 Animals
- Kratts'
Creatures
Find out about a variety of interesting animals.
- Zoboomafoo
- Animal Omnibus
This site indexes web resources by animal.
- All
About Animals
- Woof!
It's a Dog's Life
Learn about dogs.
- Animal Diversity
Web
A collection of pictures and information about animals. Accounts
of individual species include information on distributions,
natural history, conservation, and economic importance, along with
pictures and sounds if available. There are even short movies.
- National Wildlife
Federation
The Kids Page features articles in English and Spanish from Ranger
Rick, the environmental magazine for children; a homework help
section; and briefings on issues such as the wetlands, endangered
animals, water quality and more. Search the site for the
information you need. You can even take action by sending an
e-mail message to your elected representatives on a wildlife
topic.
- Sea World/Busch Gardens Animal
Information Database
Designed especially for students and teachers, the Sea World/Busch
Gardens Animal Information Database brings the world of wildlife
to classrooms! Download cool animal facts, teacher’s guides,
quizzes, activities . . . even check out live animal cams!
- Worms at the Yuckiest Site on the
Internet
Includes informative interviews with Eddie
Earthworm, Larry Leech, Tommi Tapeworm, Paulette Planaria, and
Bearded Bobby.
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Yuckiest Site on the
Internet
If you like cockroaches, visit it! Ask Wendell any yucky question
in science.
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Art
- Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York
The page for young people includes family guides,
museum hunts, and art games. Features special sections on artists
such as Winslow Homer.
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The
@rt Room
Provides a
learning environment for exploring the world of art. Includes
bibliographies of art books, exhibits of kids’ art from
different parts of the world, and facts about famous artists.
- WebMuseum,
Paris
This is an
exciting collection of resources on many subjects ranging from
Paul Cézanne, to information on Paris, to Medieval art treasures.
Many images can be enlarged for closer viewing.
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Authors
- Jan
Brett
"A collection of projects and activities
of books for kids, and classroom activities and lesson plans for
teachers about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and
professional topics."
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Robert Munsch
Stop by Robert Munsch's official site to listen to one or several
of his stories. He reads them himself!
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Beverly Cleary
-
Shel
Silverstein
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Biographies
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Book Reviews
- The
Children's Literature Web Guide
On-line stories, kids' writing, and information about books,
authors, book awards, and storytelling.
-
Carol
Hurst's Children's Literature Site
This is a collection of reviews of great
books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and
collections of books and activities about particular subjects,
curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.
-
Guys Read
A literacy initiative for boys by Jon
Scieszka.
- Scholastic
A wealth of information for kids,
parents, and teachers. Topics include safety, behavior problems,
handling controversies, homework, and holidays. Excellent book reviews
and author profiles. Links to children's magazines and other teaching
tools.
- The
Book Hive
-
Book Adventure
"Book Adventure is a FREE reading
motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their
own book lists from over 6,000 recommended titles, take multiple
choice quizzes on the books they've read offline, and earn points
and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created
by the Sylvan Learning Foundation and is a non-profit organization."
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Countries
-
Cultural
Connections
"Have you ever wondered what life
is like in other countries? Cultural Connections will help
you discover other cultures and answer your questions, so pack
your bags and choose a country to begin!"
- Background Notes
The United States Government provides all types
of information on various countries
- The
World Factbook
Provides up-to-date information on every country in the world,
includes maps, history, and more.
- States
and Capitals
Contains state information resource links to state homepages, symbols, flags, maps, constitutions,
representatives, songs, birds, flowers, trees, and more.
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Dictionaries &
Encyclopedias
- Infoplease.com
Find facts on thousands of subjects. Includes a dictionary,
encyclopedia, atlas, and almanac.
- Columbia
Encyclopedia : 6th ed.
- Encarta
Online
Features the Encarta Concise Encyclopedia.
- Little
Explorer Picture Dictionary
"A multi-lingual picture dictionary with links to educational activities and games. Even preschoolers can surf carefully chosen kids' sites on the web. The format is an easy to use, illustrated word book. The pictures and words are links to educational activities, games, and nursery rhymes. This on-line illustrated, linking dictionary for children was designed by Enchanted Learning Software."
