Animals A to Z
An alphabetical index of animals created by the Oakland Zoo. (http://www.oaklandzoo.org/atoz/atoz.html)
Dinosaura
Dinosaur facts. (http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/dinosaur.html)
Walking with Dinosaurs This
site also not only has a lot of great information from the BBC, but also fun activities
including dinosaur email postcards you can send. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs/)
Zoom
Dinosaurs A complete online book about dinosaurs, including a dinosaur
dictionary for students of all ages, and information on how to write a report on
dinosaurs. Information ranges from simple to advanced. (http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/index.html)
Threatened and Endangered Animals and
Plants Looking for a specific list
of endangered wildlife? This is the site for you. The information is arranged
geographically and by species. (http://endangered.fws.gov/wildlife.html)
World Wildlife
Fund Educational and fun links to help you learn more about wildlife
and issues that affect our planet. (http://www.worldwildlife.org/fun/kids.cfm)
Kratt's Creatures
This site has a clickable map of the world that brings up lists of animals from specific
areas. The site also features an animal joke of the day and a creature of the week. (http://www.pbs.org/kratts/)
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Art
Crayola Creativity Central Art
project and activity ideas for kids & teachers using Crayola products.
Activities include: Imagine the scene while you sleep; Travel on your mind -
creating a storymobile. Also information on student art exhibits. (www.crayola.com/kids/index.cfm)
The @rt Room
Explore art "sparkers"—activities to jump start your brain into its most
creative thinking. For example, draw a storm, or a picture of your favorite
hero. You can learn to "think like an artist" by exploring "@rtrageous" ways
to make the familiar strange, and see the world in a completely new light.
Play artist scrabble and art trivia, or view artwork from kids around the
world. You can also find out all about the greatest art theft of the
twentieth century: the day the Mona Lisa was stolen!
(www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/)
Artcyclopedia: The Guide to Museum -
Quality Art on the Internet If you only had more Monet to
buy Degas to make the Van Gogh, you might be able to get to a museum to see
art like this. But until then, visit a spectrum of museums online.
Searchable by the name of the artist or museum.
(www.artcyclopedia.com/)
Arthur: Welcome to D.W.'s Art
Studio Select your online brush, choose a color, and you're good to go
have fun with the coloring book pages here. Based on Marc Brown's "Arthur"
series characters, your artist in residence is D.W. She'll explain how you
can use the paint features as well as the rubber stamping tools. You can
also choose to clear the canvas and "draw" on a blank screen.
(http://pbskids.org/arthur/index.html)
Flipper
You'll need Java enabled on your browser to get this fun drawing tool to work. Run your
mouse over the drawing board, and all the little flippers will turn over. By manipulating
the flippers up or down, you can make four different color values, and some very cool
drawings. (www.mowa.org/kids/art/X3/flipperfr2.html)
Liana's Paper Doll
Boutique - Paper Dolls and Paper Doll Clothes Would you like a new
doll? Do you have access to a printer, either color or black-and-white? If so, you can
have a whole new paper doll collection right away, to say nothing of a complete wardrobe
of doll casual clothes, formal clothes, princess gowns, and even fantasy costumes like
mermaid tails! If you don't have a color printer, just print the outline drawings and use
colored pencils for the details.
(www-personal.umich.edu/~lsharer/paperdolls/)
A Lifetime of Color
Explore color mixing and matching activities and learn how the "mood" of
a painting changes if you magically switch to different colors. Learn about proportions
and portrait techniques. Little children will enjoy the color wheel game, while bigger
ones (and adults, too) will be fascinated with chasing down the evil Dr. Gray and his
Dechromatizers. (www.sanford-artedventures.com/)
Pieces 'n' Creases: A Fun Guide to
Origami So, how long will it take for you to fold 1,000 cranes so you
can get your wish? Is there one way to fold them that's faster? What happens if you have
an origami jumping-frog contest? This outstanding site was created by students for the
ThinkQuest Junior competition.
(tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5402/)
Snowflake
Designer Around the holidays it's fun to fold little squares of paper
and snip them here and there to make a lacy snowflake. The trouble is, you can never
visualize what all your cutting will look like before the paper is unfolded. Now you can!
Try this array of snowflake designers, and make a whole blizzard!
(www.explorescience.com/activities/activity_list.cfm?categoryID=4)
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DISCUS
Britannica Elementary
Articles from Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia,
current events, geography, biography, history, video and more
(http://www.school.eb.com/elementary)
Britannica Learning Zone
Fun games and activities about animals, colors, numbers, shapes, sounds,
geography and more
(http://www.school.eb.com/learningzone)
Enciclopedia Juvenil
Spanish language encyclopedia for early readers of Spanish
(http://www.spanish.eb.com/juvenil)
Junior
Edition Pictures, maps and
articles on most subjects
(http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ahjregional?db=K12J)
Kids
InfoBits Pictures,
maps and articles on most subjects
(http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ahjregional?db=ITKE)
SIRS Discoverer
Articles, pictures, current events and websites on all subjects
(http://discoverer.sirs.com)
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Health
Kids Health A wonderful site full
of useful health information for kids. Stories about kids with health problems;
people and places that can help; going to the hospital, getting braces, etc; a wonderful
glossary of medical terms that kids can understand and more! (www.kidshealth.org/kid/)
Kid's
Health for Kids Confused, sad, mad, glad? Dealing with feelings
can be hard - learn about your emotions and how to deal with them. Situations that
can get you stressed out include moving, a new baby in the family, dealing with bullies,
and many others. Helpful advice is available here; includes a kid's guide to
divorce. (kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/index.html)
Your Body:
Blending in by Staying Special Explore the human body and its various
systems including the skeletal digestive, nervous and muscular systems; meet someone who
as had a kidney transplant; find out about organ donation. (tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5777/)
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History
Amazing Travel Bureau
Kids can journey to some of the world's most fascination places, travel backward
and forward in time, Dan play interactive games. (www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/bureau/)
American Memory Documents and
historical materials that portray the people and events that have made our country what it
is today. Information such as population, religion, and languages, etc. (www.flags.net)
America's Library for Kids and
Families An easy to use and entertaining site that uses the vast
American historical collections of the Library of Congress. Topics include Meet
amazing Americans, Jump Back in Time, Explore the States, Join America at Play.
Interactive elements include Scavenger Hunt and Send a Postcard. (www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi)
Biographies of Famous Contemporary People
Biographies of well known people in the fields of science, sports, art, public
service, Dan business - complete with photos! (www.achievement.org/)
Black History Past to Present
A well organized site with loads of great information. Learn about
historical events such as civil rights, Little Rock, integration. Try an interactive
treasure hunt and quiz. Read about famous African Americans, and more! (www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/AfroAm.html)
The Fifty States of the United States
Absolutely everything you want to know about the good ol' USA at this well
organized site. Maps, state songs(including words), state flag, state bird, what
famous people are buried there. Full text of State Constitutions, genealogy
information and more! (www.50states.com/)
Grolier Online: The American
Presidency Articles and information about all our presidents with
speeches, photos, presidential pets, quizzes, and election results. (www.grolier.com/presidents/preshome.html)
International Women's Center Find biographies
of famous women, along with the history of women in America. Learn which famous
woman was born on your birthday! (www.wic.org)
The White House for Kids
Go on a behind the scenes tour of the White House. See various rooms
including the Oval Office, learn about the history of the White House, get information
about kids and pets who have lived in the White House, write to the President, etc.
