This site is an "HTML Active" copy of the "Scouting on the Internet" section from the 1998 Baltimore Area Council Pow Wow Book: "Let's Celebrate Cub Scouting!"
All links were verified as active as of September 25,1998.
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Main Page
http://www.bsa.scouting.org/ Air and Space Related
http://www.spacecamp.com/ |
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http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/
Space Telescope Science Institute - pictures, information, activites
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/marsnews/mgs/cydonia/
JPL/NASA Mars Missions - pictures
http://www.cs.ruu.nl/pub/AIRCRAFT-IMAGES/
A directory of aircraft images (maintained in Netherland)
http://www.delta-air.com/fantastic/ffl.htm
Delta Airlines page for kids
http://www.spaceday.com/
Space Day - the first one was held in 1998, next one: May 6, 1999. Maintained by Lockheed Martin.
http://firstflight.open.ac.uk/
History of first flight. Maintained in the UK.
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/the_book/index.html
"Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground" children's online astronomy activities
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/media/world/9612/star_trek/index.html
National Geographic's Star Trek page. Is "Treknology" fact or fiction?
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Baltimore Area Council units
http://members.aol.com/steveoncc/council.htm
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http://members.aol.com/steveoncc/4rivers.htm
Four Rivers District
http://www.intandem.com/bcmsr
Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation.
http://members.aol.com/steveoncc/scoutres.htm#BAC
Units in the Baltimore Area Council that are on the web.
Bird Houses
http://www.bcpl.net/~tross/by/backyard.html
The Backyard Birding Page, a service of the Baltimore Bird Club. Bird house plans and local bird sighting lists.
http://www.maineaudubon.org/bfee.htm#top
Maine Audubon Society - Guide to Feeding Birds in Maine. What to feed and bird house dimensions.
Circus Stuff
http://garnet1.acns.fsu.edu/~jas8093/joke/circus.html
A list of wholesome family circus links. If you search any Search Engine with the word circus, you are bound to find a variety of family entertainment possibilities embedded in the plethora of adult entertainment selection. Here are some you can take your kids to (some of the links may not be in English).
http://www.baraboo.com/cwm/cwm.htm
The Circus World Museum of Baraboo, Wisconsin transports some of its colorful parade wagons to Milwaukee, for the Great Circus Parade. Pictures.
http://www.circustuff.co.uk/general/links.shtml
Circuses, Performers, Circus Schools, Workshops & Clubs, Equipment, etc. 142 Links as of September 22, 1998.
Construction Plans
http://users.aol.com/lwjones/table.htm
Plans and Patterns for Bob Myer's knock-down plywood Camp Table and Patrol Box
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Cooking
http://www.copykat.com/
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/f/fondant/fondant.html |
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Fire Safety
http://www.smokeybear.com/
Join Smokey for some forest and campfire fun. And, along the way, discover Smokey's rules for forest fire safety and prevention so that you can become a member of Smokey's team!
http://www.fireplans.com/
Click on General Fire Safety in the index.
http://www.dayton.oh.redcross.org/pr3.htm
From a 1996 Fire Prevention Week presentation by the Red Cross in Dayton, Ohio. Safety and preparedness tips.
http://www.childsecure.com/safety/fire.htm![]()
From Child Secure's Child Safety page. Home Fire Safety Checklist
Flags
http://www.bsa.scouting.org/fun/stateflags/index.html![]()
Boy Scouts of America's interactive state flag quiz
http://www.isd.net/srtobin/Ceremonies/skelton.html![]()
Red Skelton's explanation of the Pledge of Allegiance, First broadcast on January 14, 1969
http://www.icss.com/usflag/capitol.flag.html
Purchase a U.S.Flag that has flown over the Capitol
Forms
http://web.evcom.net/scouts/forms/forms.html
Boy Scouts of America forms in PDF format. Includes Advancement Report, Class 1 and Class 2 Medical, Class 3 Medical, Flying Permit Application, Local Tour Permit, National Tour Permit, Merit Badge Counselor Information, Unit Money Earning Application, Troop Meeting Plan, and Generic Calendar Planner.
