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Internet Search Tools

This page includes a variety of kid friendly search engines, directories and other Internet tools.

Please note that if you have not done a lot of searching on the Internet, it would be a good idea to visit the following links first. This will help you find the best way to search for what you need.

This web site will help you learn about the Internet.

Carnegie Cadets: The MySecureCyberspace Game is an interactive game designed for fourth and fifth graders that teaches Internet safety and computer security in a safe, fun setting. Created by Carnegie Mellon's Information Networking Institute and Carnegie Mellon CyLab, the game is a free download from this website, provided as part of the university's outreach project for cyberawareness called MySecureCyberspace.

Search Engines

Allows users to ask a question in plain English, confirms the question, then takes them to one web site that answers the question.

An internet search guide for K-12 students.

A filtered search that restricts results to sites reviewed by the site owners and classified as kid/teen safe.

A web search site designed for kids by librairans with kdi friendly results.

SweetSearch4Me searches only Web sites that their staff of research experts, librarians and teachers have evaluated and approved as high-quality content appropriate for young users. Only the best sites directed at elementary school students are included, and many of the results on the first page were created exclusively for kids.

Directories

Great Websites for Kids is a compilation of exemplary websites geared to children from birth to age 14. Suggested sites are evaluated by the Great Websites for Kids Committee using established selection criteria.

Educational website recommendations by nationally syndicated newspaper columnist Barbara J. Feldman.

Image Search Tools

Classroom Clipart is a source for free clipart (clipart, illustrations and pictures) for not only for students, teachers and parents, but for everyone.

Pics4Learning is a safe, free image library for education. Teachers and students can use the copyright-friendly photos and images for classrooms, multimedia projects, web sites, videos, portfolios, or any other project in an educational setting.