Careers			Computers
	BLS Career Information - Tells about jobs for kids who like: Music/Arts, Science, P.E./Outdoors, Social Studies, Reading, Math. From the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.   Career Voyages - A successful career starts with a good high school education. Work experience, on-the-job training, associate degrees, vocational certifications, as well as 4-year college degrees can all lead to good-paying jobs with rewarding futures. This site shows you how to start exploring different career options.   Girl Power - Girls at Work - This site features information on careers for women in the science and technology fields.   NASA Educator Astronaut Program - Learn about astronaut school, living in space, and the crew here on earth. You can also nominate your teacher for NASA's educator astronaut program.   U.S. Department of State for Youth - Although headquartered in Washington, DC, the Department of State's embassies span the world in more than 190 countries. The diplomats who work in these embassies come from all over the United States and represent a variety of backgrounds. Can you see yourself as a diplomat someday?   Animal Doc Com - Ever think about being a veterinarian? Find out what vet students are learning about dogs, horses, sheep, cattle, llamas, and more.			Cyberethics for Kids - It's important to be a good citizen wherever you may find yourself, by following the rules of that place. The Internet is a "place" with its own very special rules. People who communicate over the Internet are called "cybercitizens." It's important to learn the rules of the Internet before you log on, so that you can be a "good cybercitizen."   FBI Kids Page - Internet Safety - This site has some very important things that you need to keep in mind when you're on your computer at home or at school.   Kidz Privacy - The FTC wants you to know some important things about surfing, privacy and your personal information on the internet.   Disney's Surf Swell Island - You and your child can follow Mickey and friends around the island to learn about privacy issues, online manners, viruses, and more.   KiddoNet - Through KiddoNet, children have the freedom to explore the positive aspects of the Internet. Within this wholesome vibrant atmosphere, children learn to navigate the Internet with a kid-friendly browser.   Lissa Explains it All - Lissa Explains it All is colorful and fun approach to learning HTML especially for kids (and the young at heart).   PBS Kids - Did you know? - An online space for kids to interact, learn and play with their favorite PBS characters! PBS Kids producers works closely with educational advisors when developing content for this site.
	Arts			Fun Stuff
	NGA Kids - Adventures with Art - Choose from a variety of activities or projects, enjoy an animated musical adventure, take a tour through the sculpture garden, and more.   National Gallery of Art - Choose a tour by school or medium and explore the National Gallery's collections of painting, sculpture, and graphic arts.   Smithsonian for Kids - The Smithsonian Institution is a center for research dedicated to public education, national service, and scholarship in the arts, sciences, and history.   Art Games - This interactive site engages children in art activities that help them to learn about artists and the works of art in the collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York.   Art Interactive - Hirshhorn Museum - This art interactive will show you a few different types of sculpture in the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and encourage you to explore your own artistic expression by making a piece of art online.   Art Safari - Explore animals and art in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art.. Create your own artworks of animals on the computer, or carry out projects by painting, drawing, or making a sculpture.   Creative Children - The International Child Art Foundation wants to help you be as creative, imaginative, innovative and artistic as you can be. ICAF has art programs, international children's festivals, creativity workshops and conferences, interactive websites and educational exhibitions and publications.   MOWA - Designed to teach you about the potential for art on the web. Check out one of the galleries or explore the kids' wing!   Seattle Art Museum - Learn Online - These sites from SAM have online art tours and interactive games, lesson plans and art activities, background information and discussion ideas, and glossaries, bibliographies, Web links, and more!   The Imagination Factory - The Imagination Factory combines art with science and social studies to teach about recycling. Visitors learn how to make art using common, household trash as a source of free materials. Some of the activities include drawing, painting, sculpture, and collage.   SmART Kids - University of Chicago's David & Alfred Smart Museum of Art, SmARTkids invites kids to experience art. You can tour a photographer's studio, interview the artist, and learn about becoming an artist.   ArtsEdNet - Includes a variety of teaching and learning materials, including many art images, lesson plans and curriculum ideas.   The @rt Room - The @rt room is designed around the idea of "activity" centers that encourage kids to create, to learn and to explore new ideas, places and things on their own. Education Place - Kids Place - Free games, activities, and resources for students studying math, reading, social studies, and science.			Sesame Street   Kids' Space   PBS Kids   Alphabet Fun   Illustrated children's stories for kids of all ages   Games and Activities - Fun games and activities to help you learn.   Just For Kids - Office of Legislative and Public Affairs - Here's a page that's cool for science, math and engineering. There a fun sections like "Find Out Why" and "Ask a Scientist or Engineer".   Money Central Station - Learn how and where money is made and play a number of different games.   NASA's Kids Page - This is a fun site from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Play a variety of games and activities, and more interesting facts about space.   U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Especially for Kids! - Learn about endangered species, national wildlife refuges, migratory birds, fisheries resources , the value of wetlands, and how kids, like you, can help.   Scholastic Kids Fun Online - This site has a number of games, books, fun activities, resources and more.   Chess Is Fun - Want to learn how to play chess? Want to learn how to play a bit better? Here are some fairly easy "lessons." Those relatively new to chess should play though the introduction to chess and the section on chess strategy.   Healthy Hopping - This site teaches the youth fun ways to be more active through jumping rope and how to have more nutritious meals and snacks.   Cartoon Network - Here at the Cartoon Network - you can play games, watch animated short movies and see the schedule of shows. All with your favorite characters!   Coolmath - Explore this amusement park of mathematics. Have fun with interactive activities and games for kids like Lemonade Stand and Arithmattack! There's even stuff for parents and teachers too.   Nick.com - Nickelodeon has a fun site that includes games, music, a web lab, and your world.   World Flag Database - This sites show flags from countries around the world. Also includes basic facts on each country such as its population, capital city, languages, currency and religions.   Comics.com - Read your favorite print comic strips on the web! Meet the characters and learn about the artists for Snoopy, Dilbert, Heathcliff, and many more. Includes editorial cartoons as well.
