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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
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
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
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
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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