Government Sites
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Agriculture and Math Fun
 - Fun agriculture and math site with quizzes, games, and links to
other sites. |
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Agriculture in the Classroom
Kid's Corner
- Learn about the
role and importance of agriculture in the economy and society. |
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Ask the Answer Worm
- S.K.Worm, the official annelid, or worm, of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service answers
students questions about soil and stuff. |
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California Desert
- Explore the wild world of the California desert. Take a look at
the area's nature, people, and weather, or find out what to do
there. There are also lots of great photos of different desert
features. |
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Children's Butterfly Site
- Despite their small size, butterflies and moths are some of the
World's most wondrous animals. Their beauty, seemingly miraculous
metamorphosis, and apparently carefree flight all spark our
imaginations. Learn more here. |
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Children's Health Protection
- Learn of some things you can do to protect health from hazards in
the environment. |
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Coast Guard Mascots
- The Coast Guard follow have a custom of adopting a member of the
animal kingdom as a ship's mascot. Here are a few of the animals
that served, many with distinction and not a few in combat, with the
nation's oldest sea service. |
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Darby Duck and the Aquatic
Crusaders
- Become an Aquatic
Crusader and join Darby Duck in the fight against water pollution!
Understanding the characteristics of water, that precious resource
we are trying to protect. And understanding how it interacts with
other elements in the environment, some of which pollute it and
cause problems for people and animals. |
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Endangered Species Picture
Book
- Download an entire coloring
book free at this Environmental Protection Agency site, or just
print out pictures of your favorite threatened animals. Find out
who's who and who's endangered. Color a bald eagle or a big-eared
bat. |
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Energy Kid's Page
- Learn along with Energy Ant about different types of energy. This
site is from the Energy Information Administration. |
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EPA - Kids' Stuff
- This EPA – Office of Water’s web page has links to games and
activities that will help you learn about drinking water. |
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EPA Global Warming Kids Site
- This site explains what global warming is, the greenhouse effect,
and the changes in climate and weather. |
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Explorers' Club
- The Environmental Protection Agency’s website allows you to
explore your environment and learn about the many things you can do
to protect it. |
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FDA Kids' Page
- Learn about animal care, food safety, vaccines and much more about
the Food and Drug Administration. |
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Florida - Kids miamidade.gov
- Learn about Miami Dade County, get homework help, learn about
nature and the sea, play fun games and more. |
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FSA Kids
- This site, from the Farm Service Agency, has fun games to teach
you more about farming, crops and ranches. |
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Kansas - Lawrence Waste
Reduction and Recycling Kids Page
- This is a great page from Lawrence, Kansas. It has an online
animated book, a concentration game, and doing a house walk-thru. |
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Kids' Castle
- This Smithsonian site has information to kids’ questions on
sports, history, the arts, travel, science and air and space, all
with great photos. |
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Kids' Science Page - National
Agricultural Library
- Hey kids!
Do you like to eat? What's your nutrition IQ? Do you really enjoy
animals? Insects too? Do you like veterinary medicine? Is
engineering what you want to do? Interested in plants or ecology?
Does chemistry excite you? Learn more about food and agricultural
sciences. |
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Master Bug Theater
- There is a whole world of life in rivers and lakes. Some of the
tiny animals living in the water are benthic, meaning they live in
the bottom of the waterbody. Some are Macroinvertebrates because
they are large and easy to see (macro) and because they have no
backbone (invertebrate). Learn important facts about
Macroinvertebrates. |
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NASA for Kids Only
- This NASA kids site brings the world into your playroom. Listen to
an earthquake's rumble. Look into the eye of a hurricane. Find out
why the wind blows. Visit storms up close. Play games. The kids'
quizzes here feature sound effects. Flashy graphics and well-
written text make complicated science kid-friendly. Guarantee: If a
child spends at hour at this site, she'll learn a few things most
adults don't know. |
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National Marine Sanctuary
Program
- Here you'll find
information about our nation's marine sanctuaries -- their history
and current management, their scientific and educational programs,
and their continuing efforts to conserve our nation's ocean and
coastal treasures. |
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National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
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Arctic Theme Page provides access to widely distributed Arctic data
and information for scientists, students, teachers, academia,
managers, decision makers and the general public. |
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National Weather Service Kids
Page
- The National Weather
Service's kids' page serves up age-appropriate fun for all kids.
