Links for Kids
Aunt Annie's Craft Page The emphasis of this page is on learning, creativity, and problem-solving while doing craft projects. Each project includes a variety of designs to choose from, patterns to print, and easy to follow instructs. Every project provides hours of enjoyment for both children and adults.
Joseph Wu's Origami Page Origami is the art of paper folding. The word is Japanese, literally meaning "to fold" (oru) "paper" (kami). If you enjoy making origami you'll like this site.
Not Just for Kids! Lots of animal and craft links, among others.
Stage Hand Puppets Activity Page Contains paper puppets and patterns, making scrap puppets, and other related links.
Animals, Myths & Legends This is a great story site! There are myths and legends from Native Americans and Aboriginal peoples, as well as folk tales from Europe.
Art Navigator Art Navigator includes five different sections on General Art Sources, Art & Culture Resource Lists by Country, Finnish Art & Culture on the Web, Art & Design Lists by Topic, Surfer's List to Art in The Web, and Art and Design Publications on the Web.
ArtServe The Australian National University containing over 27,000 images of Art & Architecture mainly from the Mediterranean Basin.
ArtsEdNet Created by the Getty Center for education, the ArtsEdNet provides several services to Art educators. A few of these services include lesson plans for "those who are looking for clearly defined ways to teach discipline-based art education," listings of projects and grants, contests for art students, and an e-mailing list for discussions.
Astronomy Magazine ASTRONOMY Magazine is the world's largest English-language magazine for astronomy hobbyists. Produced by Kalmbach Publishing Co., it is read by over 300,000 persons each month.
Biography: 15,000 Famous People! Searchable online database puts 15,000 of the greatest names, past and present, at your fingertips.
Candlelight Stories Read a variety of children's stories, look at colorful illustrations, listen to music, and more. And you can have your own story published on Candlelight or display your artwork in the Candlelight Gallery.
Classics for Young People Many links are offered here giving access to full-text children's classics.
Egyptian Art and Archaeology from The University of Memphis Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology, contains on-line artifacts exhibit, color tour of Egypt and other Egyptian sites.
National Geographic Online In addition to their famous features on individual cultures, the folks at National Geographic offer here a wide range of options including talk, answers to your geography questions, and scenic drive information with lodging, maps, and even car games. A great site.
Resources for Young Writers at Inkspot Will interest older kids who are interested in writing. Inkspot has resources for people who write for kids.
Sports Illustrated for Kids Online is and online version or their Sports Illustrated Kids magazine targeted for kids.
Stone Soup, the magazine of writing and art by young people Written and illustrated by young people ages 8 to 13.
The Bookwire Electronic Children's Books Index Contains lots of stories that you can read on-line from authors such as Lewis Carrol and his book Alice's Adventure in Wonderland, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, and more.
The Prince and I at the National Film Board of Canada. An interactive story, aimed at teaching kids to read. Ages 5 and up.
The Schoolhouse This online reading room features sections devoted to performing arts as well as English and science.
The Story Hour by the Internet Public Library contains a few online selections such as Do Spiders Live on the World Wide Web and The Tortoise and the Hare.
AIMS Education Foundation The Activities Involving Math and Science Education Foundation has put together this page. The Foundation publishes a magazine of math and science activities for teachers to use in the classroom. This online site doesn't have as much, but it does have a good puzzle section that anyone can access.
Ask Dr. Math Dr. Math answers questions from K-12 students and their teachers about Mathematics. Questions can be about homework, puzzles, math contests, math education or anything else related to Mathematics.
Ask Dr. Science A great site! Enables people to ask scientific questions, and participate in discussion through e-mail with Dr. Science. Nominated as "Cool Site of the Year" by People Magazine OnLine and InFinet!
Brain Teasers Entertaining and thought-stimulating math problems targeted to kid in third through eighth grades. Pretty fun for parents, too.
Cells Alive Animations and short video clips bring this site to life, and makes cellular biology easier and more interesting for all students. A lot of the material targets college students, but there's material for younger students as well.
CyberScience - Science on the Web Here you'll find experiments, puzzles, magazines, downloadable multimedia and more. Explore and enjoy!
Dole 5-A-Day Homepage A colorful and fun look at nutrition, especially the recommendation to eat five fruits or vegetables a day. Includes a kid's cookbook and help for teachers.
Electronic Zoo Want to learn about your pet, or what it takes to become a veterinarian? These questions and more are answered in simple terms on this neat, fun site. Also includes information on caring for pets, so parents have a reason to visit as well.
Gallery of Interactive Geometry from University of Minnesota Geometry Center. Contains Web Pisces, build a rainbow,cyberview, and more.
Live from Antarctica by Quest - The Internet in the Classroom, highlights life reborn in the coldest place on earth.
Mad Scientist Network Questions and answers on a huge range of scientific topics make this a great site for information on science. And if you don't find the answer you're looking for already here, ask a question of the mad scientist of your choice.
Optics For Kids Elementary school children might enjoy this quick look at some optical basics, especially if coupled with some experiments from the Optics Discovery Kit from OSA. There's also a bit of a pep talk on science and engineering as careers.
Science Friday Kids' Connection All kinds of fun and interesting experiments help kids learn about a huge variety of science topics. This site is an online companion to National Public Radio's weekly show. And kids aren't the only one who'll enjoy the site.
Science Learning Network The Science Learning Network (SLN) is an online community of educators, students, schools, science museums and other institutions demonstrating a new model for inquiry science education.
Scientific American Track the breaking new stories and provide readers with links to related sites. Called explorations, these features will guide online readers through the overwhelming wealth of information on the Internet. By linking to other relevant WWW sites and historical sources from Scientific American, readers can take a guided tour of recent technological developments. We will provide background, links to directly related information and key insights into the investigators themselves. Draw your own conclusions about the newest discoveries of the day.
Sea and Sky A web site dedicated to the last two great frontiers. Explore the awesome splendor of the sea and the endless wonders of the universe.
Seeds of Change Garden The Seeds of Change Garden web site is the result of the Smithsonian Institution's Natural Partners Initiative, and was created by the New Mexico State University College of Agriculture and Home Economics. There are garden activities for all seasons, recipes, and lots of wonderful information about the origins of food crops. Turn on the Teacher/Parent Notes and get extra information on each page.
The Exploratorium Answers to general science questions and instructions for dozens of science experiments are available on this site, a great resource for teachers and students alike.
The Geometry Center Lots and lots of math-based computing activities. Some really cool stuff!
The Tech Museum of Science An online scientific playground for kids and adults, and a great way to learn about how technology impacts our lives. The interactive exhibits are a delight.
The Why Files - Science Behind the News A National Institute for Science Education project funded by the National Science Foundation .
The Wonderful World of Insects There are well over 1,000,000 different known species of insects in the world, and some experts estimate that there might be as many as 10,000,000. They are divided up into 32 orders (depending on whose taxonomic system you use) of which the largest is the Beetles (Coleopteran) with 125 different families around 500,000 species.
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet from New Jersey Online has some interesting activities for kids like Cockroach World and Worm World .
Volcano World Has all the information you may need to know about volcanoes.
Space, Astronomy, and other Related Activities
Live From Mars This "electronic field trip" includes mission news, a photo gallery, and more from the Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Pathfinder missions.
Project Galileo A page dedicated to bringing information about the planet Jupiter and the Galileo Program to Earth.
Quest - The Internet in the Classroom includes Online From Jupiter 97 (The Galileo spacecraft explores Europa, with possible liquid water (and life!), Shuttle Team Online (Blast off with the people who make the shuttle fly), Live from Antarctica (Life reborn in the coldest place on earth), Earth to Mars Activities (Will bring you closer to the science and scientists featured in Discovery School Online's Space Theme programs), and more!
Space Camp The U.S. Space Camp Home Page -- includes information about the program and links to other space related activities.
StarChild This is a great spot for you and your child to learn about astronomy together. One part, the High-Energy Astrophysics Learning Center, is pretty advanced in its study of X-ray and gamma-ray technology, but it's well done and allows you to ask questions of professional high-energy astronomers. A nice feature is the linking of possibly unfamiliar words to a glossary entry.
