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Government Sites
3D
Twirler - (National Gallery of Art) - Design and texturize three-dimensional shapes. Learn how
artists create these special effects without a computer. (Shockwave required)
A Tour Through the Bureau of Engraving and Printing - (Department of
the Treasury) - Join Agents Cash and Banks on a fun and exciting tour through the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing. Learn about the history of United States currency in History Hall and the process of making new
currency in the Production Room. This is something you have to download, so make sure to ask your parents
first.
Activities - NASA Kids' Club - (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) - Build
a gingerbread robot and make a pop rocket!
Activity Sheets - Smithsonian Education - These
Activities Sheets, each on a single theme, include word and number games, art exercises, and fun quizzes.
With each activity, you will learn about something new, from the anatomy of the giant squid to the history of
chocolate.
Art Zone - What
is a collage machine? Or a 3-D twirler? This site from the National Gallery of Art has interactive art that you
can make online.
Beach
Kids - Games - Shoot bacteria in the water, test you memory, or read a good story.
Ben's Interactive Games - Try out these wordfinds, mazes and map games to help you
learn more about our government. To play any of these games, you need the Macromedia Flash Player.
BRUSHster - NGA Kids - (National Gallery of Art) - BRUSHster is an online painting
machine. This shockwave interactive includes more than forty brushes and customizable size, transparency,
texture, and stroke options.(Shockwave required)
Building Blocks for a Healthy Future - (Department of Health and Human Services) - The
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information advises - - be smart - - don’t start! Learn the facts on
just saying no to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.
California Kids Corner-Stuff for Little Kids - Enjoy fun games, puzzles, songs, stories,
and much more all for you!
Coast Guard Coloring and Activity Books - (U.S. Coast Guard) - If you want to
learn about the Coast Guard, scroll to the bottom of this page and read the Our Day With the Coast
Guard activity book.
Collage Machine - NGA Kids - (National Gallery of Art) - Create your own collage of using
shapes, flowers, animals, instruments, faces and more. (Shockwave required)
Collage Machine II - NGA Kids - (National Gallery of Art) - Create your own collage of using
signs, shapes, flowers, sculptures, colors, faces and more. (Shockwave required)
CryptoKids - (National
Security Agency/Central Security Service) - Peer into the secret world of cryptology: making and breaking codes.
Play lots of games and activities at this site too!
Defense Intelligene Agency Kids Site - Choose your mission (or game). This page
includes Hangman, Simon, puzzles and more.
Digging for Answers - (Smithsonian Education) - Tests your
research skills as well as your expertise. With each question, you have the choice of answering on your own or
trying to beat the clock as you search for the answer on a Smithsonian website. (Flash required)
Drinking Water & Ground Water - Games and Activities -
Play word scrambles, a matching game and a game that lets you control the water cycle.
Energy Kids Page - Fun and Games - Did you know that ink and crayons are made from
fossil fuels? Check out this site and find out other facts. Check out the energy riddles page!
Energy Star
Kids - (Environmental Protection Agency) - Be an Energy Star! Find out how you and your
classmates can make big changes and help save the world.
Farm Service Agency for Kids - This site, from the Farm
Service Agency, has fun games to teach you more about farming, crops and ranches.
Fish Kids -
(Environmental Protection Agency) - Fish are healthy food, but some fish may not be safe to eat because they
are contaminated with chemicals. Before you go fishing or go to the market, look for fish advisories that tell you
which fish are safe to eat.
Flow - NGA
Kids - (National Gallery of Art) - Flow is a motion painting machine. Choose a picture and create
a path for the motion. (Shockwave required)
Food and Nutrition - BAM! - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Find recipes for
quick, easy, tasty, and healthy treats. Play games on making good eating decisions. Find out about healthy
snacks.
Fun Activities - Best Bones Forever - (Office on Women's Health)
- Choose a physical activity and learn more about that sport.
Fun Activities from the Department of State - Did you know that the U.S. Department of
State gives people passports so they can travel to and from the United States? Learn more about the
passport process by playing these games.
Games - VA Kids, K - 5th Grades - make medals, beat the blocks, color, and more
Games and Activities - Small Step Kids - (Department of Health and
Human Services) - What can healthy eating do for you? Find out by playing around with these cool games and
activities.
Games and Quizzes on Disasters and Preparedness - (Federal Emergency
Management Agency) - This page has over 20 games about disasters like hurricanes, thunderstorms,
earthquakes and more.
Garfield Star Sleeper - (National Center on Sleep Disorders Research) - Sleep Well.
Do Well. This site brings you information on sleep and how it helps you do your best.
