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Animals

ASPCA'S Animaland
Play fetch, take quizzes and discover information on careers, animal care, and pets

Safe and Sound
Learn how to stay safe around dogs with this fun game

The Arts

A. Pintura, Art Detective: The Case of Grandpa's Painting
Learn about art as you help a detective solve a mystery

Albright-Knox Art Games
Play games (and learn) about artists and art or make your own works of art. Requires Flash

Historic Tale Construction Kit
Make your own Bayeux Tapestry

Kids Domain-Crafts
Hundreds of craft ideas organized by theme

Make-a-Flake
Create a paper snowflake without the mess then save it in the gallery

Origami.
Good instructions for making origami

San Francisco Symphony for Kids.
Learn about musical notation, pitch, instrumentation, tempo and much more with fun musical activities

Grab Bag

Building Big
Discover bridges, domes, skyscrapers, dams, and tunnels;  try labs and challenges;  learn about engineering careers and famous constructions; based on David Macaulay's BUILDING BIG

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Games Page
Fun activities based on displays at the museum, such as a circus matching game and a program in which you design your own space station

FreeRice
Play this fun vocabulary game and the United Nations gets money to feed starving peoples of the world

Historic Tale Construction Kit
Make your own Bayeux Tapestry

Middletown Thrall Library:  Do the Dewey!
Learn about Melvil Dewey or take a quiz to see how much you know about the Dewey Decimal System

Kids Domain
Educational games, arcade games, cards, coloring pages and more

Kids Games
The rules to hundreds of indoor, outdoor, playground and other group games for kids

Party Game Central
Hundreds of party games for kids and adults

Time for Kids
Get a kid's eye view of the news and play some goofy celebrity related games too

Tolerance.org:  Planet Tolerance
Read folktales, learn about Civil Rights, or add a picture to the One World Mural

The US Mint's Games for Kids
Play games, view cartoons and have fun as you learn about coins and how they are made

Outer Space

Earth and Moon Viewer
View maps of the earth and the moon from various perspectives including views from the sun and maps showing what areas are in light or darkness

NASA Kids
Learn about outer space and space exploration with games, activities and articles

The Space Place
Make spacey things, play spacey games, learn spacey facts at this NASA web site

Windows to the Universe
Learn about the solar system and mythology with games, coloring books and more

Science

Eco Kids Online
Learn about nature, energy, and environmental issues with games, downloads, printable coloring pages and more

The Exploratorium, San Francisco
Visit this interactive museum online to see the mouthparts of a tick through a scanning electron microscope, perform experiments and even view live webcasts of museum activities or episodes of The Iron Science Teacher

Geo Globe: Interactive Geography
Learn all about geography and ecosystems through fun quizzes

Lawrence Hall of Science
Play online science games, download activities to do at home, and more cool stuff

National Geographic Explorer
Read the webzine, enter contests, play games, take quizzes and view films about just about everything in the world

Ology
Learn about genetics, biodiversity, astronomy, and paleontology through stories and games

SodaConstructor
Make a creation out of digital straws, animate it, and test how it works in different environments

Tiny Planets
Play games and learn about technology, nature, light and color

Yuckiest Site on the Internet
Learn about everything gross, play Whack-a-Roach, and get ideas for disgusting experiments

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