Facts & Info Subject Specific

Volcanoes
Animal Planet - facts, videos, pics galore
Maori - find out just about anything Maori

Fun! Fun! Fun! + a bit of Education too

Online Games

Primary Games

Yucky stuff

Fun Brain

Kids Hub

WonderKorner

Game Kids Play - real outside old fashioned games, not online ones + great link to skipping rope rhymes

Virtual Tours

Teachers Guide Virtual Tours
Astronomy Pic of the day
Whitehouse Tours For Kids
Volcanos

Homework Help

AnyQuestions - Real time, Real person, Real help with your homework

BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper - over 700 links to help you with your homework.

Facts & Info General

Suzy's World
Ask Jeeves for Kids
Biographies of NZer's
Enchanted Learning
Factmonster
School Discovery
Ask an Expert - only for NZ school kids, Email links to experts
Linkopedia - links to everything kids
How Stuff Works - from languages to car engines to bactaria
KidsClick

Quotes

Looking for quotes to use - try these sites
Bartleby
The Quotations Page

Clip Art

Teacher Files
School Clipart
Clipart Connection
Classroom Clipart
Teachers Guide

Searching

Google
Still one of the best to use
Hints...
type in the question you need an answer to
type a phrase such as black kitten with white paws instead of just kitten
try using the words facts or for kids to find sites easier for children to understand
click on pages from NZ if you are looking for local information

Interactive Games

Starfall - great for beginner readers
Eco Kids - NZ game - Become an agent to help save the planet
Gamequarium - a compliation of games for all ages
Primary Games - online educational games
Math Playground

Enviro Bits & Bobs

Action for Nature
Enviro Fun
EPA - has great educational games
Breathing Earth - Earths births, deaths and CO2 emissions at a glance

Global Warming
Atmosphere, Climate and Environment
NewScientist
Earth On Fire

Nelson Environment Centre - heaps of great links
Landcare Research
Living Heritage - NZ
Kiwi Conservation Club

Nelson City Council
Tasman District Council

Dictionary & Encyclopedia & Museums

Word Central - Merriam Webster for children
Merriam Webster
Your Dictionary

Wikipedia - always has a lot of info but often too indepth for younger children
Britannica
Smithsonian - links to heaps of resources
National Geographic for Kids

Auckland Museum
Te Papa

Printables

HotPotato - this is a great download, thanks Choi

Enchanted Learning

School Express - interactive games and printables

Billy Bear For Kids - and for adults

Gardening

Garden NZ
GardensNZ
Palmers
Mitre 10
Yates
Weekend Gardener
EPlants

Recipes

Food in a Minute
Recipes
Epicurious