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Here's a universe of things to do: useful tools for your homework and paper-writing projects, video games, sport and art activities, and a bunch of other information and entertainment that will keep you coming back for more.

Preschool

123 Sesame Street: Has activities on matching, shapes, sending an email, and many other activities.

4Kids2Play: Offers funny games, puzzles, online coloring, cute screensavers, and e-cards. Requires Flash plug-in.

ABC Action: Play this fun abc game to learn your letters and sounds.

Alphabet Fun: Learn your alphabet and sounds.

Black Dog's Coloring Book: Color online any of a list on animals.

Build-a-Monster: Kids can select a head, a torso, and feet to create something weird.

Chateau Meddybemps: Read stories and then have fun doing activities.

Children's Storybooks Online: Great illustrated and animated stories to read to your preschooler.

Circle of Friends: coloring pages, activities, puzzles & mazes and friendship pages

Connect the Dots Online: Have fun connecting the dots.

Count Your Chickens: See if you can count the objects correctly.

DLTK's Printable Crafts for Kids: Gives instructions on crafts for ages 2+.

Games for Children Ages 1-5: Games and activities for children ages 1 to 5. Offers a maze, online coloring, fun with shapes, Junior I Spy, plus cute animations and sounds.

Lil' Fingers: Can read animated stories, play a game, or print out a color page.

Michigan 4-H Children's Garden: Find out how pizza is made, learn about caterpillars, or pick from many other activities.

Mousers: Play games, color, make goofy faces, or paint on this site.

Nick Jr. Playtime: Has games, stories, music, art, and activities to play.

Noggin - Games and more: Find games and activities to play with your favorite Noggin characters.

Number Train: Learn your numbers and have fun putting a train together.

Otto Club: Learn how to be safe and have fun doing it.

PBS Kids: Have fun with your favorite TV characters.

Rats: Have fun catching objects from the sky while learning your shapes, colors, numbers, and ABCs.

REBUS RHYMES: Mother Goose and Others: Has rebus stories and rhymes. The preschooler can "read" the pictures while Mom reads the words.

Robo Rocky's Jukebox: Listen to any of 20+ familiar preschool songs.

Sesame Street Central: Provides activities, games, and movie clips of the Sesame Street characters.

Seussville: Enjoy activities and games with your favorite Seuss characters.

Spout online PBS Kids: Sprout Offers Great Activities To Do With Your Preschooler

The Big Comfy Couch: Provides video, music, coloring pages, and games from this preschool TV program.

The Idea Box: Early Childhood Education & Activity Resources - Has activities, seasonal ideas, games, music and songs, recipes, and crafts.

The Kidz Page: Play games or print out color pages.

The Ladybug Game: Charming kid created game sensation. For kids 3 and older

Treehouse TV: Play, create, or listen to music at this special place just for preschoolers.

Wonder Vista: Have someone help you read these fun animated stories.

Zoboomafooo: Match the animal to its food; help a baby animal find its Mom; or find the mystery animal. Great photos.

Sports

Baseball Excellence: Sharpen your skills; take a pitching quiz, or join a discussion group.

Baseball Links: See what is going on with the teams in your area or go to the main menu to see what's happening in the world of sports.

Baseball: The Game & Beyond: “Have you ever wondered why a curveball curves or how ERA is calculated? Well in this site we try to answer those questions along with many more.”

Little League Online: Read baseball articles; check out the Hall of Excellence at the baseball museum; or even play some online baseball games.

Major League Baseball: Find injury reports, team reports, player salaries, photos of the players, and live play. (older ages)

Major League Baseball Teams & Players: Find the web site of your favorite team

MLB Kid’s Zone: Play baseball games, read the news, find out about the players, or listen to some of the pros.

My Team: Baseball: Has great tips to improve your game; ask the coach your questions; learn game strategies; find all the rules; or just play a online video game.

Official Site of the Amateur Softball Association: Link to local leagues; find out about the Junior Olympic program; latest news in softball; or even about the umpire program. (older ages).

T-ball U.S.A.: Official Guide: Go down to the bottom of the page to find links to the rules, frequently asked questions, and more.

Welcome to Extreme Baseball: Written by kids for kids. Lots of good information about baseball here

Amateur Athletic Union: Girls' Basketball: Find out how your team might be eligible to go to Europe; read the handbook online; write with any questions; and find all the information you need to get involved.

Basketball Tips & Terms: Has some tips to improve your game

Basketball.com: Includes basketball schedules, daily news, and statistics. Basketball.com features a fan section with forums, basketball history and rules

ESPN: ESPN coverage of the latest NBA news headlines, interviews, feature basketball articles, and player stats. Includes NBA draft coverage, standings, and reports

InfoSports: Youth Basketball: Select from feature articles; tournament action; hook up to a local team; or find other basketball links. (younger teen)

International Basketball Federation (FIBA): Governing body of international basketball.

NBA Kid's Zone: Play basketball games, read the news, find out about the players, or listen to some of the pros

Official Site of the Women's National Basketball Association: Read about the NBA today; view in video or audio the "sights and sound" section; talk to the players in a chat room; get the latest news; or find out the latest stats & schedules.

Sports Central: Basketball: Learn tips on playing or game strategies.

Sports Illustrated - Pro Basketball: NBA scores and recaps, basketball standings, statistics, team and player info, and more. From Sports Illustrated.

Women's College Basketball: Women's' College Basketball - (same for the ladies) watch video highlights; find the scores; get the statistics; and just about everything about men's college basketball (older ages).

Bicycle Safety: Watch a short, fun animated video on bike safety. (younger child)

Biking: Read articles; find out what's available in your area of the country; how to get involved in the sport; link to other sites; and much more. (older ages)

Cyber Cycle: Learn all about your bike, how to maintain it, and even how to repair it.

GORP: Biking guide offers information and resources on gear advice, where to bike, and biking articles

IMBA: Promotes mountain bicycling opportunities that are environmentally and socially responsible

Propelled by Pedals: A Fun Guide to Bikes: Written by kids for kids. You’ll learn all about cycling, discover how some tricks are done, or visit the bike “pedaling puzzles plus” section.

Science of Cycling: Find everything you ever wanted to know about all the parts of a bike and how they all work together.

Sports Illustrated for Kids: Extreme Video Bike Trick Flix: Watch some great bike tricks done by some pros

The Sport of Bicycling: Written by kids for kids. Learn all about mountain and road cycling. (older child)

The Unicycle Page: Meet other unicyclists, how to buy a unicycle, find things to do with a unicycle, and lots more information. (older ages)

Ball Reviews (Bowling Balls): Visit the Forum/Bulletin Board to discuss bowling topics ranging from ball composition to bowling technique.

bowl.com: Official site of the United States Bowling Congress, the national governing body for amatuer bowling in the US. Offers bowling industry news

Bowling 300: Extensive directory of amateur bowling tournaments.

College Bowling: Collegiate tournament news and results, conference standings, team rankings, and a hall of fame.

International Bowling Museum: Includes the history of the sport, weekly trivia, and a museum shop

Pin Boy’s Guide to Better Bowling: This site is intended to be a guide for beginning and casual bowlers interested in improving their game.

Women's Bowling NCAA: Get breaking college sports news at the official website for NCAA athletics

Youth Bowling Tutor: The articles or tips available through this site are the thoughts of experienced and certified bowling coaches.

Bass Fishing Help: fishing forum

Carp Fishing USA: Our new Carp Fishing secret or now I guess Technique. ... Welcome to Carp Fishing USA ... seem to realize how challenging and exciting carp fishing really is. ...

DNR: Department of Natural Resources

Fishing: Read articles; find out what's available in your area of the country; how to get involved in the sport; link to other sites; and much more!

Fishing - about.com: Includes feature articles, a web directory, and a guide to popular fishing locations.

Fishing World: Includes fishing classifieds, news, and links to guides and outfitters, resorts, and manufacturers.

Fishing.com: Leading the world to the water, fishing resource guide

Land Big Fish: Tournaments, Fish Recipes, Member Profile, Fishing Logs, Classifieds

Northeast Fisheries Science Center: Fish FAQs: Answers all your fishing questions

Sports Adventure Kids: Listen to stories; play a game; and other activities about camping and fishing.

Trout Fishing: Trout fishing tips, secrets and techniques with proven success to help you catch

Football - about.com: Index of NFL football related articles and resources including standings, playr power ratings, calendar, predictions, scores, and statistics

Kids' Football Camps: Search by state, country, region or length of sessions.

My Team: Football: Has great tips to improve your game; ask the coach your questions; learn game strategies and rules; or just play an online video game.

NCAA: Official site of NCAA Football, offering recent college football news, team standings, photo gallery, and trivia.

NFL - ESPN.com: Read ESPN coverage of the latest NFL football news headlines, interviews, feature articles, and player stats. Includes NFL draft coverage, team standings and more.

NFL Flag Football Basics: NFL Flag Football is a game that everyone can play. It's got running, throwing, and catching, and it relies on brains and strategy as well as athletic skill. You don't need pads or helmets, like NFL players wear, or lots of equipment. And there's no tackling, blocking, or contact. Just fun!

NFL Kid’s Zone: Play football games, read the news, find out about the players, or listen to some of the pros.

NFL's Official Site: Read sections on news, standings, players, stats, NFL films, chats, tv and radio.

