The following list of top 100 web sites of the KidsConnect Volunteers was compiled by Blythe Bennett from submissions by the 150+ volunteers in 2003. [Note not all of these links continue to work. The page represents a snapshot in the history of Internet information resources.]

General Curriculum Links

• Blue Webn Applications Library: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
• Busy Teachers' WebSite K-12: http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/
• Chico High School Library Helpful Bookmarks: http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/
• CyberDewey: http://www.anthus.com/CyberDewey/CyberDewey.html
• Another CyberDewey http://www.unige.ch/biblio/ses/cyberdewey.html
• Kathy Schrocks Guide for Educators-Home Page: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
• WWW Virtual Library: http://www.vlib.org/

 Art

• National Gallery of Art: http://www.nga.gov/collection/collect.htm

 Biographies

• Biography: http://www.biography.com/

 Career/College:

• Career Exploration Links: http://www.uhs.berkeley.edu/Students/CareerLibrary/Links/careerme.htm
• Occupational Outlook Handbook: http://stats.bls.gov/oco
• Petersons Guide: http://www.petersons.com/

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 Holidays:

• Yahoos collection of holidays: http://www.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Holidays_and_Observances/

 Language Arts

• Children's Literature Web Guide: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
• Internet Public Library, KidsSpace and The Reading Room
• Children's Literature: includes Learning About the Author and Illustrator Pages: http://scils.rutgers.edu/%7Ekvander/
• Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet : http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/
• Project Bartleby at http://www.bartleby.com/

 Math

• Math Forum: http://mathforum.org/

 Medical

• Centers for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov/
• Health Hotlist: http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/health.html
• Merck Manual: http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/

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 News

• The Boston Globe Online: http://www.boston.com/
• CNN Interactive: http://www.cnn.com/index.html
• Peter Milbury's online newpaper archives: http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/news.html
• Newspapers from around the world from The Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org/div/news/

 Q&A

• ASK-A-SCIENTIST : http://www.ccmr.cornell.edu/ask/index.html
• The Mad Scientist Network: http://www.madsci.org/
• The Math Forum's Ask Dr. Math: http://mathforum.org/dr.math/dr-math.html

 Reference

• MVRD (My Virtual Reference Desk): http://www.refdesk.com/facts.html
• Purdue University--Virtual Reference Desk: http://www.lib.purdue.edu/help/qp/index.html
• Yahooligans/homework/reference: http://www.yahooligans.com/reference/

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 Science
1. general

• Science Centers and Museum sHotlist: http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/museums.html/
• NPR Science Friday Kids Connection http://www.sciencefriday.com/

2. animals

• Animal Resources from the Electronic Zoo (NetVet): http://netvet.wustl.edu/ssi.htm
• Cyber Zoomobile Animal Links: http://www.primenet.com/~brendel/animal.html
• Desert Animals: http://www.desertusa.com/animal.html
• EE-Link Endangered Species: http://eelink.net/EndSpp/ or older version http://eelink.net/EndSpp.old.bak/Endangered.html
• Animal Diversity Web: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/index.html
• SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Animal Information Database: http://www.seaworld.org/infobook.html
• University of Kentucky Dept. of Entomology--Katerpillars (& Mystery Bugs) http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/entyouth.htm

3. astronomy

• Exploratorium Exploranet: http://www.exploratorium.edu/
• NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/
• Nine Planets: http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

4. biology

• WWW Cell Biology Course: http://www.cbc.umn.edu/~mwd/cell.html

5. chemistry:

• Periodic Table on the web with links for each element: http://www.webelements.com/webelements/index.html
• The Pictorial Periodic Table: http://chemlab.pc.maricopa.edu/periodic/periodic.html
• The Periodic Table of Elements for students from Los Alamos: http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/

6. earth science

• National Earthquake Center: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
• United States Geological Survey: http://info.er.usgs.gov/
• VolcanoWorld: http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/

7. environment/ecology

• Envirolink Exchange: http://envirolink.netforchange.com/
• Rainforest Action Network Home Page: http://www.ran.org//
  

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 Social Studies
1. general

• CIA World Factbook: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
• Social Studies Sources: http://education.indiana.edu/~socialst/
• History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers: http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html

2. geography

• Color Landform Atlas of the United States: http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
• Stately Knowledge: Facts about the United States: http://www.ipl.org/youth/stateknow/
• Infonation: http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
• Great Globe Gallery: http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/glob/glob1.htm
• Mapquest!: http://www.mapquest.com

3. government

• Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/main/www/subjects.html
• Federal Web Locator: http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/
• Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/
• Thomas (Legislative Information on the Net): http://thomas.loc.gov/
• White House for Kids: http://www.Whitehouse.gov/kids/

4. history

• American Memory from Library of Congress: http://memory.loc.gov/
• Ancient World Web: http://www.julen.net/ancient/
• Colonial Williamsburg: http://www.history.org/
• History Channel: http://historychannel.com/
• History Net: http://history.about.com/
• POTUS (Presidents of the United States): http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS/
• Today in History: events, birthdays, deaths: http://www.scopesys.com/today/
• Valley of The Shadow (Civil War): http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/vshadow2/

5. social issues:

• Prevention Yellow Pages: http://www.tyc.state.tx.us/prevention/

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Sports

• ESPNet: http://msn.espn.go.com/main.html
• SportsLine USA from CBS: http://www.sportsline.com/

 Study Skills

• Research and Web Citations from Nueva School: http://nuevaschool.org/~debbie/library/research/research.html

 Web Guide:

• Yahooligans (web guide for kids): http://www.yahooligans.com/
• Nueva Search guide http://nuevaschool.org/~debbie/library/research/adviceengine.html

For Addition detailed information on other quality web sites and Internet information:

• See ICONnect at: http://www.ala.org/ICONN/

Q & A research help available from KidsConnect through email at AskKC@ala.org

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Compiled by Blythe Allison Bennett, KidsConnect Coordinator, March, 1997
Formatted as HTML webpage by Carolyn Karis, April, 1997
Last update 27 March 2003. Page color changed and historical note added January 2007.