	Plants and Animals			Science and Math
	USDA for Kids - Learn about resource conservation, gardening and science to farming and food safety.   Agriculture and Math Fun - Fun agriculture and math site with quizzes, games, and links to other sites.   Agriculture in the Classroom Kid's Corner - Learn about the role and importance of agriculture in the economy and society.   Children's Butterfly Site - Despite their small size, butterflies and moths are some of the World's most wondrous animals. Their beauty, seemingly miraculous metamorphosis, and apparently carefree flight all spark our imaginations. Learn more here.   Energy Information Administration Kids Page - Learn along with Energy Ant about different types of energy.   EPA - Kids' Stuff - This EPA - Office of Water's web page has links to games and activities that will help you learn about drinking water.   Explorers' Club - The Environmental Protection Agency's website allows you to explore your environment and learn about the many things you can do to protect it.   FDA Kids' Page - Learn about animal care, food safety, vaccines and much more about the Food and Drug Administration.   FSA Kids - This site, from the Farm Service Agency, has fun games to teach you more about farming, crops and ranches.   Kids' Science Page - National Agricultural Library - Hey kids! Do you like to eat? What's your nutrition IQ? Do you really enjoy animals? Insects too? Do you like veterinary medicine? Is engineering what you want to do? Interested in plants or ecology? Does chemistry excite you? Learn more about food and agricultural sciences.   National Zoo - Visit the online exhibits, or take a tour and learn about the plants, animals and people of the Smithsonian's National Zoo.   NIEHS Kids' Page - Learn how the environment affects your health. Get ideas for science projects, tackle some brainteasers, and more.   Splash - Desdemona's Splash! This is a game about water quality and the environment and is a wonderful way to interactively teach both kids and adults how to reduce runoff pollution to protect our water resources.   U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Especially for Kids! - Learn about endangered species, national wildlife refuges, migratory birds, fisheries resources , the value of wetlands, and how kids, like you, can help.   Animaland - This site from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has great information on caring for you pet, humane education, games and cartoons and much more.   Wonders of the Sea - The Oceanic Research Group "Wonders of the Seas" page highlights different animals with text and images, from sponges to sharks   DiscoveryKids.com - has put together a whole site about adventure and the adventures we think you should try. Ever wanted to climb a climbing wall? Ride a camel? Learn to take your own pictures? Well, here is the place to learn how.			Sci4Kids - Science is everywhere you look. Learn what scientists do at the Agricultural Research Service. You may be a student today but may already be on your way to a career in science or farming or computers.   Agricultural Ideas for Science Fair Projects - Here, we've put together a few basic ideas of agricultural science projects you can do. Use these ideas as a jumping-off place for coming up with your own project.   Agriculture and Math Fun - Fun agriculture and math site with quizzes, games, and links to other sites.   Nasa Kids   USGS - Learning Web - Explore things on, in, around, and about the Earth such as plants and animals, land, water, and maps. Learn how biology, geology, hydrology, and geography can help us understand our changing world.   Water Science for Schools - This site offers information on many aspects of water, along with pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give opinions and test your water knowledge.   Did You Ever Wonder? - Visit the Berkley Labs and learn more about about the structure of cells, how to carve with light, how soil keeps the world in balance and much more.   Dr. E's Energy Lab - This site has great information about wind energy, solar energy, alternative fuels and much more.   Drinking Water Kids' Stuff - This site has great games and activities that will help you learn about drinking water.   Earth Observatory - Accompany NASA scientists as they explore our world and unravel the mysteries of our climate and environmental change.   Just For Kids - Office of Legislative and Public Affairs - Here's a page that's cool for science, math and engineering. There a fun sections like "Find Out Why" and "Ask a Scientist or Engineer".   Kids' Science Page - National Agricultural Library - Hey kids! Do you like to eat? What's your nutrition IQ? Do you really enjoy animals? Insects too? Do you like veterinary medicine? Is engineering what you want to do? Interested in plants or ecology? Does chemistry excite you? Learn more about food and agricultural sciences.   Kidz Zone - This site is a great a portal for energy and science education. The material is age-graded by subject matter, with other resources for teachers. And we now have oodles of Energy Dictionaries and Glossaries.   