ASTRONOMY
DINOSAURS
BASEBALL 
ENVIRONMENT
BASKETBALL
BIKING 
GARDENING 
CAR
RACING 
GEOGRAPHY
GREETING
CARDS 
ASTRONOMY
Developed by high school students the Astronomy
Interactive Network website is a good overview of the history of
astronomy. There is also a photo gallery and interactive games. http://library.advanced.org/15418
The Solar System Simulator is a interesting
site by NASA and the California Institute of Technology. Lots of great
pictures of most of the planets and their moons in our solar system! http://space.jpl.nasa.gov
The American Indians studied the stars long before Galileo. The Aboriginal
Star Knowledge: Native American Astronomy site is really interesting
and cool. The Lakota Star Map is a detailed guide to viewing the night
sky with your naked eye. http://indy4.fdl.cc.mn.us/~isk/stars/starmenu.html
If you are looking for something in particular, this would be the place
to go. AstroWeb has about 3,000 links to
other site! There are search options to help your search. http://www.stci.edu/astroweb/astronomy.html
A good site for beginners. At Astronomy and Cosmology
website you'll find explanations and information on what's out there.
http://www.netlabs.net/hp/tremor
ASTROLOGY
This is a real fun one! You'll really
enjoy Kylie's Psychic Puppy Network. The
Great Kylini, a 5 year old Jack Russell Terrier, does your horoscope and
answers questions about past lifes and more! http://www.kyliedog.com/psychic.html
A good introduction to the world of astrology from the American
Federation of Astrologers, Inc. This site gives you an overview
plus the history of astrology.
http://www.astrologers.com
Baseball-Links is the web's most comprehensive collection of links to baseball resources. Currently 5477 links indexed in catagories. http://www.baseball-links.com
Want to compare pitching or batting stats? Look up ERA or RBI totals across leagues? You'll find it at BaseBall Stats. http://baseball.ibi.com
BIKING
Thinking of buying a bike? Bicycling
Magazine has a form to fill out to find the perfect bike for you
based on the information that is submitted. http://www.bicyclingmagazine.com
An Internet cycling hub Cyber Cyclery has
more than 30,000 bicyclists trading ideas. An excellent resource center.
http://www.cyclery.com
Road, mountain bike and cyclo-cross, you'll find it here. VeloNews
Interactive offers extensive coverage. Training tips and a finder
for equipment. http://www.greatoutdoors.com/velonews
Great Outdoor Recreation Pages-Biking has
guides for biking around the world. Repair tips and hints on packing and
helpful information. http://www.gorp.com/gorp/activity/biking.htm
Check race results and view the route at the Official
Tour de France Site. The race begins July 3 at La Puy du Fou and
ends July 25 at Champs-Elysées. Highlights of past legendary tours
also. http://www.letour.fr
Mountain bikers! See MTBinfo's TrailGuide
listing more than 650 trails from around the world. Reader reviews of
products and bike shops. Plus see the BikeDoctor to help with fixing broken
chains, spokes, health and riding tips. http://www.mtbino.com
CAR
RACING
NASCAR Online
is the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
official site. You'll find news, results, racing schedules, standings
and track info. http://www.nascar.com
News, driver profiles, schedule of races
and a photo gallery of races and drivers at the Championship
Auto Racing Teams (CART) website. http://www.cart.com
The heroes of early car racing are found at Living
Legends of Auto Racing, Inc. Dedicated to the legends of the dirt
track days. http://www.lloar.com
World Rallying says it! You'll find reports
with all the action from all over the world. Plus profiles, photos and
other links to rally sites. http://www.worldrally.net
If you are looking for more in auto racing be sure to check out this site,
FanLink.com. They specialize in links to other sites! http://www.fanlink.com
CATS
A
good first stop for cat lovers, Cat Fancy
has lots of information about those furry little critters plus links to
more specific breeds and advise form veterinarians. http://www.catfancy.com
Cat Fanciers is a collection of links to
other sites for you cat lovers. There's section on cat care as well as
purchasing or adopting a cat and more. http://www.fanciers.com
Lots of fun stuff here! PetCat is full of
cat facts, quizzes and lots of other fun and games, plus cat care. You
can also create and care for a virtual cat! http://www.petcat.com/petcat
CHOCOLATE
You can find the history of chocolate
at Candy USA plus info and stats on candy
consumption and recipes. There's also a contest where you guess the number
of the pieces of candy in the Exploding Candy Jar. http://www.candyusa.org
DINOSAURS
Really cool! Zoom
Dinosaura. com is a on-line, hypertext book about dinosaurs; designed
for kids of all ages. You can start with the most basic info and get as
advanced as you want. http://www.zoomdinosaurs.com
Dinosauria is an excellent site for dinosaur information about the discoveries in North America, with current research and exhibits. Be sure to check out the Dinolinks! http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/dinosaur.htm
Lots of good stuff at Dinosaurs & the Expanding Earth. Discussions, picture links, book reviews, quizzes in many languages. http://www.dinox.freeserve.co.uk
ENVIRONMENT
Audubon
Online
is full of information and has articles from the Audubon Society's magazine.
