US Government Kids' Websites
This list was compiled by the US Government, and is reproduced here because there are useful links under a number of topics. No endorsement is made of age-appropriateness for kids.
Animals
- AnimalCams (Smithsonian Institution)
- Kids Corner, Endangered Species (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
- National Zoo (Smithsonian Institution)
- ARS Science 4 Kids (Agricultural Research Service)
- My Pyramid for Kids (Agriculture Dept.)
- Food Safety for Kids (Agricultural Dept.)
- Afterschool.gov (General Services Administration)
- Art in the White House
- ARTSEDGE: For Students (National Endowment for the Arts & Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts)
- Discovery Theatre (Smithsonian Institution)
- Kid's Castle (Smithsonian Institution)
- National Zoo (Smithsonian Institution)
- NGAkids (National Gallery of Art)
- Park Smart (National Park Service)
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- B.E.P. Kids Page (Bureau of Engraving & Printing)
- Education Resources (U.S. International Trade Commission)
- H.I.P. Pocket Change (U.S. Mint)
- Investor Education & Assistance (Securities Exchange Commission)
- IRS: Understanding Taxes (IRS)
- OPIC for Kids (Overseas Private Investment Corporation)
- Savings Bonds for Kids (Bureau of the Public Debt)
- STAWRS Kids (A joint effort among the Labor Depart., Treasury Depart., Internal Revenue Service, Small Business Administration and Social Security Administration)
- Treasury Educational Links (Treasury Dept.)
- Treasury's Page for Kids (Treasury Dept.)
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Kids Pages (Commerce Dept.)
- Youthlink: Social Security for the Young (Social Security Administration)
- Air Force Careers (U.S. Air Force)
- Army and Army Reserve Recruiting (U.S. Army)
- Career Exploration (Employment & Training Administration)
- Department of Labor Educational Resources (Labor Dept.)
- Military Career Guide Online (U.S. Defense Dept. Center Monterey Bay)
- Navy.com (U.S. Navy)
- Opportunities for You in the Corps (U.S. Marine Corps)
- Selective Service System Registration Information (Selective Service System)
- Studentjobs.gov (Office of Personnel Management and Dept of Education/Student Financial Assistance
- Occupational Outlook Handbook (Labor Statistics Bureau)
- Think College Early (Education Dept.)
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- FactFinder Kids' Corner! (Census Bureau)
- Girl Power! (Health & Human Services Dept.)
- HUD for Students (Housing & Urban Development Department)
- Indian Health Service Native American KIDS home page (Indian Health Service)
- Kids Next Door (Housing & Urban Development Dept.)
- Planet Youth (Office of Native American Programs)
- World Wise Schools: Students (Peace Corps)
- Consumer Information Security for Kids (Federal Trade Commission)
- Parents Guide to the Internet (Education Dept.)
- FBI Kids & Youth Educational Page (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
- Freevibe.com (National Drug Control Policy Office)
- History of Federal Judgeships (Administrative Office of the Courts)
- Inside the Courtroom (Executive Office for the U.S. Attorneys)
- Justice for Kids and Youth (Justice Dept.)
- Understanding the Federal Courts (Administrative Office of the Courts)
- Air Force Careers (U.S. Air Force)
- Army and Army Reserve Recruiting (U.S. Army)
- CIA Homepage for Kids (Central Intelligence Agency)
- Just for Kids (Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh)
- Navy.com (U.S. Navy)
- NGA Children's Site (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency)
- NSA/CSS Kids & Youth Homepage (National Security Agency)
- Opportunities for You in the Corps (U.S. Marine Corps)
- Selective Service System Registration Information (Selective Service System)
- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (National Imagery & Mapping Agency)
- VA Kids (Veterans Affairs Dept.)
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- Encyclopedia Smithsonian (Smithsonian Institution)
- The Globe Program (NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory)
- Learning Activities for the Growth Season (Consumer Information Center)
- NCES Classroom (National Center for Education Statistics)
- Parents Guide to the Internet (Education Dept.)
