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Caldecott
Medal Home Page
The Caldecott Medal was named in honor of nineteenth-century English
illustrator Randolph Caldecott. It is awarded annually by the Association
for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library
Association, to the artist of the most distinguished American picture
book for children.
Cartoon
An easy "how to create cartoons guide" for children.
Cartoonists
Biographies of Cartoonists. Check out the artists who made some
of America's most beloved icons. Like Thomas Nast, who created the
modern image of Santa Claus. Or Chic Young, who created Blondie.
Charles Schulz, creator of Peanuts, and Walt Disney, are two other
famous cartoonists featured in this hall of fame.
Cartoonists
What Cartoonists Do? Ever imagine what it's like to draw for a living?
This summary provides a glimpse into the life of a cartoonist, as
well as some basic information for those who may be interested in
becoming one some day. Here you can find out what qualities make
a good cartoonist and even how much they get paid!
CEO
Forum
School, Technology, and Readiness Report
CEO
Forum on Education & Technology
Chemistry
Experiments to do from Home
Grades: 5 & up. This collection of fairly simple experiments
offers relatively complex explanations of the chemical processes
involved. Strong on motility in its connection to the physical world,
this resource is useful for encouraging reluctant science students
to take an interest in chemistry.
Cherokee
Nation
Official site of the second largest Indian tribe in the United States.
The
Children's Literature Web Guide
The Children's Literature Web Guide is a fabulous Internet resource
related to books for children and young adults. It offers best books,
authors on-line, book talks, conferences and many other links and
resources related to the teaching of children's literature.
Christian
Science Monitor
This well-respected newspaper has recently redesigned their electronic
edition, adding a spiffy page-by-page index. It is a remarkable
job that simulates the browseable aspect of real-life newsprint
papers.
Children's
Storybooks Online
Children's Storybooks Online, has stories for young children, older
children, and young adults. Parents and their children will enjoy
reading the stories together. They will also enjoy the different
activities (mazes, riddles, and coloring pages) related to some
of the stories. Although online stories will never replace the closeness
of sharing a book while your child sits in your lap, this is an
interactive way for parents and their children to read together.
CIA
Kids Page
Bo, a friendly bomb-sniffing golden retriever, invites all young
pups out there to find out more about our nation's premiere foreign
intelligence agency. Kids can take pop quizzes, try on fun Shockwave
disguises, and learn new terms like "data dissemination"
and "congressional oversight."
CIA
Publications
Including: The World Factbook, Factbook on Intelligence, Chiefs
and States and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, and CIA Maps
and Publications.
Citations
- The "Write Source"
How to cite your sources and other writing information from the
Publishers of Writers Inc.
Citing
Internet Resources
Just as students need to cite the books and periodicals they use
to support their research, they must also cite online sources of
information. Classroom Connect developed the following method to
help students cite Internet sources as accessed through their Internet
browsers. This method makes it easy for educators to check the veracity
of every online source their students cite. They've also included
new information specifying how to cite the graphics, sounds, and
video clips students retrieve for use in their multimedia presentations.
Civil
War
Wonderful resource that includes structured lessons and curriculum
on the Civil War sponsored by Spartacus Schoolnet. This site includes
many other history links as well, and is well worth exploring.
Civil
War Homepage
Wonderful links to Civil War resources including battle summaries,
Civil War photographs, Civil War poetry and music and more!
Civil
War On Line
The Valley of the Shadow Edward L. Ayers (University of Virginia)
has created almost 4,000 pages of digitized newspaper articles,
transcriptions of the 1860 Census, tax records, registries of free
blacks, compiled service records for both Union and Confederate
soldiers, and VRML battle maps. Viewers can create their own "histories"
by comparing fragments from diaries, articles in newspapers, and
the 1860 Census report.
Civil
War Page
An exhaustive list of Civil War resources compiled by Dakota State
University.
Civil
War Resources
An outstanding collection of Civil War resources on the Web.
Class
Home Page Builder from Scholastic
Personalize a professional-looking Class Homepage - easy, private,
and FREE!
ClassBrain.com
ClassBrain is an educational resource site for students, parents,
and teachers. It is geared for children in elementary school. Games
for the brain, homework help, and lots of other useful information.
Classroom
Connect
Coloring.com
Coloring.com is an online graphic coloring book. It provides the
user with a choice of blank line drawings to color in with the sites
web color palette.
Consumer
Reports for Kids
Consumer Reports for Kids Online is for kids ages 8 and older.
Cool
Science
The goal of this project is simple: to help your child appreciate
science. We looked at some of the best science projects from some
of the best museums in the country. Then we adapted them for the
Web. Some of these activities are entirely electronic. Your child
will do everything on screen. Others require you to go to your kitchen
or backyard. They are designed for students in kindergarten through
second or third grade. In either case, the object is to make science
fun, practical, and realistic.
Copyright
Kids
The Copyright Society of the U.S.A. is a nonprofit corporation that
was founded in 1953 to foster interest in and advance the study
of copyright law and the rights in literature, music, art, the theater,
motion pictures, and other forms of intellectual property.
Cory's
Paintbox
Here's a unique site that challenges students to illustrate a fun
classroom story -- online! First, choose the big blue begin button.
Every step offers a new coloring page to fill in with online ink.
Your young students will be reading, coloring and learning in no
time!
Cradle
of Aviation Musem
The Aviation Heritage of Long Island. In less than eighty years,
aviation has grown, boomed, and declined on Long Island. However
Long Island has helped transform aviation from a dangerous sport
to a viable means of transportation. It has also produced a large
portion of the nation's aerial arsenal in time of war. The many
record-setting and historic flights that transpired here, and the
many aviation companies that developed here made aviation the integral
part of our world that it is today.
Crafts
at Kids Domain!
Hundreds of crafts for kids and software reviews too.
Crossword
Puzzles for Kids
Sponsored by the Los Angeles Public Library - a great collection
of crossword puzzles.
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