Garfield's Comic Creator - You can create and print your very
own Garfield comic strips.
GEOINT Games - NGA Kids - (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) - Connect the
dots, make a map, word search, and more.
Get a Clue About Collecting - (U.S. Mint) - Learn about coin collecting.
Grind Your Mind - BAM! - (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Skateboard with
Matt through this animated quiz on peer pressure! Get the questions right and check out Matt performing some
cool tricks on his skateboard.
H.I.P.
Pocket Change Games - (U.S. Mint) - Have fun playing these online games about coins.
Habitat Adventure: Panda Challenge - In "Habitat
Adventure: Panda Challenge!", you will help make decisions about a fictional forest reserve. You will use
binoculars, field guides, a camera, and other tools, as well as talk to local people to help you make the best
decisions.
Ice Cream Facts - Science Reference Services -
(Library of Congress) - Find great resources about the history and making ice cream.
Ice Cream Inc. Game - (Michigan Department of Agriculture) - Play this game
and have fun running your own ice cream business.
Join the Lorax and Help Protect the Earth from Global Warming - (Environmental
Protection Agency) -Do your part everyday by making easy changes at home and at school and help stop global
warming. This book has fun activities, games and puzzles.
Kids Saving Energy - Games and Activities - (Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy) - Fun games and activities for kids who want to save energy.
MapStats for
Kids - Check out this site and you can learn concepts about maps and statistics through cool
games.
Meet Me At Midnight - (Smithsonian American Art Museum) - This site presents a
perplexing scenario. An artwork, the dreaded Root Monster, comes alive and wreaks havoc in the galleries
overnight. Visitors choose a friend, a character that has been separated from its artwork, to help aright the
mixed-up museum and find its way back home.
Memory Game - Census for Kids - Play
the memory game and learn how everyone counts.
Michael's Inside Scoop on Genetics - BAM! - (Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention) - Your genes are instruction codes for your body - telling cells what to do.
These instruction codes do everything, from telling your body when to start puberty to determining the shape of
your nose.
MyPyramid.gov Blast Off Game - Kids can reach Planet Power by fueling their rocket with
food and physical activity. Fuel tanks for each food group help you keep track of how your choices fit into
MyPyramid. (Flash Player 7 required)
NASA Kids Club - This site has cool games - including exploring and learning about
space, building and launching rockets, exploring Mars, keeping airplanes on schedule and helping a comet
travel through the solar system.
NBII Kids - National Biological Information Infrastructure - (Geological Survey) -
You'll find games, puzzles, stories, and projects that help kids learn about nature and conservation while
having fun.
NGA Kids - Choose
from a variety of activities or projects from the National Gallery of Art, enjoy an animated musical adventure,
take a tour through the sculpture garden, and more.
NIEHS Kids' Page -
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) - Learn how the environment affects your health. Get
ideas for science projects, tackle some brainteasers, and more.
NROjr.gov - Learn about the
wonders of science, math and space in a fun and interactive site.
Patent and Trademark Office Kids Page - (Patent and Trademark Office) -
What are patents, trademarks and copyrights you ask? Here you will find the answers to the most frequently
asked questions about "intellectual property."
Peace Corps
Challenge - This game gives you the opportunity to work in the fictional village of Wanzuzu as a
Peace Corps Volunteer.
Pixel Face -
NGA Kids - (National Gallery of Art) - Choose a portrait and use different colors and brushes to
change the picture. (Shockwave required)
Planet Protectors Club - Planet Protectors create less waste in the first place!
This site has games, activities and reading materials to help save our planet from too much waste.
Playtime for Kids - This site provides links to all kinds of sites with information on weather,
science, and space.
Portrait for
Kids - Follow the clues and help solve a make-believe mystery! Using your noggin and a special
spyglass tool, you’ll uncover hidden layers of the painting and learn fascinating facts about the portrait along
the way, from the National Gallery of Art. Let the sleuthing begin!
Sing-Along -
(National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) - NIEHS has included this sing-along section to teach
environmental health science through song.
Space Place -
(NASA) - Check out the games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology.
Stamp Collecting - (Postal Service) - Stamp collecting
can be a lifetime hobby. It's fun and educational for all ages and it's easy to start without a big investment.
Thomas Jefferson's Recipe for Vanilla Ice Cream - (American Treasures
of the Library of Congress) - A passionate gourmet, Jefferson acquired a stock of standard French recipes.
Among the most popular of these recipes at Monticello was this one for vanilla ice cream - written by Jefferson,
with his own recipe for Savoy cookies to accompany the dessert on the back.
Tough Choices - BAM! - Play against other contestants to prove you can deal
with tough choices.
