Life, the Universe, & Everything?    


Smart kids ought to know about:

The Planets
The Universe
What's in the Universe?
History of Life on Earth

The United States of America
U.S. Government for Kids

Geography (Monster Facts)
Geography 4 Kids

World History
History for Kids

Climate Change
Earth's Biomes

Extinct Animals I
Extinct Animals II

How Things Work
Geology

Photosynthesis
Green Kids Club

The Human Body
Kids Medical Links

Industrial Revolution
Politics for Kids

Math is Fun
Kids & Numbers

Epic Disasters
Extreme Science

Periodic Table of Elements
Clickable Periodic Table

The Atom
Chemistry 4 Kids

The Oregon Trail
Ancient Greece

Electricity
Energy

Electromagnetic Spectrum
Physics 4 Kids

DNA & Genetics
Evolutionary Tree of Life

Crash Course World History Crash Course US History
The Straight Dope - Vinyl Record Speeds

 

Science Questions

  • Kids questions about the weather
  • 10 unanswered questions about the earth
  • 25 unanswered questions about science
  • 25 Popular Questions about science
  • Can you identify the different types of rocks?
  • What is Geologic Time?
  • What sounds do animals make?
  • Endangered Animal Ringtones for cellphones

  • Famous Scientists


    Important Books & Resources

  • Dad's List of Top Books
  • Freedom Webisodes
  • A History of US (10 Vol. Set) by Joy Hakim
  • AMNH 'ology' website for kids


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    Important Documents

  • Code of Hammarabi
  • Magna Carta
  • Mayflower Compact
  • Declaration of Independence
  • U.S. Constitution

  • Most Americans fail this basic test on their history and institutions. Can you do better? Take the Test (33 Questions) I scored 91% (30/33)

    Shameful Episodes in American History

  • Salem Witch Trials
  • Slavery
  • Indian Wars - Indian Removal Act 1830
  • Lynching Negros in the South
  • Racism - Jim Crow Laws
  • Secret U.S. Military Iinterventions in Foreign Countries
  • Japanese Internment
  • U.S. CIA Overthrows elected governments in Iran (1953), Guatamala (1954), Congo (1960, '65), Brazil (1964), Chile (1963), Indonesia (1965), Ghana (1966).
    Here's a great book: Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change ...
  • Vietnam War

    Important Dates


  • A Universal Timeline
  • Logarithmic Timescale of the Universe and Earth
  • National Geographic Prehistoric Timeline
  • Prehistoric Life
  • Explorations Through Time

    13 billion years ago the universe was created in a "Big Bang"
        - The first stars were formed grew old, died and then some exploded

    4.5 billion years ago the Precambrian Period began
        - Star debris came together and our solar system was born
        - The Sun started to glow followed by life on earth

    2.3 billion years ago the earth becomes a snowball, covered with ice from pole to pole

    850 to 542 million years ago - a Slushball Earth

    543 million years ago the Paleozoic Era began
        - Cambrian Explosion - animals become more complex than slime.

    250 million years ago - Permian Extinction
        - 90 percent of all species died, 2/3 of land animals, and almost all the trees.

    From 248 to 65 million years ago was the Mesozoic Era - The Age of the Dinosaurs
         - Triassic (248 - 206)
         - Jurassic (206 - 144)
         - Cretaceous (144 - 65)
         - 65 million years ago - asteroid hits earth and kills all the dinosaurs.

    Starting 65 million years to the present is the Cenozoic Era - The Age of the Mammals

    World History

    World History According to Students
    USS Enterprise History

    Important Presidents
    & Events

  • George Washington - First president
  • Thomas Jefferson - Louisiana Purchase
  • Abraham Lincoln - Civil War
  • Woodrow Wilson - League of Nations
  • Theodore Roosevelt - Panama Canal
  • Franklin Roosevelt - Great Depression
  • Medical History of the Presidents
  • Which Presidents owned slaves?
  • Major Civilizations

  • Guide to Ancient Civilizations
  • Fertile Crescent
  • China
  • India
  • Egypt
  • Greek
  • Roman
  • Middle Ages
  • Maya, Inca, Aztec Index

  • Wikipedia's History of the World       
    Flags of the World
    Great Explorers
    Directory of Heros

      Famous Musicians, Artists, Writers 

  • Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier
  • Mozart
  • Beethoven - Sonatas
  • Baroque Music
  • Elvis
  • Beatles
  • Michaelangelo
  • Leonardo Davinci
  • Picasso
  • Shakespeare
  • Charles Dickens
  • Tom Lehrer - The Elements Version 1 & Version 2  
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    Important Inventions & Discoveries

    Long list of Inventions
    10 Greatest Inventions (after year 0)
  • Using Fire
  • Stone Tools & the Spear
  • Weaving - nets & bags
  • Pottery
  • Clothing
  • Fishing
  • Boats
  • Bow & Arrow
  • The Wheel, Lever & Pulley
  • Writing
  • Farming - Agriculture, Domestication
  • Metalworking - Copper, Brass, Iron, Steel
  • Gunpowder - Cannons, Rockets, Guns
  • Printing
  • Circulation of the Blood
  • Telescope & Microscope
  • Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • Periodic Table of the Elements
  • The Steam Engine
  • Germ Theory of Disease
  • Evolution
  • Oil
  • Electricity
  • Lightbulb
  • Automobile
  • Airplane
  • Radio
  • Satellite
  • Microwaves
  • Contraceptives
  • DNA
  • Rocket
  • Atomic Bomb
  • Computer
  • Money

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