Download an informative tornado- safety coloring book for your
preschooler. While she's coloring, your older children can click on
the Severe Storms Lab Weather Room where lightning flashes across
the screen while they choose from a mean-weather menu. Tornadoes?
Hurricanes? Lightning? Learn how to read a weather map or read about
the scientists who chase storms. Kids who want more substance can
click into a litany of links. |
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National Zoo
- Visit the online exhibits, or take a tour and learn about the
plants, animals and people of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. |
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Nature Net
- Learn about wildlife, plants, geologic resources in our parks, and
more. |
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Nature Watch
- This USDA Forest Service site offers a unique view into wildlife,
fish and wildflowers or take a visit through a national forest. |
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NIEHS Kids' Page
- Learn how the environment affects your health. Get ideas for
science projects, tackle some brainteasers, and more. |
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North American Mammals
- The website, from the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of
Natural History, provides information for over 400 mammal species
and includes high-quality range maps, photographs, scientific
illustrations, family tree diagrams, weights and measures, and more. |
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Nuclear Regulatory
Commission's Students' Corner
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Nuclear energy is a way to generate heat using the fission process
of atoms. A nuclear power plant converts the heat into electricity.
Learn more about nuclear reactors, radiation, terms, and more. |
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OPIC for Kids (U.S. Foreign
Policy)
- The Overseas Private
Investment helps American companies build their businesses in
developing countries, and helps support U.S. foreign policy. OPIC
provides loans, loan guaranties and political risk insurance. |
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Park Net
- Take a tour through the National Park System, explore historical
place and learn about natural resources in our parks. |
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Recycle City
- There's lots to do here - people and places to visit and plenty of
ways to explore how the city's residents recycle, reduce, and reuse
waste. |
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Roofus' Solar and Efficient
Neighborhood
- Find out how Roofus'
Solar Home is energy smart and what makes it run. |
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Salt Plains National Wildlife
Refuge Kids Site
- Salt Plains
National Wildlife Refuge is one of over 540 refuges scattered
throughout the United States. This refuge was established in 1930 as
a refuge and breeding ground for birds. Learn more about this refuge
and different varieties of animals. |
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Sci4Kids
- Science is everywhere you look. Learn what scientists do at the
Agricultural Research Service. You may be a student today but may
already be on your way to a career in science or farming or
computers. |
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Splash
- Desdemona's Splash! This is a game about water quality and the
environment and is a wonderful way to interactively teach both kids
and adults how to reduce runoff pollution to protect our water
resources. |
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Texas - Fort Worth
Environmental Management Department Kids Page
- Click an meet Captain Crud. He is here to challenge you to help
your parents get the crud out of your house and take it to the
Environmental Collection Center. |
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The Globe Program
- Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
(GLOBE) is a worldwide network of students, teachers, and scientists
working together to study and understand the global environment.
Students and teachers from over 10,000 schools in more than 95
countries are working with research scientists to learn more about
our planet. |
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The Learning Room
- This site contains links to pages specific to certain species.
Want to know the life cycle of the boreal toad? Or why leaves change
colors? Or all about dirt? Check out these links to find out
everything you wanted to know about each of the subjects. |
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The National 4-H Web
- 4-H is the youth education branch of the Cooperative Extension
Service, a program of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Each state and each county has access to a County Extension office
for both youth and adult programs. 4-H is fun with friends. 4-H is
learning and doing cool things. 4-H is meetings, camp, workshops,
social activities, trips, and fairs. 4-H is leadership opportunities
and helping others. 4-H is responsibility and hard work and success. |
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The NOAA Photo Library
- NOAA collection includes thousands of weather and space images,
hundreds of images of our shores and coastal seas, and thousands of
marine species images ranging from the great whales to the most
minute plankton. |
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The Weather Room
- This page provides general information for kids, parents, and
teachers. Elementary school coloring books are available for parents
and teachers to print and use for weather education in the classroom
or at home. |
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Especially for Kids!
