Top Picks - Web sites
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.
Check back here often since we're continually adding new lists every week! If you have any suggestions for a new list or for a title that should be added to one of our existing lists, please let us know.
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Satellite Composite Images of Clouds Check the clouds over the US and Canada and view animated weather patterns that are updated every thirty minutes. Views from various satellites are stitched together and combined with surface temperature readings to make a global montage every six hours. Kids might prefer the rotating globe movie showing cloud movements alone.
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Oceanweather Click on the map to select a region of the world. You'll be able to check on wave height, water temperature, and more, based on buoy readings and observations from ships.
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Current Solar Images Cloudy where you live today? No problem. Chances are it's sunny someplace else on the planet. Check these daily images from solar observatories all over the world. You'll see the Sun in a variety of unusual hues meant to enhance its features.
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Old Faithful Geyser Webcam This famous geyser is located in Yellowstone Park, which straddles Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho; it erupts every 91 minutes, give or take ten minutes. This webcam view displays the time as well as the next predicted eruption. According to the site, "An eruption lasts one and a half to five minutes, expels 3,700 - 8,400 gallons (14,000 - 32,000 liters) of boiling water, and reaches heights of 106 - 184 feet (30 - 55m)."
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San Diego Zoo Webcams What are the elephants up to in San Diego? You can find out--just click the cam screen to view their large exhibit area. You might catch one taking a swim in the pond! You can also choose other zoo cams to spy on pandas, apes, and polar bears.
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology Feedercam Find out for sure if "birds of a feather flock together." Control the feeder cam to zoom in on several different feeders at this famous nature preserve in Ithaca, NY. You may spot Red-winged blackbirds, Blue Jays, and more.
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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
