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A Game A Day Interactive learning site that posts a new educational game or puzzle every day. Has information for Educators and Parents as well.

 

The Adventures of Herman

The Autobiography of Squirmin' Herman the Worm

 

Animaland from the ASPCA All about Animals and their care

 

Archaeology's Dig -- A magazine for Kids Find out how Archeologists work

 

BrainBashers Try your hand at Hangman, or figure out how "Think a Number" works. Brainiacs can also select from number puzzles, brain teasers, word searches, and paradoxes.

 

Book Adventure Book Adventure is a FREE, reading incentive program dedicated to encouraging kids in grades K-8 to read. With the help of Rex Reader and Bailey Bookmark, kids have more than 4,000 of the most popular and acclaimed titles from which to choose. Book Adventure wascreated by the Sylvan Learning Foundation and is a non-profit organization.

 

TheCase.com for Kids Mysteries to solve, scary stories, magic tricks, and contests.

 

Crayola Activities for students, parents and teachers.

 

Dinosauria On-line

 

Dinosauricon by T. Michael Keensey Outstanding Dinosaur site recognized by the Smithsonian Institute.

 

EEK-Environmental Education for kids. Welcome to "EEK!" - brought to you by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. This electronic magazine is for kids in grades 4-8. Surf around and learn more about the great outdoors.

 

The Exploritorium The Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception

 

FEMA -For Kids You can help your family prepare for a disaster. With this site, you can also learn about what causes disasters, play games and read stories from children who have been through a disaster. You can also become a Disaster Action Kid!

 

Flag Trivia Test your knowledge of the history of the various flags of the states.

 

FunBrain.com Educational On-line games for kids of all ages.

 

George C. Page Museum: The La Brea Tar Pits Saber-toothed cats, Colombian Mammoth, and the La Brea Tar Pits, the world famous repository of Ice Age fossils in the heart of Los Angeles.

 

Have you ever wondered "How Stuff Works?" How Stuff Works is a great place for students, teachers and parents to come and learn how things work around us.

 

Infonation InfoNation is an easy-to-use, two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations.

 

Junior Scholastic Online

 

KinderArt-Art Education Free Art Lessons for Teachers, parents and kids of all ages.

 

Kinetosaurs - The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Putting some teeth into art and science.

 

Linkasaurus List of Kid's Websites.

 

LHS Kids Corner Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley.

 

Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific

 

Los Angeles Zoo

 

Microbe Zoo Discover the world of hidden Microbes.

 

Middle Ages - The Annenberg / CPB Multimedia Collection What was it like to live in the Middle Ages.

 

Museum of Paleontology, U.C. Berkeley Learn from fossils-great lesson plans and activities

 

NASA-For Kids only! Lots of activities to do and explore while you learn about the Earth and our solar system.

 

National Air and Space Museum

 

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum For those who can't make it to Cooperstown, N.Y. the online Hall of Fame is an easy way to cover the bases of baseball.

 

National Geographic for Kids

 

National Parks Service

 

Nick Jr. Blue's Clues and other fun pages for our younger Internet Users.

 

Nova On-Line View the PBS website NOVA - Learn about the Moon, Ice Mummies, T-Rex and much much more.

 

Nutrition Cafe Where nutrition information is FUN!!

 

Out on a Limb A Guide to Getting Along

 

Poetry 4 Kids Guaranteed to make you laugh!

 

Power Lab -Edison Kids A website for kids from Edison International

 

San Diego Zoo Visit the World Famous San Diego Zoo

 

Science 4 Kids Visit this site from the Agricultural Resource Service (ARS) for cool links to bacteria, bugs, and plants that like heavy meta Understanding Earthquakes The Understanding Earthquakes Web site has all kinds of information on these natural disasters waiting to happen. The Yuckiest Site on the Internet Learn all about bugs, slime and other really cool yucky stuff - includes resources for parents and teachers.