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http://kids.msn.com/kidz/default.asp
This attractive and friendly site is for kids age 10-12. Featured topics include: arts & activities, brain wave, entertainment, games news & sports, and pets & animals.

www.sesameworkshop.org
This Sesame Street website has a section for young children, which includes games, coloring pages to print out, and crafts. The section for older children has "sticker world" and also polls on various topics.

www.freecoloringpages.com
This site has tons of coloring pages that you can print out for free and then color!

www.kidshealth.org
This impressive site has medical information that is available to both kid and teen audiences. It covers a variety of topics and uses language appropriate for kids and teens.

www.nyelabs.com
The Bill Nye, Science Guy website is a fun website that offers kids a wide variety of simple, educational experiments that they can conduct at home.

www.factmonster.com/index.php
This site is full of interesting information for kids. Items to click on for more information include: atlas, almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia, world, U.S., People, word wise, science, math, sports, cool stuff, games & quizzes, and homework center.

www.ala.org/alsc/children_links.php
This is a good resource in that it provides you with a large list of websites to click on for the following overarching areas: Reading & Writing, Facts & Learning, and Just for Fun.

http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.php
American Cultural History: The 20th Century offers information about art, books, fashion, historical events, music, theater and more in an entertaining format.

www.howstuffworks.com
How Stuff Works uses common language and user-friendly diagrams explaining scientific phenomena and human inventions.

www.metmuseum.org/collections/index.asp
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Online Collections allows kids to view more than 3,500 images from the museum's collection.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu
The Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) provides tutorials and other useful resources to improve student writing.
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