Play Football: Go to sections on be a player, football facts, games, or get involved. (younger teen)

USA Today High School Football: Rates the top 25 nationally.

Bonus: Sports: Go to the tab for sports and then select the sport of your choice to find activities and games related to that sport

E Team Sports: Sharpen your skills with the instruction section, find out all the official rules, and see what is going on in the world of sports.

E TeamZ: Sharpen your skills with the tips and skills section for the most popular sports and even cheerleading.

Kid's Zone: Has a National Football zone (NFL), a Major League Baseball (MGB) zone, a National Hockey League (NHL) zone, and National Basketball Association (NBA) zone. In each these zones, you can - find out what your favorite football team is up to; chat with other sports fans; watch interview videos of your favorite player, coach, or owner; read information on players; and much more.

MyTeam.com:Fun & Games: Play sports related games and other activities

SIRC: Nonprofit organization and international leader in sports information. Identifies, collects, organizes and disseminates information about sports, fitness

Sporting News: Has 150 correspondents and 110+ years of operation. All sports covered in their season.

Sports Almanac: Facts and reference on sports statistics, athletes, baseball, football, basketball, hockey, tennis, college and Olympic games.

Sports Illustrated: sports news, scores, photos, columns and expert analysis from the world of sports including NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, NASCAR, college

Sports Illustrated for Kids: Read the latest sport news; play online sports games; visit Buzz's world; or get involved in fantasy sports. (younger teen)

Sports News: Keep up with the latest news in sports.

USA Today - Sports: Up-to-the-minute sports news and information for professional, college, high school and fantasy sports teams plus real-time sports scores and stats.

Youth Sports on the Web: Articles added daily in current sports. Can get information on youth sports - preschool through college.

About.com - Gymnastics: Training tips, sports science, news, games, and more

CNNSI.com: Gymnastics news

Gymnastic Forum: Read about your favorite stars, look through the calendar of events; find facts about the sport in general.

International Gymnast Online: Covering the world of gymnastics since 1956

International Olympic: Offers history of the sport of gymnastics and its development during the Olympic Games as well as photos and related links.

USA Gymnastics: Find the latest news in the gymnastics.

You Can Do It!: Watch animations or read the articles on girls’ gymnastics.

CBS Sports Line: Read the top news, standings, schedules, statistics, teams, and players in all your favorite sports.

CNN Sports Illustrated: Reports on all the sports in their season.

Fox Sports: Read all the latest on your favorite sports.

MSNBC Sports: Read about your favorite sport. It even has a section just for high school scores.

CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Centre) 4 Kids: In-line skating: CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Centre) 4 Kids: Games

Climbing: Read articles; find out what's available in your area of the country; how to get involved in the sport; link to other sites; visit the photo gallery, and much more.

ESPN Golf Online: Read about your favorite players; about the tours; and the latest news about golf.

Games Kids Play: Looking for a game or jump rope verse? This is the place to find it.

Go Fore Golf: Learn the basics of golf at this site written by kids for kids.

GORP: Visit this site for ALL your outdoor sports.

Hiking & Backpacking: Ask the expert; find regional trials; discuss with others on the discussion board; find clubs and associations; and more.

Inline Hockey Central: News and information, tournaments, clubs and leagues, player profiles, message boards and more

My Team: Hockey: Has great tips to improve your game; ask the coach your questions; learn game strategies and the rules; or just play an online video game.

NFL Kid’s Zone: Play football games, read the news, find out about the players, or listen to some of the pros.

Other Snow Sports: Includes snowboarding, snowmobiling, snow shoeing, dog sledding, snowshoeing, and more.

Scuba & Snorkeling: Links to articles from all over the world on scuba and snorkeling.

Ski Smarts: Here’s a site for all levels of skiers. You are sure to find ways to improve your skiing.

Skiing: Read articles; find out what's available in your area of the country; how to get involved in the sport; link to other sites; and much more.

SkiNet: Includes skiing gear reviews, adventure travel, photography, and technique.

The Exploratorium: The Science of Hockey: Science of Hockey - See how to slap a puck at 100 miles per hour, how fast is your reaction time, or why ice is slippery.

About.com: Skateboarding information, product reviews, anotated links, articles, chat, forums and more, all hosted by skateboarding guide

Birdhouse Trick Tips: Learn skateboard moves by watching these instructional videos

eHow: Find how to information on Skateboarding

Gr84 Skating: Source for skateboarding information, skateboarding tricks, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater cheats and plenty more

How to Skateboard: Learn how to do an ollie grab, 180 ollie, backside 180 ollie, 50-50 grind, 5-0 grind, boardslide, or noseslide. (younger teen)

Nike Skateboarding: Makers of state-of-the-art skateboarding shoes. Includes updates on Nike team riders, win a ramp contest, and links

Skate 101: Learn all you need to get you started and then some

Skateboard Science: Learn about the equipment, find out how to do tricks, or watch a competition

Skateboard.com: Read articles about the pros, local events & tours, tricks, and tips.

Slap: Features skateboarding news, pictures, forum board, and features from monthly magazine

Sports Illustrated for Kids: Extreme Video Tony Hawk: Captured “The Hawk's” five favorite tricks on video for you at this site

Thrasher Magazine: Skatepark information, feature articles, interviews, photos, and videos.

Transworld Skateboarding: Includes skateboarding photos, videos, chat, calendar, and more.

United Skateboarding Association: Amateur skateboarding organization.

Vans Warper Tour: Official site for the Vans Warped tour rock concert featuring dates, ticket information, bands, news, and more

Xtreme Sports: Has a good section on skateboarding as well as inline skating and climbing

CBC 4 Kids: Soccer: Learn about the sport and some instruction on playing.

Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA): Is the "world governing body for soccer". Don't worry it is in English. Read about the world cup, the history of this association, all the competitions; the regulations, and the calendar of events.

Got Soccer: Is a youth international soccer site. Join a forum; find links to other soccer sites; lists the soccer camps; and tryout information.

My Team: Soccer: Has great tips to improve your game; ask the coach your questions; learn game strategies and the rules; or just play an online video game.

Official Site of Major League Soccer (MLS): Read interviews of your favorite stars; ask the player of the month questions; find out here first the announcements by the MSL; find out the schedule of your favorite team; or read their feature articles.

SGO - Soccer Guide Online: Written by kids for kids. Learn formations, skills, and drills to improve your game.

Soccer Now Online: Read what’s new in the world of soccer, team tips, or about your favorite soccer player.

Soccer Training Info: Discover useful tips and training ideas that will put you on your way to becoming a better soccer player.

USA Youth Volleyball: Can read about the national teams; how to officiate; what publications are available; find out where the volleyball camps are; and there's even a section for the disabled.

Volleyball Festival: A volleyball tradition since 1984. Nation's largest girls tournament. ... Tournament Registration & Housing Reservations. FAQs. Schedule of Events

Volleyball Magazine: Feature articles, forums, scores, contests, and more.

Volleyball World Wide: Has all the information on how to play; the rules of the game; lists high school leagues; has scholarship information; how to contact the local league in your area; and much more. What this page lacks in style it makes up in information.

Teenagers

Are Web Transactions Safe?: Find out what measures are taken to protect your information - SSL, password sniffer programs, public & private key encryption and more.

Chat Room Safety: Provides tips, advice, and real life stories about safely using chat rooms. From Chatdanger 'How to Keep Safe While Chatting Online'.

CNET: Web Building: Has how-tos libraries, references, and resources.

Every File Format in the World: Couldn't figure out where that file came from? Using this site, you can figure out at least what program created that file by looking up the extension on this site.

FOLDOC: Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing: Is just what it says. Can find any and all computer terms defined here. Multi-award winning site.

Free Site: Web Pages: Lists all hosts that provide free service for web pages. Be sure to look at the menu on the left for free everything else to make your site look great.

Instant Messenger Safety: Provides tips, advice, and real life stories about safely using Instant Messenger. From Chatdanger 'How to Keep Safe While Chatting Online'.

Mobile Phone Safety: Provides tips, advice, and real life stories about safely chatting on mobile phones, from Chatdanger 'How to Keep Safe While Chatting Online'.

NetSmartz: Play fun games and learn about internet safety

Online Game Safety: Provides tips, advice, and real life stories about safely playing online games. From Chatdanger 'How to Keep Safe While Chatting Online'.

PC Magazine: Find hardware reviews, industry news, downloads, and new products on the market.

Protecting Your Privacy: Privacy and safety go hand in hand and many of the same rules that help keep kids safe in cyberspace can also help to protect their privacy. Also includes information from the FTC. From Safeteens.com.

Safe Blogging Tips for Teens: Provides top safe blogging tips for teens, from BlogSafety.com.

So, You Want to Make a Web Page: Written by a professional web designer as a beginning tutorial for those who want to create their own web pages.

Students – What to do (How to fix your computer workstation): Very often, both in school and at home, the computer workstation will not fit you properly. This site tells you what you can do to fix that.

Technology Tutorials Found on the Web: Lists websites of free tutorials for many different applications.

Teen Guide to Safe Blogging: Article on safe blogging for teens, from Safeteens.com

Teen Safety on the Information Highway: Article on teen safety on the Internet, from Safeteens.com.