http://lonestar.texas.net/~kirk/Forms.html
Just about all of the forms you could ever need in PDF format. Some apply only to their Austin, TX area, but most are copies of the national provided forms
Free (or almost free) Stuff
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/1192/free.html
Free stuff for Leaders by Pack 421 in the Daniel Webster Council in New Hampshire. Warning: Pop-up console.
http://www.juno.com
Free E-mail
http://www.filmworks.com
2 free rolls of film from Seattle Filmworks
http://www.hotmail.com
Free E-mail
http://www.oriental.com
request free catalog from Oriental Trading Company for yourself and a friend
http://www.excite.com
Free E-mail
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Funny Stuff
http://members.aol.com/randywoo/gcc/gccanima.gif
http://www.icecreamusa.com/cgi-bin/icusa/vrsundae/vrsundae
http://www.reddi-wip.com/reddiwip/htm/kidssundae.htm
http://www.twinkies.com/db?MItab=twinkies&MIval=postcard |
http://www.oreo.com/
Oreo stacking contests, History of the Oreo, How to eat an Oreo, and more.
http://www.thecase.com/kids/
Mini-mysteries to solve, scary stories, magic tricks, and contests
http://members.aol.com/netcommish/humor.html
Fun stuff from Michael Bowman (a.k.a. Professor Beaver)
Games and Puzzles
http://www.goodnews.net/wordhunt.html
This site creates word searches for you. All you do is supply the title and the words to search and the site does the res
http://www.familyplay.com/
Crayola's Family Play page.
http://www.trivialpursuit.com/
Tivial Pursuit on-line!
General Scouting
http://www.usscouts.org/
US Scouting Service Project. General leader resources. They have a CD of all their Scouting clip-art for sale.
http://www.scouter.com
Web page of the Scouter magazine
http://www.usscouts.org/themes/themes.html
Looking for the Cub Scouting themes through the year 2000? Here they are
http://www.rapidnet.com/~ethor/pack53/scoutlinks.html
Great leaders resource site from South Dakota
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http://boyscouting.miningco.com/mbody.htm
The Mining company's Focus on Boy Scouting page. Another scouting site with lots of links.
http://members.tripod.com/~toveza/
SCOUTOPAEDIA © - Sort of a Scouting Encyclopedia. Ideas and songs, crafts and prayers, this and that, from various Scout gatherings that the web site author has participated in over the years. Warning: pop-up console.
http://www.geocities.com/~cubbobwhite/
A Powwow online site. Again another site that has lots of good information.
http://www.interlog.com/~speirs/
A wealth of information from the Canadian viewpoint. Run by Jim Speirs
http://www.macscouter.com
One of the best known Scouting web sites in the country. Emphasis on the MacIntosh user, but most can be used by anyone. Run by Gary & Kyna Hendra. Gary is also on the staff of the US Scouting Service Project team, as the ftp site coordinator (ftp.scouter.com/usscouts). His favorite quote is, "If you are paid to do Scouting, you are called a Professional; If you are not paid to do Scouting, you are called a Volunteer; If you pay to do Scouting, then you are called a Scouter."
http://home.att.net/%7Ellmcgraw/etowah/ecd-bsal.htm
Scouting Links page from the Etowah Creek District of the Indian Waters Council in Columbia, South Carolina
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/9152/
Pack 215 in Walnut Creek, CA. General leaders' resources.
http://users.aol.com/lwjones/scouts/ncs/n_camp_s.html
National Camp School. 1998 schedule. 1999 Schedule.![]()
http://www2.inow.com/%7Ewag/pack273.html
Web page of Cub Scout Pack 273 of Union City, CA. History of Cub Scouting, good Pack FAQ, source of the Internet Safety section in this book.
http://www.losangeles.org/toolbox/cubscout/packs.html
Links to Cub Scout packs that have web pages (some are local)
http://www.geocities.com/~pack693/
The Cub Scouts and Scouters Cyber Handbook from Pack 693 of North District, Circle Ten Council. General leaders' resources.
