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This monthly newsletter is packed full of wonderful places for you to visit. Subjects include Animals, Art, Games, Space, plus many more. We hope you will enjoy your time spent searching the web from places we have found in our own travels.
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Gadgets, Games, and Toys Online
Email to: sjohnson@metronet.com
Animals
Busch Gardens and Sea World
The home of the Animal Information Data Base where you can find fun facts about a variety of land and sea animals. Designed especially for kids.
Pictures of Animals
Picture of all kinds of animals in GIF format provided by the Smithsonian.
Pet Pages
A place to meet various peoples' cats, dogs, goats, hamsters, parrots, and more. Some pets even have their own home page. Don't forget to let us know if you create one yourself!
DNA To Dinosaurs
The folks at the Field Museum of Natural History in Illinois explain that this exhibit was millions of years in the making! Go on the DNA To Dinosaurs tour which features 3D pictures, animation, video, sound, and of course, lots of Dinosaurs.
Hawaii Community College Dinosaur Exhibit
Want to see some BIG dinosaur bones? Then visit this Dinosaur Exhibit where you can look around by yourself, or take a guided tour.
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology
Take a fascinating tour of Canada's Royal Tyrrell Museum. It celebrates the long history and spectacular diversity of ancient life on Earth -- from the tiniest grains of pollen to the mightiest dinosaurs. Exhibits include many interesting pictures and clear explanations.
University of California Museum of Paleontology
The Dinosaur Exhibit, in the phylogeny section, is my favorite, but there are many others too.
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Art
The Age of Enlightenment in French Painting
At this exhibition of 18th-century French paintings you'll learn about art, history, music, writing and science during the 1700s.
WebLouvre/WebMuseum
Wouldn't a trip to Paris be fun? Well here is your chance to tour Paris and stop off at the Lourvre to view paintings, learn about artists and art history.
ArtServe
After Paris, how about a stop in Australia? Here is an art history gallery from the Australian National University.
The Krannert Art Museum
Back in the central states of the USA, you will find the art museum of the University of Illinois.
The Internet Art Museum Free
IAMFree (Internet Art Museum Free) features music, photography, books, digital art, video, and more. All art
is created espressly for IAMFree. Stop in and look around.
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Earth and Space
Apollo 11 Mission to the Moon
Learn about this historic event from the astronauts, read important White House papers, view 25-year old pictures, hear sounds from the mission, and more.
Canadian Astronauts and Space Information
Meet Canadian astronauts at Canada's SchoolNet WWW site and find out how they prepared for missions. There is also information about the Canadian space station program.
Endeavor Astro-2 Space Mission
The Astro-2 is a high-tech observatory that flew with the Space Shuttle Endeavor from March 2 to 18, 1995. These Web pages were used by NASA to keep everyone up-to-date during the mission. Here, you can meet the flight crew, find out what they did each day and what they ate, how they were trained, and they become astronauts. You can also meet the NASA team that supports the shuttle astronauts from the Earth, and more.
Exhibition Galleries at the National Air and Space Museum
Tour the Smithsonian Institute's National Air and Space Museum. There are lots of pictures of planes, stars, and spacecraft (both real and imaginary) which are on display at the Museum, as well as descriptions of each exhibit.
Kennedy Space Center
Visit NASA's Kennedy Space Center where you can peek at the space shuttle assembly building and launch pads, find out about recent shuttle missions, and meet the shuttle astronauts. As well, you can learn about the history of space exploration, and shuttle missions since 1981.
Comet Shoemaker-Levy Collision with Jupiter
People all around the world watched as comet fragments collided with Jupiter between July 16-22, 1994. Check out this amazing event for yourself! You can find out background information, and see the Comet impact and its effects on the surface of the planet. Explanations are brief and clear, there are lots of pictures, and even a few animations.