TuCows Network: Has a huge selection of freeware, shareware, and demo versions to download. Beware this software doesn't come with instructions usually.

Vmyths: Learn about computer virus myths, hoaxes, urban legends, hysteria, and the implications if you believe in them.

Writing HTML: A Tutorial for Creating Web Pages: Written for those serious about learning web page design. Goes into the latest features one can add to their web page.

Yahoo! Geo Cities: Helps you build and host your web page free. One of the largest provider of free web pages.

ZD Net: Offers most anything you'd want about and for computers - free downloads, news on the latest viruses, repair tips, game previews, game hints, and much more.

007 James Bond's Official Site: View movie clips, listen to the songs, see behind the scenes look at how they make the Bond movies, or download trailers.

Better Homes and Gardens: Ideas for decorating, remodeling, food & recipes, gardening, holidays, health and family crafts

Cyber Athlete Professional League: Attracts hundreds of pro gamers to its live tournaments and has quickly become the worldwide leader for professional gaming events. …Awards the tournament winners hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash prizes.

Game Genie: Has demos, cheats, forums, releases, and reviews of the latest games.

Game Winners: The largest home video and computer game help site on the web covering 39 systems from the classic consoles to today's current generation.

GameFAQs: Online guides, walkthroughs, hints, and cheats for various games and systems.

Gamespot: Read reviews and information on games for every system.

IGN.com: Large gaming site containing hardware and software information about PCs and home console systems.

MSN Gaming Room: Play a variety of games directly online from the Microsoft Network.

Namco: From the arcades to home consoles, Namco has developed some of the most popular entertainment software.

Nintendo of America: Nintendo's official website including news on upcoming games and events, online shopping, and product support.

Prom Night: Helps you organize and plan for that special event. Has tips for guys & gals to make the night a success.

Sega: Sega's online community based around the Dreamcast and it's library of games. Also includes an online store and customer service.

Square Soft: SquareEA are developers of some of the most popular gaming titles in history, such as their "Final Fantasy" series.

Weekly Reader: Games and Puzzles. All Games Sudoku Puzzle Game Word Search Crossword.

AARP: find your hobby....hobbies are a great way to relax after a hectic day

About.com - Photography: Photography articles, links to external sources, and general information about digital, black and white analog, lomo, and many other forms of photography

American Philatelic Society: International nonprofit society for stamp collectors.

American Radio Relay League: Tells you how to start this "hi-tech" hobby with lots of good advice.

Aviation Enthusiast Corner: Can find out when & where the closest air show is: visit museums on aviation; view photos of any kind of airplane; discover aviation records: or even listen to JFK's airport tower live. (younger teen)

Book Spot: Lists the best sellers, those that have won awards, reviews and even a list of online books you can read.

Discovery Channel Games & Interactive: A different one daily. (younger teen)

Filmmaking.com: A resource for film schools, moviemaking tips, and digital filmmaking

Food Network: Recipes & Cooking. Holidays & Parties. Quick & Easy. Healthy Eating, Cooking Italian

Ham Radio Online: Go to the "start here" section for all you need to know and how to get licensed.

Junior Philatelists (stamp collectors) of America: Is a "run by and for young stamp collectors, age 18 and under." (younger teen)

MakeStuff.com: You can make it yourself... craft projects, homemade remedies, recycling crafts, and more.

MakingTheFilm.com: Aims to educate and inspire would-be filmmakers. Includes the author's filmmaking diary, stills, and clips.

Martha Stewart - Food: Official site of Martha Stewart Living. Offers how-to advice and products for cooking and entertaining, home and garden, crafts, holidays, weddings, and children

Photo.net: Photographer community since 1993 offering photo sharing and critiques, photo galleries, film and digital photography equipment reviews, learning resources.

Plants and Youth: Designing and Building a Terrarium: Step by step instructions for creating your own terrarium.

Playing With Time: You will see time sped up and slowed down, and behold the beauty of change. Time will be in your hands to witness, replay, and even create. You never know... you might not look at things quite the same way again.

PopPhoto: Home of Popular Photography and American Photo magazines. Includes tests, reviews, buying guides, tips, galleries, forums, contests, and workshops.

Puzzle Maker: Create your own puzzles. Can select to make a maze, word search, criss cross puzzle, number blocks, math square, double puzzle, cryptograms, letter tiles, or fallen phrase.

The Garden Gate: use this site to find out about online publications; use plant databases; take a tour of some of the best gardens; or join a newsgroup.

USPS - Stamp Collecting: Look up words and terms associated with the collection and study of stamps

Yahoo's Picks: Coin Collecting: Scroll down to pick your own site from this list of sites for coin collecting.

YourHobby.com: This site is dedicated to your search for information concerning your hobby

A Plus Research & Writing Paper for High School & College Students: Follow the step by step directions and you too can get an A+ on your next paper.

Awesome Library: Organizes the web with 22,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education.

Biographical Dictionary: Can find information on 28,000 famous people. (younger teen)

Biography Maker: Learn how to write a really exciting biography. (younger teen)

BJ Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper: Links to every subject or class you can take.

Cell Alive: Learn cell development with animations, descriptions and video.

Electric Library's Encyclopedia: Use this online encyclopedia for your research papers or just for fun.

Encyclopedia.com: The Internet's premiere free encyclopedia, provides users with more than 57,000 frequently updated articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Each article is enhanced with links to newspaper and magazine articles as well as pictures and maps - all provided by eLibrary.

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Find all your grammar and writing questions answered here. Very thorough site with excellent resources.

Homework Central: Biographies: Lists of biographies about people in every walk of life.

Homework Spot: A homework information portal that should supply all your homework needs. It’s even separated into elementary, middle and high school sections.

How to Study.com: All the skills, tips and guidelines you need to work smarter not harder.

Info Please - Homework Center: Use the search box to find answers to your homework questions in their almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia, and biography database or go to these sections directly. For maps, go to the atlas or map library.

International Affairs.com: Provides links to maps, newspapers, magazines, governments, international organizations, economic data, demographic information, topic areas, research institutions, online journals, and general information on countries all over the world.

KidsClick: Find links to every subject. All links have a grade level assigned to it so you can find links that are appropriate for your grade.

Merriam-Webster's Word Central: Use the dictionary and thesaurus online then try out the cool new stuff, word game, lighter side of language, word of the day, or word for the wise.

Refdesk.com: Complete with news, sports, weather, radio online, national newspapers, TV news, major magazines, international news, specific newspaper columnists, acronyms, area codes, biographies, comics, encyclopedias, maps, thesaurus, statistics, stock quotes, unit converters, zip codes, and more.

Reference Desk: A virtual reference desk with information on anything you might need.

Science Fair Primer: High school participants at the local science fair compete for scholarships in some states as well as the opportunity to go to the regional and state science fairs.

Spark Notes: Online Study Guides. Provides over 100 study guides for the classics.

States and Capitals: Gives you important and not so important facts about each state.

The Academy of Achievement: Investigate those who have made history in the arts, business, public service, science and exploration, and sports as well as those who demonstrated courage, perseverance, or integrity. Video and audio of these history makers such as General Colin Powell, Edward Tiller (father of the atomic bomb), Dr. Ballard (discovered the Titanic), Denton A. Cooley (pioneer of the heart transplant), Alan Shepard (1st man in space), Chuck Yeager (broke the sound barrier), Hershel Walker, Willie Mays, George Lucas, and many, many more. (ages 9-11)

The National Atlas: Designed to provide a reliable summary of national scale geographical information.

The Research Paper: Provides a guide to writing a research paper.

The WWW Virtual Library: All subject areas and classes are covered at this site.

Time Capsule: Put in a date and you'll discover what happened on that date; what were the top songs, prices on merchandise; sports events; or academy award winners. (younger teen)

Amazing Earth Games: Disasters You Can Play at Home: Play Crumble California (earthquakes), Unleash a Super Storm (hurricane), or Destroy Life on Earth (meteors).

Amazon Interactive: Plan and manage a locally-controlled ecotourism project (Grades 6-8)

Ambiguous Illusions: Find 20+ great optical illusions and how they are created.

Amusement Park Physics: Create your own amusement park rides - a roller coaster, carousel, bumper cars, free fall, and pendulum ride. Plan it carefully--it has to pass a safety inspection.

Atmospheric Optics: Light playing on water drops, dust or ice crystals in the atmosphere produce a host of visual spectacles - rainbows, halos, glories, coronas and many more. Find out where to see them and how they form.

Build Your Own Avalanche Interactive Game: Change the slope, snowfall, tree density, and skier size till you create the perfect conditions for an avalanche to occur. Be sure to go to "Today at the Mountain" or previous episodes to find out more about avalanches.

Car Buying Tips: Provides all the tips and advise you'll need to buy that car of yours. Has information on lemons, scams, leasing, financing, insurance, DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) sites, and much more.

Conservation Investigation: Seahorses: You are a reporter for an international newspaper assigned to investigate the sea horse situation. You can travel to the Philippines and see seahorses and their habitat, interview local people, scientists, fishermen, traders, medicine users, and do library research for documents and statistics.

Homework Help's Multimedia Interactive Lessons: Dissect a frog, throw the particles of an atom around, play reflections with a mirror and object, or choose from other interactive units.

How Stuff Works: Series of articles that explore the workings of electronics, computers etc...

