Blackwell’s Online Resources
Art
Educational Games
For Parents
Headlines and News
Homework and Research Help
Magazines
Math
Music
Reading
Search Engines for Kids - with staff supervision
Science and Health
Social Studies
Art
All Crafts http://www.allcrafts.net/
Art Institute of Chicago http://www.artic.edu/artaccess/
Awesome Clipart for Kids http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/
Discovery Clip Art http://school.discovery.com/clipart/
National Gallery of Art for Kids http://www.nga.gov/kids/kids.htm
Pics 4 Learning - Copyright Friendly Images http://pics.tech4learning.com/
Recipes 4 Learning – crafts, holidays, etc. http://www.recipes4learning.com/
Museum, Paris http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/
Educational Games
Book Adventure www.bookadventure.com
Brain POP http://www.brainpop.com/
Brainormous http://www.brainormous.com/
Class Brain http://classbrain.com/cb_games/cb_gms.htm
Figure This! http://www.figurethis.org/
Foss Web Science http://fossweb.com/
MaMa Media www.mamamedia.com
Maps for Kids http://www.maps4kids.com/
Math Playground http://www.mathplayground.com/
National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/index.html
PBS Kids http://pbskids.org/
PBS Kids Cyberchase http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/
Primary Games http://www.primarygames.com/
Puzzlemaker - Discovery http://puzzlemaker.com/
Quiz Hub http://quizhub.com/quiz/quizhub.cfm/
Superthinkers (Interactive Mysteries) http://www.superpages.com/enlightenme/superthinkers/pages/index.html
For Parents
A Guide to Invented Spelling http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/ca/800?cpn=20070116pa2l
Family Village (Resources for special needs students) http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx
Math Investigations Information for Parents http://investigations.terc.edu/families/
Kids Health for Parents – Ergonomics http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/home/ergonomics.html
TV Free America – Center for Screen-Time Awareness http://www.tvturnoff.org/
US Department of Education Publications for Parents (Including the "Helping your Child" Series) http://www.yesican.gov/elementary/index.html
Washington State Arts Alliance http://www.wsartsalliance.com/
Wired Kids - Internet Safety http://www.wiredkids.org/
Headlines and News
CNN http://www.cnn.com/
Seattle Times http://www.seattletimes.com/
Homework and Research Help
Awesome Library for Kids - carefully reviewed sources http://www.awesomelibrary.org/student.html
CIA World Fact Book – Geography, people, government, etc. https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Encyclopedia.com - Encylopedia http://www.encyclopedia.com/
Homework Center - topics for homework help http://www.multcolib.org/homework/
Homework Help - King County Library http://www.kcls.org/research/
How to Study - A Study Skills Resource Site http://www.how-to-study.com/
KidsClick! Websearch for kids by Librarians http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/search.html
Know Play – Dictionary, thesaurus, rhyming dictionary, encyclopedia, atlas, etc. http://www.kplay.cc/reference.html
Merriam-Webster Dictionary http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
Reference Desk http://www.refdesk.com/
Research Guide For Students http://www.aresearchguide.com/
Research Projects Step-by-Step http://www.ri.net/schools/East_Greenwich/research.html
Magazines
National Geographic for Kids www.nationalgeographic.com/kids
National Wildlife Federation for Kids http://www.nwf.org/kids
Sports Illustrated for Kids http://www.sikids.com/
Time for Kids http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
Math
AAA Math - Practice Problems by grade level and topic http://www.aaamath.com/
A Plus Math http://aplusmath.com/
AIMS Puzzles & Activities http://www.aimsedu.org
Ask Dr. Math http://mathforum.org/dr.math/dr-math.html
Automaths!! - Online math games http://www.edbydesign.com/automath.html
Hotmath - Math homework problems explained http://hotmath.com/
Math Playground http://www.mathplayground.com/
Multiflyer - game for multiplication and more http://www.brainormous.com/
ThinkQuest: Free educational resource featuring 5,500+ websites created by students around the world http://www.thinkquest.org/library/cat_show.html?cat_id=9
Music
Dallas Symphony Orchestra http://dsokids.com
Naxos - Composers http://www.naxos.com/composerlist/A.htm
New York Philharmonic Kidzone http://nyphilkids.org/main.phtml
San Francisco Symphony for Kids http://www.sfskids.com/templates/splash.asp
Public Domain Music – Royalty Free Music http://www.pdinfo.com/ and http://www.harryfox.com/public/songfile.jsp
Reading
Book Adventure www.bookadventure.com
Kidspace at the Internet Public Libraryhttp://www.ipl.org/kidspace/browse/rzn0000
Online Stories and More http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/reading.html
PBS Reading http://pbskids.org/lions/
Starfall http://www.starfall.com/
Science and Health
Amazing Space http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
Ask A Scientist http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/
Bill Nye the Science Guy http://nyelabs.com/core.html?flashtarget=core.html&noflashtarget=noflash.html
Cosmic Quest http://www.childrensmuseum.org/cosmicquest/index.html
Discovery Channel - Dinosaurs http://dsc.discovery.com/guides/dinosaur/dinosaur.html
Foss Web - Foss Science Curriculum http://fossweb.com/
Healthy Computing for Kids - Ergonomics http://www.healthycomputing.com/kids/
Many Faces of Mt. Saint Helens http://www.olywa.net/radu/valerie/StHelens.html
Mount Saint Helens - US Government Site http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/framework.html
Mount Saint Helens VolcanoCam - Updates every 5 minutes http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/
NASA http://www.nasa.gov/
Science Fair Central http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/
Science, Optics, & You - View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html
The Nine(8) Planets http://www.nineplanets.org/
The Science Spot http://www.sciencespot.net/Pages/kidzone.html
StarChild - NASA http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
TerraFly - aerial view of earth http://www.terrafly.com/
University of California - Ergonomics http://www.uhs.berkeley.edu/Facstaff/Ergonomics/stretch.shtml
Views of the Solar System http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm
Volcanoes of the United States http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volcus/
Walking with Prehistoric Beasts http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/beasts/beasts.html
Zoom Astronomy http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/
Search Engines
***To be used with staff guidance and supervision only. Use other online databases first!
Ask Jeeves for Kids - Homework Help http://www.ajkids.com/
Google for Kids – Search Engine http://directory.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/
Yahooligans - Search Engine for Kids http://www.yahooligans.co
Social Studies
Access Washington State http://access.wa.gov/
America’s Library - Library of Congress http://americaslibrary.gov
Black History Past to Present - Interactive Treasure Hunt http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/bh_hunt_quiz.html
Colonial History Websites - 5th Grade:
European Explorers http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/explorer.htm
History Net - Jamestown, Virginia http://www.historian.org/local/jamstwnva.htm#aa2
Kids Voting USA - Involving Youth in the Voting Process http://www.kidsvotingusa.org/
Lewis and Clark National Bicentennial http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org/
Maps for Kids - maps, games, puzzles http://www.maps4kids.com/
National Parks http://www.nps.gov/learn/
Online Encyclopedia of Seattle and King County http://www.historylink.org/This_week/index.cfm
Portals to the World (Library of Congress) Links to electronic resources from around the world: http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
Redmond Washington (Book Info and Links to Photos) http://redmondwashington.org/
Smithsonian National Museum of American History – Kids Page http://americanhistory.si.edu/kids/index.cfm
US States - Enchanted Learning - area, ranking, state facts http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/area.shtml
Washington History http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/
Washington State Historical Society http://www.wshs.org
White House for Kids http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/
World Maps http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/world.htm