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The Getty's Art Education
This exhibition at the
Getty explores how
optical devices and
technologies have shaped
our perception of the
world. These teaching
tools are for teachers
and parents who want to
help kids understand the
themes behind the
exhibition and its
interactive website. |
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3D Body Scanner
Find out how researchers
are using the hi-tech
body scanner machine to
study the complex
problems of clothing
design and fit. Check out
the virtual try-on to see
how clothes will fit you
from the comfort of your
own home. |
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The Artist's Toolkit
Watch an animated
demonstration of various
artistic principles, find
examples of these
concepts, and create your
own composition. Also
watch artists create
works using the visual
elements and principles
discussed. |
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The Plays of William Shakespeare
Read the famous plays by William Shakespeare. The site is so easy to
navigate. Surf his plays and sonnets, looking for characters, quotes, and
just about everything Shakespeare. |
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Kiddo Net
An total Internet environment for children (ages 3-12). Offers kids
an online space with high quality content and web tools that allow them to
create, learn, play and communicate with other kids they know safely. |
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Smart Kids
Features:
An interactive web site to help kids see art in new ways. Look at
different artworks, learn the language of art, explore art materials and
unravel clues about the history of selected artworks. |
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Coloring.Com
Features:
Free online interactive coloring pages and coloring books with over
100 pictures to choose from. A good site for kids to learn coloring. |
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Explore Parliament
Do you ever wonder how
laws in the United
Kingdom are passed? What
is the governing body and
how are they organized?
See what the House of
Commons or the House of
Lords looks like, learn
about the history of
Parliament, and find out
how British laws are
made. |
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Race to Build the Atomic Bomb
Learn about the competition between Japan, Germany, and the U.S. to
make the first atomic bomb and see a timeline of the U.S.'s efforts. Discover
the physics behind the atomic bomb and more. |
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Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was a
renaissance painter, architect, mathematician, engineer
and philosopher. Discover details about this painter's family tree, his more famous works, and his life. |
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Web Site:
Learning Curve: Cold War
Features:
Learn about commonly-held theories on the Cold War, when it started, who
caused it, what part the Vietnam War played, and more. |
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Freedom: A History of Us
Features:
See why the promise of freedom has attracted
millions of people from all over the world to come to America. Hear why
generations of men, women, and children have lived, sacrificed, and died for that freedom. |
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Web Site:
Mesopotamia
Features:
Learn about geography, gods, writing systems, and overall history of the amazing area,
known as the "cradle of civilization", including information on
topics like ziggurats in Sumer, Assyrian warfare and more. |
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Web Site:
Precious Cargo
Features:
All about a group of adopted Vietnamese American children on their journey back to
Vietnam to learn about their history and roots. Get familiar with the history of
the Vietnam War from this site. |
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Web Site:
Bowers Kidsuem
Features:
An interactive museum
that lets kids have hands-on experiences with world cultures. Featuring art lab,
storytelling room, cultural discovery, theatre and lots more. |
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Web Site:
Hyper History
Features:
Provides 3,000 years of
world history with an interactive combination of synchronistic lifelines,
timelines, and maps. Over 2000 files are interconnected throughout the site. |
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NOVA: Mountain of Ice
Get panoramic views of
the landscape from the
NOVA trek to Vinson
Massif, follow the life
cycle of a glacier, and
find out what could
happen around the world
if Antarctica's ice
melts. |
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Colours of the Nile
Follow the expedition down the River Nile on a raft to raise global awareness
of the lack of available clean water. Find out about the dangers the
participants will face. Also Learn about Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt. |
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In the Footsteps of Marco Polo
Introduces Marco Polo and his journey to Asia. Go on an interactive tour
along the route Marco Polo began at 17, to the Mongol Empire of Genghis Khan.
Also provides descriptions of the people and places he visited. |
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Web Site:
Little Horus
Features:
Welcome kids to Egypt by taking kids on a virtual tour.
Find out about the mysterious Egypt today, its history, entertainment, and major sights. |
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Web Site:
Kids Web Japan
Features:
Introduces Japan to children aged between 10 and 14 who live in other countries to deepen
understanding about Japan. Could used as a supplementary source of
information in classes devoted to studying Japan. |
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Web Site:
Lonely Planet - Destinations
Features:
Offers vast information
and travel tips on the
history, geography, and
culture of countries
around the world.
Featuring postcards and
more. |
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Web Site:
Geographia
Features:
Provides information on the people, history, wildlife, and points of
interest for countries and regions around the world. Featuring a series of topics about Malaysia. |
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Web Site:
Travel for Kids
Features:
Provides information on places for kids to visit in North America, South America, Europe,
and Asia. Discover on hidden treasures and learn insider secrets for holidays in these places. |
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The Science of Hockey
The Science of Hockey is
the first in a series of
"Sports Science"
resources developed by
the Exploratorium. This
site takes you inside the
game: you'll hear from
NHL players and coaches
from the San Jose Sharks,
as well as leading
physicists and chemists.
This site is divided into
seven main sections which
can be accessed
individually. |
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Scholastic at the
Olympics Games
The Olympic Games as we
know them are an
international sports
festival.
Read about the history
and information behind
this athletic
competition. |
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Barbie
Have Barbie try on
clothes, talk to you
about a party, or learn a
bit of Barbie History.
This is the spot to get
to know that famous doll. |
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NOVA: Battle of the X-Planes
Learn about the next generation of fighter jets by reading articles and
exploring interactive demonstrations. Find out about wing design,
what it takes to outfit a fighter pilot, what it's like to test these planes. |
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Science of Cooking
Discover how a pinch of curiosity can improve cooking. Explore recipes,
activities, and web casts that will improve kids' understanding of the science behind food and cooking. |
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Web Site:
Kids Food Cyber Club
Features:
A family site that
teaches kids about food,
nutrition, and health.
Featuring games and
activities for kids. |
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Web Site:
Olympic Base Camp
Features:
The United States Olympic Committee's official site for kids.
Learn about Olympic sports, the biggest sport event in the world, through links, activities, games, and more. |
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Web Site:
Wonder Kid's Magic Tricks
Features:
Teaches kids some simple yet funny
magic tricks with picture description. Plus games and other magic-related links. |
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Web Site:
Stamp on History
Features:
Explores the lives of important historical people through their pictures on postage stamps.
Designed to be easily usable for reference. |
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Web Site:
Dole 5 A Day
Features:
Teaches the importance of eating five fruits and vegetables every
day and provides recipes for kids to try. Featuring music, games, fruit and vegetable encyclopedia, and special sections for teachers and families. |
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Web Site:
Sports Kids
Features:
A sports site for kids and their families. Featuring news
written by kids for kids, superstar features, coaching tips, and online store. |
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JOKES,
POEMS & STORYBOOKS
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Kids Jokes for Children of All Ages
A joke site for kids. Offers over 12000 clean
jokes for children of any age, as well as for all the family. Lots of
categories including animal jokes, knock-knock jokes, silly jokes, and more. |
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Story Place
A multimedia website for pre-kinder-garden through 2nd grade. Offers kids with the virtual experience
of going to the library and participating in the same types of activities the library offers. |
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Paw Island
Paw Island is a magical island world inhabited by cats and dogs.
All adult pets have jobs and responsibilities on the island. They are able to teach the island's younger pets
the difference between right and wrong. These lessons are in turn imparted to kids who participate in the stories. |
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Web Site:
Fizzy Funny Fuzzy
Features:
A poetry site for kids. Offers up-to-date, humorous, entertaining and fun poetry for children. |
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Fact Monster
This is a site that is
loaded with facts for
students from K-12.
Included is a searchable
atlas, almanac,
dictionary, and
encyclopedia. A nice
feature is the Citing
Factmonster that gives
instructions.... |
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KookerKids
This is a site that is
truly for kids by kids.
You can submit coloring
pages, features, and
questions to the
KookerKids for posting.
