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Oklahoma's Official Web Site

Educational

History

Museums

Government

The History of the Great War – World War I People, places and events during World War I.

Yahoo Kids! is the ultimate web guide for kids! Features fun and educational resources for kids with games, animals, music, jokes, movies, news, astrology, TV, science, e-cards, reference, and more.

Little Explorers English Picture Dictionary - preschool and elementary.  A wonderful  dictionary for young children.

FINS: Fish Information Service - Middle and high school; about fish and how to set up aquariums.

National Geographic - Need we say more!

Library of Congress

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Salem Witch Museum - Middle and High school. A site about the history of the Salem Witch trials.

Missouri Botanical Gardens - Elementary and  middle schoolers, parents/teachers, educational, has awards. Very entertaining, games, pictures and stories of other environmental zones.

The Franklin Institute Science Museum  online!

The Exploratorium

Online since 1993, the Exploratorium was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World Wide Web. Our site now contains over 15,000 Web pages exploring hundreds of different topics. We currently serve fifteen million visitors a year. That makes us one of the most visited museum Web sites in the world

StarChild - a service of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center for elementary astronomers, parents and teachers. 

 

The White House

The White House for Kids

Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee, a diverse group of public interest, non profit and industry groups working to educate the Congress and the public about important Internet-related policy issues.

Miller Center  About American Presidents and the Presidency.

Math

Science

Welcome to Physics 2000 an interactive journey through modern physics! Learn visually and conceptually about 20th Century science and high-tech devices.

A+ Math - All Ages; activities and games to help with math skills.

NASA

ENC Online is a K-12 math and science teacher center 

Tons of weather related links with forecasts of all kinds along with weather maps, data and links.

The Jason Project - was founded in 1989 by Dr. Robert D. Ballard and is headquartered in Needham Heights, Massachusetts. Its mission is to inspire in students a life-long passion for learning in science, math, and technology.

Larry Magid's PC Answer - covers technology, computers, the Internet, gadgets and tech issues.

Family Education - where millions of parents find school solutions, homework help, parenting tips, and expert advice.

The School of Information at the University of Michigan houses the Internet Public Library's Kid's Space and Teen's Space 

The Discovery Channel spans the globe with 1.2 billion cumulative subscribers around the world, Discovery Communications is the leading global real-world media and entertainment company.

Teachernet The premier online community for K-8 educators.

Community Learning Network For Kids Only

JobStar Central - career guides resumes salary info and much more!

History Channel - For all ages - a source of historical information on world events. 

PBS - the home of comprehensive companion Web sites for more than 1,300 PBS television programs and specials, as well as original Web content and real-time learning adventures. With more than 175,000 pages of content to explore, visitors to pbs.org can delve further into the subjects they most enjoy–from news to history and the arts to science and technology. PBS.org furthers the public broadcasting commitment to lifelong learning through supersites such as PBS Kids, PBS Parents, PBS TeacherSource, and PBS Campus.

PBS for Kids  - All ages. Fun and educational information on a large variety of subjects. Kids section, teacher source, adult learning and much, much more.

Kids

TV, Movies, Video & Music

Pages of links & sites to explore

Sesame Street!

Disney's Blast - Some areas cost.

Nickelodeon Online

Warner Brothers - Kids - Movies, fun stuff and shows; all for kids.

The Cartoon Network

Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame

American Film Institute

K.E.W.L. - Pages of links for kids.

Interesting places to browse for Kids - an ongoing compilation of pointers to things that might be interesting to kids with access to the Web.

Just for Fun Places

Homework Help

KidsCom has kids games, chat rooms for kids, video game cheats and other child activities. The games focus on fun, learning and Internet safety.

a href="http://www.kids-korner.com/" target="new">Kids-Korner is an interactive, on-line community built especially for kids 14 and under. There are lots of things to do such as chatting, sending kidkards, finding a penpal and much more. There is a membership, but it's FREE!

Bonus.com - Supersite for Kids, Parents and Teachers Access to Activities. BONUS.COM is a free service

Kids Space an Internet site where children world wide explore and communicate using new technology and creative abilities. 

Homework Help

Scholastic Homework Hub 

Kids on the Web - Homework Tools  - links to online encyclopedias, atlases and much more.

Parents & Families

DHS - Family Support Services Division

Oklahoma Crisis, Referral and Other Hotlines

Child Support Guidelines

Unofficial Online Child Support Guidelines Calculator

Blank Guidelines Computation Form - Word format

Oklahoma Department of Corrections Offender Inquiry

Adopt U S Kids is supported through a cooperative agreement between The Children's Bureau, Administration for Children & Families, the US Department of Health & Human Services and the Adoption Exchange Association. Collaboration partners include: Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work, Northwest Adoption Exchange, Holt International Children's Services and The Adoption Exchange Inc

Oklahoma Adoption Exchange

FamilyFun - provides families with creative ideas and real-life solutions. It's vibrant, user-friendly, and full of what parents need to make family life everything it can be

Family.com - localized activity calendars from parenting publications, chats, and more.  

Anger Management = AngerManagementExpert was formed to offer a unique reference point on extensive advice on managing anger problems.

Here you'll find expert information on anger management. Includes: identifying the risk factors; methods of controlling anger; anger therapies; the different types of anger and how anger manifests itself.

Locate a child care facility

SoonerStart

Pregnancy and Parenting

Parents and Children - know the laws that affect: adoption, custody, child support, guardianship.

The National Center on Sexual Behavior of Youth is a national training and technical assistance center developed by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

The Center is designed to provide states, territories, and the District of Columbia with information and support through national training and technical assistance in the management of children with sexual behavior problems and adolescent sex offenders.

Focus on the Family - began in 1977 in response to Dr. James Dobson's increasing concern for the American family.

Missing Children

Child Cyber Search

Child Quest International - a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to the protection and recovery of missing, abused and exploited children and at-risk adults. Funded through private and corporate donations and fundraising events, Child Quest never charges a fee for our services.

WorldVillage  

Therapist Unlimited is a National directory of centers and counseling services for those seeking treatment for substance abuse and more. Therapist Unlimted includes listings for therapists, drug rehabs, counseling centers, non-profit orgs and more. The listings in this directory are broken down by state and then by city and provide Information about the services offered by each organization.

Interesting places to browse for Parents - a compendium of links to sites and pages in the World Wide Web that are likely to be of interest or of use to parents.

Families Under Construction, Inc - practical solutions and timely
information to address the challenges inevitable in modern family life.

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - information about families, marriage & dating, parenting, grandparents,  alcoholism, child abuse, and family violence.

   

Volunteers

National Service

Family and Youth Services Bureau

Business Volunteerism Council

National Center for Nonprofit Boards

Action Without Borders


 

 

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