Kid-Safe Research! – Kellogg School

These web links support students and teachers who might be interested in more “kid-appropriate” information and image searches than what Google provides.

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New Research Sites
Encyclopedia Britannica
(for access from within Santa Barbara County)
SBCEO Portal
(Links to the California Educational Databases are available on the SBCEO Portal home page)
General Research Sites
Kiddle Fact Monster Ducksters
Teach the Children Well
Image Searching
Pics-4-Learning Library of Congress – Photo, Print, & Drawing Search
Animal or Nature Searches
National Geographic Kids Smithsonian National Zoological Park
Social Studies – History
History for Kids

What does kid-appropriate mean for an elementary school student accessing the web while at school?

Kid appropriate search engines and web content are those that…

  • do not show ads, commercialized content, or product branding appealing to children as consumers (customers to peddle good and services).
  • show adult adjacent or age-inappropriate subject matter
  • promote advocacy or activism for any particular political or social agenda or ideology.

Google searches may yield more results than the “walled gardens” (e.g. online encyclopedias, etc.) designed exclusively for the academic interests of children, but Google also sometimes displays age-inappropriate content, and frequently display commercially sponsored search results that may not be indicated as such. Google also has a poor track record with respect to censorship, cancelling, and privacy.

The resources above are not perfect, but some do provide walled gardens, and others also provide an excellent alternative to “Googling” the wide open internet by providing safer more appropriate elementary student friendly searching and research options.