Arty, the Part-time Astronaut
Choose from travel, activities, fun stuff, and more. You can travel to the Solar System, follow a comet, check out the Hubble space
telescope or the speed of light.
Bonus
Bonus.com is a lot fun and very educational. There are lots of sounds and graphics, but no videos so you don't have to wait around for
things to load. The selections offered lead to information provided only by Bonus.com. There aren't any links to other web sites. As
you enter the site, you have a choice to register now or later (it's not necessary to register to use this site). Categories offered
on the first screen are Play, Color, Explore, Inspect, and Imagine. The Explore section is a favorite; it includes information about
history, cultures, and various science topics. This site is recommended because it's very useful to all elementary age students. It can
be used for doing school reports or just for fun. Parents and teachers can use the site for teaching and home activities. It's easy to
use and has a very colorful format.
Cartoon Critters
Learn to draw cartoons, play games, and print and color cartoons to print out.
Chateau Meddybemps
You are invited to 'uncommon amusements for grown-ups and children.' Here you will find Learning Activities, Young Writer's Workshop,
Just for Fun, Beantime Stories and Just for Parents and Teachers.
Enchanted Learning
Great selection of links to activities for elementary school children ranging from an online picture dictionary to sites on dinosaurs,
butterflys, sharks, a science dictionary, and much more.
The Fact Monster - Information Please Almanac
This site features links to world and news, science, math, people, sports, cool stuff, games, a homework center and information on the U.S.
Hazel's Web Page
Wonderful site with creative, interactive, colorful links to original student writing and artwork and interactive learning activities.
Be sure to check out Read, Write Now and Something Froggy for quality activities!
The History of Invention
This site features inventions such as the telephone, the light bulb, the hot dog, the electric guitar, pottery, plywood, the swimming pool, and penicillin.
It is very easy to use. At the bottom of the page you scroll through a panel of inventions which works like a timeline. The inventions
appear in the order they were invented. Click on the invention you want to learn about and the information then appears on the top part of the page. The text is
written in an easy to read format. This site is great because it has pictures and detailed information. It is recommended for second grade and
up.
Kidtastic
Take a tour of the Digital City and play games or find out how things work. You can also read reviews of the latest cool toys for kids.
Little Animals Activity Center
Very colorful, interactive site with online stories(text, voice, pictures, interactive), word activities, crafts and puzzles.
Dave Pilkey's Site O' Fun
We present from the author of the Adventures of Captain Underpants a site that will make you laugh as hard as his books!
Magic School Bus Activities
This is a Scholastic site that features coloring, mazes, online games, What Do You See, and Friz TV.
Room 108
Great site with stories to read, sounds, animations and puzzles. Learn to tie shoes with a fun rhyming poem. Wonderful site created by a primary teacher!
Sound Safari
Here you can take a safari to hear, see and read about endangered animals from around the world. Don't forget to pack the
mosquito repellant because you will be visiting rain forests, jungles, deserts, mountains and other ecosystems.
Star Child Young Astronomer
Wonderful site created by NASA. Site features two levels, great color pictures, and fun and interesting information about
the solar system. The information is interesting and easy-to-read.
The Story Place
Listen to stories, play interactive learning games and read reviews of children's books in this colorful, animated site. Offered in
English or Spanish. Created by the Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenburg County. Requires Flash 4.0 or higher browser plug-in.
Zoom Astronomy
Zoom Astronomy is a comprehensive on-line site about space and astronomy. It is designed for people of all ages and levels of comprehension.
It has an easy-to-use structure that allows readers to start at a basic level on each topic and then to progress to much more advanced
information as desired, simply by clicking on links.
Zoom Dinosaurs
Wonderful site for dinosaur fans by Enchanted Learning. Read about dinosuars or print out pictures to color. You can take
fun quizzes, do puzzles and more! This site is easy to surf and is for all ages.
Animal Pictures Archive
Great site where you can find pictures and sound files of all types of animals to print out or to download.
