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Kids' Page!

 

VERY Cool Search Sites

Cool Sites for Kids
Links to great sites selected by the American Library Association

Yahooligans!
Yahooligans is a search site especially for kids. Young people, of all ages, will be delighted by the information found here. Everything from homework help to kid's art to sports and to games can be located at this site.

Kids Click!
A web search engine developed and maintained by librarians.

700+ Websites for Kids
Amazing, spectacular, mysterious and wonderful websites for kids and adults who care about them.


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Arts & Activities

ART AND ACTIVITIES

Amazing Travel Bureau (National Geographic)
Journey into some of the world's fascinating places and play interactive games.

A. Pintura, Art Detective
Solve the mystery about the missing paintings for fourth grade and up.

Bonus.com: The Supersite for Kids
Hundreds of quality activities that invite kids to play, color, explore, learn and im

Crayola Home Page
Find out how crayons are made and then enjoy the activities.

Download-a-Dinosaur
Quick dinosaur craft.

Games Kids Play
Rules for familiar and some not so familiar kid's games.

Learner Online Exhibits Collection
Interactive exhibits especially suitable for middle school students. Particularly interesting are the volcano and Middle Ages exhibit.

Little Explorers
Click on a letter of the alphabet and connect to, not one, but many pictures of words beginning with the letter, and hot links to web sites about the word.

Math Baseball
Score runs with your math skills

My Bedbugs
This Macomb County PBS based show has coloring pages,
games and more.
 

Picture Match
Is your memory good enough to match the pictures?

Professor Bubbles' Bubblesphere
Instructions and activities for loads of bubble fun.

Yahooligans! - Art Soup
Find sites that specialize in art for and about kids.

PRESCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Alphabet Fun
For the little ones to wander through the alphabet.

Chateau Meddybemps
Unique learning activities for children 8 and under.

Farm Animals
Look and listen to the animals who live on the farm.

Mr. Roger's Neighborhood
Mr. Rogers brings the whole neighborhood to the web in a collection of activities.

Nick Jr.
Have some fun with Franklin, Kipper, Maisie and all of the Blue's Clues gang at this site.

Sesame Street Fun
Check out the coloring pages from your friends on Sesame Street.

Teletubbies
Play games with Tinky Winky, Dipsy, La La and Po.

Theodore Tugboat Online Activity Center
Stories and activities for the younger child.

Zoo Animals
Find out who lives in the zoo.


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Books, Stories & Magazines

AWARD WINNERS

Caldecott Medal
Given to the illustrator of the best picture book of the year.

Newbery Medal
Given yearly to the author of the most distinguished book in children's literature.

Medal Winners From Around the World
Prize winning stories from many countries.

Ask the Author from the IPL youth Division
Author biographies and links.

Children's Authors & Illustrators and Their Books
Personal websites of authors or those started by fans.

Movies and TV Based on Books
Lists and reviews of books or stories which have inspired movies.

STORIES

Alex's Scribbles - Koala trouble
Delightful interactive children's stories about a koala bear in the land down under.
 
Tales of Wonder
Folk and fairy tales from around the world for older children and adults to read aloud.

BOOK SERIES

American Girl
Animorphs
Goosebumps
Magic School Bus
Magic Tree House
Arthur
Beatrix Potter
Berenstain Bears
Seussville
Thomas the Tank Engine

 

MAGAZINES

American Girl
Cricket
Cyberkids
Dragonfly
Junior Scholastic
Ladybug
Babybug
National Geographic World
New Moon
Owlkids Online
Ranger Rick
Sports Illustrated for Kids
Time for Kids
Yak's Corner


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Government

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government
Benjamin Franklin explains the workings of the U.S. government to kids, while pausing for some fun activities.

Facts about the Presidents
Biographical information, documents, speeches and photos of every President.

Federal Bureau of Investigation
This FBI site for kids includes history, safety tips, information about working dogs, games and more.

Kids Discover Michigan
Find here state symbols, elections. history and more.
 
Rulers
Current rulers of the world indexed by country.

United States House of Representatives
Information about the US Congress and the legislative process.

United States Senate
Official site of the US Senate, this site offers biographical information and a virtual tour.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Learn how to patent or trademark something here.

 
White House for Kids
Take a tour of the White House past and present.


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Social Studies

Afro-American Almanac
Biographies, historical documents, events, folk tales and commentaries about the African American experience.

Library of Congress Country Studies
Profiles of most major countries.

Multi Cultural Calendar
Local customs and significance of holidays from around the world.

State Reports
Information on individual states.

Time Capsule
Enter a date between 1900 and 1997 and get back a page of information.
 
Who was on the Mayflower?
Detailed information on history, passengers and documents of the Mayflower.
 
World Fact Book
Information provided by the C.I.A. on countries from around the world.

World Surfari
A country resource site for students and teachers, providing information in a fun-filled format.

