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information about topics discussed on the KidPositive site?
Check out these sites.
RECOMMENDED SITES
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- Adults:
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- Africa Home Page
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- Children:
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- Ancient Egyptian Kid Connection
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- Build Our Milky Way
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- Astronomy for Kids
The Nine
Planets for Kids
- CULTURES
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- Africa.com
- A portal site to African web pages, with a primary focus on
South Africa.
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- Africa
Online
- Daily news reports from various local African news media.
Includes a children’s section with links to South African
elementary schools as well as quizzes on African cultures and
languages.
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- Mali
- A page of info on the nation of Mali from University of
Pennsylvania
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- Dogon Culture
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- Photos of the Dogon Region
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- The Dogon
Brief description of the residence of the Dogon
and their knowledge of a Sirius B.
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- Journey to Mali
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- Adventure in Mali
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- African Countries
- Africa: Country Specific Information
- HISTORY
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- Ancient Egypt
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- Guardian's Egypt
- Learn all about ancient Egypt--from the pyramids and
hieroglyphs to art, literature and great monuments such as the
Sphinx.
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- Egypt--The Third Dynasty
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- Saqqara, Ancient Egypt
Sapparah
Pyramids
This PBS sponsored site talks about the first step
pyramid at Saqqarah built for King Zoser in 2750 BC. This site
also gives a brief description of the reasoning behind the pyramid’s
structure and contents.
- Chronology of Ancient Egypt
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- History of Egypt
- Egyptian Ministry of Tourism put together this history of
Egypt for children.
Welcome to Kemet
Life in Kemet
(Egypt)
Association for the Study of
Classical African Civilizations
Timbuktu
Timbuktu’s
Story
Follow the history of this ancient city from its founding to
the present day. Photos of the people and the area show what
visitors find today.
Timbuktu
Mystical city becomes real through
these photographs. Read its history, learn about its residents,
and find out how to get there.
Timbuktu-World
Heritage City
A site about ancient and present day Timbuktu
- Africans in America
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- The African American Mosaic
- This Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of
Black History and Culture contains samples of the Library of
Congress’ African American collection of books, periodicals,
prints, photos, music, film and recorded sound.
Gateway to
African-American History
African-American
Inventors
- Digital Memorial for Historian Dr. John Henrik
Clarke
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- The Faces of Science: African Americans in the
Sciences
- Profiles of African American men
and women who have contributed to the advancement of science
and engineering.
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- Schomburg Center
- The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture from the
New York Public Library provides online access to national
research documenting the experiences of peoples of African
descent throughout the world.
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- The Story of Mary McLeod Bethune
- The story of the famed educator.
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- The
Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Maintained by the Black Alumni Chronicle of the University
of Dayton (Ohio), this site celebrates the work of Paul
Laurence Dunbar, the first African American to gain national
prominence as a poet.
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- New Hampshire Black History
- The history of blacks in the New Hampshire area since 1645.
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- World African Network Black History Articles
- Features a host of editorials, essays and news articles
related to the history of African people throughout the world.
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- African American Civil War Soldiers
- A database of the 235,000 names of African American soldiers
from the Civil War. Includes history of the colored troops as
well as significant battles.
Buffalo
Soldiers
The Amistad Case
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
presents information on the Amistad case, a Supreme Court case in
1839 that involved a group of illegally captured Africans who
seized their captors' ship and killed the captain.
- Exploring Amistad
- Contains a detailed narrative of the Amistad story, along
with several primary documents.
Presented by Mystic Seaport: The Museum of America and
the Sea.
Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin
Banneker
Brief description of Benjamin Banneker’s life and
achievements.
Who is
Benjamin Banneker?
Biographical background from the Banneker Center for
Economic Justice.
Benjamin Banneker: The First African American
Inventor
Brief description/biography of Benjamin Banneker’s
life and achievements from Invention Dimension, hosted by the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Lewis Latimer
Short
biography of Lewis Latimer by Donegal Middle School
Short
biography of Lewis Latimer and his achievements
Biography
of Lewis Latimer including the patents he obtained and other books
on the scientist
- Latin America
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- The Aztec Empire
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- Aztec Manuscripts
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- The Aztecs of Mexico
Welcome
to Mexico
Interactive site for kids about the Aztecs
Background
on The Aztecs/Mexicas with links to other Aztec homepages.