- Learn
about endangered species, national wildlife refuges, migratory
birds, fisheries resources , the value of wetlands, and how kids,
like you, can help. |
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USGS - Learning Web
- Explore things on, in, around, and about the Earth such as plants
and animals, land, water, and maps. Learn how biology, geology,
hydrology, and geography can help us understand our changing world. |
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Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
- This award-winning interactive program is part of the "Whole Frog"
project. You can interactively dissect a (digitized) frog named
Fluffy, make movies, and play the Virtual Frog Builder Game. The
interactive Web pages are available in a number of languages. |
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Vortex: Unraveling the Mystery
- This site contains information and pictures of how tornadoes
develop and real data collected by tornado chasers. |
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Water Science for Schools
- This site offers information on many aspects of water, along with
pictures, data, maps, and an interactive center where you can give
opinions and test your water knowledge. |
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Whole Frog Project
- This award- winning interactive program is part of the "Whole
Frog" project. You can interactively dissect a (digitized) frog
named Fluffy, make movies, and play the Virtual Frog Builder Game.
The interactive Web pages are available in a number of languages. |
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Woodsy Owl
- Woodsy Owl is a whimsical fellow and he's got his heart set on
motivating kids to form healthy, lasting relationships with nature.
Woodsy encourages youngsters to marvel at and explore the natural
world, even in the city. His new motto, "Lend a Hand--Care for the
Land." encourages everyone to make a positive difference in the
world. |
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Year of the Ocean
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
provides information on marine life, threatened and endangered
species, facts about the world’s oceans fish, and protecting coral
reefs. |
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Yellowstone National Park Just
for Kids
- Test your knowledge
about Yellowstone National Park. Learn about different animals, plan
a visit and learn about the history of the park. |
Organization Sites
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5 Tigers - The Tiger
Information Center
- Tigers are an
endangered species and they live in Asia. There are five different
tiger subspecies: the Amur (Siberian) tiger, the Bengal tiger, the
Indochinese tiger, the South China tiger and the Sumatran tiger.
Three tiger subspecies have gone extinct in the past 100 years.
Learn all about these tigers! |
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Animaland
- This site from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals (ASPCA) has great information on caring for you pet,
humane education, games and cartoons and much more. |
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ASPCA Animaland
- Visit the ASPCA's special kids section for the low down on the
animal kingdom. You can ask Azula anything about animals, play some
games, or read about wild careers. |
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Care For Animals - Animated
Journeys
- You can choose from a
variety of movies from selecting and adopting a pet to pet health
and more. |
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Careers in Veterinary Medicine
- The American Veterinary Medical Association has created a site
that has everything you need to know about becoming a Veterinary
Specialist. |
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Cloud Forest Alive
- If Africa's not your thing, how about checking out the cloud
forests in Central America? Weekly lessons and a variety of webcams
make you feel like you're actually there! |
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Fantastic Forest
- Look and listen as you take a virtual nature walk and discover
what's in this forest from National Geographic! You'll need to have
Shockwave to view the site. |
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Humane Teen
- HumaneTeen shows you how young people make a difference for
animals and their world. This site is maintained by the youth
education division of The Humane Society of the United States. |
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Jason Project: A Living
Laboratory
- JASON XIV: From Shore
to Sea will engage students and teachers in an exciting journey to
explore the unique Channel Islands region of California. The waters
of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and the densely
populated California coastline, and will serve as our "laboratory"
for studying nature's dynamic systems during the 2002-2003 school
year. |
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Kid Outdoors
- Check out this e-zine that has colorful articles with information
about where to go, what to do and bring, and when to visit the
outdoors! You can also learn safety tips or try fun puzzles. |
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Kid Territory - San Diego Zoo
- Learn about the animals at the San Diego Zoo; you can also learn
some fun recipes, crafts and science experiments. |
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Kind News
- Kind News is a newspaper for kids grades K - 6th. It features
articles, puzzles and celebrity interviews that teaches you the
value of showing kindness, and respect to animals, the environment
and one another |
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Little MAB
- Learn about Biosphere Reserves with Loustic the Lynx. |
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Oregon Zoo's KidsZone
- Oregon Zoo is the oldest zoo west of the Mississippi. The zoo's 64
acres are home to animals from all corners of the world, including
Asian elephants, Peruvian penguins and Arctic polar bears. Learn
some animal facts, go behind the scenes at the zoo and play some fun
activities. |
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Pets911
