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Quarters From Kids is a nationwide, grassroots effort to engage young Americans, and adults who work with them, in a collective response to the tsunami disaster in Asia.

Connecting the idealism and activism of youth with the immediate and long-term needs of people and communities devastated by the tsunami will contribute funds to the relief and redevelopment efforts. This campaign is grounded in faith in young people. We know that as America’s youth learn how they can help, they can take responsibility to help others through service and support.

More than 100 organizations dedicated to children – including educators, service organizations, social entrepreneurs, youth and child care organizations, colleges, and schools working with millions of children across America – and a growing list of relief partners joined together in recognition that when young people learn they can help improve their world they do so with idealism, passion, and vigor.

Quarters From Kids is grateful that Google is sponsoring the campaign’s website as well as providing the coalition and campaign with advertising on Google.com to drive traffic to the website. The website helps young people, college students, and adults who work with young people to use their power, generosity, and leadership to help those affected. No funding goes to Quarters From Kids.

This interactive database allows you to search for books that have been leveled using either the Reading Recovery or Guided Reading methodologies. Click here for Benchmark Targets. This database is searchable by various criteria. Click on a link below for the criteria you wish to search by.

Hands On History Room -- In the Hands On History Room at the Museum, you can climb on a highwheel bicycle and pedal, send a message by telegraph, and get your hands on history in many other ways. Right here you can check out "You Be the Historian," an activity for the web based on one in the Hands On History Room. Or try our newest web activity - Tracking the Buffalo: Stories From a Buffalo Hide Painting.

Hands on Science Center -- In the Museum's Hands on Science Center, you can investigate the conservation of the Star-Spangled Banner, unravel some of the mysteries of DNA, measure radioactive hot spots, use lasers to measure distance and transmit your voice, and much more. Find out what "Mirror Molecules" are through an online experiment. In our newest online activity, "You Be the Conservator: Looking at Objects Inside and Out", you can learn about santos, painted wood carvings of Catholic saints, by consulting artists, an art historian, and a conservator and by using scientific conservation tools (also available in Spanish).

Our Story in History -- This site is designed to help children and adults enjoy exploring history together using Museum objects and quality children's literature. Try the online interactive activities, discover ideas you can use at home or school, and learn about related Museum programs and events.

American History by the Letter -- There are millions of objects in the collections of the National Museum of American History, and part of the fun lies in how you approach them--by date, maker, use, materials . . . even alphabetically.

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