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General Education
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Languages Page
http://www.willamette.edu/~tjones/Language-Page.html

holy wow! contains a boatload of language links.
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Stephanie DaSilva's List of Lists
ftp to: rtfm.mit.edu
located in --> /pub/usenet/news.answers/mail/mailing-lists

Complete set of lists (that's right every mailing list known) along with
descriptions for each list. The list of lists is a good way to see if
there is a mailing list that coincides with your interests. Also included
are directions on how to join each mailing list or listserv. Make sure
you look at your mail each day or it can become quickly over-run. Some
popular mailing lists generate hundreds of email messages weekly. Make
sure you read how to "un-join" or cancel yourself from a mailing list.
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Educational Reference Sites
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SchoolHouse Web Site
http://www.packet.net/schoolhouse/Welcome.html

A WWW site specifically designed for K-12 students. It has a complete online
children's book library as well as an interactive map game.
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Kevin's Prairie Dog Town
gopher to:  skynet.usask.ca

One of the most interesting places for students and educators to visit on
the Internet. Much to do and much to see - it's never a boring visit.
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Education site WWW
http://www.wentworth.com/cyber/
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AskERIC (find and search for Educational resources on the Internet)
gopher to: ericir.syr.edu
Telnet to: ericir.syr.edu   log in as "gopher"
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Library of Congress Gopher
gopher to: marvel.loc.gov
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US Dept. of Education
gopher to:  gopher.ed.gov
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Smithsonian Institutue in Washington, D.C., US
ftp to: photo1.si.edu
Huge database of info and pictures!
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Interactive Weather Map
http://rs560.cl.msu.edu/weather/interactive.html
Interactive weather maps that has image map links. Click on a place
on the map and be transported there with full weather info available!
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INTELLiCast weather service
http://www.tasc.com/icast

Includes interactive maps and available 24 hours a day. This service is
updated hourly and has world weather watch info as well.
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US Department of Education
Gopher to: gopher.ed.gov
Contains an extensive set of documents and information relating to
education and educational issues.
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The White House (Wash, DC, USA)
FTP to: ftp.whitehouse.gov    start in the --> /pub/political-science
Gopher to: gopher.esa.doc.gov
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The White House, Washington, D.C.
gopher to:  gopher.esa.doc.gov
ftp to:  ftp.whitehouse.gov
The generalized address - has a lot of info to offer!
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International Centre for Distance Learning web page
http://acs-info.open.ac.uk/info/other/ICDL

Global learning center promotes learning across boundaries and the sharing
of information on a world-wide scope. Many countries are involved.

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ED-TECH
This listserv discussion (email messages full of info  automatically sent)
is focused in Educational Technology and is very well done and a highly
informative source of information. To sign up follow these directions:
--> send an email message to [e-mail]
--> In the subject line type: subscribe
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AskERIC (Education Resource Information Clearinghouse)
Gopher to: ericir.syr.edu
Telnet to: ericir.syr.edu  -->log in as "gopher"

An Internet site for answering educationally related questions (which is
quite a broad and expansive topical base). It is designed for teachers,
librarians, students and administrators although the wealth of information
is available to the general public also. Every educator should have this
address memorized. Use liberally and often. One of the most well respected
sites for educational materials on the Internet.
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Newsletters via Internet

Internet-on-a-Disk (The B&R Samizdat Express)
to join - send an email message to: [e-mail]
Subject line: Join
Message body: Include your name, email address and Join Internet
on a disk mailing list.
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KIDSPHER
Subscribe by sending email message to: [e-mail]
Subject line: <Your email address>
Message body: sub KIDSPHER <Your Name>

A mailing list providing a global network for K-12 students and
teachers that focuses on technological issues and international
communications.
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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
to join send email to: [e-mail]
Subject line: Join listserv
Message body: subscribe NATO <Your Name>
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PENPALS
to subscribe send a message to the following email address
email message to: [e-mail]
Subject line: penpal subscribe
Message body: subscribe penpal-l <your name>
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Cable News Network
Telnet to: vienna.hh.lib.umich.edu  -->log in as "mlink"

A complete classroom edition of CNN online. Look under Education for the
CNN Newsroom Classroom Guide. This is global learning ala Internet!
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Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
Telnet to: lib.uwstout.edu
use the word "library" to log-in. Hit <Contol>D key combo twice to exit.

