Links to sites recommended for children and Parents

Sites for Parents

Click here to access the portal site for Irish schools and we go direct to the parents pages.

http://www.scoilnet.ie/parents/

Want to know what the National Parents Council were talking about at their conference?

http://www.local.ie/content/9948.shtml

This British site is an excellent resource for parents.It claims it is for parents who want to give their children the best possible start in life. It will keep you up to date on everything you need to know, about educating your children

http://learnfree.co.uk/

Children Reading and Writing.

700 Sites for children

A list of 700 sites compiled by the Children and Technology Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.This is designed for American schools and is a massive resource at our disposal.

http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html

How can the children access experts?

There are a few places on the web where children's questions are answered by the experts

http://njnie.dl.stevens-tech.edu/askanexpert.html

How can children use the web for research and exploration?

Here are a few sites that can help.

The National Archives might help that history project.

http://www.ireland.com/

Web Projects.

The Jason Project was set up by Dr. Robert Ballard after discovering the wreck of the Titanic.

http://www.jasonproject.org/

This is a major site and a project of the European Union distributed to 50,000 schools. Teams of teachers in the U.S., Britain and Ireland have developed the website. It has a mission to encourage the peaceful use of space and to encourage the protection of our environment. The pages are very modern, colourful and technological in design.

http://www.theguardians.com/

Field Trips

The web gives pupils the opportunity to take a "virtual" field trip to places they wouldn't otherwise have a chance to visit - without any expense or hassle!

Visit the Louvre!

http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm

Visit the most famous house in the world, The White House!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/glimpse/tour/html/index.html

Want to see what the earth looks like at this very moment, viewed from the sun or the moon?

http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html

Like to view the planets and see what a deep field looks like? Images captured by the Hubble space telescope

http://www.seds.org/hst/hst.html

Interactive Sites

The interactive frog dissection is well known and is mentioned in every list of web resources!

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/menu.html

You can also take a look at the heart online - but be prepared and turn on the speakers.

http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html

Kathy Schrock's links for Educators

This American site offers a description and gives the link to sites the children will love

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/kidstuff.html

Collaborative Sites

A list of sites on which schools can collaborate on various projects.

http://njnie.dl.stevens-tech.edu/collaborativesites.html