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Animals

Animal Resources: Sea World/Busch Gardens
Locate information or fun facts about land or water animals.

Desert Life
Find out all about deserts and desert life in the American Southwest at this colorful site.

Endangered and Threatened Species
Information on a variety of endangered species such as animals, birds and plants.

Luckyduck's Home Page
Pictures and information about endangered species.

National Zoo
Great animal pictures. Highlights of the zoo. Check out the live pictures on the webcams.

Oakland Zoo Animals- A to Z
Click on any one of the dozens of animal names, and see a picture together with excellent information about the animal. Perfect for your research project.

Welcome to the UCMP T. rex Expo!
Pictures of real T.rex skeleton from the University of California Museum of Paleontology. Includes illustrations and descriptions of assembling the bones.

Zoom Dinosaurs - Enchanted Learning Software
Zoom Dinosaurs presents comprehensive on-line information about dinosaurs. Designed for students of all ages and levels of comprehension.


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Math

Ask Dr. Math
Question and answer service for K-12 math students and teachers.

Ask Dr. Math: Middle School Archive
Find answers to the most asked questions about middle school algebra.

Biographies of Mathematicians
Brief biographies of famous mathematicians.
 
Flashcards for Kids
Choose your own levels of drills in all areas of basic math.

Mathematicians of the 17th & 18th Centuries
Search by name or date.

Mathematics Lessons
Algebra, geometry, fractions and more.

Women Mathematicians
Biographies listed by name and date.


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Science & Experiments

ALA's Sites for Children: Science & Technology
Link to all sites with information on science, math and computers.

ALA's Sites for Children: Planet Earth
Link to a variety of sites on animals, weather, geology and space.

Bill Nye the Science Guy
Follow the wacky scientist with a "Demo of the Day" and highlights from the day's TV episode.

Chem4Kids
Chemistry, biology and physics basics presented in an entertaining manner.

Exploratorium Home
The world famous, hands-on museum in California brings its exhibits to the web. Among the exhibits of science, art and human perception are illustrations of sport science.

Kid's Space
A place for kids of all ages to explore on-line science activities and resources.

The Learning Studio@The Exploratorium: Home of the 10 Cool Sites, Science
Great videos, science, games, experiments and projects.Try these experiments right from your computer.

Periodic Table of Elements
The table has information about every ELEMENT found on Earth. After many years studying chemical elements, scientists have found over 100 different elements.

Volcano World
Produced by the University of North Dakota, just about anything you'd want to know about volcanoes.

Weather Underground
Weather information provided by the University of Michigan with interactive weather maps.

Yahooligans! Science and Oddities
Provides links to 16 subject headings in the area of science.


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Space & Astronomy

The Constellations and Their Stars
Need information on stars, constellations, the Milky Way? Find it at this site.

Multnomah Library Space Links
Links to sites covering astronomy, asteroids, extraterrestrials, space flight, stars and more from the Multnomah County Library, Oregon.

NASA Astronaut Biographies
Official biographies from NASA.

NASAKIDS
Search or play at this NASA site all about outer space.

NASA Space Link
Get photos from space, see a launch and more.

The Nine Planets
An overview of the history, mythology and current knowledge about the planets and outer space.

Solar System
Here's your chance to explore and enjoy the solar system and beyond.

Space Place Launch Pad
This place is far out. Sponsored by NASA, and other big wigs in space. Do spacy things; get the facts; have fun.

Star Child Learning Center for Young Astronomers
Look up into the stars at this site maintained by NASA.

The Sun: a Multimedia Tour
Enjoy great pictures while learning about the sun.


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Other Cool Stuff!

American Sign Language Dictionary
Watch sign language gestures and learn American Sign language.
 
Beanie Babies
Official site of the popular toys.

Boy Scouts of America
Information of interest to scouts and their leaders.

Detroit Lions
Official site of the Detroit Lions Football team.

Detroit Pistons
Everything you want to know about the Detroit Pistons.

Detroit Red Wings
Home page of the hockey stars.

Detroit Tigers
Homepage of the Detroit Tigers baseball team.

Disney
Games, shopping, stories, comics information. All the things that Disney does.
 
Encyclopedia Titanica
Passenger and crew lists and anything else you would like to know about this famous ship.
Girl Scouts of the USA
Official home page and links of interest to Girl Scouts and their leaders.

Harry Potter Books
Harry Potter, his friends and adventures can be found at this site.

Lord of the Rings
This National Geographic site tells about the history, author and characters of this popular film.

National Hockey League
Official site of the NHL with statistics, information on players and games.
 
 
SIFK: Games
Sports Illustrated for Kids.
Nuff said?
 
Time Capsule
Enter a date between 1900 and 1997 and get back a page of information.
 
 
Your name in Hieroglyphics
Type in a word or sentence and have it translated into hieroglyphics.

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