Recommended Web Sites for Children
GALILEO for Kids    
  Encyclopedia Britannica for Kids GALILEO is Georgia's Virtual Library -- these databases are provided for
  Middle Search Plus your use as a citizen of Georgia. If you would like to use these resources
 

Kids Search

from your home computer, go to your local library and ask for the
 
Middle Search Plus
current password.
 
Primary Search
 
 
Searchasaurus: Middle Search
 
  Searchasaurus: Primary  
  SIRS Discoverer  
Search Engines    
  Kid's Click -- Search Child friendly web pages  
  GoGooligans safe search engine for kids
  Start Squad Organizes the best of the web for kids by category and age group
  Kids.gov -- the official portal for kids to the US Government  
  Shmoop! Find study guides and teaching aids for every subject here
     
Animals    
  ASPCA for Kids American Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Kid's page
  Exploring Nature doing an animal report? Try here!
  National Geographic  
  National Zoo of the United States  
  Pebble Go -- Animals Information about animals for the very young K-Grade 2
  Yahoo Kids Animals  
Agriculture    
  National Agricultural Library Kid's Page  
  USDA for Kids  
  Youth and Kids Pages in Agriculture  
  Georgia.gov agriculture links for kids A collection of pages relevant to Georgia kids interested in Agriculture
     
Biography    
  4, 000 years of women in science  
  Abraham Lincoln's Classroom  
  Biography.com  
  Presidents of the United States  
  Well known people who happen to be Canadian  
     
Black History    
  The King Center  
  Smithsonian Institute  
  African American History for Kids A list of web pages for kids interested in African American History topics
  AT&T Knowledge Network Explorer Six web pages exploring various aspects of African American history
     
Current events    
  Time for Kids Time magazine's kid's edition
  United Nations Cyberschoolbus  
  Federal Communications Commisssion Kids Zone How does a radio work? What is broadband? Find out here!
  Career Information for Kids So, what DO you want to be when you grow up?
  Internet Public Library Read newspapers from around the world
     
     
Environment    
  Rutgers University list of sites for kids Weather sites as well as the environment
  Kid's Page Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
  Learn about the environment From the Harvard School of Public Health
  The Lorax Project "Plant a new Truffula. Treat it with care. Give it clean water. Give it fresh air. Grow a forest. Protect it from axes that hack. Then the Lorax and all of his friends can come back."
  Earth Day Games and Activities Not only are there free games here, but there are links to other games and activities all over the web.
     
Fun Stuff !
     
  Girl games Girl Games has fun puzzle, cooking, action, sport, decorating and dressup games. New games are featured and added every Thursday.
  Chess Boss Learn to play chess (many kinds of chess, including 3-D) improve your game, see what is going on in the chess world.
   
Geography and Maps    
  CIA World Factbook  
  National Geographic  
  Portals to the World Developed and maintained by the Library of Congress
     
Georgia    
  Fun Facts about Georgia  
  Postcard Kids links for Georgia  
  Georgia.org Tourism information: where to go and what to do
     
Government and Politics    
     
  Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids Benjamin Franklin will help you find out about how the US Government works
  The Road to the Capitol what's it like to run for government office? Now you can find out!
  World Political Resources Need to know about the government in Chad? This can help.
     
US History    
  Bill of Rights A great list of resources for Constitution Day!
  Constitution of the United States From White House Kids, resources on the constitution and its history
  National Museum of American History  
     
World History    
  HistoryWired See some of the thousands of items in the Smithsonian Institution
  Ancient Egypt From the Royal Ontario Museum
  The History Place A small site that highlights a few events in world history
Language Arts    
  Online dictionaries  
  Poetry for Children  
  KidsClick Poetry  
  Fun Brain Vocabulary Builder  
  Gigglepoetry.com  
  Need a subject to write an essay? A list of newstories of interest to kids that might be good choices for essays
  The Harry Potter Lexicon The most complete and amazing reference to the wonderful world of Harry Potter
  The Grammar Gorillas Identify the parts of speech and get the gorilla a banana!
     
Math    
  Coolmath.com Practice math skills, solve puzzles
  We all use math every day Watch Numb3rs and learn more about the math they use
  Math Kids' Sites  
  Math Links for Kids  
  IXL Math Lots of skill practice for preK through Grade 6
     
     
Multicultural    
  The Smithsonian Institution Resources for teachers and students of multicultural topics
  Breaking down the walls is GOOD! Created by a class in Wisconsin
  Holidays around the work for K-12  
  Diversity calendar What is going on in other countries today?
     
     
Music Dallas Symphony Orchestra Kids!  
  San Francisco Orchestra for kids  
  Music for kids A list of websites for kids interested in all kinds of music
     
Science Science, Technology and Engineering Links  
  Medline for Kids Got questions about what to eat or how your body works? This is the place.
  Nutrition exploration Go here to play with your food and learn about good eating choices.
  Zoom! The PBS kids show page. Games, polls, activities
Space    
  NASA's Kids' Club  
  Astronomy for Kids Great list of websites for elementary aged students
     
Sports  
  Sports Illustrated for Kids  
     
     
Weather  
     
  NOAA Research National Oceanic and Atmospheric Research