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Games and activities for kids, from UC Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science.
Grade Level: Pre-K-2, 3-5, 6-8


http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/kids/

	CONTENT: This interactive site for children and parents from the Lawrence Hall of Science at the University of California, Berkeley, provides online games, home activities, and other cool stuff.
	SITE DESIGN: The games and activities are listed alphabetically on the front page. All links open in a new window keeping the list available. Requires Shockwave and Flash Player.
	REVIEW: Students, teachers, and parents will find lots of entertaining learning activities at this site. For instance, the younger set and their parents will enjoy playing familiar tunes such as Mary Had a Little Lamb and Jingle Bells in the Juice Bottle Jingles. Included are instructions for trying this at home with several variations for different sounds. In the Big Dinos Return, learn dino facts, do experiments and play games to unearth cool dino facts. Other activities give students the opportunity to listen to whale songs, manipulate a star clock to tell the time, build a human skeleton, take a ride in a hot air balloon, or explore variables by launching a human cannonball. Home activities include family math, chem mystery, making a Tower of Hanoi, and more. The Biology Lab Animals features articles about chinchillas, corn snakes, rats, tree frogs, and others. This is a fun site that will keep youngsters engaged for hours.
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05/10/2006