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Neat Web Sites

• AMERICAN GATEWAYS: Immigration and Migration in the United States
  http://www.nycenet.edu/csd1/gateways.htm - Learn about the American Gateways Immigration Project. This site provides lots of information on immigration, including project ideas, and lots of useful links.
• AMERICAN MEMORY FELLOWS PROJECT
  http://memory.loc.gov - A vast collection of primary source materials sponsored by the Library of Congress National Digital Library
• ANCIENT EGYPT LINKS
  http://www.nycenet.edu/csd1/schools/PS63/egypt_links.htm
• BALTIMORE'S NATIONAL AQUARIUM HOMEPAGE
  http://www.aqua.org
• CITY NET
  http://www.city.net - Find Information on Cities, Regions, and Countries Around the World!
• CNN INTERACTIVE
  http://www.cnn.com
• THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL HOMEPAGE
  http://www.discovery.com
• THE EAST VILLAGE HOMEPAGE
• http://www.eastvillage.com
• THE ELECTRONIC ZOO
  http://netvet.wustl.edu
• HOMEPAGE OF THE WHITE HOUSE
  http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/welcome-nt.html
• KID LINK
  http://www.kidlink.org - A place where kids can link with other kids.
• LOWER EAST SIDE IMMIGRATION TOUR
  http://members.nbci.com/ny_immigrant/
• NASA
  http://www.nasa.gov
• NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/main.html
• NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FOR KIDS
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
• PARKNET - NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HOMEPAGE
  http://www.nps.gov
• PBS
  http://www.pbs.org
• PBS KIDS BACKSTAGE http://www.pbs.org/kids - Includes links to PBS children's television shows including Bill Nye the Science Guy, Reading Rainbow, Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego, and more.
• SAN DIEGO ZOO - ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
  http://www.sandiegozoo.org
• SCHOLASTIC'S HOMEPAGE
  http://scholastic.com/home.htm
• SEA WORLD/BUSCH GARDENS
  http://www.seaworld.org - Lot's of Information on Animals!
• THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
  http://www.si.edu - Visit the different buildings of the Smithsonian!
• TIME MAGAZINE
  http://www.time.com
• U.S. FEDERAL GOVT. AGENCIES
  http://www.lib.lsu.edu
• TYRANNOSAURUS REX EXPO AT UCMP
  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/trex/trexpo.html
• VIRTUAL WILDLIFE
  http://www.panda.org/kids/wildlife/ - World Wild Fund for Nature - Information on lots of different animals!

 

Fun Sites

• DR. SEUSS'S SEUSSVILLE
  http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/
• EXPLORATORIUM
  http://www.exploratorium.edu - A Hand's On Science Museum located in San Francisco
• HANDS ON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
  http://www.hocm.org - An Interactive Science, Art, and Adventure Museum for children 10 years old and under.
• JIM HENSON COMPANY (THE MUPPETS) HOMEPAGE
  http://www.henson.com
• MUPPETS HOMEPAGE
  http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/UR/BS/Muppets/muppets.html
• THE WHITE HOUSE FOR KIDS
  http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/
• SESEAME STREET'S HOMEPAGE http://www.ctw.org/index.htm
• WALT DISNEY WORLD http://www.disney.com/DisneyWorld/index.html