About.com's Homework and Study Tips
www.homeworkhelp.about.com/ teens/homeworkhelp/

Grades 8-12 and teachers
• Find a personal tutor • Q&A • Get subject-specific links • Join subject-area discussions •
Find reference materials
A full-service network with reliable links, knowledgeable content experts, and subject area gems

 

AOL@SCHOOL
www.school.aol.com

Grades K-12; teachers and administrators
Find reference materials, current events information, and teacher tools
Great links and research tools

 
bigchalk
www.bigchalk.com

Grades 3-12; teachers and parents
• Find a personal tutor • Q&A • Access subject-specific links, reference materials, lessons, practice quizzes, and teacher tools
• Very organized • Terrific lesson plans • Rich links and dozens of experts to answer homework questions

 
Discovery School.com for Students
school.discovery.com/students/index.html

Grades 3-12; teachers and parents
• Find a tutor • Q&A • Access subject-specific links, reference materials, loads of mind-bending activities and teacher resources
• Great search engine • Excellent links • Intuitively organized • Webmath instant help engine

 
Encarta by Microsoft
encarta.msn.com

Grades 4-College
• Find a tutor • Q&A • Access extensive subject-specific Web sites, reference materials, and study tips
Great reference and current events materials

 
Fact Monster
www.factmonster.com

Grades 2-7
• Q&A • Find subject-specific links and lessons, reference materials, and educational games and quizzes
Searchable almanac entries with lots of interesting information (idioms, mythology, math and science tables, etc.)

 
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math
mathforum.org/dr.math

Grades 4-12 and teachers
• Q&A exclusively for math problems • Search math forum archive
• Covers a wide range of math topics • Great links to word problems and practice equations

 

About Homework and Study Tips
www.homeworkhelp.about.com/teens/homeworkhelp

How to Post a Question - Follow Ask an Exsuestion into form
How Answer Is Received - Personal e-mail
Who Answers - Registered volunteers
Response Time - 3 days

 
bigchalk
www.bigchalk.com

How to Post a Question - Go to Ask the Experts, choose from a large directory, and type question into form.
How Answer Is Received - Personal e-mail.
Who Answers - Generally advanced students, professionals, teachers, and subject-area experts.
Response Time - Dr. Universe responded in 10 minutes to science question. No reply to a grammar question.

 
B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck

How to Post a Question - Write a personal e-mail directly to B.J.
How Answer Is Received - Personal e-mail.
Who Answers - B.J. Pinchbeck.
Response Time - 10 minutes - a few days.

 
Encarta by Microsoft
encarta.msn.com/homework/default.asp

How to Post a Question - Use site map to find "Ask a Question" or click Experts from home page, select a topic and expert, then type question into form.
How Answer Is Received - Personal e-mail.
Who Answers - Registered volunteers and specialists.
Response Time - Expert took less than a day to respond to grammar question. No reply to science question.

 
Fact Monster
www.factmonster.com

How to Post a Question - Type question into form and submit.
How Answer Is Received - E-mail with embedded links to Fact Monster articles.
Who Answers - Fact Monster staff.
Response Time - 1-2 days.

 
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math
mathforum.org/dr.math/

How to Post a Question - First look for the answer in the searchable FAQ archive, then type question into form.
How Answer Is Received - Personal e-mail.
Who Answers - Volunteer students and teachers.
Response Time - 1-2 days; reply came back in 2 hours.

 
StudyWorks!Online
www.studyworksonline.com/

How to Post a Question - Go to StudyWorks Collaboratory and post a question on the message board.
How Answer Is Received - Bulletin board.
Who Answers - Staff, volunteers, or site visitors.
Response Time - Same-day response.