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The Children's Gallery
Artwork from children around the world.
Coloring Book
Select a picture, and color it. The pictures used here
were taken from Coloring Book 2.0 by Jim Allison. There's even a
Mac coloring program you can download.
Native-American and Russian
Children's Art An art exchange between Native Amrican and Russian children.
The Minneapolis Institute of
Arts They have over 85,000 objects
spanning 4,000 years. You can see some of them in the exibitions and
galleries. There's also a museum shop, educational and general info,
and other resources.
Computer
Graphics Great set of links (with icons) to places like
MiraLab Computer Graphics & Animation Group, Electronic
Visualization Laboratory, The University of Manchester Computer
Graphics Unit, Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Center, Thant's
Animations Index, 3D WEB, UBC IMAGER Computer Graphics Lab,
NASA Scientific Applications and Visualization Branch.
The Nine Planets - The Nine Planets describes each of the 70
planets and moons in the solar system with text, pictures, sounds,
an
occasional movie and links to other related net resources.
A Comet hits Jupiter - Pictures, observing information,
animations,
links to other sites.
Space Telescope - Handbooks and guides for proposing,
observing,
and data reduction. Plus info on the telescope's instruments,
pictures, and links.
APOLLO 11 THE MOON MISSION
Mission highlights, milestone, pictures, and detailed quotes from the
astronauts.
Lunar
Eclipse See and learn about the most recent lunar eclipse in the northern
hemisphere.
Audrey Wood and her clubhouse.
Author and Illustrator Biographies from Scholastic Internet
Libraries
Excerpts from Meet the Authors and Illustrators, volumes 1 and 2.
Fairrosa's Lewis Carroll page-- A different approach to Lewis
Carroll
texts and information compiled by fairrosa, a regular contributor to
children's literature discussions on the Net.
Diane Duane and Peter Morwood - The Owl Springs Partnership
Fantasy and Science Fiction writers Diane Duane and Peter Morwood
have set up this Web page with information about themselves and
their writing. It's great fun.
Madeleine L'Engle Papers (Wheaton College)- Biographical
information and finding aids describing the materials deposited by
Madeleine L'Engle at Wheaton College Archives and Special
Collections.
Kindred Spirits: Frequently Asked Questions-- Kindred Spirits is
an
electronic mailing list for the discussion of Lucy Maud Montgomery,
her books and related material, including the TV movies and
children's series "Road To Avonlea." The Frequently Asked Questions
list (FAQ) covers a wide range of information about L.M.
Montgomery, her books, and media adaptations.
Dr. Seuss-- The beginnings of a World-Wide Web page about Dr.
Seuss.
The J.R.R. Tolkien Information Page-- An enormous amount of
information about Tolkien and the world of his novels.
ALA Best '96
American Library Association 1996 Medal Winners in Childrens Literature.
Books of Wonder's Best Children's Books of 1994
Children's Literature on Floods and Natural Disasters August,
1993.
Children's Literature
Links to literature for kids of all ages
Wonderland
More Literature from Alice
in Wonderland to Frankenstein
Native American Coming-of-Age Novels.
Picture Books for Young Adults
A book list from the National Library of Canada: Children's
Literature
Service. This year's theme: The International Year of the Family.
Includes annotated bibliographies of related English- and French
language Canadian children's books, as well as lists of recent
Canadian award-winners.
Sure-Fire Books can't miss YA books for junior high school students
Kid's Summer Club House
from Houghton Mifflin's Education Place.
GAP - Girls Are Powerful A
Technology Club.
CBC 4 Kids
Dinosaurs in Hawaii! - Exhibits include Triceratops Skull,
Tyrannosaurus rex Head, Stegosaurus Skeleton, Baby Hypselosaurus
Sculpture.
Field Museum - Take an
interactive tour of their newest public exhibit, 'DNA to Dinosaurs'.
