Great Websites for Kids
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Numerous websites for kids
More than 1000 challenging math problems and illustrations for grades 1-12.
Maintained by the Bat Conservation Society, this site includes bat facts, photos, pictures, and fascinating bat trivia, such as how to exclude bats from buildings.
The links to the right will lead you to sets of selected primary sources on a variety of topics in United States History. The sets are arranged by chronological period.
This United Kingdom-based site includes information on all kinds of animals from elephants and wolves in the wild to hamsters and goldfish in your house.
Learn interesting facts about animals around the world. The site includes animal videos such as a rare pygmy hippopotamus at an Australian zoo and a wildlife blog.
Answers.com Ask questions, get answers
Allows users to ask a question in plain English, confirms the question, then takes them to one web site that answers the question.
This entertaining and educational site is loaded with information about animals, pet care, careers in animal care, animal issues, and plenty of fun and games. Sponsored by The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).
Awesome Library organizes 37000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent for teachers, students, parents, and librarians.
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids provides learning tools for K-12 students, parents, and teachers. These resources will teach how our government works, the use of the primary source materials of the Government Printing Office (GPO), and how one can use GPO Access to carry out their civic responsibilities.
Gripping games and awesome activities help children studying living things, materials and physical processes.
Learn all about this system of writing used by the blind through games, secret messages, a reading club and information about Louis Braille and Helen Keller.
Have fun building a wild self by selecting tails, mouths, bodies, hair and more. Find out about the animals in the New York Zoos and Aquarium.
A delightful site: pictures to color, facts to learn. Includes bibliographies of books and videos on butterflies.
Fact Monster is a free reference site for students, teachers, and parents. Get homework help and find facts on thousands of subjects.
First Ladies of the United States of America
Information about the First Ladies of the United States.
Go West Across America with Lewis and Clark
Join Lewis & Clark as a private on this interactive journey. "Did you know" and "Journal" icons can be clicked for additional information.
Provides pictures and facts about mythological Gods and Goddesses
Engaging online games that teach math and logic in creative ways -- use math to go shopping for clothes, build a bridge, or assemble a machine!
Enter the Magic Porthole™, which takes you into the fascinating and fragile world of coral reefs, using a variety of multimedia experiences. Explore virtual reefs with reef creatures as guides. Children can play games and win prizes as they learn about different reef animals. This website includes resources, news, exhibits and other information on coral reefs and other sea animals.
Information You Can Trust features a searchable, subject-categorized directory of authoritative websites
A guide to the solar system. Includes facts and information about planets.
Children's educational software programs for learning and fun.
Lots of information and activities relating to endangered animals.
This Web site expands upon every aspect of the PBS film, providing a wealth of biographical and historical information about the time and the major and minor participants in the trip. In addition, leading historical experts will share their thoughts about the meaning of the expedition, and its relevance to 21st century America. Finally, in an interactive tale, you’ll have an opportunity to play the roles of Lewis and Clark yourself.
This site offers information and games about the history of the American Revolution.
Emphasizes the logic and beauty of math, rather than drills and practice. Provides open-ended and playful explorations of important math concepts through on-line games, off-line crafts and interactive projects. Requires a free Micro-Worlds download.
Examples are given for how to do basic math using text and diagrams.
Play online math games like Math Wheel (math terms), Jeopardy (addition), and Finding Nemo (direction) or generate custom math worksheets on topics such as telling time, fractions, money, and many more!
NASA Kids
NASA.gov brings you images, videos and interactive features from the unique perspective of America's space agency.
Features different people, animals, and places each month with facts, games, activities, and related links.
Birds, mammals, marsupials, and reptiles form the list that leads to detailed photos and information. Part of the Oakland (Calif.) Zoo at Knowland Park.
Presidents of the United States of America
List of internal links to each president of the United States. Includes photographs and links to other Web resources.
A free website to teach children to read with phonics. For preschool, kindergarten , and first grade.
TIME FOR KIDS is a news magazine geared toward students in grades K-6.
Today in History- Library of Congress
Each day an event from American history is illustrated by digitized items from the Library of Congress American Memory historic collections.
Learn about the generations of women who have made an impact in history.
He became famous for being a scientist, an inventor, a statesman, a printer, a philosopher, a musician, and an economist. Today, we honor Ben Franklin as one of our Founding Fathers and as one of America’s greatest citizens.