Kids and Questions ..... (Ask Dr. Universe)

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Product:	Ask Dr. Universe
Date:	18/10/00 (58 review reads)
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Advantages: Cute graphics, educational, get reply to questions

Disadvantages: Some answers may be a bit too involved for younger kids

Questions, questions, questions!

Kids always ask you something that
you don't know the answer to don't
they?

I've found a few other sites that
are quite useful when it comes to
finding an answer to the unanswerable
(but they tend to be for older
children) this is one which younger
kids can use themselves. Although
after saying that, some of the answers
can be a bit long winded.

Dr Universe is a cute little cat who
helps you find the answer to your
question.

The graphics are quite cutesy and
colourful, so no boring home page
here even though it's related to
science in general.

The site is actually run by the
Washington State University News
and Information Centre, so you
know that you are going to get
a knowledgeable answer.

Some of the questions on there
could be useful to older surfers
too and are quite interesting ie.

"Why do men have nipples? (!).

"How do spiders stick to their webs?"

"If the sea is salty because salt
chemicals are washed into the sea
by rivers, why are the rivers not
salty?"

If your question isn't listed, mail
them and you'll receive a reply.

They feature a new question every
day, todays is "Why do Fireflies
emit light?".

There are quite a lot of links too
to other science related sites,so
if you can't find the answer your
looking for and you can't be
bothered to e-mail your question
they'll help steer you in the right
direction to find the solution.

I visited this site a couple of
years ago, forgot about it and
have recently stumbled back
across it, I'd forgotten how
good it was.

www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/Contents.html

(That's the only drawback, the site
address is not very memorable
and
you must make sure that the D,U and
C are in capitals).

Perhaps a lot easier just to book
mark it on your first visit.

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