Geography and Nature
- US and World Geography Games
How well do you know the states of the United States? Drill online with a map of the US on states, capitals, major cities, major rivers and lakes of the US. Also learn the countries and capitals and regions of each continent. Simple, quick and pleasant.
- Helping Your Child Learn Geography
How to get your children learning and using geography in life with activities for 5 to 10 year olds. Most pages are pubic domain - that means OK to copy. Good stuff and more links to other subjects, provided by the US Dept of Education.
- National Geographic
Our world - with maps, wildlife (including humans) and nature from all over the globe and many fascinating interactive features.
- Science U: Seasons Reasons
One page with diagrams and pictures tells simply but accurately why we have seasons on earth - it may not be what you think!
- National Wildlife Federation
Links to National Wildlife Federation's main site with pages for older students and adults.- Worm World
Questions about earthworms, drawings of their insides, their outsides, what they do and interviews with different types of worms. Links to Bug World and other interesting places on the "Yuckiest Site on the Internet".
- Geographia
Follow links for beautiful graphics, videos and information on countries and cultures around the world.
- Montana Kids Place
Facts about Montana, state bird, state flag and all kinds of things to do.
- Florida-Agriculture.com
The news about agriculture in Florida agriculture for kids nd information about what grows in FLorida, when, ideas for gardening, healthy eating, science fair projects and much, much more.Science and Technology
- Easy Experiments and Activites to help Your Child learn Science
Simple and quick activites you can do at home that DO work and will raise your child's in science. Oooh, wow, look what this does! Printable.
- Space Science News
Check out their headlines and then deep deeper. Fascinating news from NASA about magnetic stoms, solar flares, the arora borealis, space probes. SpaceScience.com will notify you, via short, descriptive e-mail messages, of their latest science headlines as soon as they appear on the site. Space weather alerts as well as notifications of Thursday's Classroom lesson plans related to breaking science news are also sent to members of this list.- NASA - News and Education
Teachers & Parents: A useful resource for kids, parents and teachers connecting NASA's latest research and news for the classroom. Infomation and games. Something for all ages.
History
- The Renaissance
Explore the Renaissance and discover the forces that drove this rebirth of knowledge in Europe, and in Italy in particular. Includes changes from the Middle Ages, Exploration and Trade, Printing and Thinking, Arts , Science and Buildings and more.
- Anglo-Saxon History: England
Fun site with activities for elementary age kids. They really will learn about Anglo-Saxon culture with rune writing, pastimes and other.
- Helping Your Child Learn History
Basic information about history, and approaches to enjoying history with your children, aged 4-11. History activities that you and your children can do--at home, in your community, and out of town--for no or little cost, and History resources in your community and nationally, in bookstores, and libraries.
Government
- Note: the sites below have out-dated data from the last election. I leave them up here as they will become updated for the next election!
- Go-Vote
Promotes the exchange of ideas and participation in the democratic process. Attracting an average of 50,000 visitors per day, GoVote’s most popular features include news and information, voter registration, political discussion groups on hot-button issues, and the VoteMatch Presidential Selector. Take quizzes that help you get informed about current issues and explore politcal philosophy, read the US Consitution online, find out how many political parties there actually are and what they represent. Follow links to government information for Congress, tracking legislation, state elections and much more.
- Project Vote-Smart
Find out who your elected officials are in national and state offices, their biographies and contact information, also learn about current candidates and past and current issues.
Mathematics
- The Geometry Center of Science U
Shapes, Patterns, Tiling, Symmetry! Java animations and interactive exhibits. Browse through an exhibit and learn, or jump right in and start experimenting!
- Math Counts
Math Challenge by a national program and contest which involves hundreds of Middle School kids advanced math. Kids who go into science and math careers often network throught his program for jobs.