Public Domain Electronic Children's Books
A growing number of children's literature classics are now out
of
copyright, and are among the books available in full-text on the
Internet. This link points to the NMSU Library Gopher.
On-line
Book Page
For a comprehensive search of available texts, check The On-line
Books Page
***Alex***: A Large Catalogue of Electronic Texts on the Internet.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
The full text, formatted for reading online or downloading, and
complete with the John Tenniel illustrations. Another version in
Germany also includes the illustrated Through the Looking Glass.
The Hunting of the Snark, Lewis Carroll
Includes the illustrations by Henry Holiday.
Various Fairy Tales and Fables
From the Online Book Initiative.
Read-along Stories
From the ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and
Communication. Users with well-equipped Web Browsers will be
able
to read the story and look at the pictures, or listen to the story and
read along.
Scottish Folktales From the Dalriada Celtic Heritage Society.
Ninteenth-Centrury German Stories
Struwwelpeter, Busch, Grimm Brothers in German- and English-
language versions, often with illustrations. From the Foreign
Language Department - Virginia Commonwealth University.
Theodore Tugboat Children's Activity Center - The Canadian TV
series about a cheerful tugboat who likes to be friends with
everyone. Includes an interactive story book based on characters from the show,
as
well as pointers to other Internet resources of interest to children,
parents, and teachers.
Rupert Bear-- A discussion of the British comic-strip character.
Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Frequently Asked Questions List,
which includes information about the books, the movie, and The
Ozian Times (an e-mail discussion list for fans)
Puzzles - Puzzles and brain teasers archived from the
newsgroup
rec.puzzles and categorized by subject. Both the puzzles and their
solutions are given.
WebMind - A Web version of the classic MasterMind game. The
idea is to figure the sequence of colors. Has four levels from
beginner
to expert. You can even see an example game before you play.
Peg - A game where you try to remove more pegs from the
board
than the computer you're playing against.
Gazillionaire Business
strategy game from LavaMind.
Grand Canyon National Park- History, maps, images, services,
trail,
books, and more.
VolcanoWorld - Everything about volcanos. Includes a Hawaiian
Tour Guide, volcano mages, current and recent eruptions, and more.
Southwest
Alberta Provincial Parks and Protected Areas
Calendar of African-American History.
Earthlore- "The
adventure of understanding our existence through the expression of cultural
spirit."
Encyclopedia of Women's
History.
Greek Civilization
Home Page.
The Learning Page of the Library
of Congress.
Web Acropolis- Go on a
virtual tour of the Acropolis!
Betsy Ross
Homepage- Learn all about the life and times of the woman who sewed the
first American flag.
Past Nobel Laureates
in Physics- Created by the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Library.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
page- Created by the Seattle Times.
Presidents of the United
States of America
Susan B. Anthony
page
Frederick
Douglass page
Janice's K-!2 Cyberspace Outpost - Has what's new, the best use of the Web by K-12, and links to museums, educational resources, art.
The Language Page - Language resources from all around the world, range from dictionaries to language tutorials to spoken samples of languages.
A Usenet news group devoted to the discussion of children's
books.
Mailing Lists related to Children's Literature Information about
e-
mail discussion groups.
Math Forum Student Center-
Swarthmore College's page devoted to helping students with math ("Ask Dr. Math")
as well as providing exciting challenges.
Archimedes-
Everything you ever wanted to know about a great mathematician.
Mega-Mathematics! An exciting
math page created by Los Alamos National Laboratory.
MathEd-
Mathematics Education Resources.
Math Pages Created by Cynthia
Lanius.
Rachel Carson Homestead Learn more
about the ecologist and author of the wonderful book Silent Spring.
Walkin' Jim Stoltz A songful site
dedicated to protecting wildlife.
Kid Links A global
conversation among children about important topics.
Global Show and Tell - Children show off their favorite
projects,
possessions, accomplishments and collections to kids (and adults)
around the world.
Yahooligans For Kids.