A virtual gold mine of information that is often overlooked. You can use
this to perform comprehensive searches through hundreds (thousands?) of
magazines published in the US. Search by author, subject, title or keyword
to find the resources or articles you're looking for. Your search results
are then printed to screen and include a small abstract of the source
article and information in regards to the publication it is in. Invaluable!
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On-Line Complete Ready Reference
Gopher to: sol1.solinet.net
once connected choose the On-Line Ready Reference menu item

When they say 'complete" they really mean it! This site has got to be one
of the best general reference sites on the Internet. Contains such things
as the Periodic Table of Elements, Webster's Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus,
US telephone area codes, Zip Code directories, Amtrak train schedules, US
State Dept. Travel advisories and the list goes on and on... You will be
amazed at all the "goodies" in here. One-stop "info-shopping" at its best.
Every educator, student and internaut should have this address memorized!
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Dictionary Look-Up

WWW
http://c.gp.cs.cmu.edu:5013/prog/webster
http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/wessler/dict

Gopher
gopher://gopher.niaid.nih.gov:70/77/deskref/.Dictionary/enquire
gopher://knot.queensu.ca:17502/1webster
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The Internet Public Library
http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/

Internet Public Library advances new initiative through innovative
delivery of online youth services.

The formal opening of the youth services division of the Internet Public
Library (IPL), a prototype library of the future, at the School of
Information and Library Studies of the University of Michigan was
recently announced. Central to accomplishing the library's stated
mission of providing "services and information which enhance the value
of the Internet to its ever expanding and varied community of users,"
the IPL youth services division will help point the way to the library
of tomorrow, harnessing rapidly changing technology to reinvent library
service delivery for a 21st century audience.

The IPL youth services division has already made impressive strides
toward realizing its ambitious goals with projects and activities that
include a writing contest (for children only); an opportunity to
communicate with noted children's book authors; an interactive story
hour; and opportunities to discover and contribute to a budding list of
science projects and experiments. In what must surely be one of the
IPL's most innovative ventures, children and contribute to a budding
list of science projects and experiments. In what must surely be one of
the IPL's most innovative ventures, children and adults alike will be
able to submit questions online to such world famous writers as Lois
Lowry and Robert Cormier...imagine what it might have been like if our
generation had the chance to talk to Dr. Seuss! Best of all, the IPL
youth division has been able to develop their online service while
maintaining all the excitement and energy young people have come to
expect of a visit to the best local libraries. Talking mascots, living
folk tales, and endless opportunities for the creative spirit...all
these await you at the IPL youth division.

Ready for patrons on March 17, 1995, the Internet Public Library is
prepared to provide essential library services to a target audience
estimated to number 1/4 of the entire American population by the end of
the century. Chaired by an assemblage of internationally renowned
librarians and leading information industry professionals, the Internet
Public Library will offer an exciting vision of the library of tomorrow
as envisioned by many of the brightest talents in the field today.
Bringing the best features of the community library forward into a new
technological environment, IPL seeks to challenge our thinking about new
"communities" that will arise in the future and a broader range of
services the library of tomorrow might provide.


OK - so this explanation might seem a bit lengthy but this is a BRAND NEW
venture and a full explanation was necessary. An incredible resource that
'netters all over the world will find useful, educational and informative!
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The Reading Room
FTP to: info.umd.edu  /inforM/Educational_Resources/ReadingRoom
ftp://info.umd.edu/inforM/Educational_Resources/ReadingRoom

A wonderfully complete library online. Everything from classics to short-
stories and beyond. The HistoryPhilosophy section is great for research
work and it contains an abundance of works from the movers and shakers
in the course of world history. This site will leave you in awe of the
power of the Internet for this library really is worth the ftp trip.
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General Reference Sites
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Student Financial Aid page
http://www.cs.cmu.edu:800/afs/cs/user/mkant/Public/FinAid/finaid.html

If you thought getting financial aid was hard - try typing in this URL!
Loads of info on Student Aid and related programs and funding. A very
worth while stop for any student or parent of student. Includes info
on special grants and minority funding and links to various financial
aid offices. Very informative resource.
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Genealogy info resources