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http://members.aol.com/StanDCmr/index.html Lots of scouting links not usually found on other sites. Hosted by Barb and Stan Pope
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/1081/index.html
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http://www.mninter.net/~blkeagle/ ![]()
Mike (Blackeagle) Walton's page. One of the best known contributors to the Scouts-L discussion. General leader resources and a good Scouting Square Knot page.
http://members.aol.com/tigg0323/resource.html
Troop 119 in Middle Village, NY. Lots of links, mostly to Boy Scout stuff.
http://www.angelfire.com/mi/pack3188/index.html
Cub Scout Pack 3188, Lowell, Michigan. Check out their Parent's Handbook page
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Cub Scout Pack 101 in Naperville, Illinois. Lists of Internet Sites for Parents of Cub Scouts and for Cub Scouts as well.
http://www.creighton.edu/~bsteph/pack114/library/
Pack 114's Library. A Great leader's resource for activities, gathering times, Activity Badges, pack meetings, games, crafts, etc.
http://webcom.net/~bhowson/software.html
Scouting/Guiding Software and Files. Lots of shareware download links and links to other Scouting resources.
http://members.tripod.com/~colonialdistrict
Colonial District of the National Capitol Area Council site with a lot of good ideas. Warning: pop-up console.
http://www.interlog.com/~asap/scouts/king/penpals.html
Scouting Penpal Page. A list of Scouters worldwide looking for penpals. Warning! Read the previous section on safety before allowing your child to respond to any penpal requests!
http://www.isd.net/stobin/
The Netwoods Virtual Campsite. Run by Steve Tobin. Lots of general leader resources.
http://www.main.org/boyscout/cachome.htm
Capitol Area Council in Austin, TX. Check out their Program Resource Library
http://www.win.net/~gws/gaelwolf/home.htm
The Gaelic Wolf Scouting Pages. Home of The Serious Side of Scouting. Also historical and international scouting links.
http://usscouts.org/cubscouts/cslg.html
Hints and Tips for New Leaders
http://www.globalserve.net/~codyak/CUBCodyAK.htm
A Scout uniform bank.
http://lonestar.texas.net/~kirk/
A great site with some really great resources and links to resources.
http://www.siu.edu/~women/KaskaskiaDistrict.html
Another site with great resources and links to resources.
http://www.cpcbsa.org/cpcbsa/bsa_info/general/charcount.htm
Can Scouting make a difference? A good source of statistics, facts, and figures.
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http://usscouts.org/profbvr/index.html An all around GREAT site for Cub and Boy Scout Leaders and Commissioners
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dbregar/LINKS.HTM
http://mariposa.yosemite.net/t94/w3b/sctlinks.htm
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http://www.sftcbsa.org/humor/index.html
Humorous Scouting related stories. (Send in your own!)
http://www.pacificskylinecouncil.org/scouting/scouter.html
List of links biased towards Cub Scouts. Run by Pack 6 and Troop 87 in the Pacific Skyline Council.
http://www.gate.net/%7Ejolonoff/scouters.html
Scouters Memorial. Rememberance of those "Gone Home" too soon.
http://home.att.net/~llmcgraw/etowah/ecd-indx.htm
Etowah district page, General Scouting resources.
http://www.mindspring.com/~keyo/
Cub Scout Pack 1570, Herndon, Virginia. Good pack resources and graphics.
