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5 Sites Where Fun and Learning Click

These 5 Web sites, for kids ages 9-12, cover a variety of topics of interest to this audience, including art and design, the environment, media literacy, food, and dealing with real life issues. Kids, parents and educators can trust these sites to be safe havens where children can learn, share ideas and have fun.

Below are links to the 5 sites. Click the site logo to go to the site. Additionally, an educator guide is provided in PDF format for you to download (Get Adobe Acrobat Reader). You can also view a 30 second promotional video about each site (QuickTime required - Get Quicktime

Site Link Site Description Educator Guide (PDF)
It's My Life Site It's My Life
Invites kids to share their feelings about the social, emotional, and physical issues
Don't Buy It Site Don't Buy It
Challenges kids to question adversting, evaluate media, and become smart consumers
Backyard Jungle Site Backyard Jungle
Kids participate and learn about ecology and new ways to explore their natural surroundings
3 D i Site 3D&I
Visual literacy becomes a concrete, cool concept as kids discover, dream, and design
Plastic Fork Diaries Site Plastic Fork Diaries
Tweens explore their relationship to food: nutrition, athletics, and the vanishing family meal