http://www.audubon.org
The Caribbean Conservation
Corporation is dedicated to the endangered sea turtles. You can
learn all about their conservation efforts. Great site for kids! http://www.cccturtle.org
Protecting endangered species, habitats and addressing the threats to
them is the main focus of the World Wildlife Fund
website. http://www.worldwildlife.org
GAMES
Video Games Directory
is just what it's name says, a directory of links and lists of games.
From Hasbro to Disney to Nintendo– they're all here! http://www.aol.com/directories/videogames.html
Tons of games at Beyond.com, including Tarzan Action Game, A Bug's Life Active Play, Scrabble, and Barbie Detective! http://www.beyond.com/department/games/kids.htm
GARDENING
You can find plants that do well for
your area of the country or on specific plants at GardenWeb.
What we found that was really cool was the section on carnivorous plants!
http://www.gardenweb.com
This site has tips for beginning gardeners. The Old Farmer's Almanac Gardener's Companion has a vegetable water guide, planting and frost tables for the U.S. and Canada and much more. http://www.almanac.com/garden
This site has over 2,500 links to other related sites. The Gardening Launch Pad had everything from A-Z in plants and gardening. http://www.io.com/neighbor
The Organic Gardening site is the offspring of the magazine. You can find useful information on how to control garden pests and weeds the organic way, plus a lot of other useful information. http://www.organicgardening.com
Keep your worms happy! The Burrow is devoted to composting – the worm way! There is an advice column from Willy the Worm filled with information. http://gnv.fdt.net/~windle
Species 2000, an England based site probably has the information to that age old question "What is that weird thing in my garden?" http://www.usa.sp2000.org
GEOGRAPHY
Devoted to our
planet, Earth is everything you always wanted
to know on the Earth's physical geography and more.
http://www.seds.org/billa/tnp/earth.html
Get
daily updates on our planet at Discovery Channel
Online Earth Alert on natural events like earthquakes, floods and
landslides around the world.
http://www.discovery.com/news/earthalert/flatearthalert.html
GREETING
CARDS
Free animated greeting e-cards for every
occasion offered to visitors at Blue Mountain Arts.
http://www.1bluemountain.com
Large range of art, games and photos for your e-cards,plus you can choose
music and color for your free card at Electronic
Postcards. http://www.electronicpostcards.com
Fun stuff here and its all free. Animal pictures, Superman and more.
Chronicle Books Postcard Rack. http://www.chronbook.com
Lots of animals here! This site donates to the World Wildlife Fund with
every card sent. Its free! Visit E-Cards
at http://www.e-cards.com/site/
Hallmark, the
card king. Go to "Electronic Greetings"
from there Homepage and you'll find lots of e-cards. Be careful some cost
money, but they have over a 1,000 free! (Free ones at the end of the section.)
http://www.hallmark.com
HISTORY
The History Channel
has lots of multimedia exhibits, downloads of famous speeches, and historical
facts on today's date. Lots of cool quizzes, contests, TV listings and
much more! http://www.historychannel.com
At the PBS website you'll find things on the programs, briefs and information about shows, including American Experience, the Civil War and Thomas Jefferson. Cool stuff in biographies, American or World history. Go back and see what happened on this day in history. http://www.pbs.org/history
Exhibits and artwork at the Smithsonian Institute site from their various galleries and centers. All kinds of neat things, including educational activities, tours, publications. Check out the aeronatics and space history page! http://www.si.edu/newstart.htm
PHOTOGRAPHY
The Kodak
website has online tutorials for light and composition, a glossary of
terms, tips and tricks for taking photographs, plus Kodak products.
http://www.kodak.com
The New York Institute
of Photography is the world's largest and oldest school of photography.
