Links: For Children, Parents, and Teachers

General Links | Links for Children, Parents, and Teachers

BBC Science and Nature - Prehistoric Life

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/ : Educational and includes a few games.

Discovery Channel - Walking with Prehistoric Beasts - Hide a beast

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/beasts/hide/hide.html : Change the animal's appearance to best hide in it's habitat.

Evolution Booklet by Wellcome Trust

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/assets/wtd026042.pdf : The Wellcome Trust has produced a colourful booklet for High School kids about Evolution

Humanist Parenting (Institute for Humanist Studies)

http://humaniststudies.org/parenting/ : These pages explore the unique challenges faced by secular families, as well as some specifically humanist responses to issues all families may experience.

National Center for Science Education (NCSE)

http://www.ncseweb.org/ : The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) defends the teaching of evolution in public schools. We are a nationally-recognized clearinghouse for information and advice to keep evolution in the science classroom and "scientific creationism" out.

Contact NCSE if you need advice, information, or help in defending the teaching of evolution. We also work to increase public understanding of evolution and of the nature of scientific knowledge.

Parenting Beyond Belief - On Raising Ethical, Caring Kids Without Religion

http://www.parentingbeyondbelief.com/ : Parenting Beyond Belief is a book for loving and thoughtful parents who wish to raise their children without religion. There are scores of books available for religious parents. Now there's one for the rest of us.

Includes essays by Richard Dawkins, Julia Sweeney, Penn Jillette, Mark Twain, Dr. Jean Mercer, Dr. Donald B. Ardell, Rev. Dr. Kendyl Gibbons, and over twenty-five other doctors, educators, psychologists, and secular parents.

PBS - Human Evolution Activity

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/evolution/# : Use the slide bar to move to find out what stage we were at in the timeline.

PBS NOVA Online - The Missing Link

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/link/evolution.html# : Sean says "My 9 year old daughter and 6 year old son really enjoyed the "Evolution in Action" game"