Social Studies/
History

The History of Today:on-this-day
White House 101
At Guardian's Egyptyou will find extensive information about Ancient Egypt. Take a virtual tour or send a postcard!
Get your mummy facts at Mummies of Ancient Egypt.
At Castles on the Web, you can take many different Castle Tours and access a Glossary of Castle Terms. There also is a separate page on Castles for Kids.
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids

Language Arts

Poetry for Kids

Science

Amazing Space Web-Based Activities
NASA Kids
NASA SpaceLink
Explore Learning - Interactive Math and Science Simulations
The Butterfly Website
Insects on the Web
Science for Kids, Children, Projects & Experiments

Math

www.funbrain.com
www.aaamath.com
www.primarygames.com
www.internet4classrooms.com
www.math.com
The Math Forum's Elementary Problem of the Week

German

FCPS German Resources
For a German-English On-line Dictionary, check this site.
Want to learn German? Try the German for Beginners website.

Reference

IPL Kidspace
At KIDINFO you will find great student homework and teacher/parent resources. All links are checked and updated weekly. Categories are Student Index which includes everything from homework help to reference resources; Young Children with online stories, games, and coloring activities; Teacher Index with web resources, tutorials, and lesson plans; and Parent Index which includes information from parenting tips to resources for college and scholarships.
The Department of Treasury Kid's Page let's its visitors take a tour of the U.S. Mint and the Treasury Department; learn about whose face appears on each dollar bill, how money is printed, and about savings bonds.
The Fairfax County Public Library website.

General

The Educational CyberPlayGround
The American Library Association has many resources available for parents and students.

Fun and Games

FUNBRAIN: Educational, Interactive Kids Games for Learning is a site for number, word, world, and extra games.
At author/illustrator Jan Brett's web site you can find fun activities, information on her books, and even send postcard to a friend.

When you see this "splat", be advised that you will be leaving the Orange Hunt web site. Always monitor your children's use of the Internet as they may enter unknown sites. FCPS does not control the content or relevancy of pages outside the FCPS network.