NASA for Kids Only - This NASA kids site brings the world into your playroom. Listen to an earthquake's rumble. Look into the eye of a hurricane. Find out why the wind blows. Visit storms up close. Play games. The kids' quizzes here feature sound effects. Flashy graphics and well-written text make complicated science kid-friendly. Guarantee: If a child spends at hour at this site, she'll learn a few things most adults don't know.   National Weather Service Kids Page - The National Weather Service's kids' page serves up age-appropriate fun for all kids. Learn how to read a weather map or read about the scientists who chase storms. Kids who want more substance can click into a litany of links.
	Homework			Health
	Fact Finder Kids' Corner - Learn about the U.S. Census, get facts about your state, and have fun with quiz questions.   Energy Quest - Megawatts of info and fun await! Read a story, try a science project, learn about renewable resources, play with puzzles, meet super scientists, and lots more on this neat site from the California Energy Commission.   Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids - This site provides learning tools for K-12 students, parents, and teachers. These resources will teach how our government works, and much more.   Kids in the House - Explore the role the Office of the Clerk plays in the U.S. House of Representatives. Learn about the legislative process and its effect on you.   Law-4-Kids - Here is an introduction to questions you may have about our legal system.   Smithsonian Education For Students - This is a place for kids to explore, discover and learn. Find out about art, science, history and the secrets of the Smithsonian   Figure This! - Have you been alive for one million minutes? Investigate math challenges like this which include hints, answers, and ways to test them out. Designed for kids and their families.   AAA Math - Choose your grade level and check out the basic skills, activities, and challenge games for K-8. Math concepts are also explained in detail.			About Faces - This site gives great information about different parts of your face - from your eyes to your oral cavity   FDA Kids' Page - Learn about animal care, food safety, vaccines and much more about the Food and Drug Administration.   FEMA for Kids - This site teaches you how to be prepared for disasters and how you can prevent disasters by taking action now! You can also learn what causes disasters, play games, read stories and more.   For Kids Only - The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information advises - - be smart - don't start! Learn the facts on just saying no to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.   Kids' Quest On Disability and Health - This site helps kids to think about people with disabilities and some of the issues related to participation in daily activities, health, and accessibility.   NIEHS Kids' Page - Learn how the environment affects your health. Get ideas for science projects, tackle some brainteasers, and more.   USFA Kids Page - The U.S. Fire Administration's kids page is full of tips that can help you and your family be safe from fire. Test your knowledge identify fire hazards and escape planning knowledge.   American Dental Association's Animations and Games Page - Animations will show you how to brush and when a baby's teeth shed, demonstrate root canal treatment and more. There's also a "Visit The Dentist" story.
	Recreation			Space
	Recreation.Gov - Recreation.gov is a one-stop source for information about recreation on federal lands. Get tips on where to go boating, camping, fishing or skiing and more.   A Walk In the Woods - Walk in the Woods is designed for students to gain an appreciation of nature. Sometimes students are not able to go to a forest preserve or woods, so this brings the woods to you.   Junior Master Gardener - Kids Zone - This website is great for discovering the important and fun part of gardening; it ignites a passion for learning, success and service through a unique gardening education.   Coastie's Home Page - Coastie is an animated robotic cartoon character that travels around the country to talk to children about water safety. Check out his water safety quiz!			NASA Kids - Here are the answers to everything you wanted to know about space and the solar system, track the location of space shuttles and stations, or learn about rockets or mapping the earth from space.   Solar System Exploration Kids Page - Our solar system is made up of a star - the Sun - nine planets, more than 130 moons and a bunch of comets, asteroids and other space rocks. Learn all about the other planets.   Just For Kids - Johnson Space Center - This site has great links such as sending your name to Mars, living in space, and becoming a virtual astronaut.   Basics of Space Flights - This module is the first in a sequence of training modules that pertain to space flight operations activities.

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