This site was designed for anyone who loves photography. http://www.nyip.com
Great photos here! The National Geographic Magazine's
web site is pretty cool. http://www.nationalgeographic.com
At the California Museum of Photography you
can find some cool kid stuff in their feature on scanned images created
by visitors. http://www.cmp.ucr.edu
POETRY
The Academy of American Poets has a great
site for getting information about your favorite poet and listings of
poetry exhibits, awards and programs.
http://www.poets.org
Poetry Magazine gives you a great introduction
to the world of online poetry. Plus a guide to poetry contests with instructions
on how to enter. http://www.poetrymagazine.com
At Agricomm's Cowboy Poetry site you'll find
cowboy poetry, with links to other cowboy poetry sites. http://www.agricomm.com/cp.html
SCIENCE
Adventure awaits
you with. Lots of interactivity at Educational Web
Adventures.
http://www.eduweb.com/science.html
The
Jason Project
is the site of Dr. Robert Ballard, discoverer of the Titanic wreck. Jason
X is the current expedition going on in the rain forest of Peru, but lots
of photos and information on other expeditions. http://www.jasonproject.org
An introduction to the fundamentals of chemistry Chem4Kids
takes young scientists on a tour of the elements and other stuff. http://www.chem4kids.com
Kids@NationalGeographic.Com has a lot of
stuff that's in their youth magazine. Great articles on interesting subjects,
a pen pal network and more. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids
You Can With Beakman And Jax is a cool site,
because "A good question is a very powerful thing." (The motto
of this site.) Lots of interactivity.
http://www.beakman.com
The Yuckiest Site On The Internet is not
yucky at all. We found it fun, informative and very interesting. Don't
miss Worm World (everything you would ever want to know about worms.)
http://www.yucky.com
Bill Nye The Science Guy we all know from
TV. This site has some interesting things to offer. There is a Demo of
the Day so there is new stuff all the time. http://disney.go.com/disneytelevision/billnye
SOCCER
The Major League Soccer site has
player bios, standings, schedules, records and more. You can link to your
favorite team from here. http://www.mlsnet.com
The American Youth Soccer Organization is
a great place to learn about getting started in soccer. http://www.soccer.org
Soccertimes features a state-by-state directory
for tournaments. Lots of information. http://www.soccertimes.com
Kick! Magazine has a "tip-of-the-day"
from U.S. coaches and MLS stars. New gear and equipment updates. http://www.kickmag.com
WEATHER
The
Weather Channel
put this site together with lots of really interesting and informative
weather related stuff.
http://www.weather.com
ZOOS
More than a zoo,
the Wildlife Conservation Society has studies
being done in other parts of the world- and takes you there! The Society
manages 5 New York zoos and aquariums, so you can go to them all. http://www.wcs.com
If
you like animals this is a place to go! The Zoo
in the Wild, an Italian site, has a zoo without bars. Lots and
lots of animal pictures and sounds! Great place! http://www.naturalia.org/zoo/welcome.html
Wow! This place is crawling! And its all through a microscope! The Microbe
Zoo is fun and interesting. http://www.commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dic-me/zoo
The Oregon Zoo has a special" No Adults
Allowed" just for kids section with great fun things that you can
read online or print out and color. Also a Rhino Cam with live shots of
the 1 year old baby, Imara and her parents. http://www.oregonzoo.org
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden features
a tour of Otter Creek and a photo gallery. Also take a look at the Field
Guide to Animals and Plants with drawings and field notes. http://www.cincyzoo.org
The Phoenix Zoo Online has some cool stuff.
Concentrating on plants, animals and people of the region. Be sure to
check out the Arizona Trail and the Forest of Uco with the puzzle in the
hieroglyphics. http://www.phoenixzoo.org