Whether it’s researching Ancient Egypt, or the impact of the Haiti earthquake Gemsta’s MultiSearch for Homework (http://search.gemsta.com/homework ) is here to help parents, teachers and school aged children navigate the busy and often overwhelming information super highway.

"Children are using the internet more and more for homework, research and actively within lessons," explains Richard Laing, Chief Executive, Gemsta.com. "But watching my own children use the internet for homework it worries me that the whole class is probably going to the same single search engine and are therefore getting the same results! The perceived choice available online is all too often missed because, whilst Google is a great search engine, it is only one source for information – there is much more out there for kids if only they knew where to look," he continues.

But where can we send children to find the best of the web within a relatively controlled environment?

GEMSTA.com (http://search.gemsta.com/homework ) has the answer to that particularly tricky homework question. The clever team behind the iconic 3D shopping and search destination have created a MultiSearch area within Gemsta.com especially for school aged children.

MultiSearch allows users to search multiple websites simultaneously for their homework topic, arranging results in an easy to compare tabbed format. Set within Gemsta’s 3D environment, Homework is one of 8 areas which also includes Web, Image, Multimedia, News, Maps, Travel and extensive Shopping.

Selected specifically for their kids orientated content, the 12 sites within MultiSearch for Homework will give children and parents access to a huge wealth of information in an easy to

browse format. Searchable links include the BBC, National Geographic and Oxford University as well as traditional search engines like Google and Bing. This homework tool also provides parents and teachers with the extra reassurance that only selected sites will be searched and (where available) safe search filtering is automatically turned on.

Future versions will allow teachers, parents and children to design their own personal homework help by selecting their favourite sites and creating their own MultiSearch areas. Also in development is a toolbar which will allow you to quickly archive and organize search results which you can go back to at a later date for revision or further learning.