- Merriam-Webster
Online
"The complete Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus online -- free and searchable with definitions and audio
pronunciations. You can also read the Word of the Day and play Word Games."
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Directories
- KidsClick!
Librarians have put together this web search
guide for kids.
- Multnomah County Library
KidsPage
Librarians have gathered all kinds of great sites
including
homework help, and fun and games.
- Oh! Kids
Ohio librarians have developed this site with
splashy graphics.
Links range from 4-H to WebKids Village. Webtots
is designed
for preschoolers and lets small surfers play with
the ABCs or
perfect their counting skills
- Yahooligans
This is a fun place to look for sites. Subjects
include school,
science (has a great animal section), around the
globe,
and entertainment.
- 700+ Great Sites
The American Library Association lists some of
the
best sites available to children.
- ALA's School Sites
School Librarians have put together this list of sites to help
K-12 students.
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Explorers
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Fun & Games
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Government
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History
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Holidays
- Holidays
Kidsdomain.com provides a
list of ideas for games, activities, stories, and special events
for several popular holidays as well as the seasons of the year.
- Holidays
and Seasons
A good directory of web sites on holidays and seasons; from
Berit's Best Sites for Children.
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Maps
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Math
- The
Math Forum : Student Center
"Student Center at the Math Forum
provides resources for students to talk to others about math and find
resources to explore math using the Internet. It also has links for fun math
learning: virtual field trips, Web sites built for and by students, brain
teasers, and mental math tricks."
- Math
Forum Internet Mathematics Library
The Internet Mathematics Library is a directory of web site
on math topics for teachers, students, and parents.
- Math
Baseball
Play baseball while you improve your math skills.
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Myths & Legends
- Mythweb
"This site is devoted to the heroes,
gods and monsters of Greek mythology."
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Greek
Mythology
- The
Ancient Gods
- Mythography
"Explore
mythology and art with information about the classic stories of
heroes and gods...from the myths of ancient Greece and Rome, to the
legends of the Celts."
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Native Americans
- Native
Americans
Created by 5th grade students at Mountain City Elementary. Read
their reports, see photos, and take a quiz!
- First
Americans
Social Studies teachers created this site for their third grade
students. Check it out.
- Native
American History Archive
Click on The Navigator to search for specific topics, or select
Tribes to browse the listing of several tribes.
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Native
American Mythology
From the Encyclopedia Mythica. What a great site!
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Native
American Tribes
Yahooligans has compiled a listing of several tribes with related
links
- First
Nations Histories
Read the history of various
tribes and their nations.
- Native Web
This site has information on Native Americans as
well as
indigenous cultures from around the world.
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Reading Lists
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Science
- Bill
Nye the Science Guy
Have some crazy fun with Bill Nye, and learn something at the same
time!
- Paper
Airplanes
This site not only provides designs for making paper airplanes,
but it also explains the aerodynamics involved, as well as the
history. The site was created by Ken Blackburn, who holds the
Guinness record for time aloft for paper airplanes.
- KidsAstronomy.com
Explore different worlds and galaxies, find out the latest news in
astronomy, play some games, and more.
- E-Quarium
Visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium online.
- The
MAD Scientist Network
Site contains ideas for science projects, and various other
scientific topics
- Chemical
Elements.com
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The
Nine Planets
"The Nine Planets
is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific
knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each
page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide
references to additional related information."
- Science
Fair Project Resource Guide
- NASA
Find out about NASA and space.
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Savage Seas
Online
This PBS companion website allows you to explore the mysteries of
the oceans.
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EIA Kid's Page
"Energy Ant hosts the presentation of educational material to kids
and students of all age-grades and provides a free and easy resource
for teachers. Activities and science projects, pictures and graphs,
text and biographies, social science milestones in the history of
energy, and an energy quiz are part of the EIA Kid's Page. A robust
beginning spot for young and old puts the aspects of energy in
perspective. Brief stories on interesting items about energy.
Signficant events in the history of energy
for each century. Energy Ant travels, too."
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incoln
Public Library
Lincoln, RI