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A Few Award-Winning Sites to Probe
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Congress for Kids
“Let Uncle Sam take your students on a tour where they will learn about the 13 colonies, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, the three branches of government, the Bill of Rights, and more. Each stop on the tour provides interactive activities and offsite links to other relevant material and Web sites. Congress for Kids is a great way to extend students learning about the foundations of the federal government and how its actions affect them in a fun and engaging way.” [Education World© Site Reviews: August 2002]
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eNature "enables Web surfers to discover nature across the continent and close to home. More than 5,000 North American species are presented on the site, with full-color photographs and descriptions. The site also features a library of over 500 bird calls, guides to National Parks and Refuges, a Backyard Habitat Planner, and the highly popular Ask an Expert section, hosted by eNature's staff naturalists."
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FirstGov for Kids "provides links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject. Explore, learn, have fun..."
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Fun School "is a proven popular, trusted provider of interactive online games in a safe online learning community."
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OLogy means "the study of"...on the American Museum of Natural History's OLogy Web site, you can study and explore many cool OLogies.
"What's your favorite OLogy? If you're fascinated by spiders, then you're into ARACHNOLOGY. If you erupt with joy for volcanoes, then VOLCANOLOGY is your thing. If you're completely wowed by planets and stars, then you love ASTRONOMY."
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Smithsonian Images...hundreds of photographs from the Smithsonian Office of Imaging and Photographic Services which can be used by teachers and students.
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Publisher Web Sites for Kids
Listed below are the Publisher Web Sites for various links provided on other web pages at this site.
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Kids @ Random "This professional site offers tons of information . . .Mini-sites like the one about Junie B. Jones have book reviews, activities, ideas, author information, and the occasional trivia quiz. The site has links to reviews of children’s books searchable by title or author. In addition, new books are highlighted and pages can be previewed for some books. There is a Games and Contests section that links many fun activities for students at many ages. . . Although this is a commercial site, intended to help sell the company's products, the number and quality of free online features makes it a good teaching resource in itself." [September 2002 review by Education World] Scroll down to "Favorites". To view more selections, click on "See all of our Mini-sites".
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PBS Kids "It's full of high-interest, safe sites for children. Kids can return repeatedly and still find new places to explore. The individual sites are based on PBS children's television programs and are full of familiar characters. . . PBS is known for its high-quality education programming, and this Web site maintains the standard. Have fun! [Best of '99 review by Education World] For a list of all the program webpages, click on "Go" with "Everything PBS Kids" in the search box. Click on the "PBS Kids Go" button for their "new place for big kids".
PBS Kids: Cyberchase "Since its premiere in 2002, millions of children have followed the multimedia adventures of the Cyberchase Cyber Squad on air and online, making it a staple of the new PBS KIDS GO! program block" (http://www.urlwire.com 2004 review)
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Reading Planet "is provided by Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), the nation's oldest and largest nonprofit children's literacy organization."
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Scholastic Kids "...Interactive pages where kids can play with their favorite book characters, read about new books, and see software reviews; links for parents with advice on helping with homework, and keeping schedules; and a section for teachers including a homeroom homepage." [Review by Google Directory] Check out Captain Underpants, Goosebumps, and Harry Potter. Click on the "See All" button for many more.
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Time for Kids, "the online version of Time for Kids magazine, is the news, homework helper and exploration destination for kids on the Internet. The site keeps you on top of the news and lets you create, learn, get involved, explore, play games and access tools to help you with your homework."
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The use of some logos as a link tags is granted within their prospective websites. Direct permission was granted for the use of "Uncle Sam" as a link to Congress for Kids; the icon for Ology; the red bar icon for Scholastic. This website is currently seeking permission to use the "PBS Kids" as a graphic link. National Geographic offers logo graphics to link to the parent website. However, this web site is currently seeking permission to use their "for Kids" logo as a link tag for the Kids webpage. Credits go to http://www.gifs.net/ for the moon "phases.gif" used in the NASA link.
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