Suggested Great Sites On this Page:

Science

Astronomy:
Ask Dr. Universe
Kids Astronomy
Space Day
The Space Place (NASA)
Spacewatch

Sea Life:
Monterey Bay Aquarium

General Science:
Bill Nye the Science Guy's Nye Labs Online 
Fact Monster: Science  
The Franklin Institute Online  
   
Mad Sci Network
Ontario Science Centre (Toronto, Canada)
Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab

Science Learning Network ScienceMaster      
The Why Files? (Science Behind the News)  
Windows on the World Universe
 
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet  
Yucky Roach World   

The Universe

Exploring the Planets
   By the National Air & Space Museum

StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers
   From NASA, a kid-friendly site

Welcome to Astronomy for Kids!
   Explore the planets and the stars

Welcome to the Planets
   From NASA, it has great photos

Exploring Biomes

Biomes - Habitats
    Plants, animals, and climates of the world

The Evergreen Project  

 Rain Forest Heroes                

The Sierra Club: 21 Ecoregions         

 Student Biome Project

 Tour of Biomes

Explore the Continents

GeoSpy
    From National Geographic, challenge yourself

Test Your Geography Knowledge
   Quiz yourself all around the world!

Earth from Space
    Photos taken by NASA's astronauts

Tiki the penguin- for Kids and our Planet Earth
    Join Tiki's adventures around the world

Africa Today

Life from Antarctica

AskAsia

Australia for Kids

South America

Animals

Animal Diversity Web
     From the Univ. of Michigan

Animal Information Fast Facts (SeaWorld)
     Select "Animal Bytes!" for the animals

Animal Omnibus
     From the Birmingham Zoo

Animals A-Z (Oakland Zoo)
     Select the "A-Z" button for animals, some with video & sound

Animals & Nature  (National Geographic)
      Pull-down the "Animal Profiles" window for listing

Animals of the Zoo (Zoological Society of San Diego)
      Called "Animal Bytes", it has information on the zoo's animals

Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
      Select the "Animals & Plants" button for animals

Electronic Zoo
     Animals from a veterinarian's point of view

Enchanted Learning
     Select "Animal Printouts" for an A-Z list of animals

Endangered Species (World Wildlife Fund)
      It has facts about endangered animals

ESPECIES Animal Fact Sheets (Kid's Planet)
     With a world map, it has facts about 50 animal species

Kids Corner, Endangered Species (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
      Select "Creature Features" to lead you to the animals

KidsClick!: Animals (KidsClick!)
      A long list of animals with information and links

Zoobooks
   Select "Animals A-Z" on the signpost to lead to the magazines

Butterflies

Butterfly Farm Learn the how and why of butterfly farming

Butterfly Gardening (Univ of Kentucky) Gives you help to design a garden to attract butterflies

The Children's Butterfly Site (USGS Midcontinent Ecological Science Center)  With information on the butterflies and moths in the Western Hemisphere, it also has links to other sites

Journey North  Global study of wildlife migration, including monarch butterfly

The Monarch Butterfly (KidZone) It has downloadable photos as well as facts

Monarch Watch (Univ of Kansas)  Dedicated to monarch fans, it is filled with classroom ideas, research projects, and tracking tips

Painted Lady Information (Wild Inside Nature Programs)  A detailed fact information sheet

P.M.A.: Invertebrate Zoology-Fact Sheet-Painted Lady Butterfly (Provincial Museum of Alberta) A Canadian-prepared information sheet

Poetry

The Academy of American Poets Sponsor of National Poetry Month

Favorite Poem Project Very special, with audio & video, people share their favorite poems

Giggle Poetry  Funny poetry from Meadowbrook Press's poets

Inki and Taz's Poetry Corner Helps explain the different forms of poetry

Poetry Express Tips for poetry included, with links

Poetry for Kids   Has great links to poetry sites

Poetry Quest   A webquest with many links for students and teachers

Rhyme Zone A search engine to find words that rhyme

Sunnie Bunniezz Poetry  It has lots of activities, poems, rhymes, puzzles, and links

Writing with Writers (Jack Prelutsky, Karla Kuskin and Jean Marzollo)

Holidays

Christmas Around the World Culture Quest 
Diversity Calendar 
Festivals.com  
 Holidays on the Net 
 KidsClick!
    (Holidays)
Multi-Cultural Calendar            

Mystery Sites    

Kids Mysteries- The Case for Kids

MysteryNet.com: The Online Mystery Network for everyone who enjoys a mystery

MysteryNet's Kids Mysteries     

Nancy Drew Club           The Sherlockian Holmespage

Titanic

Encyclopedia Titanica
   Use the 1st class passenger list to learn of the Speddens, Polar's family

RMS Titanic.inc

Titanic Historical Society

More Sites to Explore for the Curious

Berit's Best Sites for Children  
Crayola
CyberSurfari

The Discovery Channel  
Download-a-Dinosaur

FunSchool
Kids' Castle
Kids on the Web  

National Geographic
Sesame Workshop
ThinkQuest's Library of Entries                                                                                                                
Virtual Field Trips
WWW.4kids.org
World Kids Network

Also, explore the students' favorite sites.                                                A Web Site Evaluation can guide your exploration of sites.

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