How Things Work - Lasers: Learn how lasers work

Hurricane & Storm Tracking for the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans: Learn about the latest storms or about typhoons, hurricanes, and tropical storms in general.

In Search of the Ways of the Knowing Trail: You make the decisions in this interactive adventure through the jungles of Ituri.

In the wild: Brookfield Zoo's scientists know what is like to discover fascinating facts about animals and their environments. Now they want you to go with them Into the Wild.

Kelley Blue Book: Find out how much that used or new car should be worth. Has sections on used vehicles, motorcycles, new car previews, new car prices, buying & selling, and even a title history report of that car you're looking at.

Marine Reserves: Where do you fit in?: Your mission is: To protect, maintain, restore and enhance living marine resources through new management strategies that encompass an ecosystem perspective and promote collaboration between competing interests. A simulated adventure.

Motor Cities: Has a mission to have at least one picture of every vehicle that has ever been produced in the history of this planet.

Odyssey: Has live webcams all over the world, ask an internationally known scientist (they change monthly) a question, read the latest articles on what is going on in our world, or find an article that interests you.

Project Sol: Welcome to the world of solar electricity. where energy from the sun can power the computer you're using.

Spot the UFO Interactive Game: Look at actual photos of reported UFOs and try to find the one true UFO. Be sure to click on Alien Invasion Week for more information on UFOs and aliens.

Star Party: Place your cursor over any part of the sky to find out about that area of space. Has information on black holes, Ets, reading the sky, deep space, and seeing stars.

The Weather Channel: Look for weather conditions anywhere in the world. Offers weather information as it relates to skiing conditions, holidays, travel, driving, golf, events, and more.

Trading Around the World: Play this game to experience the challenges and excitement of international trade. See if you can get the best price for the goods you sell and the biggest bargains for the goods you buy. Watch how the global economy is doing: the prices you'll be able to get and the deals you can make depend on how healthy the global economy is.

United States Geological Survey: Earthquake Information: Provides information on the latest earthquakes around the world, and even has a link to possible science fair projects.

Washington, DC National Zoo: Visit the animals of the Washington National Zoo via live cams.

Weather Online: Has weather forecasts for anywhere in the U.S., current conditions anywhere in the world, and links to anything weather related.

You Control the World Interactive Game: Tamper with the earth by changing its rotation, atmosphere, axis tilt, and temperature and see what happens to our world. Be sure to go to "Peel the planet", timeline, dispatches, earth essays, dig deeper, or the earth cams to find out more about our planet.

Animated Chinese Characters: Learn how to write in Chinese. Animated drawings of the Chinese word help you learn how to form the Chinese characters or alphabet.

Art Tales: Create a story, write a wildlife guide, or curate a museum exhibit, add excitement with music and then publish on the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s website.

Fodor's Living Language: Learn French, German, Italian, or Spanish with audio files to see and hear the words. Provides words and phrases that will be useful at the airport, finding your way, finding accommodations, socializing, dining, personal services, health care, on the road, communications, sightseeing, shopping, leisure, entertainment, and general information.

Foreign Languages for Travelers: Select the language you speak and then the language you'd like to learn.

French Assistant: Read about another teenager's experience in France and how he learned the language.

French Language Course: Learn French with this 10+ lesson course with audio included.

German for Beginners: Learn German from this multi-award winning site written by a German instructor. Has audio files and links to German newspapers, radio online, TV, literature, culture, films on the net, fun stuff, study abroad opportunities, and much more.

Japanese-Online Lesson Index: Teaches the language by introducing a dialog between different characters. Not for some beginners. Audio used.

Languages: Opens to Spanish but has a left side menu with Latin, Italian, German, Chinese, Russian, Polish, Croatian, and Albanian. Links to courses, grammar, listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary, workbooks, quizzes, tests, games, cultural materials, music, quotes, proverbs, jokes, and more (varies slightly for each language). Can even hear the Simpson's in another language.

Learn Chinese: Audio Tutorial of Survival Chinese: Provides commonly used, functional words and phrases in greeting others, shopping, dining, traveling, time, weather, holidays, and what & how.

Learn Japanese Online: Has a great explanation of the two Japanese alphabets as well as 9 lessons in Japanese.

Learn Spanish: A Free Online Tutorial: Pick from 71 lessons and still adding lessons. Be sure to go to the "oral exercises" to hear the words being spoken.

Learning Chinese: Find links to anything and everything Chinese - introduction to Chinese, learning pronunciation, learning conversations, characters, grammar, reading materials, Chinese radio, Chinese TV, online dictionaries, testing your Chinese, and much more.

On-Line Dictionaries: Has a dictionary in every language I know plus many I've never heard of. Many have audio as well.

On-Line Grammars: "Includes all types of grammars: reference grammars, language lessons, and historical grammars …" Has every language you could possibly want.

Teachionary: A Way to Quickly Learn Basic Vocabulary: Learn Spanish, Japanese, German, Quebec French, Russian, Farsi, Cantonese, or Tamil. Choose any word on the menu to hear words related to that topic spoken in language of your choice.

World Myths and Legends in Art: Myths are stories that explain why the world is the way it is. All cultures have them. Throughout history, artists have been inspired by myths and legends and have given them visual form. This site combines art, mythology and the culture into one.

A Celebration of Women Writers: Can select these authors by country or by century.

Amazing Kid's Contest: Provides information on how to enter their contests. Past contests have been in writing and drawing. (younger teen)

American Literary Classics: Read them online. Almost 100 of them.

Ask a Reporter: Read questions asked by students all over the world or ask a New York Times Reporter your question.

Author Spotlight: Read the biographies of some of your favorite authors. (younger teen)

Authors Online: Meet your favorite authors and ask them questions. (younger teen)

Kid Views: Want to hear from you about the books you've read. They'll post your review on the web. (younger teen)

Kids World International Writing Contest: Go see what the theme is for the month and enter this monthly contest for software prizes as well as being published on the web.

Passport to Reading: Take the reading challenge

Star Trek/Sci-Fi: Short Storeis Just for Teens: Publish your own Sci-Fi stories or just read what other teens have written.

Teenreads.com: Provides teens info and features about their favorite authors, books, series and characters. We are a part of The Book Report Network, a group of websites founded in 1996 that share thoughtful book reviews, compelling features, in-depth author profiles and interviews, excerpts of the hottest new releases, literary games and contests, and more with readers every week.

Writing with the Writers: Learn tips from the experts in writing biographies, folktales, mysteries, myths, poetry, or a book review. (younger teen)

Brain Teasers: Has a brainteaser every week and an archive of past ones. (younger teen)

Clever Games for Clever People: Chose from 15+ games to challenge your intellect.

Cool Math for Teens: Fractals, brain benders and 3D frames you can make to your specifications and more.

Cool Quiz: Beat the top scores or just see if you can answer the mystery movie quote, music trivia, sports quiz bowl, Who said that?… Tube trivia, wacky word, movie sound byte, poster mania, and many more!

Curious Math: Want to learn how to quickly square a number that ends in 5? Or how to tell if a number is divisible by 3 at a glance? That's the kind of fun and fascinating math tricks and trivia you'll find here at CuriousMath.com.

Einstein Origami: The Einstein Origami game may be played by 1 or more players, ages 10 to adult. The game tests a players' folding speed as well as your strategic thinking skills.

Fractal Arts: Fractal Art, Screensavers, Tutorials, Software & more! This site is for the serious fractal artist.

Fractory: You’ll learn what fractals are and how to design them, but this site will also let you discover more on your own.

Jump$tart Financial Literacy for Students: Jump$tart's purpose is to evaluate the financial literacy of young adults; develop, disseminate, and encourage the use of standards for grades K-12; and promote the teaching of personal finance.

Mudd Math Fun Facts: Mathematical tidbits from all areas of mathematics meant to arouse curiosity and fascination with the subject. Fun Facts gives a glimpse into mathematics which is full of interesting ideas, patterns, and new modes of thinking.

Tim's Interactive Puzzle Solution Center: Authentic dynamic visual implementations of famous and other curious brain teasers.

Web Math: Click on a problem solver, enter your math problem and click for an explanation of how it's done and the answer. Remember — you won't have Webmath when you take the test. Try the next problem on your own.

Weekly Reader: Games and Puzzles. All Games Sudoku Puzzle Game Word Search Crossword.

ACIS Educational: Have over 140 educational tours for you to choose from. (older teens)

Amerispan: Specializes in language immersion, study abroad, and educational travel programs around the world.

Global Education Solutions: Cultural Experiences Abroad offers study abroad programs for: University, ... Study Abroad Programs for University, College, and High School Students

Global Student Experience: Offers all-inclusive study abroad programs, including enrollment, housing, excursions, and daytrips.

PATA (Programs Abroad Travel Alternatives): Believes "students who study abroad develop fluency in another language & achieve new perspectives of other cultures". (older teen)

Studyabroad.com Handbook: Is "a guide for students preparing to study abroad. Written by Bill Hoffa, one of the leading experts in this field" Has sections on exploring cultural differences, health, nutrition, safety, security, legalities, coping with emergencies, credits, costs, careers, documents, and a pre-departure checklist.

Summer Study Abroad: Summer Study Abroad is a global leader in providing study abroad opportunities for to all your favourite destinations in France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Caribbean, Panama, Ecuador and more!

