The Florence Griswold Museum

Time Traveler’s Guide to the Faerie World

Field Study Preparation: Websites for Children

These websites are designed for children’s research on countries that are represented in the museum exhibition. Some sites may have ads on the sidebar, but the information is kid-friendly.

General Geography Sites

DK Find Out!

http://www.dkfindout.com/us/

Kidtopia

http://www.kidtopia.info/countries.html

National Geographic Kids

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

Enchanted Learning

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/index.shtml

Kids.gov

https://kids.usa.gov/

Dogo News

http://www.dogonews.com/

Country Specific

(not all countries are listed here but many of the sites can be used for more than one country).

Africa:

http://www.ducksters.com/geography/africa.php

Paris:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0QLsz_5SM0

http://kids-learn.org/paris/

Amsterdam

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/countries/netherlands.html

Ireland:

http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/ireland

Norway:

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/norway/#norway-fjord.jpg

London:

http://www.projectbritain.com/london/b.html

Giza, Egypt:

http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_egypt/great_pyramid_of_giza.php

Babylon:

http://www.ducksters.com/history/mesopotamia/babylonian_empire.php

Germany:

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/germany/#germany-munich-city-scene.jpg

Scotland:

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/countries/scotland.html

India:

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/engineering/tajmahal.html

Denmark:

http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-denmark/

Carpathian Mountains (the Ukraine)

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/countries/ukraine.html

The Charter Oak Tree

http://www.kids.ct.gov/kids/cwp/view.asp?a=2731&q=314200