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Websites
Art Safari
http://www.moma.org/momalearning/artsafari/index.html
The Artist's Toolkit: Visual Elements and Principles
http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/
The @rtroom
http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/index.html
ArtsWork-List of art sites for kids.
http://artswork.asu.edu/arts/students/kidsites/kids2.htm
Global Children's Art Gallery
http://www.naturalchild.com/gallery/
Imagination Factory-Recycle by making art
http://www.kid-at-art.com/
KidsClick!-Art sites compiled by librarians
http://www.kidsclick.org/cgi-bin/searchkids.pl?searchtype=subject&keywords=arts+general&title=Arts+General
Museum of Modern Art-A fun way to explore and interact with modern art.
http://www.moma.org/destination/
National Gallery of Art-Kids
http://www.nga.gov/kids/kids.htm
WorldImages-Over 65,000 art images accessible by subject or keyword search.
http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/
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Websites
ArtsWork-List of music sites for kids.
http://artswork.asu.edu/arts/students/kidsites/kids4.htm
Boston Symphony Orchestra's Online Conservatory
http://www.bso.org/images/conservatory/
Dallas Symphony for Kids
http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/musicroom.asp
Energy in the Air: Sounds from the Orchestra
http://library.thinkquest.org/5116/
Essentials of Music
http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/main.html
KidsClick!-Music sites compiled by librarians
http://www.kidsclick.org/midmusi.html
Music from Around the World-Select a continent and learn more about the music of the continent.
http://library.thinkquest.org/11315/world.htm
National Geographic World Music
http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/home
New York Philharmonic for Kids.
http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml?
The Online Conservatory-The Boston Symphony Orchestra performances.
http://www.bso.org/images/conservatory/
Ricci Adams' Musictheory.net
http://www.musictheory.net/index.html
Rhythmweb
http://www.rhythmweb.com/
San Francisco Symphony for Kids
http://www.sfskids.org/templates/splash.asp
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Websites
American Heritage Dictionary
http://www.bartleby.com/61/
Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/
Logos-A Multilanguage Dictionary
http://www.logos.it/dictionary/owa/sp?lg=EN
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
http://www.merriam-webster.com/
Rogets II-The New Thesaurus
http://www.bartleby.com/62/
Thesauraus.com
http://thesaurus.reference.com/
yourDictionary.com
http://www.yourDictionary.com
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Websites
Columbia Encyclopedia Sixth Edition
http://www.bartleby.com/65/
Encarta Encyclopedia
http://encarta.msn.com/
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/default.htm
FactMonster
http://www.factmonster.com
Grolier Encyclopedia
http://go-passport.grolier.com/
InfoPlease Almanac
http://www.infoplease.com/almanacs.html
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Websites
Big Dog's Grammar-A Bare Bones Guide to English
http://www.aliscot.com/bigdog/
CanSpell-Canada's Spelling Bee site. Click on Spellers' Lounge for some cool games
http://www.canspell.ca/
Guide to Grammar and Writing
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Languages-Learn Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portugese, and Spanish with the BBC's free online courses!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
Project Gutenberg-Read classic books online for free
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
RhymeZone-Type in a word below to find its rhymes, synonyms, and definitions
http://www.rhymezone.com/
Spell It!-Become a Spelling Bee wiz using the Scripps National Spelling Bee study site
http://www.myspellit.com/
Superkids Vocabulary Builder-Play games while learning new words
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/words/
Wordgames-More games to build your vocabulary
http://www.hoadworks.com/gamemenu.htm
Writing Fix-Ideas and inspiration creating stories
http://writingfix.com/
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Websites
AAA Math
http://www.aaamath.com/
Beakman's World
http://www.beakmansworldtv.com/
Bill Nye the Science Guy
http://www.billnye.com/
Create Your Future-How you can affect the future environment
http://www.kidsforfuture.net/index.php
DinoDictionary
http://dinodictionary.com/
Discovering Dinosaurs
http://search.eb.com/dinosaurs/dinosaurs/index2.html
EEK! Environmental Education for Kids
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/index.htm
Elmer's Science Fair Central
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/
eNature-Wildlife guides and thousands of species by region and guides.