Water
Sense Game - (Environmental Protection Agency) - Move the water-efficiency hero Flow through
water pipes and answer water-efficiency questions while avoiding water-wasting monsters. Use the
information you've learned on this Web site to test your knowledge.
WaterLife: Where Rivers Meet the Sea - (National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration) - An interactive story based on the estuarine environment introduces what the estuary is, its
diverse ecosystems, tidal influences, restoration efforts, marine debris, and personal responsibility and care
for environment.
Where's
Smithy? - (Smithsonian Institution) - Meet a border collie named Smithy. He has run away and is
somewhere at the Smithsonian. Figure out where Smithy is and then follow him by visiting Smithsonian
museums on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Word Find - Census for Kids - Have fun
playing with these 4 word finds.
You Are Here -
(Federal Trade Commission) - This site helps you think like a consumer and find out things like how
advertising influences your decisions.
Other Resources
Activity TV - Free
step-by-step video instructions with printable instructions for a wide array of fun activities for children. This site
covers a variety of topics, such as crafts, cooking, puppets, science, and more.
Animaland Activities - This site from the American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) has great information on caring for you pet, humane education,
games and cartoons and much more.
ArtGames - Artgames is an interactive website designed to engage children in
playful, interactive learning about works of art in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York.
Cartoon
Network - You can play games, watch animated short movies and see the schedule of shows.
All with your favorite characters!
Children's Museum
of Manhattan - Explore five floors of exhibits: PlayWorks, Ancient Greece, Little West Side, City
Splash and Adventures with Dora and Diego.
Clifford the Big Red
Dog - Everyone's favorite big red dog! You can read along with Emily Elizabeth, visit T-Bone's
Town, get to know the Islanders, or play with Clifford!
CodeRedRover.org - Visit this cool site to learn about home safety
and health. Meet Rover, the home safety hound and get ready to become a safety ranger.
Coloring Book - National Geographic Kids - Pick a picture of an
animal, print it out and color it in. Print 'N' Go from National Geographic Kids.
Cooking with Children - For grownups, spending time in the
kitchen might be a chore, but for children the kitchen is a fun and exciting place. Children love to cook and
relish doing things like kneading and rolling out dough or cracking eggs and mixing batters.
Cotton
Campus - Learn about the amazing world of cotton. Where does cotton come from? How is it
grown? Find out here.
Crayola - Games and Fun - All kinds of fun activities to help you express your
imagination.
Create Your
Own Adventure - Fill in the blanks and create a funny story with you in it!
Cub Scouts - Fun and Games - Enjoy this arcade of online games, designed especially
for Cub Scouts.
CyberChase
Online - Companion site to CYBERCHASE, PBS’s new animated math adventure series,
intended to foster math literacy and problem-solving skills. Play interactive games and crack challenging
puzzles, meet the characters, and experience original adventures.
Day at the Beach - Curious George - George is at the
beach and would like some help making sand castles, but there's a science to it. Experiment by mixing sand
and water, in various shaped containers, to determine the consistency needed to make a solid shape. (Flash
required)
Destination Modern Art - Destination Modern Art has an interactive online gallery and offers
an introduction to The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and its affiliate, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center. Look
carefully at works of art and learn about artists and their techniques.
Dive to the Abyss - You have been selected to lead an important dive mission; you must
explore the deep sea in a submersible.
EekoWorld
- EekoWorld (Environmental Education for Kids Online) invites you to explore, experiment, and collaborate as
you learn about conservation and the environment.
EnergyHog.org - Hog Busters Training Camp - Become Official Hog Busters by playing
cool games and learn about saving energy.
Exploring the
Science of Light - Has experiments and games to help kids learn about light.
Family Ice Cream Sandwich Night - Ask your parents to
join you when you make these homemade, ice cream sandwiches!
Games - National Geographic for Kids - Play fun
games like Recycle Roundup, Weather Word Search, Virtual Pet, and Baby Animal Memory. To try some of
these activities, you need the latest version of Flash.
Geography Games - National Geographic Kids - Boost
your knowledge of the world with the GeoBee Challenge, GeoSpy game and learn the continents with
Copycat.
Georgia Aquarium - Kids Corner - Check out the variety of fun activities. Use the Animal
Guide to learn more about many of the animals you will see when visiting the Aquarium so you can easily
identify them. Print off cool coloring pages to decorate animals you will encounter, and learn more about the
people who work with the animals on a daily basis.
Highlights
Magazine - Highlights Magazine has been around for kids for long time. It's packed full of stories
and activities.
