KidFriendly Search Engines
KidRex
Summary: This search engine is a kid friendly version of Google. It offers students all the benefits of finding resources on academic topics without the worry of providing them with too much information or inappropriate websites.
Yahoo Kids
Summary: This search engine is a kid friendly version of Yahoo search. It offers students all the benefits of finding resources on academic topics without the worry of providing them with too much information or inappropriate websites.
Fact Monster
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Encyclopedia Britannica For Kids
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Kids Government
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AOL Kids
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Quintura
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Ask for Kids
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Little Clickers
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Kids Click
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Additional Search Engines for Teachers/Instruction
Qwiki
Summary: This site is a audio/visual wiki. It provides teachers or students with the basic facts about any particular topic in an audio and visual format. Note: Anyone can help edit this site just like wiki. Teachers need to do their homework before showing videos from this site to their class.
Further Information on Search Engines
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This site helps teachers check the:
This site helps teachers check the:
- visual appeal to a child
- relevance to a child's needs
- commercial vs. educational use
- ease of navigation for 7-10 year
olds.
Kid's Search Tools
Summary: This site provides students and teachers with a larger page format of all the possible search engines for kids. You can type a particular topic into any of the open search boxes to see what a particular engine finds on the topic. It allows teachers the opportunity to find the best possible search engine for a topic before they send their students out to research it.
Wolfgang Alpha
Summary: This is an awesome site that allows you to search not only general topics but also allows you to check mathematical answers by simply putting them into the search engine. This site is pretty awesome for homework help as well!