The Experiment in International Living: "Is one of the first international educational exchange programs in the world. For over 65 years…" (older teen)

Youth for Understanding: "Go to one of 30 countries for an academic year, academic semester, or summer." " Live in a totally new culture -- not as a tourist -- but as a member of a family that wants you to have a great time while you are learning." (older teen)

A. Pintura the Art Detective: Solve cases such as the Case of Grandpa's Painting. Become a master detective.

Amazing Kid's Contest: Provides information on how to enter their contests. Past contests have been in writing and drawing.

Apogee Photo Magazine: Has articles for the beginning to advanced photographer in this online magazine on photography.

Art Adventures: Has art resources for creative individuals from beginner to advanced. Select from create art; study art; or play art games.

Art History Resources on the Web: View or learn about art in prehistoric, ancient, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th-Century, 19th century, 20th century, non-European, research resources, museums & galleries, or Prints & Photography. (younger teen)

Art Kids Rule: Learn about all types of art including the theatre, photography, dance, painting, sculpturing, filming, craft projects, and more.

Art Kids' Rule: Choose from arts & crafts, cartooning, photography, animation, painting, sculpture, and even dance.

Art Studio Chalkboard of Indianapolis: Is a "resource for artists and art students that focus on the technical fundamentals of perspective, shading, color and painting." (older ages)

Artcyclopedia: Search from over 6,000 artists; read through the top 30; look at art museums all over the world; or read the monthly features.

Harmony Central: Has industry news, as well as sections on guitar, bass, effects, software, recording, MIDI, keyboards, synths, drums, percussion, computer music and a bands page.

Inside Art: An Adventure in Art History: After being whisked away in a vortex you become trapped in a painting but you need to know what picture you are in and who is the artist.

Mark Kistler's Imagination Station: Click on the pictures for cool “drawing in 3-D” lessons! Print the step-by-step instructions, then draw, draw, draw! Enjoy!

MTV Online: Get the latest news, music, and show information. Chat with others or learn more about your favorite bands.

National Endowment for the Arts: Has links to many art forms; view the online exhibits; read interviews of the artists; or read about current art projects.

National Gallery of Art: View the exhibits in architecture, painting, sculpture, and decorative arts.

Origami: Create animals from paper with these step by step directions.

Our Earth as Art: Here you can view our planet through the beautiful images taken by the Landsat-7 satellite - and most recently, the Terra Satellite's Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER). Truly works of art!

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Tour the exhibits; learn what's happening; speak your mind; or play around in this online version of this famous museum.

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Online exhibits, special exhibits, and even Ask Joan of Ark anything you want to know about art.

Surrounded by Beauty: Native Americans are a highly spiritual people who create objects of extraordinary beauty that you can view at this site.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Explore the history and techniques behind a selection of Met objects. Learn about the artists and cultures behind the paintings.

The State Hermitage Museum: Take a virtual visit (uses hot media) through this museum in Russia as well as visit the virtual academy.

Web Exhibits: Discover pigments through the ages, causes of color, rediscover a painting's past and more.

World Myths and Legends in Art: Myths are stories that explain why the world is the way it is. All cultures have them. Throughout history, artists have been inspired by myths and legends and have given them visual form. This site combines art, mythology and the culture into one.

Young Composers: Hear others musical compositions; submit your own composition; join the discussion board; play music match-up; or take part in a chat session.

Caring for Gorillas - middle school: Often in our lifetime we are mesmerized by the creatures we read about and see in the movies. They stir our imaginations and desire to learn more about them. The gorilla is one of these creatures.

CNN: Choose from news of the world, U.S., local, politics, weather, business, sports, technology, space, health, entertainment, books, travel, food, arts & crafts, nature, in-depth, and analysis.

Cycle Science: Why do road bikes have thin tires, while mountain bikes have fat tires? What is a gear ratio? And how do gears help make the bicycle so efficient? These are just a few of the questions answered on this site.

Discovery Channel Online: Discover for yourself the world around you with videos, audio, and text.

EarthStation 1: Is "the Internet's Media Museum.™ MP3 Wav Audio & Digital Video of the Media Age." This site is made up of sounds, music, video and photos of all the current and past influential leaders in all fields. A visual delight.

History Net: Covers events of interest throughout history. Read feature articles such as "Pick from eyewitness accounts, homes/heritage, aviation, technology, interviews, arms/armies/intrigue, World War II, great battles, personality profiles, civil war, American history, world history, or select from a list 16 magazines about our world." Also gives information on events and exhibits throughout the U.S.

Hollywood.com: Get sound tracks, music, and reviews of your favorite flicks.

Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Can find information on almost any historical event on this site. One of the most comprehensive lists of world historical events out on the Internet.

Map Machine: Find nearly any place on Earth, and view it by population, climate, and much more. Plus, browse antique maps, find facts about each country or plan your next outdoor adventure with their trail maps.

Monetary Mania: A quiz show about money. You might be surprised by what you find out, you didn’t know about our currency.

Mr. Showbiz: Find out about the latest celebrities in the movies, TV, and music.

Mummified: The Match Game: Try to figure what mummy is which and some of the stories behind the mummies.

Playing With Time: All nations flags are displayed randomly. Fifteen flags are presented per game. Select from a list of possibilities and if unable to pick the correct answer, you may also use clues which include: capitals, anthems, continent, neighbors, and currency.

The History Channel: Chose a "modern marvel"; listen to famous historical figures; visit a day in Wall Street, automotive, historical, or civil war history; discover what happened on this day in history; or search through the archives for any events or people of your choice.

The Whitehouse Tapes - A President Calling: Three of America's most compelling presidents - Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon - bugged their White House offices and tapped their telephones. They left behind thousands of secretly recorded conversations, from momentous to mundane. In this documentary project, American RadioWorks eavesdrops on presidential telephone calls to hear how each man used one-on-one politics to shape history.

Time Report: The Most Important People of the 20th Century: Listen to or read about the movers and shakers of the past 100 years in the arts and entertainment, leaders and revolutionaries, heroes and icons, builders and Titans, scientists and thinkers, and the person of the century.

Understanding Slavery: Challenges you to stop a slave auction, and then lets you explore the perspectives of the many people who had a stake in the institution.

Youth

Animated Math Glossary: Defines and gives examples of math terms for grades k-8.

Ask Dr. Math: Find the answer to any math question from elementary to college and beyond.

Ask Jeeves Kids: Type in a question or go to the study tools area for help.

B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper: Claims that if you can't find it here, then you just can't find it.

Biographical Dictionary: Can find information on 28,000 famous people.

Biography Maker: Learn how to write a really exciting biography.

Brain Teasers: Answer questions weekly and find out the correct answer at the end of the week. Or solve puzzles from the archive where the answer is available immediately.

CyberFair: A resource for and by elementary students on creating a successful science fair project.

Discovers' Web: Can find explorers of any country at this site.

Electric Library's Encyclopedia: Use this online encyclopedia for your research papers or just for fun.

Encarta Encylopedia: Can use the encyclopedia, dictionary, or atlas at this site.

Encyclopedia Britannica: Search for any subject and you'll get not only what is in their encyclopedia but also sites on the web, magazine articles, and books related to the subject.

Fact Monster: Help in all subjects and an atlas, dictionary, and encyclopedia as well.

Flashcards for Kids: Create your own flashcards to help you practice your math.

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Find all your grammar and writing questions answered here. Very thorough site with excellent resources.

Homework Central: Biographies: Lists of biographies about people in every walk of life.

Homework Spot: Can find help by subject, use the references, or click on a link to find what you’re looking for.

http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/symmetry/index.htm: Symmetrical pictures have parts the same, either reflected either side of a line or rotated round a point.

http://kids.yahoo.com/directory/School-Bell/Math: Help for children in all areas of math

http://www.aaamath.com/: Online math exercises in a variety of topics for grades K-8

http://www.coolmath.com/: Features puzzles, fractals, games, lessons, calculators, and more.

http://www.math.com/: Provides students with homework help, tutoring, and basic formulas. Also offers information on math for parents and teachers.

KidsClick: Web search for kids by librarians.

Little Explorers Picture Dictionary: Not only a definition but links to related information to explore. (younger child)

Merriam Webster Online: Can use the online dictionary, thesaurus, and even hear audio of the pronunciation of your word.

Merriam-Webster's Word Central for Kids!: Can visit the music room, science lab, computer room, or the buzzword areas.

Science Fair Studio: Has a handbook with step by step directions on how to create your science fair project as well project ideas.

Science Fair Tips: Read these great tips for a successful science project.

Spark Notes: Provides over 100 study guides in many areas of study.

States and Capitals: Gives you important and not so important facts about each state.

Study Stack: Using the StudyStack web site, your computer can display a stack of

Study Web Jr.: Written especially for students K-8th grade to help you with your homework.

Super Science Fair Projects: WOW! Today your teacher announced that your school is going to have a science fair and students are responsible for exhibiting their projects. What do you feel? Enthusiastic? Despondent? Dreadful? Fearful? Excited? Whatever you are feeling, don't worry, this site is designed to walk you through the world of science fairs.