Gopher to:

ucs2.byu.edu
look in /General Information/LDSInformation/Genealogy
contains info archives from the ROOTS-L mail list

alpha.cc.utoledo.edu (port 70)
look in /Research Resources/Genealogy
The University of Toledo contains a huge database of genealogical based
information.

gopher.nara.gov  (port 70)
National Archives Record Administration (NARA) has both gopher and web
site links to geleaology information. A good place to start researching
your family tree and the "roots" of other family members.
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FTP to:

ftp.cac.psu.edu /pub/genealogy
contains shareware and freeware programs

vm1.nodak.edu
this is the ROOTS-L server and has mail list archives
look in the /ROOTS-L directory
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World Wide Web site

WWW Genealogy site (Genealogy Home Page)
http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/~saw/genealogy.html
contains docs, pointers, etc.

NARA WWW site
http://gopher.nara.gov/1/servers/genealog
The National Archives Record Administration is a good starting point for
any genealogy research project be it your own family tree or others.
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Usenet FAQs (Primary Site)
ftp to: rtfm.mit.edu
gopher to: rtfm.mit.edu

This is the primary site for Usenet FAQ docs (Frequently Asked Questions)
Every frequenter of Usenet should get here a few times a year to read
the FAQs - even seasoned "Net Pros" come here to browse the offerings.
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Calendar site
point your finger client to: [e-mail]

This is soooo coooool!  Just try it!  finger this address and enjoy!
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The Obituary Page
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/obituary/readme.html

A continually updated collection of obituary listings from around the world
At first this seems quite strange - but it is eerily interesting and you'll
be surfing this site far longer than you expected. Bizarre and unique.
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On-Line Writing Lab (OWL - at Purdue University)
Gopher to: owl.trc.purdue.edu
Web page: http://owl.trc.purdue.edu

You can also directly send questions to the Writing Lab tutors by using
the following format and address:
send email to: [e-mail]
Subject Line: owl-request
Message body: Type in your question or request as you normally would write
email. Be as specific as possible. Your reply will arrive within 2-4 days.

This is a public service of Purdue University and it is designed to help
students and undergraduates writing research and/or report papers. This
service also provides tips and help on how to write effective resumes and
business memos. The OWL team is most helpful and informative. They also
have info on many "official" formats that papers can be required to be
written in and understand the needs of college students. Proper paper
formatting, footnotes, headers and bibliographies are essential when it
comes to writing papers. Let OWL help you out. Don't expect them to
actually _write_ the paper for you though. That's another lesson...
For more information on the OWL service email to: [e-mail]
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Painter's Calculator
http://www.btw.com

After accessing web page, click on "Applets: A collection of Useful Tools
Online" and then select (click on) Paint Calculator. (Try out the other
neat tools too!) Fill in the blanks on the form (room dimensions, how many
coats of paint you'll want to use, etc), and then click on the "Calculate"
button. The "Paint Calculator" will figure out just how many gallons you'll
need for the job. It's accurate and not a toy. This is a professional tool.
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Car Loan Calculator
http://pond.cso.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/loan.pl

By entering in a few facts in this forms based page you can quickly
determine what the monthly payments will be. By omitting and changing the
numbers you can find out any variable such as the interest rate, total
amount of interest paid or the principal amount of loan. Choose to
calculate again and you're presented with the new loan scenario. Excellent!
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Online Computer Library Center (OCLC)
http://www.oclc.org

A new non-profit government funded project that will attempt to catalog
many of the Internet resources into a large organized "virtual" library.
Try out the "What's New - What's Hot" selection on the homepage to see
new and fresh web pages and Internet resources as they are being cataloged
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Myers-Briggs Personality Test
http://sunsite.unc.edu/jembin/mb.pl

A forms based web page that gives you the famous Myers-Briggs test online.
You simply answer the multiple choice questions (70 questions) then total
up your score. After your score is tallied your "personality traits" are
reduced to a four letter code that is your Keirsey Temperament Test Result.
Your score results also get you a list of others who share your score.
People from Abraham Lincoln to Isaac Asimov could be your personality peers
and the four letter personality code is recognized world-wide by many
Psychiatric and Psychological organizations. Give this a try - it's fun!
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K-12 Educational/Informational
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Places for Kids (of all ages)