Earth Viewer
Ever wonder what the Earth looks like from outer space? Here, you can see the earth from many different directions -- from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, from a satellite orbiting the Earth, or you can look at a map of the earth showing where it is day and night at this moment, and so on.
Hubble Space Telescope's Greatest Hits
See some of the most spectacular and popular pictures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope during its 5 years in operation. Also includes links to other Hubble Space Telescope images, text and animations.
Mars Images
Here you can look at pictures of Mars and learn a bit about the exploration of this planet. Some picture descriptions still leave you wondering what they're all about..
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Gadgets, Games, and Toys Online
Carlos' Coloring Book
Select a picture, select a color, and create another masterpiece all online. You won't want
to miss a peek at this site!
Lite-Brite
"Lite-brite, making things with light..."
NEW! Stifled by modern art. Take a Random Walk through these art collections. Create your own!
The Amazing Fish Cam!
That's right! View a live aquarium at Netscape. Several cameras take shots from all directions.
WebMines
Here's the classic Windows games retooled for the world wide web. In English and
Spanish by Fernando Jose Echevarrieta Fernßndez (echeva@dit.upm.es).
Games Kids Play
This site is a wonderful archive of all those games we play as kids
out in the backyard. The purpose of this page is two-fold: 1) to let "older kids"
remember some of those odd games we used to play and bring a smile to your
face and 2) to try to catalog a fascinating piece of oral tradition, and make sure
none of these games are ever lost forever.
Web Yahtzee
This version of Web Yahtzee is pretty much faithful to the original game. The instructions are self
explanatory; just click and play.
Tic Tac Toe
The old classic Tic Tac Toe game reproduced here for your enjoyment. by Jake Donham (jaked@well.sf.ca.us).
Tetris
Tetris by Alex Chaffee. Not timed; you just make moves. An idea utterly perfect in its
"weblessness".
Connect!
Connect!, a Connect-Four game (vertical style) by Keith Pomakis
(kppomaki@jeeves.uwaterloo.ca). Can be configured for any board size and number to connect.
9 Puzzle
A 9 piece puzzle (like the standard sliding-square 16 puzzle). Form a picture from across the web.
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Items for Download
Here you'll find shareware and freeware files available for direct download to your computer. Remember that shareware authors request registration for continued usage beyond the initial period of evaluation while freeware files are just that, free. Download times are approximate based on modem connection at 14400 baud.
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Just For Kids
CyberKids
CyberKids is an online magazine by kids for kids. It contains stories, artwork, puzzles, and more.
Global Show-n-Tell
Here, kids can show-n-tell their projects, accomplishments, or favorite things to the world. Why not enter some of your own work?
International Kids' Space
Contribute your pictures, stories, and letters to the Gallery, Story Book, and Email Office pages. If you'd like to send a story, but don't know what to write about, the Story Book page provides a new set of pictures each month which you can use to create a story. This is a friendly, colourful place to visit, and large, easy-to-read text is used throughout.
ISN KidNews
This online newspaper features stories, news, profiles, how-to articles, reviews, and other items written by children.
Kids Did This!
It's a challenge to keep up with kids on the Internet, but if you want to try, this is the place to start. Kids Did This! is a great list of WWW resources created by K-8 kids. Topics range from art to history, and school newspapers to science.
KidPub
KidPub is a place where children can publish their stories. Its purpose is to encourage children to write, and to introduce them to the Internet. Why not share one of your stories?
MidLink
This is an electronic magazine for kids in middle grades, ages 10-15. Kids just like you contribute art and writing to share with others.
Peace in Pictures Project
You are invited to draw what you think peace looks like and enter this contest. Pictures entered by children all over the world will be shown for everyone to enjoy.
Plugged In
There are resources on this site for teachers too, so you will want to look for the neat multimedia projects made by kids using computers.
Press Return
This magazine gives students a chance to publish their essays, stories, articles, humor, poetry, art, cartoons, and pictures about a particular theme.
