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Visit the new Interactive Online Exhibits at the Arizona Science Center.  The exhibits explore colors, shapes, emotions, learning and more.
Explore the National Museum of the American Indian -  a collection of objects and historic photos provided by the Smithsonian.
Image a Story: Create a Book allows students to transform their imaginations into stories—and publish those stories into books.
How do you compare with students nationally and from around the world? Choose a subject and grade level from Dare to Compare.
The Whitehouse for Kids         

September 11, 2001, Documentary Project from The Library of Congress gives eyewitness account, reactions, and opinions that followed the events of September 11.

Have fun and learn something in the process at Basic Skills Practice & Games.  Here you'll find the best math, science, language arts, and social studies games on the the web.

Visit the Smithsonian National Zoological Park animal photo gallery and learn about species all over the world!

Need help with Algebra?  Check out these algebra resources that include step-by-step instructions, worksheets, lessons, calculators and more

SuperKids Hangman is great way to improve spelling and vocabulary skills
Practice your spelling words at Spelling City.

Zoo Tales from the Washington Post brings exciting information and videos about fascinating animals.

Play puzzles online, or download and print them out and solve them offline at Puzzles.com.
How much do you know about the world ?  Test your knowledge at this National Geographic site.
September 11 through Children's Eyes shares the experience from five Dalton School elementary students who were one block from ground zero.
Everything you wanted to know about being an astronaut, but was afraid to ask can be found at EdSpace.
Try your hand at this cool memory game, Colorful Bugs.
 Explore the many ways that plants have adapted to their environments at NATURE: The Seedy Side of Plants.
Visit Sesame Street for games, videos, and learning activities for young learners.
Find hours of learning fun at Game Goo.  Play Paw Park, Poetry Pickle, Monkey Business, and much more.  You'll love it!
The Virtual Sun features cool photos and videos of the amazing sun!
Explore insects, the miniature marvels of nature, at BugBios.

Looking for Great Search Engines just for Kids?

  • Yahooligans and Kid's Click, are search directories for kids.

  • AOL @ School provides a safe online learning tool.

  • ZEEK is a safe, all-in-one Internet destination for kids ages 6-13 to have fun, do research, play games, and surf the Web.

  • Check out Ask Jeeves for Kids, the fun, easy, and safe way to find answers on the web.  

  • KidsClick! is a database of over 6400 sites compiled by librarians.

  • Cybersleuth is a search directory for students.

  • Fact Monster provides all

  • f eight different kid searchthe tools necessary for research.

  • Edupuppy and Eduhound are directories aimed at preschool-grade 2 and grades K-12 respectively.
Make A Story at this interactive site by choosing a character, setting, and details.
Like to color?  Check out these coloring books:

How Everyday Things Are Made shows you how 40 different products are manufactured.
At Fine Art Online you can learn about fiber and graphic arts, painting, and sculpture on this cool site from Harcourt School Publishers.
Explore how different cultures view color, see how it affects the brain and the body, and much more at Color Matters.
Learn to read the language of art at Alphabet of Art, guide to a vocabulary of elements in art and visual design.
Follow the expedition and learn about Discovering Lewis and Clark at this new virtual site. 
Game Goo is a fun spot for K-2 students to go to learn Language Arts skills.  The games are colorful and interactive.
At MAMAMEDIA.COM kids can create cartoons, play challenging games, make wacky creatures, paint digital pictures, design and send animated cards and more.
Visit the cool exhibits at this interactive museum, Dynamic Earth.
Create your own play at SCENARIO CREATOR. Choose the stars and assign their lines, then click the "Create My Scenario" button to see your work.
NOVA: Dogs and More Dogs explains why dogs come in so many shapes and sizes? Learn the answers to this and many other questions.

Science U is a site for kids who like science.  Interactive exhibits, engaging multimedia articles, and activities make Science U a great place to learn! 

Discover the roots of our ever changing classroom at School: The Story of American Public Education.
Come check out this "kingdom fair with patterns present everywhere" at Pattern Palace.

Find out what happened This Day in History!

October 1, 1958 NASA officially opened its doors.  Join Snoopy on an interactive tour of NASA to celebrate the 50th anniversary
Professor Garfield and friends will crack you up as they teach you about math, science, reading, art, and more through tons of cool games and activities!
Explore the environment and learn about the neat things you can do to protect it at the Explorer's Club.
PBS Kids! is filled with fun and interactive games and educational activities. It is also the host of web sites for the Teletubbies, Theodore Tugboat, Barney, Arthur, Zoboomafoo, ZOOM, etc.
Build Your Own Milky Way at this Shockwave site.

Little Explorers provides a picture dictionary with Internet links.

Giggle Poetry is the premier web site for humorous children's verse on the web.
There are several fun things to do at Lincoln Park Zoo.
Learn about the story of blood Red Gold. You can track the scientific developments that contributed to our understanding and use of blood, learn about blood basics, or get your questions answered by the experts.
Press the button and race against the clock as you answer multiplication facts at Times Tables.
A fine collection of fairy and folk tales can be found at Web English Teacher.
Do you like to write? At Kids Creation Zone Magazine  you can choose your favorite zone and write an article or story to submit, or read the articles other kids have written.
Explore your own backyard and post your discoveries about your natural surroundings, or check out what other kids have found around their own neighborhoods at Backyard Jungle - What's Out There? .
Koko the gorilla has a sign language vocabulary of over 1000 words--do you know that many?
All about Dinosaurs including facts and picture gallery.
Can you identify these simple machines?  Find out at Edheads.
At MaMaMedia Jigsaw you can choose your picture topic, choose your puzzle shape, and see how fast you can solve these puzzles!
For some fast speed fun check out Planet HotWheels where you can race and crash without getting hurt!
Get transported to the future at Astro-Venture where you can try out different NASA occupations and use scientific inquiry as you search for and build a planet that people could live on.

Planning for college?  Explore the resources at Students Gateway to the U.S. Government.
NCES Student Classroom is a helpful educational portal.  Take the challenge at Explore Your Knowledge.
Learn the importance of the discovery of a fossilized dinosaur heart and get fast facts about what scientists have learned from it as you visit Willo, the Dinosaur with a Heart.
Go on a journey through the human body's systems using an imaginary micro-camera at the Human Body Adventure.

At Poetry Writing with Jack Prelutsky learn how to write a poem that Jack will publish! Includes poetry writing tips, a huge collection of students' writing, Jack's biography, and sound clips of his poems
Find lots of animated picture books, video song books, sing-along songs, and poetry and fiction written by kids at MightyBook.com.

Picture Books contains 17 complete picture books with pictures to colour for various ages, by illustrator Dandi Palmer.
Droodle is a fun way to use your imagination.  Can you guess this week's droodle?
Math can be fun!
  • Choose your grade level and check out the basic skills, activities, and challenge games for K-8 at AAA Math. Math concepts are also explained in detail.
  • Check out the huge collection of Interactive Math Games, from addition to trigonometry, created by two school teachers. Requires Flash plug-in.
  • Play interactive games such as Math Bingo, Hidden Picture, and Concentration while practicing basic math skills at A+ Math Games.
  • Problem-solving activities, including a great puzzles and games golore are found at Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles.
  • MathDork has interactive, animated tutorials, quizzes, and games all about algebra!
  • Maths File Game Show requires the Shockwave plug-in, but it's worth the effort!
  • Three-Digit Addition takes you step by step through this complicated process.

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