient Rome Find out why Rome wasn't built in a day! Explore its Coliseum, Forums, and the Circus Maximus, as well as the city of Pompeii.

Physical Map of China View of China as seen from space, with major cities and borders added. From National Geographic.com

Virtual China Check out the virtual tours of the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, and more.

Live From Antarctica 2 Includes ideas for student activities

General Social Studies

History Channel

This Day in History Created by the History Channel; find out what happened on a particular day in history, including your birthday.

Today in history

Hyper-History Maps

Kids Voting

The Amazing Picture Machine

Education 4 Kids Once upon a time there was a dream that there would be a set of resources on the net that would exist solely for kids to use as an educational "center". A place where they could come and play drill games to better their skills and to learn. This is the place.

Fun brain A really neat site that has lots of interactive ways to practice a variety of skills

Online tutorials for many common computer programs...this is a must see!!!!