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Sometimes you need to do something that is FUN. You should do this for no reason. It could be but does not have to be educational or intellectual. It should just be fun. You should do things that make you say "Cool!". Enjoy these sites.

Sites that make you say "Wow"

Protozone http://www.protozone.net/AJinteractives.html
Permadi http://permadi.com/
Orisinal Games http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/
Cyberchase http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games.html
Soda Play http://www.sodaplay.com/
Imagination Cubed http://www.imaginationcubed.com/LaunchPage
Archimedes Lab http://www.archimedes-lab.org/
Digital Films http://digitalfilms.com/
Block Corner http://www.blockcorner.com/ Mazes http://www.logicmazes.com/
Boiler Room http://gamescene.com/Boiler_Room_game.html

Learn Something Fun

Brainquest http://brainquest.com/
Sandlot Science http://www.sandlotscience.com/
Super Thinkers http://www.superpages.com/enlightenme/
superthinkers/pages/index.html
T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. Project
Video Game Revolution http://www.pbs.org/kcts/videogamerevolution/
Exploratorium http://www.exploratorium.edu/index.html
Thunk (secret coder) http://www.thunk.com/
GeoSpy http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geospy/
A Game A Day http://www.agameaday.com/
Begin to Spin-learn yo-yo tricks http://www.begin2spin.com/
What Do You Like to Do? http://www.bls.gov/k12/

Oology http://www.ology.amnh.org/

Learn How Stuff is Made

Howstuffworks.com http://www.howstuffworks.com
How Products Are Made http://www.madehow.com/

Things that Usually Aren't Interactive

Lite Brite online http://www.sfpg.com/animation/instruc.html
Etch a Sketch http://www.etch-a-sketch.com/html/onlineetch.htm
Magnetic Poetry http://www.magneticpoetry.com
/kidspoetry/playonline.cfm
JigZone http://jigzone.com
Paint by Number http://www.segmation.com/SegPlayOverview.html
Sliding Puzzle http://www.slidingpuzzle.com
Jeopardy http://www.sonypictures.com/games/jeopardy/
jeopardy_pop.html
Virtual Bubblewrap http://www.urban75.com/Mag/bubble.html

Puzzles

Visual Puzzles http://www.puzzles.com/PuzzlePlayground/Visual.htm

Cryptarithms http://www.geocities.com/Athens
/Agora/2160/puzzles.html#MULTIPL

Pattern Makers

Kaleidoscope Maker http://www.permadi.com/java/spaint/spaint.html
Tile Machine http://tilemachine.com/
Quiltmaker http://www.licm.com/shtml_content/s_quilt.shtml

Algebra Helps

Operations on Integers http://www.mathguide.com/lessons/Integers.html

Algebasics http://www.algebasics.com/

Purple Math http://www.purplemath.com/modules/index.htm

Let's Divide Integers
http://www.aaamath.com/g76-div-negative.html#section2

Perk up Projects and Emails!

Mom's Fonts http://www.momscorner4kids.com/fonts/index.htm
Millan Animated Gifs http://www.millan.net/anims/giffar.html

Art

Mark Kistler"s Imagination Station http://www.draw3d.com/lessons.htm
Create A Creature http://www.afordturtle.com.cnchost.com
/CreateACreature/index.html
Snoopy http://www.snoopy.com/
ArtPad http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/
Bembo's Zoo http://www.bemboszoo.com/

Make a Bookmark http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/bookmarkfactory/ Cartoonster http://www.kidzdom.com/tutorials/

Mr. PicassoHead http://www.mrpicassohead.
com/create.html
Matisse for Kids http://www.artbma.org/education
/cone_kids/F_conekids.html

Paint like Jackson Pollack http://www.jacksonpollock.org/

Japanese Math Puzzles

"Paint by Number". Griddler http://www.griddlers.net
Pic-A-Pix http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/index.htm
Paint by Number http://www.blindchicken.com/~ali/games/puzzles.html

Sudoku Online
Websudoku http://websudoku.com
Sudoku Online http://www.sudoku.org.uk/
Daily Sudoku http://www.dailysudoku.co.uk/sudoku/index.shtml
Check out the Monster Sudoku section. These puzzles are print only.
Sudoku Puzzles http://www.sudoku-puzzles.net/
Sudoku for Kids http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/sudoku_for_kids.htm
Sudoku-San for Kids http://www.divingforbananas.com/
sudoku/sudokuForKids.php?index=0

Jig-Saw-DoKu http://www.jigsawdoku.com/

Samurai and Killer and Samurai Killer Suduko Not for the faint hearted!! http://www.sudoku.4thewww.com/samurai.php
Samurai Sudoku http://www.samurai-sudoku.com/ online
Samurai Sudoku http://sudoku.binaryworlds.com/ print only

Free Sudoku Maker http://angusj.com/sudoku/

Kakuro Online
NEW Kakuro http://www.atksolutions.com/games/kakuro.html
Kakuro.com http://www.kakuro.com/
Kakuro http://www.kakuro.net/
Kakuro Cross Sums http://www.kakuropuzzle.com/
Karuro-San http://www.divingforbananas.com/kakuro/
KaruroConquest http://www.kakuroconquest.com

Other Japanese Puzzle Types http://www.nikoli.co.jp/puzzles/index-e.htm

Battleship Puzzles http://www.conceptispuzzles.com
/products/battleships/index.htm

Puzzles http://www.conceptispuzzles.com/index.htm

Typing/Word Processing Practice

Tutorials:
Dance Mat Typing
Peter’s Online Typing Course
Mr. Kent’s Typing Tutor
Type Online
Touch Typing
Krazy Keyboarding for Kids

Skills Builder: Typing with Yasmin

Online typing tests:
TypingTest.com
Mr. Kent’s Typing Test II
See How Fast You Can Type
Typing Test

Word Processing http://www.sabrinasterling.com

Virtual Dissection

Frog Webquest
http://www.can-do.com/uci/lessons98/Frogs.html

Frog Info Site http://sps.k12.ar.us/massengale/frog_dissection.htm

Frog Dissection http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=5763

Frog Builder http://www-itg.lbl.gov/vfrog/builder.info.html

Owl Pellet Dissection http://www.kidwings.com/
owlpellets/index.htm

Cow's Eye Dissection http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_
studio/cow_eye/index.html

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