StarChild Project Connecting NASA and the K12 Classroom.
The Cosmic Football Scientists believe meteorites are comet or asteroid debris. In space these fragments are called meteoroids. Only when they hit the Earth are they called meteorites. Each year up to 60,000 tonnes of meteorites fall to Earth. Most are less than one millimeter across and are called micrometeorites. Come visit to learn more.
The NASA Shuttle Web Contains current status, crew, payloads, real-time data, and multimedia for the current shuttle mission.
The StarChild Project A learning center for young astronomers. The StarChild site is a service of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC), Dr. Nicholas E. White (Director), within the Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics (LHEA) at NASA/GSFC.
Welcome To The Planets A collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program. The collection has been extracted from the interactive program "Welcome to the Planets." It also has a biography for each planet.
Boomerang Box - How do things like computers and tennis shoes get to your store? Follow the Boomerang Box! The Boomerang Box is a bright blue, 40-foot long cargo container that was decorated by artwork created by Seattle students. As the Boomerang Box travels from port to port on ship, truck and train, you can track it on the web and find out what it’s carrying and where it’s going.
Ask Dr. Universe - If you've got a question, call on Dr. W. S. Universe, the world's most curious cat, and his friends at Washington State University.
Washington Public Libraries Online - Youth services on the Web include a homework helper and references to children's literature.
Headbone Zone - A site for educators, kids and parents featuring cool strategy games and teaching resources.
Homework Help - From the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
Ace Kids for Children & Parents Contains stories by and for kids, links for kid's on the web, and more.
Carlos' Coloring Book This is a really nice site though the pictures are limited. Lets kids select and color a picture on-line. Uses the gd1.2 graphics library from the Quest Protein Database Center, Cold Spring Harbor Labs, and is based on an idea from Jim Allison's Coloring Book 3.0 for Macintosh.
Cyber-Seuss An interesting site dedicated to Dr. Seuss. Contains puzzles, The Grinch Quiz, Great Grinchy ASCII Art and lots more!
Internation Kids' Space This interactive, educational site helps kids learn about science, transportation, animals, and more. The easy-to-navigate site uses graphical "room" metaphors to help kids find their way around. There are frequent invitations to create and submit artwork, stories, and more. There's also an area where kids can talk to other kids. A definite winner.
Kid Info This is a site by kids for kids. This 4th and 5th grade class project was designed to be a "homework helper site". The page has loads of links to curriculum-related topics and information. There are also links for parents and teachers.
Kid's Wave SafeSurf approved sites including favorite site of the month, elementary ages, older kids and parents, space stuff and cartoons.
Kids Web A digital library full of interesting things for children to explore.
Kids' Corner Games, an interactive story, and more. Heavy on pictures, light on explanations. Presented by Oasis Telecommunications.
KidsCom at SpectraCom. KidsCom is a communication playground for children ages 8-12 is up and running. Kids can find key pals, get help with Internet questions from an Internet guru, talk about what they'd like to be when they grow up, explore links to other children's sites, enter sweepstakes to win prizes, and give feedback on what they'd like to see and do on the Internet.
MOOSE A virtual community for kids online; this site allows kids to "build" things in their community, and helps them help others get started. What they're really learning to do is object-oriented programming.
R.A.D.&S. is a page created by several kids (Robert, Aaron, Derek and Samantha - they are 11, 7, 3, and 10 years old.) for other kids. It is a well put together page and has many links kids will like.
The Bubblesphere Professor Bubble's Official Bubble Homepage. Everything you need to know about making soap bubble solutions, the history of making soap bubbles and more.
The Fridge Gallery The maintainers say "It's unlikely that anything done by anyone over age 12 will be hip enough for this gallery.
The Scholastic Network This site features many resources for kids and teens, including online books, games, quizzes, and news from the Global Kids reporters.
World Kids Network Contains fun & game activities, art, critters, puzzles and more. This is very nice site!
World Wide Web For Kidz Just the thing for those tough reports. Also activities, tips, etc. Changes weekly.
Movies and Educational Television Shows
Discovery Channel School Here educators can learn how to use the programming of The Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel in the classroom.
