Educational Links to Goverment Web Pages
for Kids, Parents & Teachers

Web sites for Kids

The below web pages offer fun, games and important information for kids of all ages.

Welcome to the White House
An insiders look at the White House from the perspective of Socks the cat and Buddy the dog. There is information on location, history, about the president, the White House Kids, the White House Pets and a place to write the president.

USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service
Agriculture & Math fun with Stanley stat and Pie-chart Pam. The site also offers a glossary, games and history of the NASS.

United States Fire Administration
Fire Safety page with information, tips and games designed to make learning about fire safety fun.

CIA's Homepage for Kids
The CIA offers kids a link to the World Fact book, a great resource for information on countries around the world. They also offer history, geography and other information. There is an area about the CIA Canine Corps and aerial photo pigeons.

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Education Resources
Reference materials on Weather (including tornadoes, hurricanes, floods & other hazardous weather), Climate Changes, Oceans & Coasts (including fish, marine mammals, costal navigation) and Satellites & Space.

Volcano World's Kid's Door
Great site for information on Volcanos. Includes Games, Virtual Field Trips, School Project Ideas, and More.

Postal Services Send a Message
Resource to the world of the post office and stamps including collecting. There is a spot for 1st class fun with games, quizzes and more.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Crabby Kathy and Sharon find the Environment along with games, suprises, kids' surveys, hot topics, brainteasers, riddles, jokes and much more. (This page also available in Spanish)

NASA is my Playground
Links to cool NASA sites like on airplanes, the earth, the planets, space travel, stars and galaxies and other NASA "stuff".

EPA Student Center
The EPA Student Center offers middle and high school students a wide range of environmental issues to explore. There are club projects, careers & scholarships, and information about conservation, recycling, ecosystems, air, water and health to name a few.

Deparment of Justice for Kids and Youth
This page offers information for younger kids and youth about crime prevention, inside the courtroom, and the 10 most wanted to name a few. Also has an Internet Do's & Don'ts to teach kids how to use the internet responsibly.

Department of Energy Science Pages for Kids
Over 30 seperate links to cool science pages for kids like Bill Nye the Science Guy, online Experiments and more.

Children's Butterfly Site
A link from the U.S. Geolgical Survey web page about butterflys including butterfly photo galleries. This site is also listed on the above page.

Educational Web pages for Teachers & Parents

The web pages listed below are resources for teachers & parents to learn from and teach with.

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Education Resources
Materials designed to be used in the classroom or as background information on Weather, Climate Changes, Oceans & Coasts and Satellites & Space.

NASA resources for Educators
Part of the NASA Education Program offering links to programs and resources to enhance the educational process.

National Institute on Drug Abuse Mind Over Matter
A teacher's guide to the brain's responce to drugs in PDF format. The Mind Over Matter site offers other information, look around for other things.

USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service
Ag for Teachers - Offers lesson plans, classroom activities and learning tools based on agriculture, math and computer science.

USDA Whiz Kid Activity packet
Printable information and activities about agriculture, food science and nutrition.

Volcano World - Volcano Lesson Plans
This area of Volcano World offers 14 seperate volcano oreiented lesson plans. While you are there check out the rest of Volcano World like Volcano World Online links to other lessons & information on line

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Tidbits for Teachers - Conservation education material for teachers K-12. Several different lesson plans for conservation including backyard conservation, soil information and history of conservation.

US Fire Administration Resources Page
This page is a list of printable information on fire saftey for all ages. It includes topics from coloring pages for kids to 'Retiring Fire' a guide for Older Americans. Several documents also available in Spanish.

National Forest Service Conservation Education
This site offers dozens of links for program information, curricular resources, contacts, newsletters, and links to other Environmental Education Sites.

EPA's Environmental Education Center
The Curriculum Resouces & Activities link in the Education Center offers activity ideas, curricula and concepts to help teach about conservation, Human Health, Water, Ecosystems, Waste & recycling and Air.

U. S. Geolgical Survey Learning Web
The Learning Web offfers lessons and activities relating to the Changing world, Maps and Earth Hazzards. There is also a USGS Educational Materials list for more resources.

Federal Railroad Administration Materials for Educators
This page includes curriculum on trains, lesson plans, and other ways to fit the railroad into math and the rest of your lesson plans.

Department of Justice Teachers and Parents Page
This is a list of links on a variety of topics ranging from community information to preventing prejudice and hate.

National Park Service Links to Learning
Park Environmental Education Resources on line - links to educational programs, outreach projects and more at various national parks around the country.

Department of Energy Science Education
ESTEEM web site brings the scientific and educational resources of the national laboratories to a central location. Links also to the National Science Bowl, Science centers, and museums.

South Carolina Educational links For Teachers & Parents

South Carolina Archives Curriculum Packets
This page offers ordering information on several different curriculum on different history oriented topics like South Carolina politics or the Civil War.

South Carolina Forestry Commision Publications & ... for Teachers
A variety of different publications are offered for educational use to help teach about South Carolina's forestry.