Online Book Initiative Gopher
- WWW site -
gopher://ftp.std.com:70/11/obi/book/FairyTales

or gopher to: ftp.std.com
select "Online Book Initiative"

There's close to 100 favorite fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm and these
Grimm fairy tales are among the very best. Everything from Snow White to
Little Red Riding Hood resides here. Text only - but who needs pictures
when you have imagination and great stories to read. Enjoy!
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Kid's Internet Delight
http://www.clark.net/pub/journalism/kid.html

A fantastically cool place for kids AND adults. There is a lot of fun to
be had here and, my goodness, you really can have fun and explore and
learn at the same time! Visit the Electronics Lab of the Future and all
its gadgetry. Take a trip to the Chicago Field Museum of Natural History
where the DNA to Dinosaurs exhibit is located (and lots more!) Then travel
on to the Games Domain and hold on to your seat. Some of the hippest and
coolest places to link to are here. I'm telling you - no matter what age
you are - you'll have a blast (and actually learn something) from this
fantastic web page. You could visit here daily and not get bored. Plenty
of things to see and do make this another must see in your travels.
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MIDLINK Magazine
http://longwood.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink

This electronic magazine is designed by kids for kids. That's right - kids
design and make up this magazine (well... they get a little help) and it
changes every two months with each new issue. It is designed to both
educate and entertain and each new issue contains a central topic or theme.
Past issues are also online so you can see any you missed. Virtual trips
and exhibits abound taking youngsters on a tour around the world to see
many different sights and places and as they tour they learn lots about
these places. Tons of pictures and easy to read information plus neat and
interesting links make this a place that kids come back to time after time.
There are also riddles and cool problems to solve on puzzle pages scattered
about the 'zine and I doubt there is a better web page made chiefly by
kids on the Internet. Good educational material is not always easy to find
on that vast highway known as the Internet - so make sure your kids wind
up steering here. A great place for teachers and adults as well. Makes a
great educational resource for schools connected to the WWW.
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Street Cents Online
http://www.screen.com/streetcents.html

A cool way for kids to learn about money. No, not like a boring "making
change from a dollar" lesson but like an entertaining show designed to
educate while kids have fun learning. In fact, it was inspired by a
Canadian TV show that taught kids in a fun way all about money. Street
Cents is more like a Consumer's Reports, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek
and Time Magazine all-in-one for kids. Food taste tests done by kids
and food costs plus comments about new soft drinks can be some of the
things that are going on here. Plus other topics like TV ad exaggerations,
annoying commercials, music (what's hot/what's not), stocks and bonds (of
course PepsiCo, Apple and Hershey Foods (chocolate), are a few of the
favorites to track. Other neat things like info on part-time jobs (not
a classified section but a way for kids to learn what to expect out there
in the working world) and online clubs really keeps kids interested
and since it changes every week - it never gets stale. Don't be surprised
when your kids take control of your web browser and surf to this site
constantly to see "what's up"!
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Kids Web
http://www.npac.syr.edu

This is a World Web Web electronic library for kids. Almost every resource
a student needs is here (and I know a few adults that come here too).
Resources like the Periodic Table of Elements, a dictionary, a thesaurus
and lots more. There are many links to other informative resources and
this site contains many links to other informative sites too. History
resources, Literature resources and Science resources abound. There are
many interactive and multimedia pages and I doubt there is a better one
stop place to visit when you want to find out about a subject or need to
do research for a report. Another four-star rated web site for kids.
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Theodore Tugboat Online Activity Center
http://www.cochran.com/TT.html

Here's a site devoted to teaching kids about friendship, trust and the
importance of helping others, within an interactive short story entitled
"Thedore's Surprise Friend". This story was created especially for the
Internet and it is very engrossing for younger kids. Theodore the Tug
has to decide whether to greet a large and arrogant ship coming into
Big Harbour or to hang out with his buddy Barrington Barge. Youngsters
get to interactively help Theodore make decisions and the child's
decisions propel the story in any number of directions. The story unfolds
much like a large picture book and each page has a color illustration. The
many plot possibilities will keep kids interested and they can change
their decisions to see how the story will change. The pictures can be
downloaded easily so kids can collect a downloaded coloring book on
which they can color in the pages as they recant the adventure(s) of
Theodore the Tug. This is yet another four-star rated web page for kids.
It just doesn't get much better than this.
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Global Show-N-Tell exhibition
http://emma.manymedia.com/show-n-tell