- Student Aid on the Web (Education Dept.)
- Student Financial Assistance (Education Dept.)
- Students.gov (Education Dept.)
- Think College Early (Education Dept.)
- BLM Kid's Corner (Bureau of Land Management)
- Children's Health Protection (Environmental Protection Agency)
- Dept. of the Interior: Just for Kids (Interior Dept.)
- Dr. E's Energy Lab (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network)
- Drinking Water, Kids Stuff (Ground Water & Drinking Water Office)
- Endangered Species Kids Corner (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
- EPA Student Center (Environmental Protection Agency)
- Explorers' Club (Environmental Protection Agency)
- Geological Survey: the Learning Web (United States Geological Survey)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Kids' Page
- NOAA Central Library: WINDandSEA - Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Internet Guide, Teachers and Students Corner (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
- NOAA Educational Resources (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
- NOAA Photo Library (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
- NPS: Interpretation & Education (National Park Service)
- NPS: Web Rangers (National Park Service)
- NREL's Education Programs (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
- NSSL's Weather Room (National Severe Storms Laboratory)
- Nucear Regulatory Commission's Student's Corner (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
- Photosites for Educators and Students (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
- Radiation Protection: Students and Teacher's Page (Environmental Protection Agency)
- Recycle City (Environmental Protection Agency)
- Tox Town (National Library of Medicine)
- Teacher at Sea (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
- Web Rangers (National Park Service)
- Woodsy Owl (USDA Forest Service)
- Future State (State Department)
- Kids World (Peace Corps)
- World Wise Schools: Students (Peace Corps)
- Census: FactFinder Kids' Corner! (Census Bureau)
- Earth Science Enterprise: For Kids Only (NASA Earth Science Enterprise)
- Information USA (State Dept.)
- TerraWeb for KIDS! (U.S. Geological Survey)
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- Basic Readings in Democracy (State Dept.)
- Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids (U.S. Government Printing Office)
- Core Documents of U.S. Democracy (U.S. Government Printing Office)
- House of Representatives: Kids in the House (Clerk of the House of Representatives)
- Law-4-Kids (Navy Dept. General Counsel Office)
- OurDocuments.gov (Cooperative effort among National History Day, The National Archives and Records Administration, USA Freedom Corps, and The Corporation for National and Community Service)
- Patent and Trademark Office's Kids Pages (Commerce Dept.)
- Presidents of the United States (White House)
- Senate: Art & History (Congress. Senate)
- Students.gov (Education Dept.)
- Understanding the Federal Courts (Administrative Office of the Courts)
- White House for Kids (White House)
- ATF Kids Page (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms)
- BAM! Body and Mind (Centers for Diseasse Control and Prevention)
- ChildStats.gov (Forum on Child and Family Statistics)
- FDA Kids' Page (Food & Drug Administration)
- FEMA for Kids (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
- Fire Administration Kids Page (Fire Administration)
- Freevibe.com (Office of National Drug Control Policy)
- Further Adventures of Kidd Safety, the (Consumer Product Safety Commission)
- Girl Power! (Health & Human Services Dept.)
- HHS Pages for Kids (Health & Human Services Dept.)
- healthfinder kids (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
- Kidd Safety (Consumer Product Safety Commission)
- Kids Next Door (Housing & Urban Development Dept.)
- Kids' Quest on Disability & Health (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Kidz Privacy (Federal Trade Commission)
- Mine Safety & Health Administration's Kids Page
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Kids' Page
- NIDA for Teens: The Science of Drug Abuse (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
- NIST in Your House (National Institute of Standards & Technology)
- Safe Work - Safe Kids (Labor Dept.)
