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Math and Reading

  1. This early literacy site, for children ages 4-7, is a tie-in for the award-winning television program. Appealing characters, terrific songs and fun games combine to offer great on-line experiences.

  2. Check out math, alphabet and logic games designed for younger children and their parents.

  3. Links to games at Funbrain for ages 6 and under:  http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/getskill.cgi?A1=gba&A2=6

  4. Many fun games at Funschool.com   http://www.funschool.com/php/games/games.php?section=g3

  5. Primary Games.com Has many games and puzzles:  http://www.primarygames.com/

  6. No Cavities Clubhouse: http://www.colgate.com/Kids-world/index.html

  7. Welcome to Seussville:  http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/
  8. 100th Day of School: http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/100th/act.htm

 

Soil Sites

  1. Soil information and activities:  http://www.florence.ars.usda.gov/kidsonly/element/pg2.htm

  2. Soil Facts: http://soils.usda.gov/education/facts/main.htm

  3. Soil sizes:  http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/globe/activ_98/soilsizs.htm

  4. Soil Textures:  http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/globe/pvg/texture1.htm

 

Insects

 

This section is designed for teachers, 4-H'ers, young people, and anyone else who wants to pursue an interest in Entomology. Several articles give resources and basic information about insects and their relatives, while others outline activities with different insect themes.  http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/entyouth.htm

 

Best Pet Bugs  http://www.localvets.com/pet-bugs/

 
This government sponsored web site contains beautiful screen size illustrations of a butterfly's and moth's life cycle. There are pages designed for students to color that are annotated with descriptive explanations. Make sure to visit the photo gallery to view magnificent photographs of butterflies from around the world. Children's Butterfly Site.-.http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/butterfly/Butterfly.html


The Butterfly Guide highlights the most popular butterflies from around the world. At this site you will find beautifully colored moths, small garden variety butterflies, and classic butterflies such as Swallowtails, Viceroys, and Monarchs. You can refer to this site to identify plants that will attract butterflies to your garden.  The Butterfly Guide.-.http://www.butterflies.com/guide.html

Though different kinds of butterflies have similar life cycles, you won't find all species of butterflies world wide. Butterfly Habitats discusses the environmental factors that create favorable butterfly habitats for a particular butterfly species. This site is especially useful for third grade classrooms since it classifies its butterfly photos according to the regions of the world. Butterfly Habitats.-.http://www.fmnh.org/butterfly/habit.htm
 

Butterflies of North America can be used to locate photographs of butterflies native to a particular state or North American country. Butterflies of North America
.-.http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/bflyusa.htm

The Butterfly Web Site Photo Gallery.-.http://mgfx.com/butterfly/index.htm
 

Monarch Butterfly Lifecycle.-.http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/monarch.html
 

Where Do Butterflies Come From?.-. http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/butterfly/index.html
 

 Great pictures of the life cycle of a monarch butterfly:  http://www.abc-kid.com/monarch/

 

USGS page about butterflies and moths:  http://www.mesc.nbs.gov/resources/education/butterfly/bfly_intro.asp

 

Enchanted Learning site about butterflies:  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterflies/allabout/

 

Monarch butterfly pictures and information.  http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/monarch_butterfly.htm

Club Caterpillar for Kids!  http://www.milkweedcafe.com/ClubCathome.htm

University of Kentucky Department of Entomology http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/bugfun/bugfun.htm

 

Bugging Out is a collaborative production brought to you by kids in the Little House afterschool program in Dorchester, MA and staff at The Children's Museum in Boston.  http://www.bostonkids.org/bugging/index.htm

 

Your own lawn is home to many insects. These insects may be collected using a method known as sweeping. Sweeping involves swinging an insect net back and forth, much like you would sweep a floor with a broom.  http://www.entsoc.org/education/elem_mid/collecting.htm

 

Information on mosquitoes:  http://www.lanakids.com/mosquito.html

 

Exterminator company has pages of full-size drawings of insects you can print out an color.  http://www.west-ext.com/fun_stuff.html

 

Come learn why not all bugs are bad. In fact, many help by destroying destructive bugs and plants.  http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/insects/insectintro.htm

 

There are drawers full of bug parts in the Friz's lab! Put the parts back together to create bugs found in nature OR create new bugs of your own! You've never seen Monster Bugs like these!  http://www.scholastic.com/MagicSchoolBus/games/bugs/index.htm

 

Steve won't let these ants get loose in your home! Streaming video of a real ant farm.  http://www.stevesantfarm.com/p1.html

 

Ant anatomy:  http://www.infowest.com/life/antbody.htm

 

See the world through the eyes of a honey bee.  http://cvs.anu.edu.au/andy/beye/beyehome.html

 

Poems, art and science projects, even a cute recipe using a half a red apple to make a ladybug snack. For small children.  http://www.atozkidsstuff.com/bugs2.html

 

Learn amazing roach facts as you follow a day in the life of Ralph Roach. Part of the Yuckiest Site on the Internet.  http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/roaches/index.html

 

A webquest for younger students:http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/encanto/insectsK/

 

USDA site about insects: http://www.sidney.ars.usda.gov/sidebar/justforkids.html

 

An interesting site Sarah sent us about butterflies http://www.gardenbuildingsdirect.co.uk/Article/where-do-butterflies-come-from

 
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