Kids Links

Books:

• Kidsreads.com
• Teenreads.com

Business:

• eBiz4Teens.
• National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship.
• Streetwhiz: guide to young investors.
• Tek.Xam (competency exam for Internet-related businesses).

Computers:

• The Geek Code
• Liquid Narrative Group.
• Programming:
  • Programming Contest problems (high school).
  • Curses Library.
  • Drawbox C++ library (simple graphics library).
  • Java:
    • Bruce Eckel's Free Electronic Book on Java.
  • LOGO:
    • Logo Foundation.
    • LOGO: A Turtle for the Teacher.
    • LOGO computer language for learners.
    • MSWLogo: public domain code.
    • MSW LOGO Introduction.
  • MindRover, highly rated commercial 3d computer game that involves programming modular vehicles that compete against computers in various arenas.
  • "Computer Science Tapestry, 2nd Ed." by Owen Astrachan.
  • Online courses and tutorials:
    • Online C++ course.
    • Free-ed.net, has links to many online courses of all kinds, including computer language courses (C, C++, Java, Perl, etc.).
    • dmoz.org, links to many online computer-related tutorials.
  • Robocode links:
    • Robocode from IBM.
    • Roboleague, collections of Robocode programs.
  • Sun Java Online Tutorial.
• ThinkQuest.

Fun:

• Aardman Studios (Wallace and Gromit and other animations).
• Allmagic: site on magic.
• Anagram program.
• Blue Mountain electronic greetings.
• Kleimo random name generator.
• Lego Mindstorms.
• Mind Sports Worldwide.
• Morphases.com, sophisticated software for manipulating facial images.
• Origami site.
• Text art.

Math:

• NRICH Online Maths Club
• Puzzles.
• Puzzles and Problems
• Problem of the Week

Science:

• Bob's Rock Shop.
• Discovery Online
• Edmund Scientific.
• eSkeletons Project: comparison of skeletons of different primates.
• Greatest engineering achievements of the 20th century.
• HomeSciSchool: online store for home science education.
• How Stuff Works.
• Jason Project (ocean-related research for students)
• K-12 Science Education Web Sites.
• A Look Inside the Atom.
• Mammoth Net, site for young inventors.
• Morehead Planterium (Chapel Hill).
• The Particle Adventure.
• Science News Online.
• Soap Bubbles.
• Society for Amateur Scientists.
• Triangle Amateur Robotics
• US Physics Olympiad Team.