A sharing place on the web for kids of all ages to show off their projects
and where they live to others on the net. There are students and schools
from Fairbanks, Alaska, and many northern California and north-western US
schools are represented here. There are also some pages that have email
addresses on them for kids to write and make "penpals". Personally I don't
like the idea of publicly showing a child's email address - but maybe that
is just me. Otherwise this is a good place for kids to visit but as it is
an ongoing project, I hope that other schools across the US would be on
here as well. Not a four-star page but a good start for a early project.
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PRESS RETURN web page
http://scholastic.com:2005/public/pressreturn/press-return.html

This is an electronic multimedia magazine that deals with various teen
experiences. This page is created by and foe middle school and high school
students. Each issue has a central "theme" and showcases many ideas and
various talents that the student writers have to express. Professional
editors and writers work hand-in-hand with the student contributors and
the web page is very well done. It is a work in progress (aren't they all?)
and so far seems to be both interesting, educational and fun! The pages
are well conceived and don't take long to download even on a 14.4K modem
connection. Highly recommended for students ages 10 - 18. (grades 6 - 12)
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Children's Literature

gopher to:  lib.nmsu.edu
ftp to:  ftp.portal.com/pub/arslonga
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
http://www.portal.com/~skip/ayli.html

All sorts of Children's Literature - both "classics" and modern stories.
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LEGO Product site
http://legowww.itek.norut.no

This has to be one of the coolest and most fun commercial sites around.
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FTP Fairy Tales
ftp to: info.umd.edu
then cd to: /inforM/Educational_Resources/ReadingRoom/Fiction/FairyTales

Everything from Goldilocks to Thumbelina to The Ugly Duckling. Contains
nearly 100 tales and the archive keeps growing...
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Plugged In: Young artists work site
http://www.plugged.org

Young children display their work online. The ages range from 4 years old
to 12 years old and although the quality may not be awesome the thought
and content truly is. See what youngsters are up to and who knows - maybe
the next mouse-dragging artist of the future will come from this site.
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Kidlink IRC
IRC: /SERVER +192.33.12.196 +6667
Gopher to: kidlink.ccit.duq.edu
Telnet to: kidlink.hampshire.edu

Always log on as: KIDLINK

Kidlink IRC allows kids 10-15 years old all over the world to talk with
each other in real time. It's a friendly place that lets kids talk about
well... what kids like to talk about. Sports, school, friends, music and
whatever else is on their mind. If you don't have an IRC client (for Mac
there is Homer or Ircle) then you can Telnet in to the IRC conversation
for 15 minutes as long as you give your real name and email address. Kids
without their own email address can give their parent's email address. If
you want to talk here on a regular basis - you'll have to sign up - but it
is a FREE service and costs nothing! If you are a kid and want to talk
with your peers - this is the place to go. It's always on and always a
happening place to be. This IRC service is becoming quite popular.
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Muppets Home Page
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/VR/BS/Muppets/muppets.html

A fun place for kids of all ages to visit. Not only does it contain a
complete listing of everything the Muppets have ever done but it has links
to many other Muppet related sites as well. Henson would be proud of this.
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The Children Page
http://www.pd.astro.it/local-cgi-bin/kids.cgi/forms

Allthe way from Italy comes this fantastic page for kids. Links to new and
exciting places abound along with a virtual tour of Italy's sights. You can
visit the Museo Archeologico di Cagliari, learn about Italy's Sardinia
region, learn about Italy's soccer teams or blastoff to links devoted to
space travel, planets and astronomy including great NASA astronomy sites.
There are many "odds-n-ends" links that will keep kids engaged for hours
so make sure they get some sleep before staying up all day or night trying
to browse through this site. It keeps changing and many new links are
being added - a great place for kids to start their explorations and learn
about another culture in the process!
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