Internet Quests

by Cook, Catherine Halloran

• ISBN13: 9780865304567
• ISBN10: 0865304564
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Incentive Pubns

Summary

Internet Quest contains 101 age-appropriate Internet sites that explore categories of high interest to children. Does your daughter want to be an artist? Take her on a virtual tour to meet Paul Cezanne! Does your son dream of exploring caves? Visit a site that lets you take a peek at some amazing rock and mineral formations! If your class is interested in creating games, show them a site written by pre-teens and teens that contains game and activity ideas--and encourages readers to contribute games of their own!

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Internet Tips and Terms	p. 9
All About Computers	p. 11
Link with Kids Around the World	p. 12
Surf Monkey: An Internet Guide	p. 13
What Does That Mean?	p. 14
Art and Music	p. 15
Art Adventures	p. 16
The Art of Origami	p. 17
Fun on the Internet	p. 18
The Grammy Awards	p. 19
The Noise of Music	p. 20
Paul Cezanne	p. 21
Entertainment	p. 23
Arnold Schwarzenegger	p. 24
Dirty Harry: Hero of the Screen	p. 25
Fun on the Web	p. 26
Games and Fun	p. 27
Hollywood People	p. 28
The Making of a Documentary	p. 29
MTV Backstage	p. 30
Nintendo Rules!	p. 31
The Oscars	p. 32
Ride a Roller Coaster	p. 33
Food	p. 35
Cooking for Kids	p. 36
Ice Cream for the People	p. 37
Jelly Beans!	p. 38
Yummy Candy	p. 39
Fyi--For Your Information	p. 41
Answers to Just about Everything	p. 42
For Your Health	p. 43
Questions, Questions	p. 44
Stocks, Bonds, and Investing	p. 45
Tobacco Road	p. 46
World News for Kids	p. 47
Where are They now?	p. 48
Yahooligans	p. 49
Geography and Travel	p. 51
America the Great	p. 52
Explore Antarctica	p. 53
Investigate the Loch Ness Monster	p. 54
Learn a Language	p. 55
Map the World	p. 56
The Peace Corps	p. 57
Pharaohs and Pyramids	p. 58
Safe Spelunking	p. 59
Sky Scrapers	p. 60
South Dakota: A Guide to the Great Sioux Nation	p. 61
Tower of London	p. 62
The World's Most Incredible Places	p. 63
History and Government	p. 65
All About Money	p. 66
The British Monarchy	p. 67
Early American Pioneers	p. 68
Famous Explorers	p. 69
Fly with the Blue Angels	p. 70
The Lewis and Clark Expedition	p. 71
Meet Anne Frank	p. 72
The Titanic in Cyber Space	p. 73
Visit a Viking Ship	p. 74
Hobbies	p. 75
Collect 'em All!	p. 76
Frisbee Fun	p. 77
The Iditarod	p. 78
Learn about 4-H	p. 79
Crazy Cartoons!	p. 80
Perfect Pictures	p. 81
Sports for Kids	p. 82
You Go, Girl!	p. 83
Yo-Yos for Everyone	p. 84
Museums, Tours, and Exhibits	p. 85
African Heroes	p. 86
American Inventors	p. 87
Ancient Olympics	p. 88
Creating a Car	p. 89
Discover Flight at the Air and Space Museum	p. 90
Protect Your Invention	p. 91
The Natural History Museum of London	p. 92
The Nobel Prize	p. 93
Success: The Gallery of Achievement	p. 94
Unexplained Discoveries	p. 95
Wow! What a Museum!	p. 96
Nature	p. 97
A Whale of a Time	p. 98
Animals, Animals: The Electronic Zoo	p. 99
Explore National Parks	p. 100
Green Thumb's Garden	p. 101
Know your Pets	p. 102
The National Severe Storms Laboratory	p. 103
Outrageous Earthquakes	p. 104
Sunny or Rainy?	p. 105
Swimming with Sea Turtles	p. 106
Trek the Zoo	p. 107
Reading and Learning	p. 109
All About Words	p. 110
Animals, Myths, and Legends	p. 111
Beverly Cleary	p. 112
Games Galore	p. 113
Get to Know Your World	p. 114
Homework Resources	p. 115
Kids' Books	p. 116
Pirates, Tropical Islands, and Treasure	p. 117
Science	p. 119
Do You See What I See?	p. 120
Experience Energy	p. 121
Genetic Secrets	p. 122
Infectious Diseases	p. 123
The Periodic Table	p. 124
Relics From the Past	p. 125
Satellites in Space	p. 126
Science is Fun	p. 127
Science with Beakman and Jax	p. 128
Space Out!	p. 129
Why Garbage Stinks	p. 130
Answer Key to Quest Questions	p. 131
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