Educational Fun Sites
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Danielle's Place
of Crafts and Activities
This site has a wide variety of Christmas and Winter Crafts for kids of all ages.
Examples: Poinsettia Flower Angel Craft, Legend of the Candy Cane Bookmark, Angel Hershey's Kiss Party Favor,
Baby Jesus in a Soft Bed, Pop Bottle Ring Snowflake and Shepherd Puppets and Skit.
Google Earth
Google Earth is a program to download that will take you all over the world with satellite images.
The free version "puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop.
View exotic locales like Maui and Paris as well as points of interest such as local restaurants, hospitals,
schools, and more."Take a trip through the Grand Canyon, visit the Pyramids, see the Great Wall of China -
an incredible way to learn geography.
The Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota
Have you ever wondered how to care for baby bunnies that you've found in your yard? Or what to do if you find an
injured bird? Learn about how injured wild animals are cared for at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota.
See the FAQS page to find out what to do with hurt animals that you have found.
A Guide to Snowflakes
Learn about the beautiful little crystals we call snowflakes - read about the physics of snowflakes, watch a snowflake grow, learn about
crystal halos (also known as sundogs) and print out your own field guide to snowflakes.
The Spirit of Christmas
Here's a place to learn more about Christmas traditions and activities: put on a Christmas play;
make Christmas treats from different countries - figgy pudding or Hazelnut Buche de Noel; learn the true story of Santa Claus; reflect on the true meaning of Christmas.
The Democracy Project
No matter what your political views are, elections provide wonderful opportunities for teaching and learning.
Do you want to: be President for a Day? Find out how government affects you?
Step inside the voting booth? The Democracy Project
is a site for kids that lets them explore all the above. PBS also has a
"By the People" companion site for their "By the People: Election 2004" program and several
Lesson Plans for elementary through high school students.
Explore Minnesota
While not exactly a "fun" site in itself, Explore Minnesota can lead to loads of fun - get out and learn about the geography, history, nature and arts that can be
found in our beautiful state.
ArtsConnectEd
"ArtsConnectEd is the product of a partnership between The Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Walker Art Center.
Using the power of the Internet to stimulate new approaches to learning, the goal of ArtsConnectEd is to make arts education timely, engaging,
interactive, and pertinent for both teachers and students of all ages."
BigIdeaFUN
Penguins in outer space and a cucumber with plungers stuck to his head. OK, maybe it's not educational in the traditional sense, but you know what they say about
all work and no play...
FableVision
Fable Vision Place is a town for kids and grown-ups of all ages, filled with stories,
games and fun places to visit. Wander around, stop by the café and have fun!
Powers of Ten
"View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until you reach ... a microscopic world that
reveals leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus,
chromatin, DNA and finally, into the subatomic universe of electrons and protons." A lesson on the universe and exponential notation. Requires Java.