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Staten Island Children's Museum: Bugs and Other Arthropods [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Here are some fun family projects to do at home involving bugs.
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: No Child's Play

For Students 9th - 10th
Online version of "No Child's Play," an exhibit on display at Yad Vashem Museum. It highlights the toys, games, artwork, diaries, poems, and personal stories of children during the Holocaust.
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Kids' Peace Station: From Hiroshima

For Students 9th - 10th
The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima had lasting and far reaching effects on all mankind! Learn about a young girl, Sadako, and her paper cranes as well as the Kids Peace Movement and building of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum for...
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Art Class Curator: Looking at Art With Children: Why and How?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
There is more to art than drawing well. This article lists tips on how to talk to your kids about art, especially breaking out a painting or sculpture from a museum, book, or the internet and leading a discussion with your kid about it.
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Children's Discovery Museum

Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Skele Fun With Skeletons!

For Students 3rd - 5th
Did you know that you have a skeleton inside your hand? Wiggle your fingers, can you feel the bones? What if you could see them too? Use colorful paint to draw your bones on your hand. It takes a lot of tiny bones to help our amazing...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Hidden Children: Expressions

For Students 9th - 10th
After the Holocaust, the writings, poetry, songs, and artistic expressions of Jews who experienced it firsthand were collected. These expressions were in some cases ordered by the Nazis, or done secretly in concentration camps,...
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Brooklyn Expedition: Latin America

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent site about Latin America from the Brooklyn Children's Museum. Explore ancient beliefs and rituals, celebrations, culture, the land, animals, and the history of Latin America.
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National Museums Liverpool

Walker Art Gallery: Big Art for Little Artists Tour

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Whether you are planning a visit to the Walker Gallery or just interested in the museum, this quick tour is led by little artists for little artists. Come see what the museum has to offer children of all ages.
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Oklahoma Historical Society

Oklahoma Historical Society Home

For Students 9th - 10th
Find facts about Oklahoma's rich history and famous people, and explore museums and historic sites. An interactive map of the state allows you to choose museums, military sites, historic homes, and other notable locations in Oklahoma,...
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Art Inspired Writing

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource maintains a gallery of artwork created for the magazine by children from all around the world.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Suki's Bone Lesson Plan: Molly of Denali

For Teachers K - 1st
Based on the animated story "Suki's Bone" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, this lesson plan introduces children to informative/explanatory and procedural texts and the purposes they serve. In the video, Molly's dog Suki uncovers...
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Phmc: Keith C. Wolensky: Child Labor in Pennsylvania

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed leaflet descibing the history of child labor in Pennsylvania. Across the state it was never uncommon to find children working difficult and dangerous jobs in factories restaurants, on railways, in mines, as well as on farms....
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San Diego State University

Sdsu: John Singer Sargent Female Portraits

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of female portraits painted by John Singer Sargent. Includes information such as date of painting and what museum the painting is currently at. Links are provided to websites with large images of the portraits.
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Seuss in Springfield: Who Is Dr. Seuss?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a website focusing on the famous children's author Dr. Seuss (Ted Geisel). It provides his biography, information about his books, places he wrote about, a trivia quiz, a timeline of his works, and much more.
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ibiblio

Ibiblio: Web Museum: Fragonard, Jean Honore

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of this artist Jean-Honore Fragonard and several of his more famous works can be found on this page.
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Louvre Museum: Joshua Reynolds: Master Hare

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about and analysis of a child's portrait by Joshua Reynolds, "Master Hare," considered by many to be a masterwork of English portraiture.
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Children's Discovery Museum

Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Mammoth Discovery: Meet Lupe

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet Lupe, a young mammoth who lived during the Ice Age, and learn all about her existence during that time period. Take a virtual trip to the actual mammoth dig site in San Jose and see what the scientists discovered.
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The Virtual Diego Rivera Web Museum: The Mexican Children of Diego Rivera

For Students 9th - 10th
A wonderful resource for teachers and students studying the life and artwork of Mexican artist, Diego Rivera. Includes many samples of his paintings and murals, as well as a detailed timeline.
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Virginia

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site is provided for by the Library of Congress. Do you know when "the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English colony at Jamestown?" Do you know what the capital of the Confederacy was? Explore the history of Virginia...
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Children's Discovery Museum

Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Animal Detectives

For Students 3rd - 5th
Go on a scavenger hunt and collect clues about what animals might live nearby. Even if you don't catch a glimpse of the creature itself, you can still tell they've been nearby.
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Children's Discovery Museum

Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Build a Nest

For Students 3rd - 8th
Imagine you are a bird and use materials you find in your neighborhood to design and build a nest.
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Children's Discovery Museum

Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Soap Bubbles

For Students 3rd - 5th
Bubble solution is easy to make and provides endless fun. Experiment using different materials to make good bubble makers.
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Children's Discovery Museum

Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Color Mixing for the Senses

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn all about color mixing and how layering primary colors can create a brand new color in this fun activity.
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Children's Discovery Museum

Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose: Ice Exploration

For Students 1st - 5th
Provides fun ideas for exploring how to transform ice using shapes, light, and color.

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