(www.whitehouse.gov/kids/index.html)
World Flag Database Try this site for great
printable flag graphics from over 200 countries around the world; also basic country
information such as population, religion, and languages, etc. (www.flags.net)
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Just For Fun
Disney
Everything you could possibly want to know about Disney, including Disney TV
shows, movies, Disneyworld, and the Disneystore. Also, family craft sampler, games,
books, etc. (disney.go.com/park/homepage/today/html/index.html?clk=1004399)
MamaMedia MaMaMedia is the
number-one kids' brand born on the Internet. At MaMaMedia.com, kids discover by doing and
create while clicking. Our engaging activities help them gain technological fluency and
expand their minds through playful learning; they can design and animate characters, make
their own digital cards, invent games, and more. Our free membership lets kids save,
publish, and e-mail their creations to friends. At MaMaMedia.com, almost anything you can
dream, you can do. (www.mamamedia.com)
Pauly's Playhouse
Games geared for the little ones, like coloring, characters that need to be
put together (like Mr. Potatohead), and tomato throwing! Pauly's
labrator has more games and activities for kids who like monsters and freaky
things! Pauly's cartoons will feature animated cartoon shorts
featuring many of the characters you've seen around Pauly's Playhouse and
many more you haven't seen yet. Pauly's also has links to all kinds of
sites from educational for the kids to shopping and travel for Mom and Dad!
(www.paulysplayhouse.com)
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
One of the best music Web pages. Flashy and fun with groovy graphics.
500 songs that shaped Rock & Roll, tour exhibits, histories of certain rock groups,
latest inductees into the Hall of Fame, facts about performers. (www.rockhall.com)
POP! Magazine What's
happening on our planet; science, environment, health, safety, social action, plus games,
contests and more. (www.popmagazine.com)
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Read and Write
The Audrey Wood Clubhouse Find out
how picture books are written on this lively and colorful site. Meet illustrators.
Have fun with coloring pages, find a shape, cut and paste. (www.audreywood.com/)
Authur's Home Page If you like
Arthur and the gang, you'll love this fun site. Find out all about D.W., Binky
Barnes, Arthur and the rest of his family and friends. Print out pictures to color
or join a story writing exchange. Advice on writing projects from author Marc Brown
for parents and teachers. Encourages the love of writing and reading. (www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/)
Between the Lions Lots of colorful
graphics and games that will help you read and write. Hints for parents; fun with
words and sounds; worksheets; vocabulary building; recommended books; links to other PBS
sites. (www.pbskids.org/lions)
The BookHive You can find the books
you like to red on your grade level on this impressive site. Reviews on many
categories of books including beginning chapter books, biographies, award winners, scary,
multi-cultural and many more. Also includes a graphic of the book jacket, number of
pages and appropriate reading level. (www.bookhive.org/)
Carol Hurst On this site
you'll find tons of reviews of great books for kids. Most of them include related links,
for example, Eric Carle's home page, or the Harry Potter Fan Club. (http://www.carolhurst.com/)
Fairrosa's Authors' and
Illustrators An alphabetical list of authors and illustrators' web
sites.
(http://www.fairrosa.info)
Millennium
Mystery Madness What makes a good mystery? Here you will find the
history of the mystery, book lists, and tips on writing mysteries. (http://library.thinkquest.org/J002344/)
New Moon An electronic magazine
for girls and their dreams, with important sections for parents. Poetry, fiction,
letters, advice column, pen pals, reviews of books, movies, and TV shows. (www.newmoon.org)
Time Travel Books
A great list of books on time travel divided by age and category, such as
historical, humorous, mystery, etc. Also, recommended books for Dewey Decimal
subject areas; a bibliotherapy list to help children with various problems; award books,
etc. (www.logan.lib.ut.us/booklist/children/timetrav.htm)
Trelease-on-Reading
If you ever doubted the power of reading you won't after you visit this site, which
includes recommended books and information about authors. (http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/)
World of Reading
Need something good to read? Check out books recommended by other kids, or write a
review of your favorite book. The site also has links to books online, such as The
Jungle Book
and Tale
of Peter Rabbit.
