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Science News for Kids
Strong new site from a science magazine for kids published since 1922.
Grade Level: 6-8

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/

	CONTENT: Science News for Kids offers "suggestions for hands-on activities, books, articles, Web resources, and other useful materials" for students ages 9-13.
	AESTHETICS: This well designed, interactive site is colorful and kid friendly.
	ORGANIZATION: A left side menu provides direct access to the articles and a top navigation bar points to the other special areas of the site.
	REVIEW: This site is filled with information and resources on science topics of interest to young people. The materials could be used to reinforce the science curriculum in middle school as well as provide hours of educational fun for children interested in science. Articles are archived that cover such topics as animals, chemistry, dinosaurs, plants, weather and much more. The Teacher Zone provides classroom materials that are related to these articles. There is also a PuzzleZone, with a brainteaser of the week, a Game Zone with interactive logic and memory games, a LabZone with hands on activities, a SciFiZone with composition exercises and a ScienceFairZone with science fair profiles and tips.
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