Lycos Just for Kids
Classroom Connect Resources for
Teachers, Parents, and Kids.
Virtual Pet Cemetery
Immortalize your beloved departed pet in the tombs of cyber-space.
VidKids - California Museum of Photography's Web page for K- 12 kids has an Interactive Gallery, Media Literacy Program, and Lesson Plans.
WWW Schools Registry
more K-12 Servers
Hotlist of K-12 Internet Schools - This list is laid out in
geographic
categories. Includes non-US cities.
Cyberspace Middle School - Designed for students in the sixth,
seventh, eighth and ninth grades who are using the World Wide Web
to help get an education.
Canadian School Net
Kinetic City A science
adventure show for kids. On the air and on the net.
Hands on Plastics A scientific
investigation kit for kids.
Educational Hotspots Links to
dozens of educational exhibits and interactive environments.
Franklin's Forecast Some
are weatherwise, some are otherwise. -Ben Franklin
Passport to
Knowledge: Live from the Rainforest. Explore "the greatest expression of
life" we know of.
Inquire Ohio Inquiry-based science
and a whole lot more.
Ontario Science Center - Tour, events, "The Human Body", a
young
person's guide to the Internet, and links.
The Mining Co. Ecology and other
things for kids and teens.
The Why Files For the Science
Behind the News.
Franklin Institute Virtual Science Museum - They 'bring the
exhibits, resources, and fun of a museum visit right to your desktop'
with virtual exhibits and hotlists.
NCSA Education Program - Makes the connection between
scientific
research and education, and makes the tools for computational
science available in the classroom.
Earth
Science Resources. From paleontology, ecology, oceanography &
astronomy! Maintained by Dragonfly's Hays Cummins.
Tropical
Ecosystem Images Hays Cummins' best pictures and descriptions from the Bahamas &
Costa Rica.
Weather
Sites Hays Cummins weather page.
Sea World - Main selections are Animal Information Data Base,
Teacher's Guides, Shamu TV: Sea World and Busch Gardens Video
Classroom
Froggy - Has links to froggy things all over the net, like
stories,
songs, even ASCII pics, and everything from scientific stuff to the
Muppets.
Earth
View
Field Museum - In this experimental program you can take an
interactive tour of their newest public exhibit, 'DNA to Dinosaurs,' or
study specimens and images selected from their research collections
of
over 20 million objects.
GLOBE Globe Global Learning and Observation
to Benefit the Environment. Excellent!
Mad Scientists Net They'll
answer your questions and drive you mad.
Disect a virtual frog
Environmental Organizations-
Earth's biggest environmental search engine.
Teacher Experiencing Antarctica-
Linking students everywhere to activities at McMurdo Station in Antarctica.
Desktop Laboratories Virtual
Scientific Instruments.
The Center for History of Physics- By
the American Institute of Physics.
National Center for Science Education
Information about Evolution.
Scanning Electron Microscope Great
close-up images of very small things from the Boston Museum of Science.
The Global Cycling Network - Info on bicycling organizations, newsletters, ride calendars, mailing lists, and links to the VeloNet Gopher and WWW page, and more.
Stereograms - A page with links to dozens of stereograms, and a link to a similar page with previews (takes longer to load). These sites have been selected and been given a rating out of 5 based on the following criteria: appearance, content, ease of use, organization, relevance, suitability for a young audience.
Boomerang Page - Info on tournaments, how boomerangs work and how to use them, as well as resources, books, etc.
Falcon's
Nest in
Alaska Created by and for kids in Alaska
KidPub
KidPub is a place for children to publish stories on the World
Wide Web and to read stories published by other children. This is a
free service sponsored by En-Garde Technical Comunication.
MidLink Magazine
An electronic magazine created for and by children ages 10-15.
The Hole Dewey Dug
Texas Folktales from Spring Branch ISD, Houston, Texas
Parodies of children's stories, written by children and given a
Texas flavor.
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