The KIDS Report is published with the support of the Internet Scout Project and the National Science Foundation, and with a generous grant from John and Tashia Morgridge.
The KIDS Report is a biweekly publication produced by K-12 students as a resource to other K-12 students. It is an ongoing, cooperative effort of 12 classrooms from around the United States. Teachers assist and provide support; however, students select, evaluate and annotate all resources included in every issue of the KIDS Report.
This issue of KIDS, dated December 8, 1998, was written and produced by students of Nederland Elementary in the Boulder Valley School District, located in Nederland, Colorado.
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Starchild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level1/space.html
There's a whole bunch of different places you can explore at this site. The main menu gives several good choices: Solar System, Universe, Space Stuff, and Glossary. There are two levels to choose from, Level 1 and Level 2, making this site good for all ages of elementary school students. In each of the categories there are a lot of choices. In Space Stuff you can learn about the Hubble Space Telescope, Space Travel, Astronauts, and Space Probes; you can also do Space Activities. I like this site because it is easy to use and to read. There are good pictures and maps. There is even a way to search for what you want in the menu.
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First Flight
http://firstflight.open.ac.uk/
I chose this site because my ancestors are the Wright Brothers. I like this site because it has some of the experiments they conducted. It also has great links to several web sites that contain information and pictures of other early planes and flyers.
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Wilbur and Orville Wright
http://www.wam.und.edu/~stwright/WrBr/Wrights.html
Another Wright Brothers site I like is Wibur and Orville Wright because it has personal information about the brothers, which the other page did not have. It has an interesting link at the bottom of the page that leads to other links that give a brief history of the invention of the airplane.
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Air Force Link
http://www.af.mil/
This site is the official site of the United States Air Force. It has all the informaion you need on the Air Force including news from the present and the past. There are a lot of pictures and facts you can find on this site. It also has great links to sites like the Air Force museum. This site is good if you want information on the Air Force, but it's a bit slow on loading. We like this site because it has lots of information and pictures.
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The National Air and Space Museum
http://www.nasm.si.edu/
This site is perfect if you want information on planes, spacecraft, flights, missions, and more! The main links are: Collections and Research, Exhibits, and Public Programs and Information. We spent a lot of time exploring the Exhibits area. It is organized as if you are at the museum, with a menu by floor of actual things you could see if you were there to visit. There are many great things to see; our favorites are Space Race and Star Wars: The Magic of Myth, Einstein Planetarium, Apollo to the Moon, and Milestones of Flight. We would recommend this web site to anyone who is looking for something on flight. It is very easy to manuver around. We like this site because it has information on aircraft of all sorts.
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PBS Online
http://www.pbs.org
PBS has a lot of different types of information. Featured links on the main page are Kids, Learn with PBS, Online NewsHour, News & Views, History, Science, Technology, and Shop PBS. The "Kids" link is my favorite because you can do so many things. There is an area to send messages to your favorite characters or to the creator of your favorite show, a place to find out what's going to happen next on the show, to tell jokes, sing, color, and just have fun. This area is great for little kids. If you don't find what you are looking for from the links, there is a search that is easy to use. I did a search on "flight" and found there were over 1000 documents on this topic. The most interesting to me was from Newton's Apple series on gliders. It has an activity on designing gliders. This site also has a list of good links to related information.
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You Can Soar Homepage
http://worldflight.org/youcansoar/index.html
This is a great place to visit if you're interested in women's flight history and what is happening today in the world of woman's flight. The main links include World Flight 1997, which tells about the reinactment of Amelia Earhart's 1939 flight; World Flight Now contains pilots' logs, flight routes, crew information, and movies on flight; Amelia Earhart has a photo album, a timeline, and information on her life and achievments; The Plane has facts on Amelia's planes and a lot of pictures; the Electra Gallery and Learning Resources have more links to activites and information on flight. This site is well organized and easy to use. Each time you go into a link, the other links available are offered so you can easily navigate the entire site. I highly recommend this site because the written information is easy to read, and there are good pictures and maps as well as fun activities that teach more about flight.
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The KIDS Report is produced twice monthly by students from one of the twelve participating classrooms with support from the Internet Scout Project, the National Science Foundation, and a grant from John and Tashia Morgridge. The students involved are responsible for all aspects of the report, including its title and the site evaluation criteria.
These Internet resources were evaluated on the basis of the Site Selection Guidelines that the students developed. Questions and comments can be sent to teacher Randy Sachter, rsachter@bvsd.k12.co.us
Questions and comments about the KIDS Report in general are welcomed at scout@cs.wisc.edu.
Copyright Susan Calcari and the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, 1994-1998. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of the KIDS Report provided the copyright notice and this paragraph is preserved on all copies. The Internet Scout Project provides information about the Internet to the US research and education community under a grant from the National Science Foundation, number NCR-9712163. The Government has certain rights in this material.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Wisconsin - Madison or the National Science Foundation.
© 1998 Internet Scout Project