- Social Security Kid's Place (Social Security Administration)
- Students' Corner (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
- Tox Town (National Library of Medicine)
- Team Nutrition (Food & Nutrition Service)
- Tobacco Information & Prevention: Tips4Youth (Centers for Diseasse Control and Prevention)
- Vince & Larry's Safety City (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
- American Memory (Library of Congress)
- America's Story from America's Library (Library of Congress)
- Digital Classroom (National Archives & Records Administration)
- First Ladies of the United States (White House)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum Educational Programs (National Archives & Records Administration)
- Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum for Students (National Archives & Records Administration)
- History of Federal Judgeships (Administrative Office of the Courts)
- The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
- The Holocaust: Learning about the Holocaust, for Students (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
- Jimmy Carter Library Kid's Corner (National Archives & Records Administration)
- John F. Kennedy Library & Museum Educational Programs (National Archives & Records Administration)
- Lyndon B. Johnson Library: LBJ Kids (National Archives & Records Administration)
- Presidents of the United States (White House)
- Truman Library: Kids Page (National Archives & Records Administration)
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- ARS Science 4 Kids (Agricultural Research Service)
- Aero Design Team Online (NASA)
- Ames Reserch Center: Education (NASA: Ames Research Center)
- Cool Science (Federal Energy Technology Center)
- Department of the Interior: Kids on the Web (Interior Dept.)
- Earth Science Enterprise: For Kids Only (NASA Earth Science Enterprise)
- EIA Energy Kid's Page (Energy Information Administration)
- EERE Kids: Dr. E's Energy Lab (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy)
- Endangered Species Kids Corner (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
- FEMA for Kids (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
- Fire Administration Kids Page (Fire Administration)
- From a Distance: Intro to Remote Sensing/GIS/GPS (Stennis Space Center)
- Geological Survey: Learning Web (Geological Survey)
- Glenn Educational Activities (Glenn Research Center)
- Globe Program, The (NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory)
- Goddard Space Flight Center: Education Programs (Goddard Space Flight Center)
- Jefferson Lab Kid's Corner (Energy Dept.)
- Johnson Space Center: Education (Johnson Space Center)
- Kennedy Space Center: Education (Kennedy Space Center)
- Kid's Castle: Science (Smithsonian Institution)
- Marshal Space Flight Center: Cool Sites (Marshal Space Flight Center)
- NASA for Kids (National Aeronautics & Space Administration)
- NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Education Gateway (National Aeronautics & Space Administration: Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
- National Air and Space Museum: Online Learning (Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum)
- National Agricultural Library Kid's Science Page (National Agricultural Library)
- National Zoo (Smithsonian Institution)
- Nature Watch (Forest Service)
- NOAA Photo Library (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
- NOAA: Primarily for Students (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Education)
- Particle Adventure (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Department of Energy)
- Periodic Table of the Elements (Energy Dept., Los Alamos National Laboratory)
- Photosites for Educators and Students (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
- Roofus' Solar and Efficient Neighborhood (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network)
- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Kids Page (National Imagery & Mapping Agency)
- SpaceKids - Space Science for Kids (National Aeronautics & Space Administration)
- StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers (Goddard Space Flight Center)
- Stennis Space Center: Education (Stennis Space Center)
- Students' Corner (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
- Teachers' and Students' Corner (NOAA Central Library)
- The Universe Adventure (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Department of Energy)
- USDA for Kids (Agriculture Dept.)
- USDA-NASS Kids (National Agricultural Statistics Service)
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Kids Pages (Commerce Dept.)
- Back to School (Federal Highway Administration)
- Federal Aviation Administration Kids Corner (Federal Aviation Administration)
- FHWA Education Pages (Federal Highway Administration)
- Garrett A. Morgan Technology & Transportation Futures Program (Transportation Dept.)
- Maritime Administration: Just for Kids and Teens (Maritime Administration)
- U.S. Coast Guard Coloring Books and More (U.S. Coast Guard)
- Vince & Larry's Safety City (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
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