700+ Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious, Wonderful Web Sites for Kids and the Adults Who Care About Them. The largest collection of children's sites in cyberspace. Compiled by the Association for LibraryService to Children, a division of the American Library Association. http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/
A. Pintura, Art Detective. This clever site uses a Dashiell Hammett detective style to help children explore the world of art. Adults will enjoy it too. http://www.eduweb.com/pintura
Amazon Interactive. Explore the geography of the Ecuadorian Amazon through online games and activities. Learn about the rain forest, the people who call it home and much more. http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html
American Memory. Documents and historical materials that portray the people and events that have made the United States what it is today. From the Library of Congress collection. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html
The Arthur Page. For Arthur fans everywhere. This site from PBS offers games, stories and children's art featuring the popular character created by Marc Brown. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/arthur
Ask Jeeves for Kids. A "safe" Web search tool that allows young people to ask questions in everyday language. http://www.ajkids.com/
The Boomerwolf. Join the Boomerwolf Detective Agency and help solve a case. Designed for children, this site offersboth amusing characters and sound science. http://www.boomerwolf.com/
Children's Express. An award-winning news service featuring news for young people as reported by young people. http://www.ce.org/
Children's Television Workshop. Sesame Street in cyberspace,home of the Cookie Monster and the other characters of the popularCTW program. http://www.ctw.org/
Crayola. Includes a "coloring book," craft activities, games, a tour of a crayon factory, resources for parents,teachers and more. http://www.crayola.com/
Dav Pilkey's Web Site O' Fun. The award-winning author and illustrator gets silly (and serious) in a site designed to encourage creativity and fun. http://www.pilkey.com/
FEMA for Kids. The Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA) helps people who have been in a disaster. They also teach people what to do during a disaster and what to do BEFORE a disaster happens. http://www.fema.gov/kids
Franklin Institute Science Museum. A wealth of fun,educational and exciting information from the famed Philadelphia museum. Visit the online exhibits. Educational "hotlists"offer valuable homework connections. Check out the "Kids Did This! Hotlist" featuring the work of children in areas such as art, science and social studies. http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/welcome.html
Girl Power! A national public education campaign sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help encourageand empower 9- to 14-year old girls to make the most of their lives. http://www.health.org/gpower/index.htm
KCarroll's Horse Country. The ultimate site for equestrians and other horse lovers. Topics include: the horse in history,the horse in art, breeding, racing and horse shows. http://www.horse-country.com/
KidsConnect. Online question and answer service for kids K-12. Sponsored by the American Association of School Librarians,a division of the American Library Association, with support from Microsoft. http://www.ala.org/ICONN/AskKC.html
KidsHealth. Accurate, up-to-date information about growth, food and fitness, medical and surgical conditions and the latest treatments. You'll find health games, How The Body Works animations, the KidsVote health poll and tons of surprises.Special sections for kids, parents and professionals. http://www.kidshealth.org/index2.html
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Activities, advice to parents and a wonderful section on children's books tied to specific program themes, all in the gentle style of America's favorite neighbor. http://www.pbs.org/rogers
Multnomah County Library KidsPage, Portland, Ore. An action-packed,animated site. Special features include a scavenger hunt and other games, "good stuff to read," homework help, hot links to cool sites, jokes, riddles and more. http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/kids
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).Find out how to get photos from space, see a launch and more.Teachers can get a lesson plan. http://www.nasa.gov/
National Geographic.com/Kids! One of the best resources for information on the Net about the world, its people, and its wildlife. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian.A beautiful site in the family of excellent Smithsonian Web pages,with notes on current exhibitions, research links, publications and more. http://www.si.edu/nmai/
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. http://www.nwf.org/kids
New Moon. An advertising-free electronic magazine for girls and their dreams, with strong sections for parents. http://www.newmoon.org/
The Nine Planets. The Nine Planets is an overview of the history, mythology and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and their moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies. A multimedia tour of the Solar System by Bill Arnett. http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html
Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN). Colorful gateway to a wealth of educational and fun online resources for"webtots" to "webteens." http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/EDUCATE
The Oregon Trail. The story of the trail and those who traveled it. A compendium on the great western journey. Includes great stories in the Fantastic Facts section. Related to the PBSprogram on the Oregon Trail. http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html
Origami. Clear instructions and elegant models in the traditional Japanese art of paper folding from Joseph Wu in Japan. http://www.datt.co.jp/Origami
Reading Rainbow. Based on the award-winning PBS children's television program. Hear an audio greeting from host LeVar Burton.View the program schedule, or enter the Young Writers and IllustratorsContest. http://www.pbs.org/readingrainbow/levargreeting.html
Science Fair Project Resource Guide. An excellent resource from the Internet Public Library that links kids to all sortsof exceptional resources for their projects. http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide
Sipapu: Chetro Ketl Great Kiva. This site presents a three-dimensional reconstruction of a Great Kiva, an architectural feature found in many prehistoric Anasazi communities in the Southwestern United States. http://sipapu.ucsb.edu/html/kiva.html
Sounds of the World's Animals. It's bowwow in English,but wanwan in Japanese. Learn how people describe the sounds animals make in 13 languages. From Professor Catherine Ball, Dept. of
Linguistics, Georgetown University. http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/animals/animals.html
Sports Illustrated for Kids. A busy, colorful site with articles about sports figures from Jackie Robinson to JackieJoyner-Kersee, league standings, games and more. http://www.sikids.com
Terra Utopian Animal Kingdom. A continually growing online wildlife preserve. Animal and nature lovers of all ages will find Terra valuable as a recreational and educational site,but the main audience is grade school children. At Terra children can explore the wilds of any continent or ocean. While exploring they learn how the Web works. http://www.olcommerce.com/terra
Tiger on the Loose. Beginning with a newspaper account of a disappearing tiger, this interactive game teaches about tigers.Links to the searchable tiger information center. http://www.5tigers.org/adventxt/a1.htm
Virginia Hamilton. The gifted storyteller and writer applies her internationally recognized creative abilities to this wonderfully accessible site. http://www.virginiahamilton.com/
Virtual Renaissance: a Journey Through Time. Travel
back through time and space to a world completely different fromyour own. This site offers opportunities to examine the Plague,the times of Shakespeare, the Tower of London, and other aspectsof the Renaissance. Created by students at Twin Groves Jr. Highin Buffalo Grove, Ill., as part of the ThinkQuest competition. http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/VirtualRen.html
Volcano World. Learn about volcanoes around the worldwhile viewing awesome photos and movies. Part of a NASA project. http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/
Whelmers. A science site with activities that aim to catch the mind and eye of even the most indifferent students. http://www.mcrel.org/whelmers
The Why Files. This project of the National Institute for Science Education offers well-researched and clearly written investigations of current topics in science. A new story is posted every other week, and the site also includes a small but worthy collection of scientific images. http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/
World Flag Database. Large, clear, printable flag graphics and basic country information can be found here. http://www.flags.net
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