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Ask Jeeves
Kids Ask Jeeves Kids can help children on homework and other topics of interest to kids. |
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BJ’s
Favorite Sites for Homework Help A tremendous resource. Easily searchable. Includes hundreds under Reference Section; News and Current Events; Math; Science; Social Studies; English; History; Music and Art; Foreign Languages; Computers and the Internet. |
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Crayola Crayola playground provides ideas for crayola activities, also Crayola trivia, history, stain removal tips. |
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The
Crayon House This site offers free printable coloring book pages! There are numerous Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas pages. |
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Do
Something Distributes to young people grants, ideas and the fervent belief that they can make a difference. |
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Dr. Seussville |
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Exploratorium
From dissecting a cow’s eye to the science of hockey to solar eclipses. The Exploratorium is a museum of science, art, and human perception with over 500 interactive "hands on" exhibits. Each year more than 600,000 visitors come to the Exploratorium, over 90,000 students and teachers come on field trips, and more than 2000 teachers attend professional development programs which focus on inquiry-based teaching and learning in the K-12 classroom. |
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Family Fun |
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Global
Show and Tell Museum Has for ages 0 to 2; 3 to 5; 6-8; 9-12; and 13-17. Parents also receive information on how to enter their child's work. |
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Hillview's Page |
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History Channel Online Provides historical information as well as downloads for teachers and parents to help them teach historical events. |
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Hubble Space Telescope Public Pictures |
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International Kid’s Space Guide Bear's Guide Tour, What's New? Kids' Gallery, Story Book, Beanstalk, On Air Concert, Hop Pop Town (Language Switch to Japanese) |
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Judy and
David’s Online Songbook Alphabetical listing of children’s favorite songs. |
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Just for Kids Learn about plant life, worms, how it feels to be older and the babysitting business -- ALL FOR KIDS in this neat site from the University of Illinois |
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Kid’s
Wave Safe Surf approved sites for elementary age kids, older kids, space, and cartoons. |
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Library of Congress |
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Library of Congress Learning Page For junior high and older. |
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Mad
Scientists’s Network For junior high and older. From Washington University in St. Louis. |
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Mister
Rogers’ Neighborhood Includes booklist and play activities. |
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NASA
for Kids Only For Kindergarten to Grade 12 |
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National Geographic |
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Nick
Jr.com Offers upper elementary youth and parents ideas for parties, food, travel, and shopping. There is a barrage of ads that come up, but if you can deal with that occasional frustration, quite a fun site. |
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Online
Dictionary Provides an online dictionary with millions of words and their definitions plus information on how to use the word in a sentence. |
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PBS for Kids |
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PlanetDiary A fascinating guide to "natural phenomena and environmental events" occurring all over the world. You can also check the PlanetDiary calendar for information on seasonal changes and upcoming environmental milestones. |
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Planets Collection of images from NASA's planetary exploration. |
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Seaworld/Busch
Gardens Animal Database Includes information about the animals, aquarium, whales, dolphins, and manatees at the park. |
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Science
in Africa Africa's first online science magazine is free to all readers. |
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Space Related Topics |
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The Space Weather Bureau |
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Kids' Drawings for Peace See and/or Add Drawing |
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Sports Illustrated for Kids (Ages 8 to 14) |
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WebMath Helps students visualize math problems by using interactive features to show subjects ranging from simple addition and subtraction up to trigonometry and calculus. |
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Wikipedia The world's largest encyclopedia, available in over 28 languages and edited by millions of people around the world. |
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Yahoo! Games Play Chess, Backgammon, Pool and More |
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Youth Tree USA |
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Kaboos.com Targets paremt/grandparents and children preschool to preteen and has crafts, recipes, and holiday activities. It lists the difficulty of each project, so even someone new to crafts might try an “easy” one that only requires paper, fabric, a plastic container and some glue. While there are ads on the web site, you are not required to buy anything in order to print out a craft or recipe. If relatives want, they can sign up for a weekly e-mail newsletter with crafts and recipes too. |
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The
Future of Children “The Future of Children” has developed a two-page guide to help parents/grandparents navigate the internet with their teenagers. Guide is downloadable. |
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University of Missouri Extension “10 Things to Do Instead of Watching
Television” Guide that includes ideas for kids under 5 up to adults and things to do as a family. To get a copy for your family log on |
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"Celebrate! A Healthy You" Newsletter Written by an University Of Missouri Extension Regional Specialist for individuals of every size and shape. |
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