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Animals
Dinosauria
Everything you want to know about dinosaurs!
National Wildlife
Federation
Lots of wildlife related information and activities.
Fun
& Games
FunBrain.com
FunBrain has about 30 fun and educational games
for kids in kindergarten through grade 8. Each one combines educational content with fun-to-play games. The games are divided
by subject area: math, grammar, science, spelling, history, and logic.
These games are a lot of fun to play.
Funschool.com
A great collection of educational games for preschool
to grade 6. Younger kids learn letters, numbers, and basic math
skills; there is more challenging educational content for kids in grades
3-6. The site also includes games for sheer fun, including virtual
skiing.
PBS for Kids
A fantastic site! Spend some time with characters
from your PBS shows, like Thomas the Tank and Sesame Street.
Peter Rabbit
Web Site
This site features stories about the various characters,
lots of illustrations from the books, and other links related to the works
of Beatrix Potter. Great fun.
Sesame Street
Join Elmo, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Oscar and
the rest of the gang!
Learning
Discovery Channel
A good site for older children and young adults
who are interested in science or current events.
How
Stuff Works
How Stuff Works is the place to go to learn about
how things work in the world around you. Have you ever wondered how
the engine in your car works or what makes the inside of your refrigerator
cold? Hundreds of articles, with new topics added each week.
NASA Kids
Designed for students from kindergarten through
8th grade, this site has lots of information on scientific and technical
subjects, such as space, space suits, living in space, sundials, weather,
the water cycle, careers, and astronomy--as well as fun stuff like "How
Old Would You be on Another Planet?"
Smithsonian
Magazine's Kids' Castle
A new site featuring articles written for kids
about sports, history, the arts, sciences, and outer space. Includes
message boards with questions to get kids from all over the world talking
to each other and thinking creatively. Also includes lots of fun
games, too!
Test
Your Geography Knowledge
This interactive quiz tests your knowledge of where
the states are on an outline map of the United States. There are also quizzes for Canadian provinces and
European countries.
Sites
for Searching the Web
Ask Jeeves for
Kids!
A search engine designed for kids. You can
ask questions in plain English!
4Kids
Great collection of science, social studies, and
reading resources.
The Internet
Public Library
A great set of public library resources online,
geared to kids.
KidsClick!
A subject guide to the internet designed for kids.
You can search subjects by letter or category. Also included are
grade and reading levels for each site.
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