Hip Hop Harry - Hip
Hop Harry is a cool, loveable bear that uses the popularity of Hip Hop music and dance to educate and
entertain you, while teaching life lessons, social values, health and fitness, and creative skills.
Journey to the Deep - Explore the oceans' habitats and encounter an array of marine
animals as you venture from a familiar rocky shoreline to the weird waters of the deepest abyss.
Kids’ Bill of Rights - PBS Kids Go - Here are collected ideas from kids all across the
country, with their suggestions for the Kids Bill of Rights.
Life On the Edge - You are Professor Newton Skylar. You miniaturise yourself and visit
different zones along the coast - rocky shore, dunes and sandy beach.
Monterey Bay Aquarium Animals & Exhibits - Information about
the award-winning exhibits and animals on display at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California,
including live web cams, information about ocean life and educational activities.
MouthPower.org - Let Mouthie take you into the MouthPower laboratory.
Experiment to find the healthiest choices about food, tobacco, and cleaning habits. Explore the history of
dentistry and the story of your own teeth! Then create your own poster about healthy mouth habits.
Mr. Rogers'
Neighborhood - Are you unsure about some ot the scary (violent) things you see on TV or read
about? Make sure to talk about your concerns.
Music Around
the World - Sesame Street Playlist - Learn with Grover and his global love for music. (Flash
required)
Music
Games - Play match games, a scavenger hunt, and try out the minuet mixer!
Music, Art and Creativity - Sesame Street Playlists - Browse and learn
from different videos about art.
National
Aquarium Exhibits - The Aquarium features hundreds of exhibits featuring more than 16,500
animals. Find out what's happening now.
Net Smartz Kids
- Do you like to surf the net? Learn how to be safe and have fun while surfing the World Wide Web. Lots of
games, too!
Open Ocean - Game - You are a fish. If you want to survive, you need to adapt. Will you
live long enough to be the very best?
Operation
Extermination - Join Vinny on this week's funny adventure into the insect world. See 3D comic
strips and animation, meet the characters, and print coloring pages.
Otto the Auto in the Otto
Club - Brought to you by the trusted traffic safety leaders of AAA, the Otto Club is filled with safety
tips and advice, traffic safety-related guides, dozens of new links, and much, much more.
PBS Kids Go - At this
fantastic website you can play with your favorite PBS characters! Check out lots of cool games or be a history
detective!
People and Places - Sesame Street Playlists - Watch videos and learn about different
people and places.
PestWorld for Kids: Learning Games - Mysterious and exciting, the world of
pests challenges us to understand what attracts these animals to our homes and yards. Tackle the pest
challenge with these learning games!
Playmusic.org - A cool
site for kids from the American Symphony Orchestra League. Learn all about classical music and the different
instruments that make it.
Playnormous -
Play fun games, watch animation, and learn how to stay healthy.
Reading Planet - Reading is Fundamental - This site has read-along stories and
songs help you with spelling and pronunciation. You can also learn about illustrators and authors.
Roald Dahl
Website - With several trumpet choruses and the appearance of a few of his most beloved
characters, visitors to the official Roald Dahl website are greeted in a fashion that befits one of the 20th
century's most loved authors of creative and intelligent books for children. (Flash Player required)
Seussville - Playground - All kinds of fun games on this Dr. Seuss
site.
Skeleton Jigsaws from the BBC - Imagine how hard it is to reconstruct
animals from fossil bones where many of the pieces are broken up or lost. Try your luck with the jigsaws.
South Carolina Aquarium - Kids' Page - If you love science, animals, nature, and the
South Carolina Aquarium, this place is for you! Learn more about sea turtles and watch them eat and check out
Carly's Sea Star Captain's Log.
SparkTop.org - Where
no two brains spark alike - this is a place where kids who learn differently can create awesome stuff, play
games, connect with other kids and discover new ways to succeed in school and in life.
Thomas Jefferson - A Day in the Life - Ice Cream At Home
Activity - Ice cream frequently appears in visitors' accounts of meals with Thomas Jefferson.
Jefferson was able to enjoy ice cream throughout the year because ice was "harvested" from the Rivanna River
in winter and taken to the Monticello ice house, which held sixty-two wagon-loads. The first American recipe for
the dish is in Jefferson's hand.
What’s the Word - Play word scramble and word search games with
vocabulary words you need to know when talking about the economy.
Where's Waldo? -
Think you know what Waldo is about and what he’s up to, where he’s been and where he’s going? Here’s
where you can catch up on Waldo!
Zoboomafoo - Find out
about this show for kids on PBS! This fun site has cool info on the characters, facts about animals, games, and
coloring pages.
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