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Science

Science News for Kids
Games, labs, science fair exhibits, all for children.

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/
Cool Science for Curious Kids
Dedicated to teaching science to children from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/
PBS kids Science
Science from PBS kids, projects from the shows for you to try at home.

http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/
Science Made Simple
Science Projects and articles.

http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/
Teach the Children Well
Science topics, this site shows science project ideas plus science projects done by others with instructions.

http://www.teachthechildrenwell.com/science.html
Smithsonian Education
Smithsonian Center for education and museum studies, this is the link for Smithsonian Kids.

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/idealabs/smithsonian_kids.html
Environmental Kid's Club
Environmental Protection Agency's site, information about the environment and how you can make a difference

http://www.epa.gov/kids/
Sci4kids
USDA Agricultural Research page, click on a picture to learn about the subject!

http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/
Ask Dr. Universe
Washington State University's site for science, your science questions answered.

http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/Contents.html
Kind News
Science news for children, current science issues mainly about animals.

http://www.kindnews.org/
Highlights Kids
Highlights Magazine's site for science, current questions and stories.

http://highlightskids.com/Science/h11FreeScienceTop.asp
Try Science
Experiments and field trips.

http://www.tryscience.org/
National Geographic for Kids
Games, activities, and stories about science.

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

Social Studies

Historical Documents
Children's Guide to the U.S. government, information about important government documents.

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/documents/index.html
National Museum of American History
Information about the Museum of American History, things to do at home.

http://americanhistory.si.edu/kids/index.cfm
Inside History for Kids
The BBC's site for history, many different eras to check out!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/
Kid's in the House
Learning about our government in an interactive way.

http://clerkkids.house.gov/
Fun School
"Time warp" or "globe ride" your way around the world, learn through games.

http://funschool.kaboose.com/

Math

Kids Numbers
An overview and practice of elementary math

http://www.kidsnumbers.com/
Cool Math
Fun site that has many different math lessons

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
Toon University
Fun games to help with different math problems

http://www.toonuniversity.com/free/math-games-1st-3rd.asp
My Math Games
Different math games for you to play!

http://www.mymathgames.com/
A+ Math
Flash cards to practice your math skills.

http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/index.html
A Plus Math
Math practice

http://www.aplusmath.com/Games/index.html

Multiplication

Multiplication by Homeschool math
Multiplication problems and practice

http://www.homeschoolmath.net/teaching/md/multiplication-repeated-addition.php
Repeated Addition
Not as much fun as the others but has some great multiplication advice

http://www.multiplication.com/basics/teach1.htm

Division

Division
A site with many great lesson to help with division

http:www.aaamath.com/div.html
Division Practice
Practice division problems with this generator

http://www.softschools.com/math/games/division_practice.jsp

Probability

Pearson
Many levels of probability activities

http://http://www.pearsonschool.com/live/images/custom/envisionmath_ca/games/pond.html
Kidsmath
Choose how likely it is for a colored ball to be chosen

http://http://www.kidsmathgamesonline.com/numbers/probability.html
Math-play
Word problems involving probability

http://http://www.math-play.com/Probability-Game.html

Language Arts

FunBrain
Great site with games and quizzing for language arts help.

http://www.funbrain.com/words.html
Kaboose
Language arts games, some ads. but generally a fun site

http://funschool.kaboose.com/arcade/language/
Contraction Fly By
Click the correct words to make the contraction.

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/flyby/flyby1.htm
Wacky Web Tales
Choose a story then fill in the correct type of word asked to build your story.

http://www.eduplace.com/tales/
Binky's Story Scramble
Help Binky put the sentences in logical order to form a story.

http://pbskids.org/arthur/games/storyscramble/scramble.html
Word Jungle
Help the monkey through with his map. Choose the correct word and you both win!

http://www.fekids.com/kln/games/wordjungle/

Arts

KinderArt
Great activity involving bugs. Check out the rest of the site for more!

http://www.kinderart.com/crafts/bugvillage.shtml
Kidz Page
Games and coloring pages for children

http://www.thekidzpage.com/
Clip Art
Free child appropriate clipart for projects.

http://www.thekidzpage.com/freeclipart.htm
Recycling Activity
Cute activity reusing your computer mouse.

http://www.creativekidsathome.com/arncraft/computer_mouse.shtml#Frog%20Mouse
Kids 4 Broadway
Some great theather games to play with friends!

http://www.pacificsites.net/~kidsplay/free.htm