(http://www.worldreading.org/)
Word Central A dictionary
complete with word games, write your own poems, rhyming words, and pronunciation. (www.wordcentral.com)
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Science
Discovery
Channel History, technology, science, nature sites. (www.discovery.com)
Franklin
Institute of Science Museum Learn how to be a scientist! Be your
own weather forecaster - do weather- related experiments, learn about the human body and
much more. (sln.fi.edu)
Illinois EPA's Envirofun Kid's
can help protect our earth. Fun stuff like putting worms to work and ecology
riddles. how nature recycles; litter can hurt; projects, posters, poetry and
prose. (www.epa.state.il.us/kids/)
The Space Place
Demonstrates and explains science concepts in a simple easy manner. Learn about the
stars, the Earth, ions, etc., by baking cookies, navigating a maze or solving a
riddle. (spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/spacepl.htm)
Volcanoes Everything you
want to know about volcanoes. What's erupting now? Volcanoes of the world;
volcano movie clips. (volcano.und.nodak.edu/)
The
Yuckiest Site on the Internet Awesome science site with far-out
experiments; science quizzes and challenges; your gross and cool body; fun facts and more.
(www.yucky.com)
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Search Engines
Ask Jeeves Kids A cool search engine where
you can ask questions and Jeeves will find websites that best match your question.
It offers study tools, advice, message boards (kids ask kids questions), and Net Mom picks
(sites that are best suited for kids). (www.ajkids.com)
KidsClick! A great
informational site made up of over 1,800 Internet resource topics including; current
events; the weird and mysterious; computers; machines; popular entertainment; biographies;
etc (sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/)
Yahooligans: Web Guide for Kids
Career informaiton;Pinchbeck's Homework Helpeer; Ask Dr. Math; Ask the
Author; Ask Thomas Jefferson and much more. (www.yahooligans.com)
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700 Great Sites:
Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious, Colorful Web-Sites For Kids and the Adults who Care For
Them A large site offering tons of great information on many,
many things, including: weather and environmental sites; what to do before and after a
disaster strikes; U.S. populations updates; the Lewis and Clark expedition; rainforests,
preschool links, etc. (www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html)
Berenstain Bears Activities for
Learning and Fun Various activities involving those lovable bears,
including "dress up the bears." (www.berenstainbears.com/learnfun.html)
Family Fun Tons of activities,
crafts, recipes that families can do together; things to do with kids on trips; advise for
parents. (www.familyfun.com)
Fun Brain Great interactive
games for ages eight and up - including Math Baseball, Change Maker, and Spell Check.
(www.funbrain.com)
The Headbone Zone Fun and
educational learning adventures. Ecology strikes Back, memory games, jokes - read
others or submit your favorites. (www.headbone.com)
Holiday Fun
Holiday fun for all your favorite days, from Earth Day to birthdays, to Kwanzaa and more;
also clipart and games. (www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/fun.htm)
Homework Center
A very well organized site, featuring a lot of information on more than 30
homework topics, ranging from wars and world history to maps and mythology. (www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/index.html)
Jan Brett's Activities Page
Hosted by author Jan Brett. Children aged 4-7 will enjoy visiting the
"Projects" section to find color-and-cut hedgie costumes and print-and-color
stationery, recipes and other craft activities. (www.janbrett.com/activities_pages.htm)
Kids Connect Having trouble
with a report or project? This site offers an online question answering service for grades
K through 12. (www.ala.org/ICONN/AskKC.html)
Kids F.A.C.E (For A Clean Environment)
A group started in 1989 by a nine year old girl from Tennessee which now has 300,000
members all over the world. Information about this award-winning organization that
provides information on the environment and encourages involvement in environmental
causes. Join for free and help save the planet! (www.kidsface.org/)
Kids World Village Help with
homework; good links to history, literature, government, art, and science sites; foreign
language dictionaries; fun stuff like puzzles and mazes. (www.worldvillage.com/kidz)
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Information on activities for kids, songs to sing (with words), learn about Fred Rogers,
find out about "the mad that you feel," advice for parents, and a booklist on
different topics. (www.pbs.org/rogers)
Ready Web A
collection of resources for parents and teachers on school readiness. Sponsored by ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and
Early Childhood Education. (http://readyweb.crc.uiuc.edu).
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