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Interesting Places for Kids

(Under Construction. Additional pointers welcome.)

This is an ongoing compilation of pointers to things that might be interesting to kids with access to the Web. I don't always have time to go back and re-check everything as often as I should, so a few of the links may have gotten rusty.

Note for parents:
This list is primarily for the benefit of my 9-year-old daughter Katy. Some of the contents may not be suitable for all audiences. Parental discretion is advised. See this note.

For educational resources, see Interesting places for parents

Advice and Warnings
Sometimes somebody on the Net may ask you for information your parents may not want you to give out. When in doubt, ask. Also look at the Advice and Warnings page for some suggestions, or click on a Advice: or Warning: icon whenever you see one. Always remember, if thinking about doing something makes you feel uncomfortable, it's probably wrong.

Contents

Art and literature

Note that kids' definitions of ``art'' and ``literature'' may be somewhat broader than their parents'.
ArtServe
``a variety of image collections and small presentations, all of which deal in some way with Art History-- from the Australian National University.
Dr. Fun
A ``Far Side''-like cartoon series. May not be suitable for all children, e.g. those whose parents have a low tolerance for strange or mildly offensive material. Katy loves it.
The Latest Webdog Cartoon
Courtesy of The Performing Graphics Company. Doesn't seem to change very often.
The Adventures of Cyber Cat
gives you a new random image each time you access it.
GNN Arcade
Pointers to comix, literature, pictures, and other fun stuff.
FineArt Forum List of Art Related Web Resources
Said to be a wonderfully comprehensive listing
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Literature and Art
Pointers to several interesting places, including the following collections of online books:
Books On-line
Including links to listings by Author and Title, as well as pointers to many other repositories. It almost isn't necessary to list anything else.

Museums and other exhibits

Many of these can be found from the Best of the Web awards; some are reachable from The Subway.
The Exploratorium
A hands-on science museum in San Francisco
The Smithsonian Institution
in Washington, DC.
The Louvre and a tour of Paris,
by Nicolas Pioch
EXPO Ticket Office
The starting point for a "virtual exposition" that includes exhibits from several different museums, libraries, and the like.
Honolulu Community College Dinosaur Exhibit
Pearl Street Online Gallery
African Art
Singapore's Digital Media Centre
Online Museum Exhibitions
Early instruments of the Institute of Physics of Naples
An exhibit of early scientific instruments. The descriptions may be dull for younger kids, but the pictures are cool. The home page above it also points to some pictures of Naples.
Geometry Applications Gallery
U. Minnesota Geometry Center

Other places to go and things to see

Outer Space

Explore the Universe with NASA's Astro-2
A shuttle mission, live on the Internet!
See Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit the planet Jupiter [here] [here] and [here]
In a solar system near you from July 16 to 22.
The Universe as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope
Views Of The Solar System
Chesley Bonestell Gallery
The works of a famous painter of astronomical scenes.
Image Sciences Division of NASA's Johnson Space Center
press release and Earth observation images from the manned space program from Mercury to the present.
The StarChild Project: Connecting NASA and the K12 Classroom
and WebStars: Astrophysics in Cyberspace

The World

The JASON Project
``Bringing the thrill of exploration and discovery live to students around the world as they participate in an amazing electronic field trip''
The Alaska Page
Maintained by the Teel Family at alaska.net
The Journey North
U. Michigan School of Education
Gateway to Antarctica
From the International Centre for Antarctic Information and Research (ICAIR) in New Zealand
A Tourist Expedition to Antarctica
L. Liming, U. Michigan
Geographic Information Systems
U.S. Geological Survey
Worldwide WWW Information
Organized as a clickable world map.
Window-to-Russia
The Children Page in Padova, Italy
Has a collection of postcards kids have sent them. (You can also get to the Italian-language version from their GIVE CHILDREN A CHANCE! page.)
a tour of Paris
Another tour of Paris
Singapore's Digital Media Centre
The Subway
pictures of Naples
Travels with Samantha
A full-length travel book, by Philip Greenspun, who traveled across North America to help himself get over the death of his dog, George. (Samantha is his computer.)
Advice: May not be suitable for young kids.
Kids on Campus 1994 from the Cornell Theory Center
A purely-visual home page that looks like a collection of signs.
WebWorld
``the first virtual world you can travel in, build in, and visually link to other parts of the World Wide Web.''--Essentially a Web-based MUD.

The World-Wide Web

Christmas in Cyberspace
Santa
Children's Pages at WombatNet
(appears to be defunct)
Oasis Kids' Corner
Games, an interactive story, and more. Heavy on pictures, light on explanations. Presented by an online bookstore.
Websters Page at Resolution Business Press
Uncle Bob's Kids' Page
Set up rather like this one, but even bigger and with more graphics.
KidsCom at SpectraCom
``KidsCom, a communication playground for children ages 8-12 is up and running. Kids can find key pals, get help with Internet questions from an Internet guru, talk about what they'd like to be when they grow up, explore links to other children's sites, enter sweepstakes to win prizes, and give feedback on what they'd like to see and do on the Internet.''
Advice: Before you can play, they want you to tell them your e-mail address and pick a password. If you already have a password at home or at school, pick a different one! Remember, your password is a secret, and any time you tell something to more than one other person (or computer), it's not a secret anymore.
Advice: They also want your real name and address! You might ask an adult to advise you on this one. Some places that do this may very well send you snail-mail trying to sell you something; your parents may object to this. I don't think this one will; they just want to know where you live.

Toys and Games

Play Hangman
(the word-guessing game) interactively.
Zarf's List of Interactive Games on the Web
Even more interactive games.
Transformers
Magic: The Gathering and also Magic
(also known as ``Magic, The Incurable Addiction'')
Juggling Information Service
Entertainment:Toys at Yahoo
LEGO Information
Bridge

Movies and TV Shows

The Unofficial Star Wars Home Page
Mos Eisley Spaceport
(another Star Wars page) accessible from here, which also points to some other media places, including
The Animaniacs Page

Web pages set up by (or for) kids

Elementary School Kids and their Families

My 9-year-old daughter Katy
Also, Katy's report on her visit to CRC on ``Take Our Daughters to Work Day''; April 28, 1994. (she was 8 at the time.)
The Petry Family Home Page
The Teel Family at alaska.net

Pages by parents for younger kids

My 2-year-old daughter Emmy.
Andrew Grossman
Six going on seven, made this web page with the assistance of his dad.
Cade and Morgan's Home Page
by Mike Coleman

Web pages set up by (or for) K-12 Classes

Elementary School Classes

Arbor Heights Elementary School
in Seattle, Washington.
Grand River Elementary
A WWW ``Yearbook'' for Brad Marshall's 5th Grade Class in Lansing Michigan, assisted by Gary J LaPointe (gary@ah3.cal.msu.edu)
Electric Lincoln Elementary
by the 6th Grade Class at Lincoln Elementary School in Iowa City, IA
Hillside Elementary
by a classroom of sixth grade students at Hillside Elementary School in Cottage Grove, Minnesota. Points to a good-sized list of other schools with Web pages.
Buckman School (OR)

Older Kids

Press Return
``Scholastic Network's online multimedia publication for middle and high school students.''
Monta Vista High School
located in Cupertino, California. ``We have been involved in using and finding new ways in which the Internet can be applied towards K-12 education since 1992.''

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Stephen Savitzky<steve@crc.ricoh.com>
Last modified: Wed Apr 5 17:48:38 1995