[accesscomp] TIP OF THE DAY BY DAN THOMPSON
- From: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bob Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 11:14:31 -0700
Fact Monster
Updated 20. June 2012 - 5:02 by rhiannon
Fact Monster is an ideal reference site for kids ages 8-14 that provides
entertainment and educational resources. It combines the contents of an
encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas, and several almanacs loaded with
statistics, facts, and historical records. A single search engine allows you
to search all these sources at once."
This site has so much information packed into it that you might suppose that
it would be a rather dry and lackluster place to visit. Not so. While the
information on the site comes from sources such as the Time for Kids
Almanac, The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, the Infoplease Dictionary and
Atlas, Fact Monster has managed to make the site into a real gem.
The site is easy to navigate, and the interface is uncluttered; the ads
don't confuse or cover the content.
The site excels at presenting relevant information in a clear, conscise
manner - what you need to know, no more and no less.
The main categories are World and News, U.S., People, Word Wise, Science,
Math and Money, Sports, Cool Stuff, Games and Quizzes and the Homework
Center. The sub categories are well done, you'll find topics like the Toy
Hall of Fame, Food Around the World, Kid Disaster Survival Guide, Mythology,
World Geography and much, much more.
The Games and Quizzes category has everything from Tic Tac Toe to Sudoku.
There's a Game of the Week, Quiz if the Week, Poll of the Week and Games of
the Month.
The site is ostensibly aimed at kids ages 8 to 14. I found it to be fun and
entertaining, I wouldn't limit it to older age groups. =)
Visit Factmonster
http://www.factmonster.com/
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