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Harry
Potter
Sponsored by Scholastic's Kids Fun Online.
The
History Channel
This outstanding audio collection offers a new speech every day. The archives
include over seventy addresses from Martin Luther King Jr., Prince Charles,
Paul McCartney, and other leading figures of the century.
History
Mystery
Grades 4-8
Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's engaging professor, wants
students to guess the mystery subject she is studying in each game. Dr.
Facts provides a number of clues, and challenges students to figure out
the subject using those clues. Each game contains either four or five
clues. Students can use the World Wide Web or offline research sources
as they attempt to identify the game's mystery person, place, event, or
object in history. Each game centers around a particular curriculum theme
in United States or world history.
History
of Toys and Games
Discover the origins of your favorite toys and games, from chess and checkers
to Barbie and Atari. Find out how many crayons are produced each day,
who invented Lincoln Logs (hint: he's the son of a world-famous architect),
and which classic toy truck is the brainchild of a group of Minnesota
school teachers. Plus: Learn more about the industry's most successful
inventors, including Milton Bradley and the Parker brothers.
Hiyah.com
This site features classic children's stories with audio narration. It
is easily navigated by young children.
Holidays
- Kids Domain
Kids Domain: Holidays This award-winning site for elementary students
offers a growing collection of learning activities and information about
the history and traditions surrounding more than two-dozen yearly holidays,
including Hanukkah, Christmas, Ramadan and Kwanzaa.
The
Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum
This museum was named to honor Dr. Ken Hooper, the first paleontologist
in the earth sciences department at Carleton University in Ottawa. Its
virtuality extends from The Mammalarium to Microfossils and Theoretical
Paleontology.
How
Stuff Works
Marshall Brain's "How Stuff Works" is an excellent site to wander
through and learn about "stuff" and how it works!
The
HTML Station
This site provides a quick reference to HTML syntax as well as demonstrations
of how HTML tags look online. Basic HTML constructions are explained in
the Demonstrations section. There is help on coding tables, frames, image
maps, and forms. HTML specifications from Level 1 to Level 3 are covered.
A list of HTML character codes, ASCII codes, color codes, HTTP status
codes, and more are all listed. In addition there are tutorials and templates
to help get you started on creating Web pages.
Hubble
Space Station
A public archive of the Hubble space telescope's best photographs. Check
in on the first Thursday of every month as the archive is updated.