The site provides expert health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Contents include safety and physical and emotional issues, with sometimes sensitive topics. The kids-only area has recipes, games, and recommended links. An animated tour of the human body makes a student-friendly guide to the body's systems. Sets of objects including cars and robots are used for counting and simple addition.
Students can think or say their answer and check their thinking with a pull-down menu.
Voices was designed to increase the confidence of girls in mathematics, science, and technology. The web site offers project descriptions, articles from participating girls, research summaries, and the curriculum guides used by participants. One guide for math and one for science, in PDF format, offer hands-on activities covering engaging math and science topics. Come to this site from the Exploratorium to find out. Solar activity does matter in our lives, especially now that we are so dependent on satellites as part of our communication and power systems.