The Academy of Achievement: Video and audio of history makers such as General Colin Powell, Edward Tiller (father of the atomic bomb), Dr. Ballard (discovered the Titanic), Denton A. Cooley (pioneer of the heart transplant), Alan Shepard (1st man in space), Chuck Yeager (broke the sound barrier), Hershel Walker, Willie Mays, George Lucas, and many, many more. (ages 9-11)

The Diamond 16 Puzzle: See if you can change the puzzle to match the examples given.

Time Capsule: Put in a date and you'll discover what happened on that day in history such as what the top songs were, prices on merchandise, headline news, TV shows, and more.

5 Tiger Adventures: As the city zookeeper, it's up to you to help the police track and identify a tiger which has escaped from the airport customs office. Or try tracking the tiger trade by Traveling undercover in India to capture tiger poachers, then follow the tiger parts to their destination. Just a sample of the 5.

Aboard the Blue Heron: Here’s your chance to sneak aboard the Blue Heron, a research vessel and explore the ship, above and below decks.

Amazing Space: Play the space games; be challenged by the brain teasers; or see video of an animated black hole.

Animals from Around the World: See if you can figure out what the animal is before the photo is complete and learn some interesting facts about each animal.

Arty the Part Time Astronaut: Play these Flash games and activities about space.

Ask an Astronomer: Ask a question of a NASA astronomer or go through the archives to find the answers to questions others have asked.

Baltimore Aquarium: Go to "matching animals" or "who we are" to find out about the animals and then learn how to set up your own aquarium at home.

Be a Space Craft Engineer: You’ll go through training, and briefing then designing of your space craft.

Billy Bear's Playground: Play games; read stories; learn about the animals; and how to take care of your pet to name a few things on this site.

Build a Fish: Build a Fish by choosing a body, mouth, and color/pattern, then release it into the reef! You can drive your fish around the reef in search of food and to evade predators. Can your fish find enough food without being eaten? Grades 3-6

Build Your Own Avalanche: Change different options to learn what creates an avalanche in this interactive activity.

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) For Kids: Discover some famous people who were spies (you’ll never guess who), take a virtual tour of the CIA, find out about the animals used to spy, and much more.

Challenging the Space Frontier: Learn about the famous astronauts.

Consumer Report 4 Kids: Find out about the most popular games/toys and how other kids rate them. There’s even a comic strip - Daze of Our Lives where you can decide how it should end.

Cosmic Space: You’re in charge of designing a space station and what goes inside.

Creative Chemistry: Creative Chemistry put together a load of fun activities to make you a Happy Chemist, so choose something and enjoy.

Dirtmeister's Science Lab: Perform experiments such as lifting something 4 times your weight or making some good vibrations.

Discovery Channel Online: Discover for yourself with videos, audio, and text the world around you.

Dolphins in Depth: Five bottleneck dolphin games to enjoy.

Fact Monster - Science: From the unusual animals to computers to the latest on space exploration, Fact Monster has the information kids are seeking, all in one easy-to-use, searchable site.

Fossil Zone: The Place to Dig: Build a dinosaur by dragging the bones to the dinosaur outline. Be sure to go to the Fossil zone when you're done with the game to learn all about dinosaurs.

Frog Dissection: Participate in a frog dissection through video, photos, and interactive areas.

Frogs: Learn about frogs and have some fun at the same time.

Galaxy Tour: Are you ready for the ultimate field trip? You’ll start in your own cosmic neighborhood, the Milky Way, then zoom out to other galaxies of the universe

Geo Mysteries: Help Rex the dinosaur solve these mysteries about rocks, fossils and minerals

How Stuff Works: Read the featured "stuff" and how it works or explore.

How We Made the First Flight by Orville Wright: Learn about the Wright brothers and their adventures.

Hubble Space Telescope Images by Subject: Play the space games; be challenged by the brain teasers; or see video of an animated black hole.

Into Orbit with Astronaut Tom Jones: Travel with this real life astronaut who takes you through his mission from start to finish. (older ages)

Jason Project: Headed by world famous explorer Dr. Robert Ballard, a team of students and scientists investigates a different part of the world. Click on the symbol for the latest Jason project to find out where they are exploring now or go to the archives to visit past expeditions. (video, audio, and photos)

Just For Fun - NASA: Play polyominoes, solve logic puzzles, make a sundial or starfinder, connect the dots and much more.

Kaboom: Learn how fireworks work or read an interview with a gal whose firm implodes buildings including the remains of the Oklahoma City Federal Building.

Kids Design Network - DuPage's Children's Museum: You'll investigate a challenge, dream up a design, and draw your plans on the computer. Then, using the Internet, you can show your design to a real engineer! They'll help with your design, so you can go and build it! And best of all, it's free! Only ask for a name and password but your parent needs to register you.

Kids Solar System Exploration: Kids Solar System Exploration has animated cartoons, games, activities and information on the planets.

Kids Zone: Science projects using common household ingredients to make these experiments.

Kids' EQ: Check out the E-Quaruim (Monterey Bay Aquarium online) for animal games, explore different habitats to see what underwater creatures lurk there, or find out about careers in oceanography.

Kratt's Creatures: Play in "creature world", go to "creature crazy", see "don't go this way", or stay at the "creature clubhouse".

Looney Tunes Teach the Internet: Learn all about the Internet - newsgroups, chats, electronic mail, searching the web, and more.

Magic School Bus Online Activities: Join your favorite characters in games and adventures.

Mars Station PathFinder: Enjoy the challenge and excitement of exploring another planet. By visiting and logging in to a Mars Station, you can remotely drive a LEGO® rover across a Mars terrain, seeing through the rover's Web camera

Moo Milk: Learn all about milk production, play games or find great recipes.

Mysteries of Catalhoyuk: See if you can solve these archeological mysteries.

Mystery of the Poison–Dart Frog: Solve a mystery in the rainforest and treasure galleries of Central America using clues from ancient art made of jade and gold. Your companions on this interactive adventure will be twins Zeke and Zoey as you discover jaguars, crocodiles and the elusive Poison Dart Frog.

NASA Kids: Find all types of fun activities to do, see, or make.

National Geographic for Kids: Learn about the world around you with these fun games & activities.

National Paper Airplane Contest: Find out how to hold your own Paper Airplane Contest.

National Wildlife Federation - Kids: National Wildlife federation site with online games, make & do, contests, stories and much more. (Separate sections for different age groups.)

Ology: Defined as “anyone who follows their curiosity about something and keeps at it until they get answers. Then they have a hundred new questions.” Explore the universe, dinosaurs, or your genes with these interactive activities.

PBS Nature: Puzzles and Fun: Go on an interactive multimedia adventure. Subjects have included dog sledding 101, a photo safari, and using sign language to "speak" to a gorilla.

Planet Ocean: Can you imagine a planet where ninety-nine percent of the living space is ocean? You don't have to. You're living on it! Find out about barracuda, tubeworms, blue whales and more.

Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab: “Be curious, explore (place your cursor over objects and click everywhere), and above all - HAVE FUN!”

Robots and Us: See how studying insects led to the creation of some very interesting robots, interactive games and video.

San Diego Zoo: See the panda via the panda cam, go to the baby page, or just browse through the different animals at the zoo.

Sandlot Science: Is an amusement park for the mind.

Sky Watch: A guide to the night sky for stargazers and night owls.

Space Age Living: Watch an animation of how the International Space Station was built.

Squish the Fish: Help Squish the Fish travel out across the reef to find his lunch. He needs to find friends who will help him hide from his nemesis, BigTooth Blob. Grades K-2

StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers - Pick the level that’s right for you - level 1 for the younger child and level 2 for the older.

The Atoms Family: Meet the Atoms family - Frankenstein, Wolfman, Dracula, Mummy, etc. You’ll learn about electricity, energy, light waves and of course atoms.

The Watershed Game: Many things happen in a watershed that affect the quality of the water we rely upon. What are they? Will you make the best decisions in managing your watershed?

The Why Files: Read the feature articles about current events or look back into the archives for much more.

Thirteen Kids Puzzles and Fun: Play animated games with a variety of themes.

Turtle Survival Game: Try your luck at having your turtles survive. Go to turtle tracker to find out more about leatherback turtles.

Turtle Trails: This project uses satellite transmitters attached to juvenile loggerhead sea turtles to follow their movements after rehabilitation and release from the North Carolina Aquariums. Loggerhead turtles will be your guides!

Volocano World's Kids Door: Go on a virtual field trip through a volcano with photos, play a game, or explore the main site to find about the latest volcanic activity.

Voyage to the Deep: Go on a trip to the bottom of the sea with a team of modern day explorers.

Weather Center: Hurricanes: Discover the facts about hurricanes and keep up with the latest hurricane news.

What’s Really Going on Under the Ground: A toxic chemical has spilled and it is making its way through the underground water. It will destroy this meadow and the life in its soil unless you can find something to stop it. The Earth Ship is standing by.

Wooly Mammoth: Join the expedition uncovering a woolly mammoth; play the "Seven Steps to a Woollier Mammoth"; or go to the links for more information on the woolly mammoth. (older ages)

You Can with Beakman & Jax: Enter Beakmans world with interactive demos or read the terrific questions. Here's a sample of the types of questions: Why is the sky blue?, Where Do Dreams Come From?, How Do CD's Work?, and many more questions with shockwave interactive illustrations. The questions change so be sure to go back.

