READING AND WRITING

Authors

• Jan Brett's Home Page
  You'll find everything from trolls to armadillos on this author/illustrator's page.
  
• Official Eric Carle Web Site
  For fans of the famous author/illustrator and his books.
  
• Official Brian Jacques Home Page
  If you're a fan of the Redwall books, here's the site for you!
  
• Seussville
  Games, information, and fun from the publisher of the Dr. Seuss books!

 

Reading

• Animorphs Page
  The home page for this popular paperback series.
  
• The Arthur Page
  For Arthur fans everywhere!
  
• Baby-Sitters' Club Page
  What's happening at the Baby-Sitters' Club?
  
• The Goosebumps Page
  Enter if you dare!
  
• Magic School Bus Page
  What are Ms. Frizzle and her class doing now?
  
• MidLink Magazine
  An electronic magazine for young people in the middle grades.
  
• Scoop
  Almost everything about books and authors for young people.
  
• Thomas the Tank Engine Page
  Calling all Thomas the Tank Engine fans! Stories, games and fun.

 

Writing

• Kids on the Web
  Children write stories and post them for everyone to read.
  
• KidPub
  Another place for kids to publish stories and poems and read other writings by young people.
  

FACTS AND LEARNING

Homework Help Links

• Kids' web
  Math, science, whatever you need... It's probably here!
  
• B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
  As the Pinchbecks say, "If you can't find it here, you can't find it." The world's most complete set of homework links.
  
• Science, Technology and Math links

 

Nature and the Environment

• National Geographic Society Kids
  Ages 9-13
  Amazing site about the world that changes every day.
  
• Kratts' Creatures
  Ages 6-13
  The crazy Kratt brothers are fun and have great wildlife photos
  
• National Park Service ParkNet
  About the National Parks Service
  
• Wendell's Yucky Bug World
  If you're a fan of cockroaches, this is the page for you!

 

People and Places (History and Geography)

• Kids Web Japan
  Ages 7-13
  There's more to Japan than sushi and samurai.  This site tell of the rich Japanese culture and is filled with facts and photos.
  
• World Factbook
  Useful and concise information on every country in the world from the Central Intelligence Agency.
• Abraham Lincoln Online
  Lots of information on Abe and his times.
  
• African American Cyber Gateway
  Links to information on all parts of African American culture.
  
• Anne Frank On-Line
  The story of Anne Frank, with information about the Holocaust
• Any Day in History
  What happened on any day in history (like your birthday). Courtesy of Scope Systems.
  
• Black History on the Web
  A site filled with African American history.
  
• Colonial Williamsburg
  Visit Colonial Williamsburg and see life in a Virginia colony of 250 years ago.
  
• Country Library
  Lots of information on countries of the world.
  
• From Revolution to Reconstruction
  A hypertext history of the United States, produced in the Netherlands!
  
• HyperHistory Online
  A clickable chart of people and events throughout human history. Take a look!
  
• Lonely Planet: Destinations
  A travel guide publisher offers photos and information about most world nations.
  
• Martin Luther King Jr. Page
  About the man, his ideas, and the holiday in his honor.
  
• Maya Adventure
  The history and culture of the Maya, from the Science Museum of Minnesota.
  
• World Surfari
  An 11-year-old's page that travels to a different country each month.

 

Planets and Space

• Virtual Solar System from National Geographic
  If you've got a powerful PC (like in the lab) then this site will amaze you.  All nine planets spinning and orbiting in accelerated time right on the screen.  You've got to see this to believe it.  It also has lots of links to other planet resources, including the Tour of the 9 planets below.
  
• Multimedia Tour of the 9 Planets
  The Nine Planets is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information.  Great Pictures here !!
  
• The Constellations and their Stars
  Need information on stars, constellations, the Milky Way? Check out this site!
  
• Project Galileo: Bringing Jupiter to Earth
  Up-to-date information on the spacecraft probe.

 

Science, Technology and Math

• Neuroscience for Kids
  Ages 5-14
  Want to learn more about your brain?  Use it and check out this brainy site.
  
• KidsHealth Organization Kids Section
  Ages 6-13
  How does medicine work? What causes hiccups?  You've got it all here including an animation of how the body works.
  
• Mathstories
  This new site has thousands of math word problems that you can print out and solve.   They're fun and challenging. 
  
• Math Baseball
  Step onto a simulated baseball field and have the computer pitch you math problems.  It's fun.
  
• Ask Dr. Math
  From the Math Forum at Swarthmore College. Find math information, or you can ask a question.
  
• Desert Life
  Information about, and pictures of, the plants, animals, and people of America's deserts.
  
• Cells Alive!
  All the facts on cells, including pictures!
  
• Super Science Site
  Check out this site for ideas, experiments and advice on performing and presenting experiments.
  
• Whelmers
  Demonstrated experiments for all ages - designed to "whelm" students!

 

Reference and SearchTools

• Merriam Webster: WWWebster Dictionary
  Need to look up a word? Do it here. With Thesaurus, too.
  
• Yahooligans  
  The well known Yahoo kids site with 1000's of links to nearly every subject
• Beyond The Black Stump  
  Links, links and more links

 

Visit the Museums

• Monterey Bay Aquarium
  all ages
  One of the world's finest aquariums is only an hour away. 
  
• The Exploratorium
  A big hands-on museum in San Francisco... a fun site!
  
• The National Air and Space Museum Web Site
  Information about flight, airplanes, and space travel.
  
• Volcano World Museum
  Great satellite and aerial images and interactive experiments that supplement other volcano information sources.
  
• University of California Museum of Paleontology If you like paleontology, you'll enjoy the on-line exhibits here (recommended for third grade and up).
  
• National Museum of the American Indian
  This museum is devoted to the protection and study of the
  life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans.
  

JUST FOR FUN!

Sports

• Gravity Games
  Summer or winter these games host some of the worlds most daring athletes
  
• Sports Illustrated for Kids
  Click here to get the latest issue online.

Games

• Checkers
  Will the black or the red pieces win this time?
  Java/32-bits.
  
• Five Field Kono
  This Beautifully designed strategy game is played on a java board. It's worth the wait for the board to load up.
  
• Pentalpha
  Solve this challenging puzzle on a Very Cool board. And then, let your friends try solving it.
  Java/32-bits.
  
• Virtual Mr. Spud Head
  The Mr. Potato Head of the 90s!
  

Fun Sites

• Castles of the World
  A great castle page by Jaime J. Fernandez
  
• Castles on the Web
  A beautifully designed and carefully researched site by Ted Monk.
  
• The Crayola Home Page
  Like crayons? Try this page on for size.
  
• Joseph Wu's Origami Page
  Origami, all the way from Japan!
  

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