- The Conquest of the Aztecs
- A brief history of how the
Spaniards conquered the Aztecs, provided by North Park
University in Chicago, Illinois.
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- Women
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- Women in
American History
- Presents the many roles women have played throughout
American history beginning with Pocahontas and continuing
through the present time.
Women in
American History
Women
Inventors & Innovators
- Biographies of Women Mathematicians
- Features over 130 biographical essays of women in
mathematics, including photos and references. The site is part of an
on-going project by math students at Agnes Scott College.
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- Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
- This archive contains information about more than 50 women
in the past century (to 1976) who have made original and
important contributions to physics.
EDUCATION AND PARENTING
- Parenting
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- Parent
Soup
- An on-line community for parents featuring a parenting
library with information in sixteen major topics and a Baby
Name Finder with information on more than 5,000 names.
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- Black
Families.com
- Cox Interactive Media site that features areas on family
finance, relationships, parenting and community chat.
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- Berit's Best Sites for Children
Children’s Express website
- Family
Internet
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- Kids
& Family Yellow Pages
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- Hot List of K-12 Internet School Sites
- Contains links to elementary schools, middle schools, high
schools, and school districts in the US, arranged by state.
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- Scholarships
Fund
- The website which awards scholarships to students wishing to
attend private schools (K-12).
Also features a United States Private School Search
Database provided by the Department of Education.
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- African American Teachers Lounge
- Primarily for African American teachers, features links to
lesson plans, ideas for teachers.
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- Benjamin Banneker Association
- Learn about the history, goals and activities of the
Benjamin Bannekerl Association, a non-profit organization for
teachers concerned about the mathematics education of
African-American children.
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- References
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- Blue Web'N
- Features a searchable and browsable database of select K-12 educational
sites, rated on a five star scale, and they are annotated and
organized for optimal user access.
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- Little Explorers Picture Dictionary A
picture dictionary with links allowing children to explore the
Internet to learn more about the words they have chosen. Each entry contains a
picture definition and a simple word definition. Many of the entries
are also linked to outside sites that further develop the
meaning of the word.
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- Information
Please Kids Almanac
- Site geared towards kids, parents, and teachers with
reference information grouped into seven categories: people,
fun facts, science, world, sports, life, and U.S.
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- SCIENCES
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- General Science
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- Cool Science for Curious Kids
- Children can explore animal classifications, dust particles
in the air, the life stages of a butterfly, and which plant
parts to use in a garden salad, at this simple and
well-designed site.
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- Eric's Treasure Troves of Science
- A detailed compilation of on-line glossaries in eight
topics, as well as a scientific bibliography. Topics include
math, physics, astronomy, and chemistry.
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- Explore
Science
- A fun site that features interactive learning modules in the
areas of mechanics, electricity & magnetism, life science,
waves, optics, and astronomy.
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- The
Exploratorium
- The Exploratorium Science Center in San Francisco,
California
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- The Franklin
Institute Science Museum
- The Science Museum in Philadelphia, PA.
Neuroscience
for Kids
Learn about the nervous system. Activities and
experiments about the brain and the spinal cord.
VolcanoWorld Starting
Point
Definitions and concepts relating to volcanoes and
geology. This site is supported by NASA and has a
variety of information ranging from earthquakes to tsunamis
- Maryland
Science Center
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- The Science of Baseball
- This web page from the Exploratorium in San Francisco
teaches students of all ages, even adults, why a curve ball
curves, how to throw a fastball, and how to improve their
swing, for starters.
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- Astronomy
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- African American Astronauts
- Profiles of black astronauts from NASA.
Ask the
Astronomer
Ask an
Astronomer
- Astronomy for Kids
The Nine Planets
for Kids
Detailed information regarding the Sun, the Inner
Planets, the Asteroid Belt, Comets and the Outer Planets. Complete
with photos and movies.