NYE Labs Online Bill Nye the Science Guy brings science to life by describing fun experiments kids can do with things around the house, helping them understand complex scientific theories in an easy to grasp way. Hands-on learning is a big focus, with a wide range of experiments and fun. Why didn't I have this guy for a science teacher?
PBS Online Contains information on science, education, and other topics presented by the Public Broadcasting System.
The Weather Dude Weather page especially for kids, parents and teachers from KSTW-TV (Seattle, Washinton) weather forecaster Nick Walker.
Theodore Tugboat's Online Activity Center Based on a Canadian children's TV show and features an illustrated interactive story, coloring pages to download, and Berit's Best Sites for Children.
Things to see on the World Wide Web
1492: An Ongoing Voyage This site features information on Columbus's historic voyage from the Library of Congress archives. Not much on graphics, but a lot of good information here.
A Girl's World This fun, personable site is designed for girls. It's set up as a clubhouse, with hosts, games and activities, and profiles of positive female role models. A great, fun site with a strong message that girls can be anything they want to be.
Adventure Online Eco-Adventures offers the opportunity for you to connect your classroom with various student-led expeditions. They have also archived some past experiences.
Andrea's Land! Contains lots of links to sites of interest to pre-teen kids.
BU's Interactive WWW Games Supports both Java and Non-Java. Includes Tic-Tac-Toe, Pegs, Multi-player Hunt the Wumpus, Battleship, JavaSweeper and 0 Puzzle. Hosted by The Boston University Scientific Computing and Visualization Group's Web server.
Child Net A service of STREETCATS FOUNDATION and NATIONAL CHILDREN'S COALITION, contains pointers to dozens of sites for kids and teens, specializing in local resources.
Creative Impulse The high school teacher who developed this site has built a resource which examines history through the Arts (Art, Music, Drama, Literature, and Culture) of each historical period. She starts with prehistory and takes you through the medieval period to the present. Lots and lots of links.
Cyberkids Goal is to create and promote youth community worldwide, and give kids a voice and an interactive place to express their creativity. Young people all over the world make Cyberkids a sharing, caring space. Cyberkids is published by Mountain Lake Software, Inc. of San Francisco, California, USA. Mountain Lake publishes educational software, as well as the Web sites Cyberkids and Cyberteens. Contains Art Gallery, Reading Room, Young Composers and more.
Digital Education Network The Digital Education Network (DEN) has six DENs in which students can obtain up-to-date information, learn, and practice their skills in such areas as math, news, writing, and the internet. Parents and teachers can access current content for classroom or home use. Registration is free.
EE-Link, the Environmental Education Server The Environment we live in is ever changing, learn how we are changing it.
Education Place is a site set up by the haughton Mifflin company and has a number of areas just for kids and their parents. Plenty of projects to stimulate imagination and creativity.
Endangered Species Contains information on Endangered and Extinct species, Natural History/Images, Investigating Endangered Species in the Classroom, Policy on Endangered Species, Regional Endangered Species Information, and Policy on Endangered Species.
EnviroKids maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7. It is designed with kids in grades 4 - 8 in mind, but there is something here for everyone. You will find information about EPA, about environmental issues in Region 7 (which covers Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska), fun activities, a contest, and much, much more.
Games Kids Play Remember all those games you played as kid out in the backyard? Where did the those rules come from? No "official" rule book, just knowledge passed down from older kids to younger kids. Well here they are. Some good ideas for teachers that have to create indoor activities when it's raining outside.
Kids Space Contains many sections including creative activities, communication pages, and sections for learning basic computer skills. Includes Kid's Space Connection.
Seussville The Cat in the Hat, Sam-I-Am, Horton and the Whos, and the rest of the Seuss characters welcome you to Seussville, Dr. Seuss's playground in cyberspace. You can play games, chat with the Cat in the Hat, win prizes, find out about new Dr. Seuss books and CD-ROMs, and much more.
TIGER Mapping Service a project sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. The goal of this service is to provide a public resource for generating high-quality, detailed maps of anywhere in the United States, using public geographic data.
The Global Show-n-Tell Museum Kids through age 17, you can send your artwork to Global for internet display, and they will tell you how to do it!