Yuckiest Site on the Internet: Learn about your gross and cool body, visit one of the bug worlds, or play "yucky" games. An award winning site.

A Game a Day: Play a game daily at this site.

Archie Comics: Play games or an activity with your favorite comic characters.

Billy Beaver's Games: Play arcade games, puzzles, word games, classic games, board games, mazes, and card games at this site.

Blocks: Try this new twist to working with blocks online.

Bonus: Games of all sorts here.

Brain Teasers: Try to figure out the answer and you might even win a prize.

Bubblesphere: Learn how to make great bubbles then play some of the bubble games at this site.

Children's Music and Children: Mazes, coloring pages, guessing games, stories and sing alongs for kids 2 to 8. Requires Flash 4.

Circle of Friends: coloring pages, activities, puzzles & mazes and friendship pages

Disney Activity Center: Fun stuff to do with your kids!

Hamsters Tours: Lots of fun activities with a hamster theme.

Hot Games: Read feature articles on the latest and greatest video games, play a game demo, check out the hints, or see what the top 10 hottest games are.

http://www.visualmathlearning.com/Games/puzzles_games.html: many games and activites with math

Java Games and Puzzles: Interactive games for you to try.

Juggling Information Service: Connect with other jugglers and learn all about juggling.

Kiddo Net Games: Play games galore on this site. Don't be fooled by the simple layout, these are great games.

Kids.com: Game Pad: Learn tips for your favorite game, take the challenge, or talk to others. Has sections for Sony, Nintendo, Sega, and PC games.

Knowble: Discover how things work, play games, or work on an activity. (younger child)

Learn to Juggle: Learn to juggle with step by step directions.

Official Peanuts Site: Read about the Peanuts gang and play some activities.

Official Sega Site: Tells you all about each of their games.

Patty Parrot's Bird Brain: Want to laugh a little? Plenty of jokes here.

Sports Games: Choose between air hockey, 18 holes of golf, sports match game, a hydro glider; foosball, ice hockey, bowling, free fall sky diving, luge, slalom skiing, ski jumping, soccer, steeple chase, or many more.

Super Kids Games: Play against the computer to see if you can beat it. Just a few basic games but well done.

The Learning Planet: Choose your grade level and get ready to play.

The Little Animals Activity Center: Can pick from the many interactive games at this site. (for the younger child)

The Wacky Shack: Test your skill with the games; listen to music; get out of the maze; or find out what's missing.

Thunk.com: Make secret messages with the Scrambler and Unscramber then send notes to friends, answer jokes, or learn about secret codes.

Universal Studios: Kids: Play games with the characters from your favorite movies and TV shows.

Warner Brothers Kids Online: Play games with your favorite animated characters.

Zany Fun Games: Can choose from many types of interactive games.

Zeek Games: Choose from 150 games. There has to be a game that suits your taste.

3-D Twirler Art: Create your own 3D art online and the view it from different perspectives.

5-Pointed Star in One Snip: See if you can do it

Amazing Kid's Contest: Provides information on how to enter their contests. Past contests have been in writing and drawing.

Art Adventures: Has art resources for creative individuals from beginner to advanced. Select from create art, study art, or play art games.

Art History Resources on the Web: View or learn about art in prehistoric, ancient, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th-Century, 19th century, 20th century, non-European, research resources, museums & galleries, or prints & photography sections of this site.

Art is. . .: Create your own puppet drama, learn about sculpture, or make something from the list of activities

Art Kids' Rule: Choose from arts & crafts, cartooning, photography, art galleries, painting, sculpture, and even dance.

Arts & Crafts: Just the Basics: Has recipes for playdough, edible clay, finger-paint, bubble, and more.

Arts Workshop by the Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Create your own multimedia production, view others' productions, learn about sculpture, or visit the "make it at home" section.

Cartoon Connections: Learn how to draw a cartoon dog or cat

Collage Machine: Create your own collage online using this interactive collage machine.

Crafts Exchange: Create many different crafts and maybe send in your own craft idea.

Crafts for Kids: Pick from a long list of art projects with step by step directions

Crayola Card Creator: Color your own card or select a pre-colored one to email to a friend.

Cubits: See if you can recreate some of the samples with your online cubit square.

DLTK's Printable Crafts for Kids: Select from this enormous list of printable arts & crafts

Draw and Color with Uncle Fred: Step by step instructions for you to follow to create cartoon animals and people.

DSO Kids: Investigate the instruments of the orchestra through animation, games and activities.

Elmers' Choice Kidz Zone: Have glue ready for these projects

Famous Characters Coloring Pages: Color all your favorite TV characters

Gifts, Gifts, and More Gifts to Make: Select from this long list of fun gifts you can make

Global Child's Art Gallery: Have your art work posted on the web and see others' artwork from around the world.

Haring Kids: Create your own drawings with these online drawing programs called coloring books or play some of the interactive games

How to Make a Pop-up: Learn how to make a pop-up object

Jazz Kids: See if you can “repeat the beat” with the Jazz Kids. Then if you want to learn more about jazz just click on the Jazz Kids

Kids Zone: Crafts: Learn easy to make crafts. (younger ages)

Kidz Draw: Pick your age group for art activities and stories just right for you.

Make Your Own Twirly Bug: Print out this page to create your own flying bug

Mark Kistler's Imagination Station: Click on the pictures for cool Drawing in 3-D lessons! Print the step-by-step instructions, then draw, draw, draw! Enjoy!

Oatmeal Box Photography: Get some help from Mom and Dad, but you to can take photos.

Origami: Create animals from paper with these step by step directions.

The Art Room: Explore all the activities at this fun site

The Artist's Toolkit: Animated illustrations of art concepts that you can then create yourself or watch footage of artists at work.

What's Up Doc?: Learn how to draw your favorite Looney Tune characters with step by step directions

Build the Best Paper Airplane in the World: Comes complete with instructions and how to fly it.

Butterfly Gardening: Tells you how to create your own butterfly garden.

Chess Kids Academy: Free online interactive lessons, games and two chess computers for you to play.

Craft Recipes: Craft recipes including playdough, slime, corn chips, sand art, brownies and more.

Get Knotted: Animated knot instructions.

Getting Ready to Yo - Yo: Learn the basics and some great tricks to do on with your yo-yo

Henry's BIG Adventure: Learn how to clean your coin collection in this fun interactive story.

HIP Pocket Change: Learn about coin collecting with games, cartoons, a time machine, and more.

Juggling Information Service: Connect with other jugglers and learn all about juggling.

Junior Philatelists (stamp collectors) of America: Is run by and for young stamp collectors age 18 and under.

Kid Outdoors Photography: Find out how to shoot some great photos.

Kid's Crossword and Other Puzzles: Do crosswords, word searches, and more on this site.

Kid's Valley Webgarden: Learn all you need to have a successful garden.

Kitchen Art: Fingerpaint, painted sand, recycled markers, scratch and sniff paint are just a sampling of the fun recipes at this site.

Kite Cast: Learn how to fly your kite, find interesting facts about kites, or go to “virtual kite” to see what the conditions are around the U.S. for kite flying.

Learn to Juggle: Learn to juggle with this animated lesson.

Plants and Youth: Designing and Building a Terrarium: Step by step instructions for creating your own terrarium.

POMP: Read this e-book on the true story of the baby on the Sacagawea dollar. (for the coin collectors)

Puzzle Maker: Create your own puzzles. Can select to make a maze, word search, criss-cross puzzle, number blocks, math square, double puzzle, cryptograms, letter tiles, or fallen phrase.

Stamps 4 Kids: Explains just how to get started step by step.

Stamps for Preteens: Tells you just how to get started in stamp collecting. Has sections on what to collect, trading stamps, and much more.

The Coins Are Coming: Find out about the new 50 state quarter program and what coins are out.

A+ Math: Play these interactive math games or flashcards to improve your math skills.

Beat the Calculator: Learn how you REALLY can beat the calculator in adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing with these tricks. Some of these are sure to shock you. (ages 9-11)

Brain Teasers: See if you can solve today's mystery or visit the archives for more brain teasers. . Activities are separated into grades 3-4, 5-6, and 7+.

Brain Teasers: Every week there’s a new brainteaser for your grade level.

Fact Monster - Math: Bug Splat, Guess the Number Plus, Shape Survivor, Fresh Baked Fractions, Number Cracker are just some of the number games that have been featured.

Figure This: See if you can figure out these challenges.

Fleet Kids: Play the stock market, manage a baseball team or start your own business at this site. Registration needed but no personal information is needed.

http://www.aaamath.com/: Online math exercises in a variety of topics for grades K-8

http://www.coolmath.com/: Features puzzles, fractals, games, lessons, calculators, and more.

http://www.math.com/: Provides students with homework help, tutoring, and basic formulas. Also offers information on math for parents and teachers.

http://www.suelebeau.com/priminteractive.htm: Interactive Websites for the Primary Grades

M Puzzle: Can you construct nine triangles by drawing three straight lines through a capital M? (older ages)

Math Cats: There is bound to be a game or activity that you would enjoy at this award-winning site.

Math Files Games: Lots of animated games where you number skills determine your score.

Math Line Puzzles: See if you can join the dots.

Math Magic on the Web: Form a team with others on the Internet or friends and take the challenge to see if your team can win.