There are also games,
puzzles, jokes, crafts
and other interesting
activities to try. |
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City Creator
Try your hand at building a city. You can choose from three different
types of cities and select the buildings, people, vehicles, roads, and walkways
that inhabit the town you build. |
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Fun School
Offers more than 300 interactive games and activities for preschool
through 6th grade that are fun, easy-to-use. Educational activities ranging from
matching numbers and shapes for pre-schoolers, to geography, math and history for third through sixth graders. |
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KidsPsych
An interactive web adventure for parents to spend quality time with children, and to help them with
cognitive thinking skills, deductive reasoning, and also just to have some fun. |
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Web Site:
Kakak Tua
Features:
An e-learning web portal developed to help students revise for their exams in a fun and
effective manner via the Web. Aim to help students find an enjoyable method of
learning and achieve top study grades. |
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Web Site:
Billy Bear's Playground
Features:
Offers over two dozen downloadable games for young kids. Cheap, safe and free. Visit the rest of the
site for downloadable story books, word search puzzles, coloring pictures and other fun stuff. |
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The Academy of Natural
Sciences
In this site you can have
fun learning about
everything from how you
can help save the
environment, what
different types of
scientists work at the
Academy, programs for Boy
and Girl Scouts,
overnight sleepovers with
the dinosaurs, and
discovering what fun and
adventure awaits you at
the Academy of Natural
Sciences. |
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Volcano World
Volcano World has been
the Internet's leading
source of information
about volcanoes since
1995. This site contains
everything you could want
to know about volcanoes,
including facts,
articles, pictures,
movies, currently
erupting volcanoes, and
more.
And there is a special
section only for kids. |
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Amazing Space
Provides kids interactive
activities on topics like
comets, stars, black
holes, the solar system,
and the Hubble Space
Telescope with its
amazing multimedia
gallery. |
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NASA's Mars Exploration Program
Since Mars has been so close to the Earth recently, find out more about the exploration of Mars.
Check out about the challenges of getting to Mars, check out some cool Mars photos, and see if Mars is melting. |
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Web Site:
ASIMO Features:
Introduces the world's most advanced
humanoid robot.
Find out where ASIMO came from and where it's headed and get the inside scoop on how ASIMO's body was built and what it can do. |
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Web Site:
The Electric Avenue Features:
A site that introduces beetles.
Learn about these impressive creatures, check out pictures and virtual beetles, and read about the fight against the Asian Long-horned Beetle. |
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Web Site:
Beetle Science
Features:
A site that introduces beetles.
Learn about these impressive creatures, check out pictures and virtual beetles, and read about the fight against the Asian Long-horned Beetle. |
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Web Site:
of Mind and Matter
Features:
Fully about the mystery of the human brain.
Explore the brain's anatomy, function, disorders, and psychology. There are cool
interactive features, quizzes, and Q & A sections to help kids out. |
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Web Site:
Floral Radiographs: The Secret Garden
Features:
The webmaster took x-rays of flowers and discovered strange beauty in the images that couldn't be seen with the naked
eye. Check out a gallery of floral x-rays to see the many layers of a rose, the delicacy of a calalily, and details in other commonly found flowers. |
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Web Site:
Kids Go Wild
Features:
Teaches kids about animals with fun.
Consists of wild animal facts with photos and videos, Shockwave games, a kids club, and
wildlife news for kids. |
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Web Site:
NASA Kids
Features:
Offers kids a fun way to learn about NASA's space projects and science
with news stories, information, and activities designed for kids. |
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Web Site:
Defenders of Wild Life: Kid's Planet
Features:
Check out fact sheets on all kinds of animals from all around the world, play wild games, and learn about
world wide wolves. Featuring special section for teachers. |
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Web Site:
Yahooligans! Animals
Features:
4 groups of animals are divided: Mammals, Fishes, Insects, Birds, Amphibians and Reptiles.
The site introduce each groups of animals with detailed information and pictures. |
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Web Site:
Jurassic Park Institute
Features:
Discover dino news, find the facts in the dinopedia, and get some dinotainment by doing the Jurassic Jigsaw. |
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Ithaki 4 KiDs
Ithaki 4 KiDs
helps you to find
the best sites
just for kids via
searching in real
time several
search engines for
kids. |
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Yahooligans!
A homework helper
to help kids to
find any
information
quickly. Consists
of a large
database to help
kids get whatever
information that
is clean and
useful they want.
Various categories
of search
provided. |
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Kids Click!
Acts as a homework helper to help kids to find any information quickly.
Consists of a large database to help kids get whatever information
that is clean and useful they want. Various categories of search provided. |
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Cyber Sleuth Kids
A homework helper designed to help kids find pertinent
information quickly. The tabs at the bottom of the page
lead to pages with information about major and most
popular sites specializing in science, math and more. |
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