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Here is a collection of web links to free resources that kids can use on their own -- or that teachers can use in class. A special thanks to Ms. Hayes class for sharing their fav link, Learn to Type on the Web!  If there are more you'd like to add, please let me know!

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Search Engines for Kids Picture-oriented Kid Search Engine Search engines for younger children Dib Dab Doo and Dilly too    Kids Click: Web search for Kids by Librarians Awesome Library (Reviewed Sites) Search engines for kids CyberSleuth Kids  Sweet Search OpenDirectory Search for Kids & Teens Mathematical Search engine (older students to adults)

Internet Safety Info (for parents) SafeKids: Internet Safety & Civility   NetSmartz Safety Internet Safety Advice for Parents

Math – lower grades Find the Shapes Race a Jet Ski (addition) Slime Blaster! (subtraction) Beat the Clock Save the Apples Counting Robots Blast Off to Space Brainteasers!	Math – upper grades Race Dirt Bikes (compare fractions) Island Chase (subtraction) Tractor Pull! (multiplication) Catch the Meteor (multiplication) Drag Racing (division) Practice Math Facts (and keep score!) Arena Bike Racing (ratios) More games …. Math games from the BBC…. Enchanted learning…. Brainteasers!
Science – lower grades Clipart pictures of animals Cloud Dreamer Deep Sea Memory Game Make a Tidepool Fun at the Monterey Bay Aquarium What Birds Do You See? CIA Puzzle Solver Rex the Dino Detective Animal Homes Germinator Explore Art!	Science – upper grades… Space Games in outer space (NASA) Design a planet Games in outer space! (JPLabs) What do you know about the stars? NASA Encyclopedia History of Galileo Oceans  Marine life (Monterey Bay Aquarium) Sea creatures & E-quariums
Reading & Writing  – lower grades Starfall Phonics Online Talking Stories Make a Picture, Make a Story Read a Story Animated Fables Clifford Stories Online Digital Library of “Talking” Books Learning to Read Write a Story With a Bit of Help! “Story Plant” – Early Writing Create a Story (print & podcast) Grammar Gorillas Word Games Storyline Online Between the Lions UpToTen.com (the educational side) Little Animals Stories Magnetic Poetry Kit Brainteasers!	Science – upper grades… Weather & climate Take on a hurricane! Forecast Earth: climatic hotspots   Operation Climate Control Geology: earthquakes & volcanoes Design an earthquake-proof bridge  Make an Earthquake! Build a Virtual Volcano Supervolcano: Can You Cope?   Digging for fossils (American Museum of Nat. History) Rock This Lots about rocks & minerals Energy Challenges Create an energy efficient city Renewable Resources
Typing practice – all grades Lower Grades Learn to Type  AuntLee Easy Typing Games Alphabetic Rain Upper Grades Learn To Type on the Web Spelling and Typing How Fast Can You Type? Typing Across The Universe Shoot ‘Em Up Typing Learn to Type How to Type TyperShark (practice w/ free version) Typing to a Beat	Science – upper grades Biology What’s Alive? Avian Resurrection Stop the flu! Biomes Enchanted Learning - Biomes Cool Science Science News (for kids) Assorted science games from England    National Geographic Challenges Games Nobel Laureates Play The American Museum of Natural History
Social Studies – lower grades The US government The US Constitution States and Capitals Game  Where Is This Capital?  Name that Country!	Reading & Writing – upper grades Make A Crossword Puzzle Virtual Traveler (Story Writing) A Visual Dictionary (Merriam-Webster) Word Scramble Antonyms, Synonyms, Homonyms Words & Spelling Parts of Speech Reading Activities from the BBC   Adventure reading games-  -At Sea -In Snow -In The Jungle Brainteasers!
The  2010 Olympics! The official site of the Olympics Games about the Olympics Olympic History   Weekly Reader on the Olympics Olympic Trivia (for upper grades)  Olympics info for kids by kids!	Social Studies – upper grades The Ohlone The Salem Witch Trials GoNet – Map Game Adventure Maps (from National Geographic) Surviving Jamestown (first US colony) Build Planet Earth Name that State! American history before 1800 Stop Disasters! Trivial pursuit: What do you know?  (a multiplayer game)