Max's Math Adventures: Play these fun games and learn that math can be fun.

Mega Maze: Can you beat the clock? Collect crowns to add time for you to make it through the maze.

Megamath Tables: The better you know your times tables the higher your score on this game.

Plane Math: Play these fun interactive stories and games about airplanes. (NASA helped create this site.)

Prongo: Just pick your age group and get ready to have some fun.

Puzzle Up: Start with the beginner’s puzzles and work you way up to the most advanced.

Riddle of the Sphinx Game: Can you answer her toughest word problems and set the city free?

Rosebush Puzzle One: Using the materials listed can you figure out this brain teaser. Then see if you can get rosebush puzzles 2 and 3.(older ages)

Shockwaves Montessori Math Games: Montessori Math Games - Try out the interactive Montessori games

Tangrams: A tangram is a geometric puzzle with 7 pieces (5 triangles, 1 square, and 1 rhomboid) that are arranged to create images of various objects. Make your own with the help of this site.

The Grid Game: You need to know how to multiply and divide to do well on this game.

The Math Forum: Problem of the Week: See if you can figure out brainteasers from this week or week's past. (older ages)

This is Mega-Mathematics: Go to the icon of a child seating to find stories to solve.

Toothpick Puzzle: Starting with the configuration shown, can you move exactly two toothpicks to form four 1x1 squares? (older ages)

Aesop Fables: Love Aesop? If you like Aesop fables there are more than 655 of them online

Amazing Kid's Contest: Provides information on how to enter their contests. Past contests have been in writing and drawing.

Authors Online: Read about your favorite author.

Between the Lions: Get wild about reading with these games, video, stories, and activities. (younger child)

Billy Bear's Playground: Play games, read stories, learn about the animals, and how to care for your pet to name a few things on this site.

Book Advanture: This non-profit site, developed by Sylvan Learning Center and Foundation, was created to entice students K-8 to read independently, for longer periods of time, with greater understanding.

Book Adventure: Kids' Clubhouse: Find good books for your grade level with your interests in mind.

Book Spot: Lists the best sellers, those that have won awards, reviews and even a list of online books you can read.

Candle Light Stories: Listen to a story; enter a contest; play a game; watch an animation; participate in an activity; or visit the kid's zone.

Create Your Own Adventure: Create a story by filling in the spaces

Discovery School: Play word games, solve crosswords, or do a puzzle

Dr. Suessville: Can play games with your favorite characters from the Dr. Suess books; enter a trivia contest on material from the Suess' books; and even find out if the Cat in the Hat will be coming to a town near you!

Fact Monster - Writer/Reader: From Planet Zug to Ball Hogs to Whomp, Fact Monster has the games and stories you’re looking for.

Fake Out: See how many people you can fake out with your definition of a word then check out this week's words to see if someone can fake you out.

Game Goo: Play these fun interactive games for K-2nd grade

http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html: books and madlibs

Kid Views: Want to hear from you about the books you've read. They'll post your review on the web.

Kid's News: - Have your article published on the web or just read articles published by others your age. The articles are written by kids for kids

Kids Reads: Reviews of the newest titles, interviews with the coolest authors and special features on great books are our specialties. And for even more reading fun we have trivia games, word scrambles and awesome contests!

Mag-O-Matic: Create your own magazine cover

Mystery Net's Kids Mysteries: Mysteries to solve, scary stories, and even some magic tricks

Out of this World: Write your own animation picking scenery, actors/actresses, music, and more. (younger child)

Passport to Reading: Take the reading challenge

Poetry4Kids: Read funny poetry and even learn how to start creating your own funny verse

The Grim Fairy Tales: Choose what characters you want to be in the tale, pick the Plot, and the ending.

Wacky Web Tales: Create you own wacky tales by filling in the blanks to see what you end up with. (for grades 3+)

Web Word Find: Check out these word finds on all types of subjects.

Write Me A Story: Write a story and you might get published on the web

Writing: Learn how to write with this fun series of animations

Writing with the Writers: Learn tips from the experts in writing biographies, folktales, mysteries, myths, poetry, or a book review.

A Capital Fourth: Create your own firework display on your monitor, play a game, or read about the 1st fourth of July.

A Walk Through Time: What Came First: Find the things that don’t belong in that time period and send them into the time tunnel

Amazon Interactive: Plan and manage a locally controlled ecotourism project. (Grades 6-8)

America’s Story

AmericanPresident.org: The most comprehensive non-partisan resource available on the history and function of the American presidency. You can find information on any of the 43 historical presidents or information on the function, responsibilities, and organization of the modern presidency.

Ben’s Guide to US Government: If you are curious about how our government works, this is the site to visit.

Biomes of the World: Investigate your world - rainforests, desert, grasslands, freshwater ecosystems, or marine environments complete with the animals that live there. Written by kids for kids

Bubblesphere: Find out everything you wanted to know about bubbles then go out and make your own

Build a Prarie: Can you turn a bare dirt field into a thriving prairie? Take the restoration challenge in this interactive game!

Build the Impossible: The Great Pyramid of Giza: Try your skill at building a pyramid. (older child)

Community Club: Listen to a police officer, mayor, or a veterinarian tell you their stories.

Congress For Kids: Learning about the federal government doesn't have to be boring. Congress for Kids gives you access to interactive, fun-filled experiences designed to help you learn about the foundation of our federal government and how its actions affect you.

Discovery Channel Online: Discover for yourself the world around you with videos, audio, and text. (older ages)

Events of the 20th Century: See and read about those who created history in the 20th century.

Fact Monster - People: Find out about the lives of famous people from more than 30,000 biographies.

Geo Game: These 10 adventures will take you around the globe and let you conquer the world.

Global School Connections: Meet students from all over the world tell about their country.

Historic Jamestown: Learn what it’s like to be a real archeologist by playing these two interactive scenarios.

History Mysteries: See how many of these cases you can solve.

Inventors & Inventions: Find any invention or inventor by name, year, or category

Jefferson's West: Join Lewis & Clark. As you journey westward, you can stop along the way and explore, collecting plants and animals and trading with Indians for cultural objects. What you collect and send back to Thomas Jefferson will shape his view (and by extension the American view) of these new lands.

Kids' Domain July 4th Fun: Learn why the 4th is celebrated and then how to make your own 4th of July fun

Learning Adventures in Citizenship: Click on objects to explore the history of New York & our nation.

Medicine Through Time: Learn how medicine has progressed through time.

Mr. Dowlings Electronic Passport: Fun site for information on time & space, prehistory, Mesapotamia, Ancient Egypt, Western religions, the Crusades, the Middle East, conflicts in the Middle East, ancient Africa, colonial Africa, Africa today, India, Chinese history, China, southeast Asia, ancient Greece, Rome, the Middle Ages, Renaissance, the Enlightenment, World wars, Russia and Communism, Europe today, Canada, Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and South America with many breakdowns in each area. (older ages)

Mrs. Donn's Special Sections: Learn about a day in the life of people throughout history. This site tells you how they really lived. Written by kids for kids

Mummies in the Mist: Learn about mummies and try your luck at the Mummified game

My Story: Edmund Hillary: Go along with Edmund Hillary in his historic climb up Mt. Everest. (older ages)

National Geographic for Kids: Activities and games from all over the world.

National Geographic: Maps: Use the map machine to find any country & most places in the World, view map updates, or go to their excellent features.

Odyssey Online: You can make your own discoveries of the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and 19th - 20th century sub-Saharan Africa through articles, cool puzzles and games.

Onboard the Titanic: Experience for yourself through the eyes of those onboard with this interactive site

Order in the Court: You become a colonial justice of the peace and can choose from three actual cases to try. In each one learn both the specifics of the case and the rules of colonial justice. At the end, make your verdict and then compare it to the actual verdict of the real justices.

Pirates of Whydah: Explore the real life pirates led.

Planetpals: Earthzine: Learn about our earth from some fun creatures called planetpals

Salem Witch Hysteria: Experience for yourself the witch trials, when you find yourself one of the characters in this scary scenario.

Someone in Time: Walk around and examine this mystery person's home to see if you can find out the identity.

The First Thanksgiving: Witness the event, learn about the famous people who were There, or just find out what it was like for the pilgrims.

The History In Your Pocket (H.I.P.) Pocket Change: The History In Your Pocket (H.I.P.) Pocket Change site showcases the connection between this country's coins and its people. Through games, stories, and other engaging activities, the site brings to life both the extraordinary individuals who appear on U.S. coinage and the generations of citizens who've used this pocket change.

The Oregon Trail: View a virtual reality photo of a site along the trail, read fantastic facts such as “the cow that started a war”, or peek into a diary of someone who traveled the trail

Thunk.com: Secret Messages: Create your own secret codes and exchange with friends. Be sure to go to the “learn” section to find out how codes are and were used

Time for Kids: Read about the latest, most newsworthy events and people in our world today, or play one of the trivia games.

Top 20 Geography Games: Play games like matching, concentration, flash cards, or word searches to learn some geography facts

Where in the World and What in the World Is Money?: Throughout history and around the globe, many different things have served as money. Play this game to find out just what money has been.

Winged Sandals: Take the tour with Hermes the messenger god, through a magical place of mythology filled with awesome gods, daring heroes and fabulous monsters.

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