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  Kid Safe Search Engines

GATEWAYS
Gateways are lists of sites that have been checked out for quality and appropriateness. Unlike a search engine, you have to do your own hunting around.

CLN (Community Learning Network)
http://www.cln.org/subjects.html
This site is sponsored by the BC Ministry of Education

Kids Search Tools
A collection of 14 search websites with all of their search boxes listed on one page.
http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm

 

SEARCH ENGINES AND DIRECTORY SEARCHES

A search engine has a database of files. When you type in a word(s), it searches that database and returns a list of links to websites on your topic.

ACE - Alvarado Cyber Explorers
"ACE is a hub of hundreds of educational links geared for students and teachers in the elementary and middle schools. These links are organized by school subjects. ACE is designed to be kid-friendly, "safe", empowering. It encourages students to explore, initiate projects, and conduct independent research."
http://www.nhusd.k12.ca.us/ALVE/ace/acehome.html

Ask Jeeves for Kids
http://www.ajkids.com/

CyberSleuth Kids
"Welcome to CyberSleuth-Kids.Com, an online search engine and guide for the K-12 student. CyberSleuth-Kids is the creation of the hard work of a teacher and the volunteers that make this site possible. The goal of CyberSleuth-Kids is to provide a safe educational online database of links to help the student sift through the maze of information."
http://cybersleuth-kids.com/

Google Safe Search for Kids
http://www.safesearchkids.com/

IPL - Internet Public Library
The collection of the Youth Division of the Internet Public Library is developed for children ages 4-11, their parents, teachers, and anyone else interested in the literature and information directed to and about children. Material used and sites recommended are chosen based on their appropriateness for the subject matter (ie, science projects, math, stories, literature discussion, etc) and should be written and maintained by an authoritative source. The information should be current, accurate, and presented in an objective and well-organized manner.
http://www.ipl.org/youth/

KidsConnect
"...a safe Internet gateway for kids... created and maintained by educators"
http://www.kidskonnect.com/subjectindex.html

KidsClick
KidsClick! was created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System, as a logical step in addressing concerns about the role of public libraries in guiding their young users to valuable and age appropriate web sites.
http://www.kidsclick.org/index.php

Yahoo
If you are not signed in to Yahoo!, SafeSearch defaults will be used.
http://ca.search.yahoo.com/

Yahooligans
http://www.yahooligans.com/

 
 

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This page created October 2001,
revised Nov. 2012