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Rapids/8047/
Great resource Library and interesting scout sites from Pack157 of the Greater Pittsburgh Council.
http://www.tspa.com/
Scout Patch Auction
Graphics
http://clipart.usscouts.org/html/library.htm![]()
The Library of Scouting clip-art. One of the most complete sites of Scouting clip-art on the web. Also available for sale on CD.
http://www.bsa.net/ok/sr3a/clipart/
OA & BSA Clipart.
http://www.dreamscape.com/uncleted/scoutpic/
Boy Scout Graphics and Clipart available on CD. Not for sale, but he will trade for $25 worth of patches. Free sample graphic by e-mail.
http://www.emf.net/~troop24/scouting/patches.html
The famous virtual patch collection of Troop 24 in Berkley, CA.
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/4438/index.html
Digital Patches. Hosting the largest collection of Boy Scout badges and patches on the internet (their claim).
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/1831/Scouts.htm
Steve's Cub Scout Clip Art & Links
http://www.sound.net/~kkaiser/scoutclips.html
Scout Clip Art
http://www.nashville.com/~pack188/announce.htm
Great animated graphic of Tiger Cub changing to Cub Scout and then a Webelos Scout. Also features a "Scout web site of the month."
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History
http://users.aol.com/randywoo/bsahis/index.htm http://www.pinetreeweb.com/ |
Native Americans
http://128.146.189.145/OSUMEDStudents/1MED96/HAMILTON/NATIVE_AMERICANS.html
Facts, games, and recipes about/from Native Americans.
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Pow Wow Dancing. The sites and sounds of modern Pow Wows
Pinewood Derby
http://www.agentz.com/scouts/index.html
Scouting Resources Home page. Source of free web page space for qualifying non-profit organizations. Also has a links page and a Pinewood Derby page offering free Pinewood Derby softweare.
http://users.aol.com/randywoo/pine/pinetip.htm
The Ultimate Pinewood Derby site, according to Randy Worcester.
Professor Beaver pages (Michael Bowman of the US Scouting Service Project and the National Capitol Area Council)
http://www.usscouts.org/profbvr/cub_activities/index.html
Cub Scouting Activity Guide
http://www.usscouts.org/profbvr/jungle_book/index.html
Cub Scouting and The Jungle Book
http://www.usscouts.org/profbvr/pack_admin/index.html
Cub Scout Pack Administration and Finance
http://www.usscouts.org/profbvr/pack_meetings/index.html
Cub Scout Pack Meetings
http://www.usscouts.org/profbvr/fun_awards/index.html
Fun Awards
http://www.usscouts.org/profbvr/ethics/index.html
Ethics in Scouting
http://www.usscouts.org/profbvr/lightning_safety/index.html
Lightning Safety
http://www.usscouts.org/profbvr/parent_involvement/index.html
Parent Involvement
http://www.usscouts.org/profbvr/reference_room/index.html
Scouter's Reference Room Additional "old-fashioned" resources (books!)
http://www.usscouts.org/profbvr/suicide/index.html
Suicide Awareness
http://www.usscouts.org/profbvr/training_quotes/index.html
Training Quotations
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Safety
http://usscouts.org/safety/g2ss.html
http://www.parentsplace.com/health/safetyrecalls/
http://www.mcgruff-safe-kids.com/index.html
http://www.usscouts.org/profbvr/lightning_safety/index.html
http://www.usscouts.org/profbvr/suicide/index.html |
Songs
http://www.iinet.net.au/~oneilg/scouts/songs/
Grant's Scouting Songbook. Lots of Scouting songs and skits with attached sound files so you can learn the tune.
http://cac.psu.edu/~jxm181/
The Scouters Belay. Mostly Boy Scout stuff, but check their songs and Scout humor section. Note: Not all songs may be suitable for Cub Scouts.
http://www.siu.edu/~women/songs.html
Links to song sites.
http://members.aol.com/StanDCmr/firstcs.html
Words and a MIDI file for "The Night They Made the First Cub Scout."
