15 minute activities to help you use the Internet 
August Activities

June Topic Activity What you will find online
2 Animals The National Wildlife Federation has a site for children called Animal Tracks.  Follow the tracks for information about  endangered species, wetlands, water and public lands.  Play online games or find activities and articles in the Ranger Rick Magazine. Endangered Animals Animal Habitats Games Magazines 3 Martha Stewart View Martha Stewart Living online for up to date information on cooking, home projects and gardening. Magazines Recipes 4 Online Magazine Sports Illustrated for Kids offers sports news, interviews with athletes and teams. Magazines 5 Neil Armstrong The most comprehensive source of information dealing with space comes from none other than NASA. More information: Space links Sites for the kids: From NASA's Home page click on Kids Only Space 6 Stories Hear children's author Aaron Shepard read some of his stories on-line.  At The On-Line Books Page you can find over 7000 full text books that can be downloaded.  You'll find everything from Asop's Fables to Little Critter at the Story Links page. Online Stories Printable Stories
7/8 Weekend
9 Educational Games If you like Dr. Seuss, you will love Seussville from Randomhouse.   Activities to go along with his stories, including a recipe for Green Eggs and Ham. Children's Activities Games 10 411 On-Line You have a name, but don't know the city and you need the phone number or address.  Big Yellow, one of the many online phone directories can help you find information.  In some cases a map is even provided. Yellow Pages 11 Television Visit PBS for kids online for  Pre School, Fun & Games, and TV sites. More information: PBS Online Children's Activities Homework Help 12 Online Magazine Search the archives at National Geographic, view past articles, test your geography knowledge at GeoBee, or just have fun at the children's magazine, World Online.  Magazines 13 Alfred Hitchcock At the Internet Movie Database you will be able to see the number of movies written, produced, directed by and acted in by this amazing man.  Kids can find what movies some of their favorite actors/actresses have been in. Sites for the kids: Movie links Movie Database Children's Movies
14/15 Weekend
16 Money Some of the top names in the business provide pages for children, with information on saving, investing, and even the history of money.   Ernst & Young's Moneyopolis and Merrill Lynch's Family Savings Center.   Other online sites such as the US Mint and The Bureau of Engraving and Printing can be found at Money links. Economy Government Sites Banking 17 Sports At Activities for Kids Sports and Instructional Links, you can find information about your favorite sports. Sports Information 18 Meriwether Lewis At the Lewis and Clark Expedition, you can follow the historical trail of these two great explorers. Sites for the kids: Go West across America with Lewis & Clark From the National Geographic Society. History Games 19 Orville Wright Off to a Flying Start from NASA, provides an introduction to Flight.  With Flight Timeline furnishing   links of information for people who made history in flight.  Find links for the Wright Brothers.  Two online stories for younger children The Airplane can Fly Book 1(K-1) and  Book 2 (K-2).  Construct the 757 Glider (a paper airplane). Aviation Information Stories Crafts 20 Paper Crafts If you enjoy origami crafts, then you will find plenty to keep you busy with Paper Crafts links. Origami
21/22 Weekend
23 Fruits & Vegetables Two sites that offer information and recipes are:  Dole 5 a Day and Fruits and Vegetables for Me! Nutrition 24 Medical Information Are your children up to date with their shots?  When is the right time for baby teeth to come out?  These questions and more can be answered at KidsHealth. More information: Pediatric links Children's Health 25 The Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institute is a wealth of knowledge on the web.  This site should be bookmarked for future homework reference. Homework Help 26 Medicine Information Need to find out more information about the medicine you are taking?  At Eckerd's Pharmacy you should find just about any medicine in  their Rx Advisor database. Medicine 27 Mother Teresa Mother Teresa won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.  Find out about others who have won this prestigious award at Nobel  Prizes.  You will also find about the many other Nobel Prizes that are awarded each year. Nobel Prizes
28/29 Weekend
30 Extracurricular Activities Back to School!  Check for clubs in your county.   Interested in finding out more about 4-H, Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts.  Find their local offices by selecting your county at  Florida Counties,  then select Clubs.  Local Clubs 31 How Stuff Works How Stuff Works provides an  incredible amount of information can be found at this site.  Great place for kids that ask "why?". Trivia
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