Research Resources:
Subject Research Guides:
Education:
Sites by and for Children
These selected child-oriented links are for your students-children from all grades constantly
trade projects and ideas. The web-based resources are from diverse origins: the U.S.
government, commercial sites, local sites designed by schools and non-profit organizations. The
educational value of these sites make them candidates for integrating into a curriculum.
RU Libraries = Available at the specified Rutgers University Library
RU Libraries-Specific = Available to Rutgers students, faculty, and staff.
WWW = World Wide Web resource, available to all. URLs are included for convenience.
WWW Resources By Kids
Web Sites
- ThinkQuest
- Look at the
ThinkQuest Library, especially the
winning sites for each year to see the best that students from around the world have done with
the web.This non profit site has libraries of student -designed educational sites. They are
organized with a system developed by Jean Armour Polly [www.netmom.com], and it is possible to
find sites that will really work with your students. ["By kids, for kids" using "The Internet
Style of Learning."]
- URL: http://www.thinkquest.org/programs.html/
Homework Helpers
- B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
- Just what the title says--- started out as a site maintained by a ten year old (with help from his Dad.) At 15, B.G. still organizes resources for other kids, but his site is now on the Discovery Channel. "I'm BJ. but my friends call me Beege. I turned 17 on March 16th. My site contains over 700 links to sites that will help you with your homework”"
- URL: http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/
- Yahooligans!
- THE web site for kids (primarily elementary school aged students.) Topics are arranged in the following areas: Arts & Entertainment, Around the World, Computers and Games, Science and Nature, School Bell (school topics, such as math and language arts), Sports and Recreation and numerous factual topics. Jokes make up a specific section and include child-contributed materials.
- URL: http://www.yahooligans.com/
WWW Resources for Kids from the U.S. Government
Overview Chapters: Finding Sites
For strategies on finding U.S. government sites for students, read
Chapter Twenty-five: Federal and State Government Web Sites for Children and Adolescents by Janet Stoeger Wilke and Diana J. Keith
as well as:
Chapter Twenty-six: Networking with NASA
by Judith A. Walker
Both chapters are available in PDF format from
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrlbucket/digitalresources/digitalresourcessec3.htm
The chapters are from Digital Resources and Librarians: Case Studies in Innovation, Invention,
and Implementation (2004). Patricia O'Brien Libutti (Ed.).Chicago: ALA/ACRL , reproduced by the
publisher for free access.
Using these strategies, you will find sites such as the ones listed below:
- Ben's Guide, Government Printing Office
- Using Ben Franklin as a tour guide, this site makes it easy for students from early years to teens to explore history and the U..S. government.. The site is most useful for elementary school students.
- URL: http://bensguide.gpo.gov
- CIA's Homepage for kids
- For lively minds--look into the archives , categorized in the following areas: K-5th Grade, The CIA Seal, Operation History, Intelligence Book List, CIA Canine Corps, Aerial Photography Pigeons, Games, Say No To Drugs, Spy-Fi Archives [40 years of movie and TV spy fiction!] and links to other Government Kids' Pages.
- URL: http://www.cia.gov/cia/ciakids/index.shtml
Kids' Government Pages
[most are aimed at the elementary school student, but some are fine for older students as well.
Explore and decide the use for your class!]
- U.S. Department of Agriculture Page for Kids
- URL: http://www.usda.gov/news/usdakids/index.html
- U.S. Census Bureau Kid's Corner
- URL: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/kids.html
- The Center for Disease Control's Page for Kids
- URL: http://www.bam.gov/
- The United States Department of Energy Kids Zone
- URL: http://www.energy.gov/engine/content.do?BT_CODE=KIDS
The Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Kid's and Youth Educational Page
- URL: http://www.fbi.gov/fbikids.htm
- FBI Kid's Page, Kindergarten-5th Grade
- URL: http://www.fbi.gov/kids/k5th/kidsk5th.htm
- FBI Youth, Grades 6th - 12th
- URL: http://www.fbi.gov/kids/6th12th/6th12th.htm
- Federal Citizen Information Center's Page for Kids
- URL: http://www.kids.gov/
- The Federal Emergency Management Agency's Page for Kids
- URL: http://www.fema.gov/kids/
- General Services Administration Page for Kids
- URL: http://afterschool.gov/cgi-binh/home.pl
- Brain Food. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- URL: http://www.ginniemae.gov:80/homezone/brainfood/hud.html
- U.S. Justice Department for Kids & Youth
- URL: http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/
- Library of Congress: America's Story
- URL: http://www.americasstory.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Welcome to Kids
- URL: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/index.html
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Page for Kids
- URL: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/home.htm
- National Reconnaissance Organization's Page for Kids
- URL: http://www.nrojr.gov/
- U.S. Mint for Kids
- URL: http://www.usmint.gov/kids/flashIndex.cfm
- The United States Department of State for Youth
- URL: http://www.future.state.gov/
- The United States Treasury's Page for Kids
- URL: http://www.treas.gov/kids/
- Department of Veteran's Affairs Page for Kids
- URL: http://www.va.gov/kids/
- The White House for Kids
- URL: http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/