http://www.interlog.com/~speirs/songs/oldsong.htm
Jim Speir's Scouting Song page
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Tiger Cubs
http://www.pacificskylinecouncil.org/scouting/pack6/tigerGrad95.html
http://www.5tigers.org/talkback/talk.htm
http://www.perceptualrobotics.com/live/livezoo.htm
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Training
http://www.lns.cornell.edu/~seb/philmont.html
Selden's List of Philmont Web Pages. Includes lists of Philmont leader training courses.
http://www.woodbadge.org/
Information on Cub Scout Trainer (and Boy Scout Leader) Wood Badge. They also play a midi file of the Gilwell song.
http://www.epix.net/~hawkmtn/wb3.html
A little insight into Cub Scout Wood Badge.
http://www.usscouts.org/profbvr/training_quotes/index.html
Training Quotations
http://www.main.org/boyscout/csldrres.htm
This is a good summary of all the training, books and videos that are available for Cub Scout Leaders.
Web Page Design
http://www.tiac.net/users/sturner/interact.html
Let your cubs have a hand in making a very simple web page at this site. This one is just for play and can't be saved.
http://www.geoworld.com/SiliconValley/Heights/4124/
The Totally Free Homepage Resource Center. Web page construction tutorial and resources.
http://werbach.com/barebones/barebone.html
The Bare Bones Guide to HTML
http://aplusart.simplenet.com/aplusart/index.html
A+ Art. Free clipart. icons. backgrounds. buttons. bars. animations, .gifs, and photos
http://home.netscape.com/assist/net_sites/bg/backgrounds.html
The Background Sampler from Netscape. Backgrounds for your Web Page that you can either download or link directly to the image on Netscape's server..
http://www.hooked.net/~larrylin/5.htm
Spicing Up Your Site. A web site with nothing but text would be pretty boring. Take advantage of the technology of the Internet and add some cool stuff to your site.
http://www.agentz.com/scouts/index.html
Scouting Resources Home page. Source of free web page space for qualifying non-profit organizations. Also has a links page and a Pinewood Derby page offering free Pinewood Derby softweare.
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/2016/
Lord Baden-Powell Award for Scouting Excellence. Get your site nominated.
http://members.aol.com/kqa7452/pack101/pack101.htm
Pack 101 in Martic Township, PA. A good example of a well constructed web page.
http://members.aol.com/Pack32MA/pack32.html
A good example of a pack's web page.
Web Resources
http://www.dynapolis.com/bowline
Bowline Scouting Commuity Scouting Discussion lists.
http://www.engr.tcu.edu/~eidson/scouts-l/swelcome.html
Scouts-L Welcome Page. Information on how to subscribe to and use the Scouts-L listserver.
http://spider.scout.net/
Scouting Spider Net. This webserver provide a full searchable database for scouting and guiding related pages on the world wide web.
http://www.charm.net/~ibc/sleuth/phon.html
Telephone & Postal search engines. Find telephone area codes and ZIP+4 codes.
http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/2016/
Lord Baden-Powell Award for Scouting Excellence. Get your web page nominated.
Webelos
Aquanaut Activity Badge
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http://test.olympic-usa.org/kids/kd_4_1_19a.html
Kid Court by U. S. Olympics online. Learn about Olympic swimmer Kurt Grote
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Sports A to Z by U. S. Olympics online. Swimming History Artist Activity Badge
http://coloring.com/
http://www.kidalex.com/index.html |
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http://www.eduweb.com/insideart/index.html
Follow the links on this page to find yourself inside a mystery painting. Warning: pop-up console.
Citizen Activity Badge
http://www.macscouter.com/General/USGov.html
A compilation of US Government web sites and related resource sites. Also included here are ways to reach US State Government sites.
