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Government Sites
Activities - NASA Kids' Club - (National Aeronautics and Space
Administration) - Build a gingerbread robot and make a pop rocket!
Art
Zone - What is a collage machine? Or a 3-D twirler? This site from the National Gallery
of Art has interactive art that you can make online.
Ben's Interactive Games - Try out these wordfinds, mazes and map
games to help you learn more about our government. To play any of these games, you need the
Macromedia Flash Player.
CIA for Kids - Games - Include trivia, puzzles, and breaking codes.
CIA's Games Page - (Central Intelligence Agency) - Here's a fun page that has
the CIA seal puzzle, a word find, and break the code game.
Create a
Graph - Try your hand at creating some and see if it helps explain what you are trying to
show. Try using homework problems, things you have a special interest in, or just make up some
numbers of your own!
Drinking Water & Ground Water - Games and
Activities - Play word scrambles, a matching game and a game that lets you control the
water cycle.
Everyday Mysteries: Fun Science Facts - (Library of Congress) - Did you
ever wonder why a camel has a hump? If you can really tell the weather by listening to the chirp of a
cricket? Or why our joints make popping sounds? These questions deal with everyday phenomena
that we often take for granted, but each can be explained scientifically.
FBI's Kids and Youth Educational Page (Grades 6 -
12) - (Federal Bureau of Investigation) - Think you might want to be an FBI agent when
you grow up? Get information about a special FBI junior agent program at this site.
Food and Nutrition - BAM! - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Find
recipes for quick, easy, tasty, and healthy treats. Play games on making good eating decisions. Find
out about healthy snacks.
Fun
Online Stuff - Smithsonian for Kids - Explore the playful side of the Smithsonian
Museums. There are highlights of different areas and fun online stuff for kids and kids at heart.
Game Generator - VERB - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Create
your own game - you just have to pick three things.
Games - VA Kids (Grades 6-12) - Challenge yourself with these fun games!
Garfield Star Sleeper - (National Center on Sleep Disorders Research) - Sleep
Well. Do Well. This site brings you information on sleep and how it helps you do your best.
Grab Bag from NCES Kids Zone - Fun games and activities to help you
learn, from the Department of Education.
Habitat Adventure: Panda
Challenge - In "Habitat Adventure: Panda Challenge!", you will help make decisions
about a fictional forest reserve. You will use binoculars, field guides, a camera, and other tools, as
well as talk to local people to help you make the best decisions.
NASA's Interactive Features - (National Aeronautics and Space
Administration) - Download images, podcasts, and video clips as well access interactive online
features.
NASA's Page for Students (Grades 5-8) -
(National Aeronautics and Space Administration) - At this cool site you can learn about the latest
Student Features and Student News happening at NASA!
NGA Kids -
Choose from a variety of activities or projects from the National Gallery of Art, enjoy an animated
musical adventure, take a tour through the sculpture garden, and more.
Portrait for Kids - Follow the clues and help solve a make-believe mystery! Using
your noggin and a special spyglass tool, you’ll uncover hidden layers of the painting and learn
fascinating facts about the portrait along the way, from the National Gallery of Art. Let the sleuthing
begin!
Powerful Girls Have Powerful Bones - Fun
& Downloads - Be a Powerful Bones Super Sleuth! Help Carla and friends become
powerful girls by finding bone-healthy items in a scavenger hunt. Or check out the other fun stuff.
Rocket Science 101 - NASA has created this
elegant and visually stimulating demonstration website that allows you the opportunity to learn how
two different types of rockets (the Delta II and the Atlas V) are constructed.
Sewage
In Your Face - (City of San Diego) - Sewage in Your Face! is a laugh-out-loud
exploration of wastewater treatment. In this virtual science classroom, this site gives kids the
opportunity to be a plumber and take a treatment plant tour - all while learning about the importance
of a clean and healthy environment.
Students'
Classroom - The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has made a page for
students that includes CRUNCH (an online 'zine), a multi-media playhouse, and other good stuff.
(Flash Player required)
VERB - It's What
You Do - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - This interactive site let's you
create a character, play the game generator, and explore the playground.
Other Resources
A Game a
Day - Find and play a new game on the calendar each day or check out games from
days past. Includes word searches, crossword puzzles, trivia, and more.
Activity TV -
Free step-by-step video instructions with printable instructions for a wide array of fun activities for
children. This site covers a variety of topics, such as crafts, cooking, puppets, science, and more.
Air Force Crossroads Teens and Youth Section -
This page has tons to offer both kids and teenagers alike. From sports to arts to video games, you will
find information and entertainment that will keep you coming back for more.
Brain Boosters - Browse through challenging Brain Boosters. Play fun games
that include sorting things, logic, number and math play, word and letter play and much more!
Chess
Is Fun - Want to learn how to play chess? Become a better player? Here are some easy
lessons. Those relatively new to chess should play though the introduction to chess and the section on
chess strategy.
Constellations Quiz - Find the stars to
complete the constellations and learn out about their associated meteor showers.
DiscoveryKids.com - has put together a whole site about
adventure and the adventures we think you should try. Ever wanted to climb a climbing wall? Ride a
camel? Learn to take your own pictures? Well, here is the place to learn how.
Figure This! -
Have you been alive for one million minutes? Investigate math challenges like this which include
hints, answers, and ways to test them out.
Geography Games - National Geographic
Kids - Boost your knowledge of the world with the GeoBee Challenge, GeoSpy game
and learn the continents with Copycat.
Girls
Go Tech - Games - Check out these cool games.
Girls Only Interactive Self Esteem Zone - Self
Esteem Fund Tools. Confront and conquer your biggest beauty hang-ups here.
Scholastic Kids Fun Online - This site has a number of games, books, fun
activities, resources and more.
Science of Cooking - Discover how a pinch of curiosity can improve your
cooking! Explore recipes, activities, and webcasts that will enhance your understanding of the science
behind food and cooking.
SIKids.com - Sports Illustrated for Kids - What's the latest stats of your favorite
team? Find out here.
Solar System from the BBC - Visit this site to experience an amazing variety
of worlds; run the gauntlet of floating rocks and boulders in the asteroid belt; and encounter the icy
comets that wander through the outer Solar System.
Space Doctor - Do you have what it takes to keep a trio of
astronauts healthy? Play Space Doctor and see if you can make it to Mars alive.
Page Revised - 5/13/2008
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