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If you're looking for some great media suggestions for your kids--look no further than our Top Picks! We have a variety of lists in all of our media categories with some wonderful suggestions for kids of all ages. Whether you're looking for great fantasy books for your 8-14 year old or some classic holiday movies, you're sure to find something that your kids will enjoy.
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Endangered Means There is Still Time The US Fish and Wildlife Service presents a short introduction to ecosystems, biodiversity, and threatened, endangered, and extinct species. There’s also a link to http://www.fws.gov/endangered/wildlife.html, where you can search a database of wildlife and plants that are threatened all over the world.
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BBC Poles Apart The Professor’s got an assignment for you! Many animals--some endangered or threatened-- need to be delivered to their homes at the Pole. But which pole, north or South? Based on the shipping tag clues, see if you can deliver the whales, penguins, polar bears, terns, and other creatures to the correct end of the Earth!
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Endangered Species The American Museum of Natural History offers a printable survival game you can play offline as a family. All you’ll need is pair of scissors, a pair of dice, and some tape. Use small model animals, coins, or just pieces of paper as each player’s marker.
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National Geographic Creature Feature: Elephants View video clips, be surprised by fun elephant facts, and check out the online coloring book.
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MooMilk Did you ever wonder how milk gets from the cow to your refrigerator? Take the tour and also learn some dairy facts while having fun with the games and activities.
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Yucky Worm World Wendell the Worm is your guide to the fascinating underground life of worms and worm-like creatures.
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Endangered Species Picture Book Twenty-one species endangered or threatened in the U.S. are pictured and described on this page from the Environmental Protection Agency. Print and get your crayons!
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Play and Learn: Games and Activities about Wildlife Slide shows, printable activity and coloring sheets, and educational games are only some of the fun you can have here while learning about biodiversity, habitat loss, and all kinds of creatures.
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EcoKids Amphibians Try the Simon-like “Sing-a-long at Ribbit Pond” and see if you can duplicate a pattern of croaking, peeping, purring frogs. You might also like “Be a Frog Spotter” and others at this awesome garden of froggy delights.
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Shamu Cam Shamu the orca has a webcam, too. This one is in San Diego, California. Don’t be fooled by the opening screen! Click on “Shamu Cam” to see the real thing.
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Web site Lists
- Safe Social Networking for Tweens
- Social Networking for Younger Kids (7 and under)
- Stellar Sports Sites
- Harry Potter Web Sites
- Geography Web Sites
- Gardening Web Sites
- Safe Search Sites for Kids
- Farm Animal Web Sites
- Art Web Sites
- Dinosaur Web Sites
- Homework Help Web Sites
- History Web Sites
- Astronomy Web Sites
- KIDS.US Web Sites
- Reading Web Sites
- Color Web Sites for Young Kids
- Signs of Spring on the Internet
- Princess for a Day Sites
- Earth Day Web Sites
- News Web Sites for Tweens
- Winter Web Sites
- Black History Month Web Sites
- Trains, Trucks, and Robots Web Sites
- Chinese New Year Web Sites
- Educational Game Web Sites
- Math Web Sites
- Volcano Web Sites for Kids
- Hawaii Web Sites
- President's Day Websites
- Travel Web Sites
- New Year's Web Sites
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Web Sites
- Tooth Fairy Web Sites
- Kite Web Sites
- Coral Reef Web Sites
- Natural Disaster Web Sites
- Planet Mars Web Sites
- Easter Web Sites
- Passover Web Sites
- Horse Web Sites
- Money Web Sites
- Presidents Day Web Sites
- Poetry Web Sites
- Soccer Web Sites
- Hurricane Web Sites
- History of the United States Web Sites
- Time Web Sites
- Alien/UFO Web Sites
- Beach Web Sites
- Fantasy Book Web Sites
- Arts and Crafts Web Sites
- Middle Ages Web Sites
- Folk Tale Web Sites
- Music Web Sites
- Halloween Web Sites
- Animal Web Sites
- Elephant Web Sites
- Cow Web Sites
- Robot Web Sites
- Worm Web Sites
- Frog Web Sites
- Whale Web Sites