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Stories
StoryHour at the Internet Public Library
There are several stories to choose from. The Internet Public Library offers StoryHour! Book titles updated periodically.
WWW StoryBook Library
The WWW StoryBook Library is the product of a hard working group of students from University Park
Elementary in Fairbanks, Alaska. Here are several stories written from children of several ages.
A Story As You Like It
Here lies several stories for which you, the reader, play a part in "what comes next". Answer questions
as you read along and discover what's next with just the turn of a page!
Alice in Wonderland
Yes, its Alice in Wonderland online. This complete book is available for your review just a click away.
Read-along Stories
From the ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication. Users with
suitably equipped Web Browsers will be able to read the story and look at the pictures,
or listen to the story and read along.
Theodore Tugboat - Online Activity Center
Theodore Tugboat is a Canadian television series. His Web site includes an interactive
story based on characters from the show, as well as pointers to other Internet resources
of interest to children, parents, and teachers.
The Realist Wonder Society
Something rich and strange. Among the original stories that may be of interest to young
people are The Mole and the Owl, a romantic fable, Sailing Through, a story that is
appearing in serialized form, The Great Mosquito Debate, an environmental fable, and
The Last Christmas, the screenplay for an animated film. There is more; look around.
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Home Pages of Families and Friends
The Bowen Family's Children's Page
This is a great page with links to Alison's and Emma's home pages, their stories and art work, and even their Mummy's and Daddy's home pages. There are also links to other places on the Internet that children will find interesting.
The Petry Family Page
Visit the Petry Family's amazing page. Here you can meet Megan and Douglas, see a few of their pictures, and even hear Megan play her violin. You can also visit other fun pages, such as their Top Pick Kid's Sites, Cool Kid's Sites, other family pages, and educational sites.
The Teel Family Home Page
This is a delightful family home page packed with fun and interesting things. You can learn about their home state of Alaska and the polar bears and walruses that live there. The Kid's Page includes recipes for Sparkle Snow Paint and Edible Glaciers, and there are also pages with tree activities and links to other sites for children.
McAndrew Family Homepage
Each of us in the family has our own little section of stuff we've collected on
the internet. Stop in and see us.
The Goodman Family
Hi! You've turned to the homepage of the Goodman family in Portland, Oregon, USA. As is always
the case on the Web, this page is "under construction." At this point, you'll find links off to places
we...Enjoy! Teleport's Web Homepage (Teleport is our Internet service provider
The Grzelak Family Home Page
Thanks for connecting to the Grzelak Family Homepage!
WARNING: This homepage is under construction. Some links may not be active.
Virtual Vacations from The Sinnott Family Homepage
This is a seed catalog for vacation planning.
When it is winter in your soul, follow your dreams via the links below:
What would it be like to go to Hawaii or to Fiji ?
Anticipation and planning can be half the fun. We are sharing some virtual vacation links we have found.
Steve Ford's WWW Homepage
The Ford Family set of homepages. Come visit the pages of Steve Ford along with his wife and kids, Hillary and Hank.
The Kerns Family Homepage
Donald and Valarie Kerns Welcome to our WWW homepage... although we are the second in the
family to get our own page on the World Wide Web, we are the first
to have our family photo(s) here.
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Resource Corner
The Consummate Winsock List
Looking for a certain Email package, or World Wide Web browser? You will likely find
it at the Consummate Winsock List! This is a very well maintained listing with reviews and ratings available for a variety of packages available via the internet. Check here!
For Macintosh Applications...
Check out this archive site designed just for those using Macintosh. Internet software along with
many, many other categories to choose from. Find a new browser or file utility with either being just
a click away!
THE LIST : Connection Options to the Internet
You can look here for connection options to the Internet with listings by area codes and their coverage. Most areas of the US now offer flat fee rates rather than the hourly charges you may be receiving now. There likely is an Internet Service Provider (ISP) in your area. Look for a provider near you!
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