The Great American Landmarks Adventure The National Park Service, The History Channel, and The American Architectural Foundation offer 3000 years of U.S. history through word and picture. Learn how national landmarks are chosen and visit 43 of them, each with a brief history and an artist's drawing to print and color. Includes a teacher's guide.
The History Channel The History Channel offers lessons on everything from Martin Luther King Jr. to lesser-known historical figures and events. Includes both world and US history. A good source for kids, parents, and teachers.
The Homeschool/Homework Study Center This site has many helpful resource links to dictionaries, subject help, encyclopedias, libraries, museums, professors online, and more. If you need help with your homework, this is a good place to start looking.
Flints and Stones: Real Life in Prehistory The British Museum of Antiquities takes kids on a virtual trip to the Stone Age in this appealing site, which also relates ancient history to today's world, making it more real.
Franklin Institute Science Museum It's not quite the real thing, but a visit to their online museum should satisfy your yearning for learning about science. Wander, wonder, and just have fun!
Honolulu Community College Dinosaur Exhibit See the skull of a Triceratops, and Tyrannosaurus Rex and other dino things!
The Boston Online Museum of Science Visit Leonardo da Vince, explore a Native American archaeological site on a Boston Harbor island and see what archaeologists have learned about how Native Americans lived. Explore the Theater of Electricity, fractals, and much more.
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis The world's largest children's museum with a history that dates back to 1925. The museum offers non-traditional learning opportunities for children and their families.
The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.
K-12 Resources for Music Educators This site has many resources and links for music educators and students in all levels of education.
Music in the Net Music resources from The Sibelius Academy, the only music university in Finland and one of the biggest in Europe.
The Piano Education Page has a section "Just for Kids". If you're taking piano lessons, check it out. They also have Links to other Music-Related Sites.
GeoNet Game Houghton Mifflin's geography game allows a choice of heavy or light graphics as well as easy or difficult questions in a number of categories.
GlobaLearn Kids can learn a lot about various geographic regions and features of earth on this fun and educational site, which allows kids from participating schools to post messages to one another.
Internet Resources for Geography and Geology This is a great education resource. You may choose from a dozen topics including world geography, government resources, and teaching helps. Link to environmental information or take a virtual tour of Bosnia, Hawaii, the Grand Canyon, others. Big fun.
National Geographic Society National Geographic Online is your passport to the world and the World Wide Web! For more than a century National Geographic has gone on assignment to bring you the most exciting and authoritative scientific and educational information. Contains features prepared exclusively for cyberspace. Chat with photographers, writers, and artists, and exchange ideas with the leading scientific minds of our time. In preparation for your own expeditions, discover our travel area, then traverse the terrain of the latest in digital mapping from National Geographics Cartographic Division.
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Virtual Tourist The Virtual Tourist is a map-based directory of all the WWW servers in the world, operating in close association with W3C's Master Web Server Directory. If you want to know what is on the Web in the Philippines, this is the place to look!
Tour of Paris The Paris Pages / Les Pages de Paris is a project all about Paris. Contains information on monuments, museums, schools and more.
Virtual Galapagos Traveling virtually, K-12 classrooms investigate the Gal�pagos Islands' ecology to understand how wildlife adapts and evolves. This online space allows students to collaborate with the travelers and share their knowledge with the world.
Welcome to the White House This is an attractive and informative site featuring portraits and information on past and presidents, a White House tour, government information, much more. A great place to go with your kids.
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Boom Towns & Relic Hunters - History of ghost towns of Northeastern Washington State.
Life and Times of Washington State - A hands-on adventure that begins 545 million years ago is now on display at the University of Washington's Burke Museum. If you like dinosaurs, you won't want to miss this.
Stonerose Fossil Site - In Republic there is a place where the impressions of plants, insects and fish that lived nearly 50 million years ago can now be found in a large shale deposit.
Tour the Trees - Have you ever been on a tree tour? About 480 different kinds of trees beautify the campus of the University of Washington, and you can study some of them online.
Nye Labs Online - The Internet home of Bill Nye, Seattle's science guy.
Natural Resources Kids Page - Provided by King County's Metro KC