WAP "FAMILY FRIENDLY"

WEB SITES

1998 Edition

The following pages contain some great World Wide Web sites you can try out

for families, kids, even teachers!

 

Some area-specific links for Montgomery County, Md. are also included.

 

DON'T FORGET TO BOOKMARK YOUR FAVORITE SITES!

 

IF you find any interesting sites for families or kids, let us know and we'll add

them in an updated version.

Table of Contents

• SITES FOR KIDS
• SITES FOR PARENTS
• SITES FOR DC-AREA SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS
• SITES FOR TEACHERS
• SITES FOR TRAVELERS
• SITES FOR INVESTORS AND SMALL BUSINESS PEOPLE
• SITES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND
• SITES FOR THE U-S GOVERNMENT
• SITES FOR ENVIORNMENTAL ISSUES
• SITES FOR WEB SEARCHES OR PHONE SEARCHES
• SITES FOR WEATHER FORMATION
• SITES FOR DC AREA COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
• KID'S DISCUSION GROUPS

GREAT SITES FOR KIDS

Jumping Off Sites

Berit's Best Sites for Children	Global Online Adventure Learning Site
Children's Corner	700 Great Sites for Kids	Mintie White Internet Jump Page
	Internet For Kids	Sink or Swim
Children's Express	Kidscom	Ultimate Children's Sites
CyberKids	KidNews	Xplore Kids
EdWeb	Kid's Space	Yahooligans

Ethnic Heritage and International Sites

Africa for Kids Only	Hispanic USA	China for Kids Only
Kids Explore African American Experiences	Hispanic Children's Books Study Center
African Americana	Los Kitos	Destination Cambodia
Afro-Americ@Kids Zone	Native American Resources	Vietnam - My Homeland
African American Inventors

Art, Science and Earth Sites

ENN: El Nino Special	Ocean Planet - Smithsonian Institution	NOAA: El Nino Theme Page
USA Today: What is El Nino?	StormFax Weather Almanac	Current State of El Nino

Cable in the Classroom	Home and School Science Center	PBS & NOVA
Earth Appreciation	HST's Greatest Hits 1990-95
Exploratorium Museum	Le Louvre	Project Galileo Home Page
FEMA Kids Page	New Habitat - San Diego Zoo	Virtual Whales
Fractal Microscope	Bill Nye the Science Guy	Volcano World
Franklin Institute Science Museum	Paleontology Without Walls	Web Museum
Frog Dissection		Yahoo! Dinosaurs

Reference Sites for Kids

African American Booklist	Grolier Online	On Line Library Links
Black History Month	Jesse's Word of the Day	Pitsco's "Ask the Experts"
Biographical Dictionary	KidsConnec	Roget's Thesarus
Booknook	Kidsweb	Rhyming Dictionary
Britannica	Kidopedia	Schoolwork.Org
Calendar & Clock Page	Libweb	Shakespearean Homework Helper
Careers and Colleges	Little Explorer's Dictionary	Virtual Library
Geometry Center	Mapquest	Yahoo! Homework Answers
Electric Library	My Virtual Reference Desk	WWWebster's Dictionary
Encyclopedia.Com	Onelook Dictionary	The WhyFiles

Just Plain Fun Kid's Sites

	Grey Labyrinth	Puzzle Page
Billy Bear's Alphabet Games	HP Digital Bookclub	Puzzlemaker
Bonus.Com	Illusionworks	Retail Alphabet Game
Carlos' Coloring Book	Gazette Minipage	Riddle Me This
Digital Education Network	Origami	Soccer Cybertour For Kids
Discovery Channel	Best Paper Airplane	Sports Illustrated For Kids
Nancy Drew / Tom Swift & The Hardy Boys	Paper Air plane Hanger	Dr. Toy's Choices
Falcons' Nest	Puppetry

Just For Girls (shhhhhh)

A Girls World	Girl Talk	GirlSite
Cyber Girls	Girl Tech	Girltalk!
Girl Power	Girl's Place	Planet Girl

Commercial & PBS Kid's Sites

(and Sites about Commercial Products)

Animorphs - Scholastic Site

LazerKat's Ultimate Animorphs

Tamagotchi Adoption Agency	Tamagotchi Cemetery
Tam Cam	Tamagotchi Links and More Links

Adelante! Bilingual Books and Music for kids	Crayola	Lucas Arts Entertainment
American Girl	Disney	Snoopy and Charlie Brown
		Star Wars Cards Links
Bandai	Galloob	Space Jam Links
Barbie	Hasbro	Thomas the Tank Engine
Beanie Babies Home Page	PBS Kid Site Links	You Can with Beakman and Jax
Bonus.Com Kid's Supersite	Legos	You Rule School
Computer CD ROMS	Lite-Brite	Yuckiest Site on the Internet!

 

 

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Compiled by Dave Ottalini (dave.ottalini@tcs.wap.org)

Originally developed for Forest Knolls ES Family Computer Night - February, 1997

Second Edition - February, 1998