The Animal Planet
Calling all crocodile hunters! This is where Steve Irwin hangs out. Learn about reptiles and amphibians at this site.
Borrico
Find great information on animals at this site. Includes an alphabetized list, and links to drawing and games.
Extreme Science Creature World
Have you ever wonder what the biggest, baddest,and best animals are in the natural world? Check out these world records and learn
about the biggest snake, fastest land animal, deadliest animal, oldest animal and much more.
Kid's Farm Wild Animals
Pictures, information, sounds and more about animals found on this farm in Colorado. Great music, too!
Kratt's Creatures
How well do you know animals? This fun site has many activities to help test your knowledge.
The San Diego Zoo
Check out the world's most famous zoo site. Read about its residents, its workers and ask questions to further understand the animals.
Be sure to check out Kid Territory!
The Shedd Aquarium
This site is the official site of the John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. Read about the baby Beluga and other gentle giants and sea fairing
creatures at the world. s premiere aquarium.
Wildlife Search
This site features links to a variety of wildlife from bears, moose, and orangutans to sharks, snakes and sea turtles.
Sports Heroes
Here's your chance to read about Roberto Clemente, Florence Griffith-Joyner, Doug Flutie, Penny Hardaway, Mohammed Ali and many
more. You can also add your own My Hero story.
Sports Illustrated for Kids
If you love sports this site was made for you. Choose from sports Trivia, Athlete of the Week, Games, Opinons, Reviews of Video
Games and much more.
Bab Books Online
Great site with lots of interactive stories to read. Each story has full color pictures, too. Use Adlibs to write your own funny story.
Children's Storybooks Online
This is a fantastic site for children and parents. You can choose from Books to Read, Coloring Book, Mazes and Riddles.
Disney's Online Storybooks
Great site with lots of stories to read. Use Adlibs to write your own funny story. Just add the words asked for.
Hiyah Library
Read aloud stories with words and audio. Includes a story of the week and some classics such as Jack and the Beanstalk, The Country Mouse and the City
Mouse, Black Beauty, Robin Hood, and others. There are also links for games and resources.
Myths and Fables
Here you can read fables from Africa, Asia, Trinidad, Japan and Native Americans. Each fable has full color
pictures on every page. A fable is a story that teaches a lesson.
The Mighty Book
This site features read aloud books for children ages 2 to 12. Choices include five levels from ages 2-4 to preteen. Resources
include an online dictionary, thesaurus, word games and puzzles, writing contests and much more.
Science
Astro-Venture
This multimedia website deals with NASA careers and astrobiology research. The concept is to search for and design a habitable planet. Students enter training, are quizzed
on their knowledge, and adjust the features of potentially habitable planets to see what makes a planet habitable and why. The recording of student observations
ties this activity to the basics of the scientific process.
The Atom's Family
Choose from the Mummy's Tomb, Dracula's Library, The Phantom Portrait Parlor, Frankenstein's
Lightning Laboratory, and Wolfman's Graveyard. Learn about the properties of light, waves, and particles. Learn about energy conservation, kinetic, and
potential energy.Learn about the principles of atoms and matter. This site contains fun, hands-on activities.
Cool Science for Curious Kids
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute invites curious kids to explore biology...on screen, off screen, and in between.
Fun with Bacteriology
Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network produced this website where students can learn about Bacteriology and
the importance of microscopy. Photos and text introduce the basics including microscopy and Gram staining, different cell types, and bacterial culture
plates. After exploring these topics, students can work through a series of short case studies to test their knowledge.
Kids Laugh and Learn - NASA
Explore these JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and NASA kid sites for out-of-this-world fun and learning.
Pfizer Fun Zone
Look through the electron microscope, find out what microbes are, or take a trip through time for great moments in science.
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
Discover yucky and fun games. Learn about worms and roaches. Learn about your body, why you burp, what eye gunk is and much more.
Ewwwww! Gross!
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