WELCOME TO THE
TWEEN ZONE!

Grades 4-8

See our Library Programs Below

 

 

Sites for Tween Surfers

Fun Stuff

A. Pintura: Art Detective
Solve mysteries and explore art in depth.

Brain Teasers
Stretch your brain!

Cyber Kids
An online magazine featuring writing and art by kids.

Fun Brain
Try playing “Math Baseball”, “Change Maker” and “Spell Check” games.

A Girl’s World
Where girls and teens rule the web with crafts, a pajama party, stories, and lots more!

The Holiday Spot
Lists of Holidays with Recipes, Jokes and more...

 

The Legal Eagle  
A newspaper about the law for young people.

Midlink Magazine
The digital magazine by students, for students ages 8 to 18. Sponsored by NC State University and the University of Central Florida.

Money Factory
U.S. Treasury site for Youth Education

National 4-H Web
Find information about the national organization here.

National Geographic Magazine for Kids
Fascinating articles, information, and games.

PBS Kids
Games, Stories, Music, Coloring & TV Times

 

Poetry.com
International Poetry of Library

 

Secrets of Making Money
The program follows the U.S. Treasury and the Secret Service on a joint mission to stay ahead of counterfeiters and make a better, more hi-tech buck.

Scholastic Kids
Information about your favorite books (like Harry Potter, Goosebumps, Royal Diaries, and more), plus games and homework help.

Sports Illustrated for Kids Online
Features news, a behind-the-scenes look at top stories, a trivia challenge, a calendar of sports stars’ birthdays, and more.

Tween Site
five new web sites just for 9 to 12 year-old 'Tweens' like you!

 

WebTweens
Find cool sites for 9-11 year olds here!  Sites with School Stuff, Clubs, Fun Things to do, Finding Stuff on the Web and more...

Books/Literature

Bookhive
A readers’ advisory web site for children maintained by the Public Library of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County (Charlotte, NC).

International Children’s Digital Library
“This site provides access to hundreds of digitized children’s books from around the world. You can search for a specific book, or browse by category, title, author, or location. A project of the University of Maryland and the Internet Archive.�?

Homework Help

Search Engines/Catch-All Sites

Ask Jeeves Kids
News resources, study tools, and an Internet search engine designed for kids.

Awesome Library for Kids
An internet library database designed for elementary and middle school kids.

Internet Public Library Kid’s Space
Links for kids from the first public library of and for the Internet community.

“Kids Click!”:
A database of over 6400 sites for kids, compiled by librarians.

Kids Hub
Kids Hub is a free online interactive learning center for elementary school students. It features fun educational games, puzzles, and quizzes.

Start Squad
Homework help and fun sites compiled by the State Library of North Carolina.

Yahooligans
Designed for Web surfers ages 7 to 12. Sites selected by the YAHOO! Inc. staff.

Biographies

Children’s Authors and Illustrators
A collection of pages featuring links to children’s author and illustrator web sites and pages. Some are official, others tributes or interviews.

U.S. Presidents & First Ladies

Women of NASA
Brief biographies of the famous women who have worked with NASA.

Geography

Atlapedia Online
Atlapedia Online contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.

Geo-Globe
Geography information, quizzes, and games.

History/Exploration

America’s Story
Discover American history with the help of the Library of Congress.

Ben’s Guide to US Government for Kids
A fun and fact-filled site for K-12, provided as a service of the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO).

CIA World Fact Book
A site with information and current statistics for the world’s countries, prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency.

Discoverers Web
Links to all kinds of information found on the web about voyages of discovery and exploration.

History for Kids
Useful pictures and information on ancient civilizations, as well as ideas for crafts and lessons.

Hyper History/World History
Explore 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of lifelines, timelines, and maps.

Lewis & Clark Interactive Journey Log
Follow the journey of Lewis and Clark through journal entries, historical photos, drawings, and more. From National Geographic.

Social Studies for Kids
World and U.S. history, current events, timelines, fun quizzes and more.

This Day in History
Famous birthdays and events for each day of the year, from the History Channel.

Library Stuff

Do We Really Know Dewey?
Learn all about Melvil Dewey and his famous classification system!

StoryPlace
A digital library for kids, from Smart-Start North Carolina and the Public Library of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County (Charlotte, NC).

Math

A+ Math Games
Math games and logic puzzles that are actually fun!

AAA Math
math for grade levels K- 8

Ask Dr. Math
Email math questions and check for math answers on this site.

Teach R Kids Math
math for elementary school

 

Nature

Backyard Nature
Learn about the plants, animals, and ecology right outside your door with educator and naturalist Jim Conrad.

Tramline Virtual Fieldtrips
Explore volcanoes, rainforests, and other natural wonders.
Canadian Museum of Nature http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/mon2.htm

ESL and Language


Dave's ESL Cafe
The internet meeting place for ESL & EFL teachers and students from around the world!

 

Karin's ESL PartyLand
The pages at Karin's ESL PartyLand are designed to help you improve your English.  (And, yes, it's all free.) 

 

Merriam Webster Online
Dictionary and Thesaurus

 

Ask Oxford
All your English language questions answered, plus quotes, crosswords, and more!

 

Your Dictionary.com
the last word in words; dictionary, thesaurus and translation dictionary
 

Science

Cool Science

Nine Planets

Volcano World

 


 

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