Sixth-grade Search Engines
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Education

11 Rules not taught in schools

Chemistry Links

Chemicool: The periodic table and information on all the elements

Rube Goldberg links

The Official Rube Goldberg Website, includes galleries
Information on Rube and Rube contests.. including what makes a good Rube machine
A 47-step machine that produces a message (an actual invention)
Who the man was with an example of one of his cartoons
The never-miss putter cartoon
An example of a school contest rules

Local

Boone County Community Network: Contains great links for kids

Science

Static Electricity
PBS online
Discovery School page
Understanding simple machines - everything a student should know: Includes links to other sites
Examples of simple machines: Small site but good illustrations

Magnets

Math

Virtual Stock Exchange a place where kids can trade stocks!
Middle School Math page for teachers
Middle School Math page for students (includes the problem of the week)

Fun and Travel

The U.S.S. Cod, a WWII submarine in Cincinatti.
A Knobstone Journal: An account of a 1997 backpack trip on the Knobstone Trail
Into the Grand Canyon: A 1997 backpack trip on New Year's

Workshops

Intro to Internet Research
Webdesign
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