ONLINE INFORMATION AND FUN

Homework Help

• The Multnomah Country Public Library in Oregon has compiled two outstanding lists of homework web sites:

  • Multnomah County Library Homework Center

  • Multnomah County Library: Other homework reference sources

• Kidsclick! Websearch for kids by Librarians

• BLUE WEB'N a"library of blue-ribbon learning sites on the web"; websites sorted by grade and subject and chosen by teachers

• DISCOVERY EDUCATION Home Resources: a collection of free videos offering homework help in math, science, English, and social studies

Museums

• World Wide Web Virtual Library: "Museums in the USA" --Directory of websites for museums in the U. S.; continuously updated

• Science Learning Network A consortium of museums in the U. S. and abroad working together to develop online science education: includes such innovative institutions as San Francisco's Exploratorium

• American Museum of Natural History Take a look at its" Ology" site just for kids or find out what a real dinosaur-hunting expedition is like

Just for Fun

• International children's digital library The University of Maryland created and maintains this "public library for the world". Almost 1000 children's picture books, written in 34 different languages, are ready-to-read online! For children ages 3-13.

Crafts

• Enchanted Learning Crafts for kids

• Family Fun activities and crafts from Disney Online; a great source of imaginative but easy crafts (we gets lots of ideas for story time crafts from this site!)

• Kaboose.com (includes links to other craft sites)

Animal web cams
"visit" animals at the zoo or aquarium any time!

• The Birdhouse Network Nest Box Cams (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) - for bird lovers! - watch baby birds hatch, grow and leave the nest; this season, baby owls and kestrels; check archives through 2007 for baby bluebirds, owls and warblers

• Busch Gardens Great Ape Cam gorillas and chimpanzees!

• Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (Colorado) Giraffe Cam yup, giraffes (but in warm weather only)

• Monterey Bay Aquarium Live web cams (sharks, penguins, otters, and more)

• National Zoo Live Animal Cams The Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C. has 15! different animal cams.

• San Diego Zoo webcams (pandas, polar bears, elephants, orangutans and more)

• Sydney Aquarium Croc Cam watch a crocodile or two at the Sydney Aquarium in Sydney, Australia (penguin cam, too!)

• Woodland Park Zoo Bear Cam watch the bears at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington