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ACTIVITIES & GAMES
Online Coloring Book
Simple coloring-book drawings you can "click and color" online. If you register, its free, you can also save your masterpieces for later.
CyberSurfari
It's a free Internet treasure hunt that features lots of great sites. The object of the game is to find, read, and solve as many clues as possible to win prizes and cash. You can play as an individual, family team, or with your class at school.
http://www.cybersurfari.com
Cooking With Kids
fun recipes kids can cook by themselves!
http://www.childrensrecipes.com/
Crayola Activity Book
http://www.crayola.com/activitybook/index.cfm
EcoKids Online
In the EcoKids Online tree house, kids discover Fun n' Games, Eco-Info, Storybooks, an art Gallery, an environmental forum and much more.
http://ecokids.earthday.ca/pub/splash.cfm
Etch-A-Sketch
use the online etch-a-sketch, hunt for shapes, letters & numbers, print out coloring pages or unscramble words...and more!
http://etch-a-sketch.com/html/coolgames.htm
KidSpace
A safe children's internet site where kids can play fun educational games. From the makers of Blaster and JumpStart, these fun learning activities explore multiple intelligences.
PBS Kids: Fun and Games
http://pbskids.org/fun_and_games/index_sonified.html
Sesame Street Workshop
Games, activities, stories, music and more.
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/
ATTRACTIONS
Fillmore & Western Railway
Sit back on a park-bench aboard our open air railcar to take full advantage of the panoramic view. Or relax inside a restored passenger coach, Circa 1930, or a 1929 parlour car, or one of our more "modern" cars – a 1950’s Streamlined dining car. However you enjoy your trip, you’ll feel as though you’ve been transported back in time.
http://www.fwry.com/
Hollywood Bowl
educational programs at the bowl
http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/education/
Ronald Reagen Presidential Library & Museum
in Simi Valley
http://www.reaganfoundation.org/
The Childrens Nature Institute
see their website for a complete list of scheduled nature walks...some stroller accessible!
http://www.childrensnatureinstitute.org/
LINKS ORGANIZED BY SUBJECT
Geography
Capitals of the World MatchMaker
This provides a fun way to drill geography information. You could also use it as a learning tool -- simply keep a world globe by the computer and find the countries and capitals you are not familiar with!
http://exp.psychologie.uni-kassel.de/cgi-bin/matchcapworld
US State Capitals MatchMaker
When you get to the site you will see a grid with six spaces for capital names and six spaces for state names. You are supposed to fill in the name of the capital and the corresponding state. To do that you must click on the capital name that is display
http://exp.psychologie.uni-kassel.de/cgi-bin/matchcapus
Insects
Alien Empire
This site is not about little green men from Mars. It's about bugs, the little creatures that live right in your own backyard. A companion site to the PBS' "Nature" series on the topic.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/alienempire/
Bug Identification
If its a bug and you don't know what it is, try here. A series of links helps you identify the bug by its physical characteristics.
http://www.ex.ac.uk/bugclub/bugid.html
Insect and Wildlife Factsheets
http://www.ianr.unl.edu/ianr/lanco/enviro/pest/bug.htm
Official State Insects
and you thought states only had birds...
http://chppm-www.apgea.army.mil/ento/stateins.htm
Science
Cool Science for Curious Kids
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute sponsors this site to help kids explore biology. They have gathered a few of their favorite science experiments from various museums, etc., and created activities that you can do at home
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/
NASA Space Science Education Resources
The search engines here allow you to browse by grade level and/or subject area. And the site contains information for all elementary, junior high, and high school grades. It contains information on space science, physical science, earth science....
http://teachspacescience.stsci.edu
Robert Krampf's Science Company
The Science Education Company is located in St. Augustine, Florida, but we travel to educational institutions across the United States, and even make trips overseas. We work with museums, universities, schools...sign up for our weekly expiraments via email.
http://www.krampf.com/
Try Science
field trips, expiraments and field trips galore
http://www.tryscience.org/
Social Studies
E-Conflict World Encyclopedia
This is a terrific website for getting information about every country in the world. The site's motto is "Eradicate Conflict By Increasing Cultural Awareness."
http://www.emulateme.com/
COOL SITES
How Stuff Works
The index to over 1000 fantastic 'How Stuff Works' articles!
E-ZINES
Kid Outdoors
An E-zine for Kids and Their Families exploring the Great Wide Open.
http://www.kidcrosswords.com/kidoutdoors/home.htm
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