Biography
of Mae C. Jemison by EEO Committee County of Henrico, VA
Mae C. Jemison: First African American Woman in Space
(picture of her aboard Endeavor space shuttle
Biography
of Mae C. Jemison by EEO Committee County of Henrico, VA
Mae
C. Jemison: First African American Woman in Space
(picture of her aboard Endeavor space shuttle).
- Earth
and Sky
- The official site of the Earth and Sky radio program.
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- Future
Astronauts of America
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- National
Air & Space Museum
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- Sirius A & B Scientific Descriptions
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- Solar
System Simulator
- This NASA site allows users to create color views of the
solar system and any of its bodies. See what Earth
looks like from Mars! Features
sample QuickTime and MPEG movies.
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- Space
Camp
- Contains links to information on the four US space camps for
children and adults with an interest in space and aeronautics. Also provides
information about space camp scholarships.
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- The Space Place
- A fun learning center for young astronomers, this NASA site
features information and activities about astronomy presented
in an entertaining format.
Features a glossary, the history of space travel and
several activities to print out or complete on line.
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- Starchild
- A fun learning center for young astronomers, this NASA site
features information and activities about astronomy presented
in an entertaining format.
Features a glossary, the history of space travel and
several activities to print out or complete on line.
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- Yohkoh Public Outreach Project
- Images and video from an x-ray telescope on board the Yohkoh
satellite with special emphasis on the sun.
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- Telescope Basics
- Celestron offers a very good overview of telescopes for the
person just getting started in astronomy. It answers questions
about the different types of telescopes and also gives the
advantages and disadvantages of each. Contains numerous
pictures and illustrations.
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- How to Choose a Telescope
- An excellent guide on how to choose the right telescope. It includes
information about how to start out with binoculars, how to use
star charts and what you will be able to see.
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- Introduction to Large Telescopes
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- Hubble Space Telescope
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- Health
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- FDA Kids Home Page
- Great area for kids at U.S. Food and Drug Administration
site. A fun
skeleton character shows the medical devices that replace real
body parts. Take quizzes on food safety and tobacco, get information
about vaccines and print a food safety coloring book.
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- The Sickle Cell Information Center
- This site provides info on Sickle Cell Anemia for health
care providers and patients alike. Features a
professional summary of the disease, a list of conferences,
newborn screening information, transfusion protocol
information, and general information.
Sickle Cell
Anemia for Parents
Gives parents information about sickle cell facts, what to
do if their new borns have sickle cell and questions to ask
doctors.
- Defiers.com
- The Sickle Cell Disease Website
- A comprehensive forum of sickle cell disease information, links,
message boards and even movie reviews. For and by
Sickle Cell “defiers.”
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- Complete Home Medical Guide
- The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
provides this on-line book divided into 34 chapters in six
major sections: using the health care system; wellness;
symptoms; first aid; treatment and prevention; and proper use
of medications.
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- Math
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- PBS Mathline
- A website from the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) for
educators which provides monthly activities that relate
mathematical concepts to real world situations.
Mathematics
of the African Diaspora
History
of Mathematics in Africa
- Nature
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- The
Tiger Information Center
- This website provides information on tiger biology,
population status, and conservation. Includes interactive
quizzes, role-playing exercises and multimedia gallery.
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- Eyes of the Tiger - National Geographic
- This website contains information on tiger natural history,
related resources, classroom activities, and an on-line forum
to discuss tiger conservation issues.
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- 3-D Insects
- Alexei A.
Sharov, Research Scientist in the Department of Entomology at
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
(Virginia Tech), provides this fascinating look at insects.
The site is highlighted by fourteen VRML insects (QuickTime
movies are also provided), including beetle, ant, mantis,
flea, and wasp.
Water
Science for Schools
This website sponsored by the US Geological Surveys
(USGS) teaches about the importance of water in our everyday
lives.
- B-EYE
- A neuroscientist studying insect vision designed this site
to allow visitors to see the world "through the eyes of a
honey bee."
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