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/
Contacting the Congress. A neutral site for looking up Congressional contact information
http://www.odci.gov/cia/ciakids/govagency.html
U.S. Government Pages for Kids (sponsored by the CIA)
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John Wayne Tribute Site
Communicator Activity Badge
http://cyberrodeo.com/guysgals/chatter.htm
Rodeo Chatter. Glossary of Rodeo Terms
http://www.bsa.scouting.org/fun/morse/index.html![]()
Boy Scouts of America page. Morse Code Translator
http://www.bsa.scouting.org/fun/semaphore/index.html![]()
Boy Scouts of America page. Say it with Semaphore
http://www.cybertron.com/~ddavis/cb10.htm
Complete CB 10-Codes
http://terra.org/comm/morsecode/morsecode.html
Simple Morse Code Buzzer and Morse Code
Craftsman Activity Badge
http://http://www.auntannie.com/
Aunt Annie's Craft Page (Now a commercial site.)
The database of old crafts has moved to
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/3053/exchange/
http://home.att.net/~llmcgraw/etowah/slides.htm
Dozens of neckerchief slides to make
http://www.tycs.demon.co.uk/planes/
Instructions with illustrations on how to fold 4 planes. Links to other paper airplane sites.
Engineer Activity Badge
http://library.advanced.org/11686/
Design and test your own bridge structures. The Information Center gives you all the technical stuff. Feed your Brain!!The Builder is a Java Applet that allows you to design your beam and joint structure. The Tester isd a Java Applet that allows you to test the strength of your structure! It reveals your design skills. The Viewer is a nifty Java Applet that extrudes the structures and allows you to view them in 3D.
Forester Activity Badge
http://america.net/~toms/ident.htm
Tree identification
Geologist Activity Badge
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/docs/infobank/bear/programs/html/equipment2idshtml/ids/geologist_ids.html
U. S. Geological Survey - Geologist overview
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http://edtech.sandi.net/triton/projects/valencia/explore/geologist.html
Glossary of geological terms.
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/docs/ask-a-ge.html
Do you have a question about volcanoes, earthquakes, mountains, rocks, maps, ground water, lakes, or rivers? You can email earth science questions to Ask-A-Geologist
Naturalist Activity Badge
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/2221/index.html
Snake Bytes. All about snakes. Warning: pop-up window.
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http://www.parentsplace.com/genobject.cgi/readroom/explorer/activity.html
Family Explorer. Kids and parents exploring nature together.
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Outdoorsman Activity Badge
http://www.nps.gov/ |
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http://info.er.usgs.gov/fact-sheets/finding-your-way/finding-your-way.html
Map and compass
http://www.kab.org/
Keep America Beautiful, Inc.
http://www.obviously.com/recycle/
Internet Consumers Recycling Guide
http://gorp.com/gorp/eclectic/familyou.htm
GORP - Great Outdoor Recreation Pages. Outdoor informational links
Scholar Activity Badge
http://einstein.et.tudelft.nl/~arlet/puzzles/logic.html
Logic Puzzles and Brain Teasers
http://www.learn2.com/index.html
Learn2.com - The Ability Utility. Tutorails on a very wide range of skills and abilities. Changes periodically.The current feature is on secret agent skills.
The current feature is on Valentine's Day.
Scientist Activity Badge
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http://www.teleport.com/~rhubarbs/kidweb/no_frame/science.htm List of kids' science sites
http://www.monroe2boces.org/shared/esp/chem.htm |
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http://www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/support/science/lessons23/phcolorful.html
Color changes in cabbage water.
http://www.owu.edu/~mggrote/pp/chemistry/kitchen/c_kitchen.html
Kitchen chemistry activities for grades K-3.
http://kidscience.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa031498.htm
Grow a crystal garden
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/
Build a solar system
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/index.html
Your weight on other planets
Traveler Activity Badge
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http://www.travelog.net/frmain.htm
One man's travel log and photos as he travels "around the world." Not updated since May 1998.
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http://touregypt.net/wildegypt/land1.htm Wild Egypt! An On-Line Safari for all Ages.
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