Funology: The Science
of Having Fun
There are hundreds of activities for kids and their teachers
to investigate. Favorites—Abracadabra (lots of # tricks)
and Laboratory-(enough chemistry, biology and physics to
keep everyone happy)
ABCTeach Network
This is a site for kids, parents, student teachers and teachers.
It offers more than 5,000 free printable pages. Visitors
to this Web site can click on the following areas: basics,
research/reports, teaching extras, portfolios, shape books,
abc forums, theme units, reading comprehension, fun activities,
babysitting/daycare and flashcards.
Action
for Nature
This site gives young
people ideas on how to be environmentally friendly. Young
people from around the world post messages and tell what
they did to benefit nature where they live.
Animals
of the Rainforest
This is a colorful site that allows children to learn about
these animals and the possibility of their extinction.
Ask
Dr. Math
Students can ask Dr. Math
questions and get personal answers. The questions are answered
by math majors from Swarthmore College.
Biography.com
This site contains "the Web's best bios" and includes
trivia questions, born-on-this-day search opportunities,
"biofeedback" and "bioTrivia."
Electronic
Zoo
All the fun without the hair
and that peculiar smell.
Enchanted Learning
This site has a variety of activities for young learners.
Of particular interest might be "Little Explorers,"
a picture dictionary with links to more than 1,000 educational
activities in many languages. There are also buttons kids
can click to learn about dinosaurs, making books, crafts,
world flags, geography, nursery rhymes, biomes, inventors
and inventions. A free, monthly e-mail newsletter is also
available.
FirstGov for Kids
Developed and maintained by the Federal Consumer Information
Center, this U.S. government interagency "kid's portal"
links to federal government kids' sites along with some
of the best children's sites from other organizations. Topics
are arranged by subject for easy searching.
FunBrain
This site gives parents a chance to participate in their
child's education and includes "Parent Quizzes"
and "Parent/Kid Challenges." Students can take
quizzes on this site and then receive responses from their
teachers.
Hands
On Children's Museum
An interactive science, art
and adventure museum for children ages 10 and under. Meet
Casbah the camel, visit the pet parade and solve a maze.
Internet Public Library
This site includes a reference center (style and writing
guides, genealogy, encyclopedias) and KidSpace, the user
can go to a page that has a "Science Fair Project Resource
Guide." The site also allows the user to ask a reference
question.
Kid Info
Kid Info provides help
with homework and offers reference materials for kids, teachers,
and parents.
Kids' Corner
Puzzles, children's art and links to other sites for
kids.
The Kids'
Learning Network
This very interactive
site offers a homework help center for kids. Macromedia
Flash player must be downloaded and installed for this site
to work properly.
Kids
Search Engines
This is a list of search engines, directories and guides
targeted toward younger audiences. It includes links to
all of the kids' favorites.
KidsClick!
Created by librarians to help kids with their homework
assignments, this visually appealing site includes categories
such as "Facts/Current Events," "Science & Math" and
"Weird & Mysterious," encouraging kids to use the Internet
as a research tool.
Kidzone
This site has crafts, coloring pages and greeting cards
for kids as well as sites for teachers. "Kidzone Fun
Facts" links include animal facts, geography, language
arts, magic tricks, math, thematic units and science experiments.
There are free printable worksheets available in each section.
LibrarySpot
This site includes libraries (libraries online, film libraries,
government libraries, medical libraries, public libraries),
a reference desk (acronyms, almanacs, associations, encyclopedias,
grammar/style, quotations) and a reading room (books, headlines,
journals, newspapers, magazines).
The Living Desert
This site explores the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens in
Palm Desert, CA. It includes an online tour of the site
and allows users to click on animals of interest.
MBGnet
This is the Missouri Botanical Gardens Web site. It has
buttons for "Biomes of the World," "Freshwater
Ecosystems" and "Marine Ecosystems." These
buttons allow users to gain information on these topics.
Print is large, and pictures and diagrams are colorful and
attractive to students.
National Park Service
The National Park Service site allows users to "visit"
Americas national parks, view links to the past and learn
about nature and science in the parks.
PrimaryGames.com
This site contains educational games for elementary students.
Games are continuously added throughout the year.
U.S.
Dept. of Education
America Reads offers
reading and writing activities for children, as well as
book reviews.
Word
Dance
The print magazine, Word
Dance, offers a web site for budding poets. This site features
a worksheet that will get you interested in haiku.
X-Rays in Space
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory
was launched in July of 1999 from the space shuttle Columbia.
You can now see the detailed images it sends back to Earth.
Yahooligans
From the creators of Yahoo,
this site is designed for students and provides links to
subjects including Art Soup; Computer, Games and Online
Entertainment; Sports and Recreation; The Scoop; Science
and Oddities; and School Bell.
