Resources

www.nationalgeographic.com/kids
Visit this terrific site to explore geographic, scientific, and historical concepts, issues and events. Extensive bibliographies and links to countless web sites to explore a given topic in depth.

www.nwf.org/kids
The kids' section of the web site of the National Wildlife Foundation. Loaded with information about animal conservation and animals in general. Click on Prowl the Past: Ranger Rick Index to find the titles and locate any past articles in the Ranger Rick archives.

www.loc.gov
The official site of the Library of Congress. Click on kids and families to discover the compelling story of America's past as presented by the Library of Congress. Or explore this site endlessly for anything you can imagine.

www.nytimes.com/learning
The New York Times kids' edition. A truly fantastic site with news summaries, science Q&A's, who's who and what's what features, as well as an opportunity to explore the NY Times learning network by subject.

www.whyfiles.org
A site that gives us the science behind the news. Click on The Why Files in Education for an amazing array of information on scientific topics of all kinds

www.nobelprize.org
This site offers Nobel speeches, history of winners and their prizes, simulations for kids, and more.

www.ocean.com
Check this out for great information, photographs, and stories about anything pertaining to the ocean and to marine conservation.

www.ecokidsonline.com
EcoKids is Earth Day Canada's environmental education programs for youth who card about the planet. This web site is their interactive environmental web site for children, families, and educators in Canada and around the world.

www.exploratorium.org
The site of the San-Francisco-based Exploratorium Museum of Science, Art and Human Perception. This is packed with scientific information and interactive possibilities on a wide range of topics.

www.learner.org
The site of the Anneberg Foundation to advance excellent teaching in America's schools. Information on school reform, professional development, teaching and learning curriculum suggestions, and so on.

www.classicsforkids.com
A web site dedicated to hooking kids on classical music. As they say on their home page, "Classics for kids is here to help you learn about classical music and have fun too."

www.siforkids.com
Sports Illustrated's web site for kids. Full of sports information, articles, radio programs, survey questions, and more.

www.kidsdiscover.com
The web site of Kids Discover magazine. Click on Teach and the click on A Look Inside Every Title and you will discover an amazing list of resources that includes a list of web sites, children's books, adult books and community resources that support both social studies and science curriculum.

www.si.edu
The Kids button on this Smithsonian Institution's website leads you to a selection of arts, science and nature, history and culture, and people and places resources that support both social studies and science curriculums.

www.mos.org
The Boston Museum of Science website contains both student ("Explore and Learn") and teacher ("Educator Tools") resources. The Virtual Exhibits provide great content for a variety of topic studies.

www.sandiegozoo.org
In addition to local zoo events, the San Diego Zoo website offers a wealth of conservation and wildlife information, activities, and projects.