Activity Centre for Children
- This site has interactive stories, an online coloring book, sounds and movies, and over 600 links to other sites for children. The links are intended to be "a consistently reliable starting point to help you find children's activities on the Internet."
- From the homepage: "A & M Marketplace -- the place for advertisers & marketers." Recent categories: "Computer Software and Hardware, Educational & Parenting, Sports Equipment & Clothing, and Just for Fun."
- From the homepage: "Imagine a classroom full of children having lively, meaningful conversations about literature. What would it take to get children so engaged in their reading that they'd be eager to talk about it with their classmates? What skills would they need to learn? How could a curriculum be structured to support student-led discussions? And how could reading, writing, speaking, and listening be integrated in such a curriculum? These are some of the questions that a team of university researchers and classroom teachers set out to explore in 1989. They developed a curriculum centered around small, student-led discussion groups called book clubs. Over the next eight years, they refined the Book Club program based on their research and experience with many students. In 1997, the tools to create a Book Club curriculum are finally available to teachers everywhere. Book Club: A Literature-Based Curriculum can help you turn your classroom into a vibrant community of readers and learners. "
- The site covers information about Matter, Atoms, Elements, Reactions and how Math is used in chemistry. There is also a Key Topics section which has information that really didn't fit anywhere else, like profiles of famous chemists and a site tour.
- A Canada site of more than 50 links for children, grouped into animals, art, communications, computers, games, general kids' pages, literature, miscellaneous links, music and sounds, science links, and sports links.
- The Houghton Mifflin Kids' Clubhouse, with Fun Stuff, Reading Room, Brain Teasers, and more.
- This site includes interactive pages on matter, electricity, magnetisms, energy and fusion.
- "This is an on-going list of sites that offer information for and about kids. Among other things, it includes a lot of stuff for them to play with, information for adults, and info about schools and education."
- Puzzles, games, art, Kids Speak, and links. Kids Speak is intended as an area "where kids 0 to 16 can exchange ideas, thoughts, get to know each other, have fun and become pen pals, as safely as possible." Has links to other fun-for-kids sites.
- From the homepage: "Kidlink is a grassroots project aimed at getting as many children in the age group 10-15 as possible involved in a global dialog. The work is supported by 28 public conferences (mailing lists), a private network for interactive dialog ("chat"), and an online art exhibition site. Since the beginning in 1990, over 90,000 kids from 105 countries on all continents have participated in our activities. The primary means of communication is electronic mail (email), but it may also be ordinary mail, fax, video conferencing, ham radio, or whatever. Kidlink is owned by a non-profit organization named the Kidlink Society. Participation in the Kidlink youth dialog is limited to kids between the ages of 10 and 15 years. Class participation is limited to those grades in which students are within the age limits at the beginning of the school year. In the United States, this means that participation begins at the fifth grade level--fourth grade classes are not allowed."
- A World Wide Web Digital Library for Schoolkids. Note that "the documents accessed from this library are on Web servers all over the world. Links to these computers may be very slow or even temporarily inaccessible."
- From the homepage: "Picture Dictionary with Links. Click on a letter and you'll see words that start with that letter. Then click on a picture or an underlined word, and you'll link to a great web site related to it. This is the English-only version; just click to use the English-French version or the English-Spanish version. 621 illustrated dictionary entries! FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions). Little Explorers is by the authors of Busy Little Brains, an educational game on CD-ROM for children."
- "Welcome to MidLink Magazine, the electronic magazine created by kids, for kids in the middle grades--generally ages 10 to 15. Browse through our interactive space to enjoy art and writing that will link middle school kids all over the world. MidLink will be published four times each year: fall, winter, spring and summer. Every issue will have a new and exciting theme."
- NOVA revolves around a simple premise: the world of science is exciting! For NOVA viewers, science means adventure and exploration -- because from ants to aliens, this weekly documentary series probes the far reaches of earth, sea and stars. NOVA proves that science is neither secret lore nor sacred ritual but rather, at its heart, a lifelong journey of discovery.
- A Magazine for Parents and Children on the Web. "The magazine's goal is to further the cause of family literacy by bringing parents and children together through the magic of reading. PCTO features original stories and articles for children, suitable for reading aloud. A special section for parents features articles on issues related to children's reading and writing and book reviews of recent children's literature."
- Site from Newsweek Magazine offering reviews of over 600 educational software programs.
- Amusement Park Physics. What are the forces behind the fun?
- From the home page: "Phoenix Citykids is being developed by National Childrens Coalition to be a complete resource and activity guide for children and youth in the whole Phoenix area. Your suggestions and comments are welcome. Be sure to bookmark us and check back every few weeks to watch us grow. And be sure to see all our Citykids sites for more resources if you move or travel. You'll find additional resources in all the national sites presented by National Childrens Coalition and Streetcats Foundation."
- SETI@home is a scientific experiment that will harness the power of hundreds of thousands of Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI). You can participate by running a screensaver program that downloads and analyzes radio telescope data. There's a small but captivating possibility that your computer will detect the faint murmur of a civilization beyond Earth.
- Yahoo's list of sites for children divided into 8 subjects.
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