- Find the perfect pet that needs to be rescued and adopted. Just
enter your zip code, select the type of pet you are looking for, and
just look at those adorable faces waiting for someone to take them
home. |
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PowerSmart - Tips to Save
Money and the Planet
- Find out
ways to help your parents save money and help our planet by making
your home more energy-efficient. |
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Sea World Animal Information
Database
- Do you need quick
information or fun facts about a terrestrial or aquatic animal? Want
answers to the most commonly asked questions about animal life? Find
these answers and much more right here. |
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Sled Dogs: An Alaskan Epic
- Mush! It's a dog's life and PBS' Nature wants to show you what
it's like. Find out what it takes to pull those sleds across frozen
terrain and read the story of Balto, a very brave Husky. You can
even try your hand at some virtual dogsledding. |
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Web Ed-Ventures - Oregon Coast
Aquarium
- Web Ed-Ventures are
online explorations of marine and aquatic science topics. In short,
you get to click around and learn a whole lot about marine biology. |
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Wonders of the Sea
- The Oceanic Research Group "Wonders of the Seas" page highlights
different animals with text and images, from sponges to sharks |
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Zoboomafoo
- Find out about this show for kids on PBS! This fun site has cool
info on the characters, facts about animals, games, and coloring
pages. |
Education Sites
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Animal Diversity Web
- Animal Diversity Web is an online encyclopedia. ADW is a large
searchable encyclopedia of the natural history of animals. Every
day, thousands of students use it to answer animal questions. Other
sites specialize in local, endangered, or particular kinds of
animals. |
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Animal Doc Com
- Ever think about being a veterinarian? Find out what vet students
are learning about dogs, horses, sheep, cattle, llamas, and more. |
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Exploring the Secret Life of
Trees
- Exploring the Secret Life
of Trees is designed to students gain an appreciation of trees,
observe trees in their everyday lives, and develop an interest in
discovering more about trees. |
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Katerpillars and Myster Bugs
- Can you figure out the mystery bug on this fun site from the
University of Kentucky? Investigate insects and their relatives, try
the tasty bugfood, and have lots of bug fun! |
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Let's Talk About Insects
- Let's Talk About Insects is designed to help students gain an
appreciation of insects; learn how insects grow and develop
(metamorphosis), and learn the importance of insects in our
environment. |
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My First Garden
- This is a guide to the world of fun and clever gardening. This
website is for students to learn about the beauty of gardens, and
the care involved in planning, nurturing and enjoying the benefits
of gardening in a variety of spaces and places. |
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The Adventures of Herman
- This is the autobiography of Squirmin' Herman the Worm. Learn
about the history and anatomy of worms and even find out what's in
the Worm Deli. |
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The Great Plant Escape
- This site is designed to introduce students to plant science and
increase their understanding of how foods grow. |
Commercial Sites
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Be A Habitat Hero!
- This National Geographic's site allows you to expand your mind as
you come to the rescue of our habitats. While you're getting up
close and personal with earth’s six habitats, you can also get the
scoop on protected lands, biodiversity, urban sprawl, conservation
and population. |
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Discovery School
- Information on a variety of topics presented in a fun manner. |
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DiscoveryKids.com
- has put together a whole site about adventure and the adventures
we think you should try. Ever wanted to climb a climbing wall? Ride
a camel? Learn to take your own pictures? Well, here is the place to
learn how. |
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Junior Master Gardener - Kids
Zone
- This website is great for
discovering the important and fun part of gardening; it ignites a
passion for learning, success and service through a unique gardening
education. |
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Live from the Rain Forest
- Let biologists take you to the heart of Earth's largest
rainforest. Explore a gallery of images and information on the
ecosystem, check out maps, and read journals that take you behind
the scenes and into the jungle! |
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Operation Extermination
- Join Vinny on this week's funny adventure into the insect world.
See 3D comic strips and animation, meet the characters, and print
coloring pages. |
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Smokey the Bear - Smokey Kids
- 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! |
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Whale Camp
- The Whale Camp's mission is to provide fun and adventuresome
learning experiences in the Bay of Fundy that enhance your
appreciation and knowledge of our natural world. They use the tools
of scientific inquiry to learn about the geology of the region, the
marine life in the bay, the land based life of Grand Manan and to
explore the human issues involved in the sustainable use of these
resources. |
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Zooish
- Watch the world's animal kingdom come to life in animation and
sound. Learn more about land and sea animals, view space images and
listen to the sounds of nature. |
Plants
& Animals