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For Kids:
A.Pintura, Art Detective. This clever site uses a Dashiell Hammett detective style to help children explore the worl of art. Adults will enjoy it too.
Amazon Interactive. Explore the geography of the Ecuadorian Amazon through online games and activities. Learn about the rainforest, the people who call it home and much more.
Anne Frank Online. Over one million children under the age of sixteen died in the Holocaust. Anne Frank was one of them.
Bill Nye the Science Guy. Nye applies his entertaining approach to science to the Web, with a Demo of the Day, highlights from the day's television episode and a chance to e-mail your own query.
Black History. This Black History site explores African-American issues on the Web through a full range of activities.
The Boomerwolf. Join the Boomerwolf Detective Agency and help solve a case. Designed for children, this site offers both amusing characters and sound science.
Brian Jacques Home Page. Created for fans and friends of the Redwall books by David Lindsay, age 12.
Children's Express
Children's Television Workshop. Sesame Street in cyberspace, home of the Cookie Monster and the other characters of the popular CTW program.
Crayola. Includes a coloring book, craft actvities, games, a tour of a crayon factory, rsources for parents, teachers and more.
Dav Pilkey's Web Site O' Fun. The award-winning author and illustrator gets silly (and serious) in a site designed to encourage creativity and fun.
Zoom Dinosaurs.com
Exploring Leonardo. Learn about the quirks and complexities of Loenardo da Vinci, artist, scientist, inventor.
The Exploratorium. The science museum in San Francisco mounts electronic versions of hands-on exhibits like the science of hockey, tracking severe storms and how to dissect a cow's eye.
FEMA for Kids. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) helps people who have been in a disaster. They also teach people what to do during a disaster and what to do BEFORE a disaster happens.
Sherlock Holmes
Internet Kids & Family Yellow Pages
Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. Activities, advice to parents and a wonderful section on children's books tied to specific program themes, all in the gentle style of America's favorite neighbor.
Multnomah County Library KidsPage Portland, Ore. An action-packed, animated site. Special features include a scavenger hunt and other games, "good stuff to read," homework help, hot links to cool sites, jokes, riddles and more.
National Geographic.com/Kids! One of the best resources for information on the Net about the world, its people, and its wildlife.
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian. A beautiful site in the family of excellent Smithsonian Web pages with notes on current exhibitions, research links, publications and more.
National Wildlife Federation. The Kids Page Features articles in English and Spanish from Ranger Rick, the environmental magazine for children; a homework help section; and briefings on issues such as the wetlands, endangered animals, water quality and more.
New Moon. an advertising-free electronic magazine for girls and their dreams, with strong sections for parents.
The Oregon Trail. The story of the trail and those who traveled it. A compendium on the great western journey. Includes great stories in the Fantastic Facts section. Related to the PBS program on the Oregon Trail.
Origami. Clear instructions and elegant models in the traditional Japanese art of paperfolding from Josph Wu in Japan.
Sipapu: ChetroKetl Great Kiva. This site presents a three-dimensional reconstruction of a Great Kiva, an architectural feature found in many prehistoric Anasazi communities in the Southwestern United States.
Sounds of the World's Animals. It's bowwow in English, but wanwan in Japanese. Learn how people descibe the sounds animals make in 13 languages. From Professor Catherine Ball, Dept. of Linguistics, Georgetown University.
Sports Illustrated for Kids. A busy, colorful site with articles about sports figures from Jackie Robinson to Jackie Joyner-Kersee, league standings, games and more.
Virginia Hamilton. The gifted storyteller and writer applies her internationally recognized creative abilities to this wonderfully accessible site.
Virtual Renaissance: a Journey Through Time. Travel back through time and space to a world completely different from your own. This site offers opportunities to examine the Plague, the times of Shakespeare, the Tower of London, and other aspects of the Renaissance. Created by students at Twin Groves Jr. High in Buffalo Grove, Ill., as part of the ThinkQuest competition.
Volcano World. Learn about volcanoes around the world while viewing awesome photos and movies. Part of a NASA project.
Whe Why Files. This project of the National Institue for Science Education offers well-researched and clearly written investigations of current topics in science. A new story is posted every other week, and the site also include a samll but worthy collection of scientific images.
World Flag Database. Large, clear, printable flag graphics and basic country informatioon can be found here.
The White House.
For Parents:
The Parents' Guide to the Information Superhighway.
Parent Soup. Parenting tips, discussions on all aspects of raising children from pregnancy through teen. From the iVillage Network