Kool Kids' Links

Biology

The Butterfly Website--Lots of butterfly pictures!

Cyber ZooMobile--A great animal page...trivia and brain teasers

Herp Pictures--Frogs, snakes, lizards, turtles and more!

Sea World--Whales, dolphins and more!

Earth Science

Desert USA--All about deserts!

VolcanoWorld--Includes a special Kids' Door Section

The Weather Dude--Find about how weather works and get free stuff!

Environment

Explorers' Club--Environmental Protection Agency's page for kids

Rainforest Action Network--How kids can help save the rainforests

Mathematics

Coolmath.com--A math amusement park!

Dr. Math--Ask Dr. Math a question

Space Sciences

Amazing Space--Web activities that deal with the Hubble Space Telescope

KidsAstronomy.com--A great site full of facts, games, and fun!

Space Camp--Go to camp and learn to be an astronaut!

Space Day--Celebrated on the first Thursday in May every year...

NASA for Kids--space, science, hands-on activities

Spacenoodles--Free outer space greeting cards!

Startalker.com--A great astronomy program that will help you learn the constellations and stars as you gaze at the stars. Check it out!

Sun-Earth Stuff!--Pictures, flip books, games and more...

Your Sky--Maps of the sky over your house

Your Weight on Other Worlds--Ever wonder what you might weigh on Mars or the Moon?

General

Ask Jeeves for Kids!--An excellent and easy-to-use search engine especially for kids.

Cybersurfari--A great internet scavenger hunt for kids of all ages!

Funschool--Educational activities and games

Kids' Almanac--Info and facts for kids, and a homework help area.

KidsCom--Safe site with games, activities and more!

Exploratorium--All kinds of interactive sites, tours, and hands-on experiments

Taking the Bully by the Horns--A serious topic, but an important one...don't let yourself be made fun of or pushed around by nasty people...

Teach the Children Well--Safe site with with tons of links to sites especially for elementary school students!

Last modified February 8, 2002 by Jennifer Bergman.

You might also be interested in:

What are the retrograde motions of planets in the sky?

It depends on which type of motion you are asking about. If you take a birds-eye view from the top of the solar system all the planets orbit around the Sun in a counter-clockwise (or direct) direction....more

How do Astronauts Live in Space?

Have you ever wondered how astronauts live in space? Did you know they do a lot of the same things we do here on Earth? Astronauts eat, exercise and sleep just like we do. However, their food isn't always...more

How far is the Earth from the Sun, the Moon and all the other planets? How far are all of the planets from the Sun? Do you know of a software that tracks the planets in real-time?

There is a really neat internet program called Solar System Live that shows where all of the planets and the Sun are. If you go to that page, you'll see an image similar to the one on the left. Below the...more

Is it really true that man never really walked on the Moon?

The picture of the American Flag (the one put there by the Apollo astronauts) is waving (or straight out) in the wind. How could that be possible if there is no atmosphere on the Moon? Was it some sort...more

How many planets orbit the sun?

I was wondering if there is a new planet? Are there planets (a tenth planet?) after Pluto belonging to our solar system? What are the names of the new planets discovered in the solar system? Are there...more

Did the Big Bang create any black holes? Wouldn't the universe evolve differently if some of the original energy had disappeared in black holes?

When an object has a really high energy, it can form a black hole. This is called a primordial black hole. Primordial black holes were formed near the beginning of the universe. Primordial black holes...more

Windows to the Universe, a project of the National Earth Science Teachers Association, is sponsored in part is sponsored in part through grants from federal agencies (NASA and NOAA), and partnerships with affiliated organizations, including the American Geophysical Union, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Earth System Information Partnership, the American Meteorological Society, the National Center for Science Education, and TERC. The American Geophysical Union and the American Geosciences Institute are Windows to the Universe Founding Partners. NESTA welcomes new Institutional Affiliates in support of our ongoing programs, as well as collaborations on new projects. Contact NESTA for more information. NASA ESIP NCSE HHMI AGU AGI AMS NOAA