http://www.enature.com/home/
Environmental Education Station-A large list of environmental sites and photographs
http://web.centre.edu/enviro/
Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Exploring the Environment
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/
howstuff works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
howtoons
http://www.howtoons.com/
HubbleSite-Fantastic images of stars, galaxies, and planets from a telescope that is out of this world.
http://hubblesite.org/
Hunkin's Experiments
http://www.hunkinsexperiments.com/
Internet Public Library-Science Fair Guide
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/
Johnnie's Math Page
http://jmathpage.com/
KidsClick!-Science and Math sites compiled by librarians
http://www.kidsclick.org/topscie.html
Kinetic City
http://www.kineticcity.com/
Lawrence Hall of Science-Science games and activities
http://lhs.berkeley.edu/kids/
Mad Scientist Network-Get your science questions answered!
http://www.madsci.org/
Math Cats
http://www.mathcats.com/
Math Slice-Math games and worksheets
http://www.mathslice.com/
Maths Dictionary for Kids-Interactive, animated examples of math terms
http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/
Molecular Expressions-From meteorites to ice cream see how things look under a microscope.
http://www.micro.magnet.fsu.edu/micro/gallery.html
Oology
http://www.amnh.org/ology/
Science Buddies-Science Fair Guide and Ideas
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/
Science Net
http://sciencenet.tpl.toronto.on.ca/
Science News for Kids
http://sciencenewsforkids.org/
Scientwists
http://www.scientwists.com/
Try Science-Fun Science experiments and adventures!
http://tryscience.org/
Volcano World
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Endangered Species Program-Information and activities for kids
http://www.kid-at-art.com/
The Why Files-The science behind the news.
http://whyfiles.org/
Worldwide Telescope-View the planets, moons and the most distant galaxies and stars while flying around space! (Note: to use the Worldwide Telescope, software must be installed on your computer.)
http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/
WWW Virtual Library: Science Fairs-List of science fairs around the world.
http://physics.usc.edu/ScienceFairs/
Zoom-Science Activities
http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/
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Websites
50 States-Detailed information of each state
http://www.50states.com/
Ben's Guide to Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
Clerk in the House-Learn about the United States Congress and how laws are made
http://clerkkids.house.gov/
Congress for Kids
http://www.congressforkids.net/
Future State from the U.S. Department of State-for future diplomats
http://www.future.state.gov/
FedStats-Statistics from U.S. government agencies.
http://www.fedstats.gov/
Kids.gov
http://www.kids.gov/
State and Local Government Informations-from the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/stategov/stategov.html
South Carolina Judicial Department
http://www.judicial.state.sc.us/
South Carolina Senate and House of Representatives
http://www.scstatehouse.net/
United Nations CyberSchoolbus-information about the United Nations and countries around the world
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/
The United States House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/
The United States Senate
http://www.senate.gov/
The United States Supreme Court
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
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Websites
The African American Mosaic
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
American Indians-History and Culture of Native Americans
http://www.americanindians.com/
The Ancient Greek World
http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/index2.html
BBC: History for Kids
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/
Castles on the Web
http://www.castlesontheweb.com/
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hispanic/index.htm
HistoricAerials-See aerial photos of various United States regions dating back to the 1930's
http://www.historicaerials.com/Default.aspx
KidsClick!-Society and Government sites compiled by librarians
http://www.kidsclick.org/topsoci.html
National Geographic Map Machine-Street, satellite, and topography maps. To see population, agricultural, natural resources, habitat, weather, and natural disaster maps click "More Map Themes"
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/map-machine
Outline Maps-Print historical, nation, and world outline maps.
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/
Patchwork of African American Life
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/BHM/index.html
Pickens County History
http://www.co.pickens.sc.us/history/
South Carolina Department of Archives and History
http://scdah.sc.gov/
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Websites
dMarie-The top headlines, songs, prices, and entertainment the day you were born.
http://dmarie.com/timecap/
This Day in History
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do
American Memory-Look through the Library of Congress archives to find the events that happened any day in history
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/archive.html
Biography.com-Find famous people born any day of the year
http://www.biography.com/search/botd.do
