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I think a good way to find out about life, the universe and stuff is through science. What is science? It's a combination of methods to find out stuff about life and the universe. (I'll get more specific about this as we go along.) This doesn't mean you can't make use of both faith and science; lots of people look to science to answer questions about the natural world, and to faith to answer questions about the supernatural world. (Naturalists, and some atheists, don't believe in a supernatural world, though). A few people look to faith to answer nearly all questions, and either ignore or hate science. However this can lead to beliefs in really weird things such as the notion that dinosaurs and people existed at the same time (they didn't), that the earth is only 10 thousand years old (more like 4 1/2 billion!), and that deadly illness can be cured by praying (people who try that often die from those illnesses when medicine could have saved them).

Science itself, however doesn't use faith. You may hear about something called "the scientific method" but actually lots of methods are used. The first step is usually observation. The scientist watches how things work, and then records what happens. Then (s)he may develope an hypothesis - which is sort of a "first draft" of an explanation. It's a first draft because the scientist can not assume it to be true without testing it first. If it can't be tested, it isn't science. You can't call something science if it's based only on what you've been told or on what you want to believe. Science must be based on evidence, not faith.

In order to make getting to this page faster, the rest is continued onto Kids' Page 2. Links are below.

Kid Links: (for fun and/or educational)
Stories for Atheist Children
evolution for beginners --off-site (link updated 07/05/01). My own evolution for kids pages start on Kids' Page 3: Evolution page--
Neill's Geology for Kids
How Stuff Works
Funschool.com Free games to play on-line!
Bill Nye the Science Guy(You can also watch the show on T.V.!)
CTW-online. The Official Home of Sesame Street (Also a T.V. show)
Kid's Korner
Tosoft Dinosaur Database
K,R,A &N;'s Bananas in Pyjamas Page (Bananas In Pajamas is also a T.V. show)
Bananas In Pajamas
Cha Cha Baby Movies (My son Scotty really loves these!)

On-line Zoos for kids. See pictures of animals!
Birmingham Zoo
Minnesota Zoo
Perth Zoo
Sea World/Busch Gardens Animal Information Database
Zoonet

Other Links you (or you and your parents) might be interested in (mostly for kids unless stated otherwise):
A Future of Science has information about different fields in science for youngsters who may be interested in seeking a career in science.

AFF Home Page Critical Thinking: Pseudoscience Pseudoscience Fact Sheets(information on how to tell if someone is trying to talk you into something. Not written for kids in particular. If you are very young, you might want your parents to help explain it to you.)
Bad Science, exposes bad science and explains the correct answers to questions such as "Why is the sky blue?". It is not written especially for kids, but it does not look hard to understand. Parents should see it also.
Baptism Removal Service. This is a page for those who were baptised, but are no longer Christian.
Molly Joy's home page. (Home page of someone who's been an atheist since she was about 10, and includes an essay she wrote about it when she was 14).
Young Atheists
THE UNIVERSE ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE is a sketch of what the world would look like according to Bible Creationists with explanations and releted Bible verses. It's very funny.

Links for Parents:
If you would like to buy children's books on either Freethought or on evolution, visit my Kids Book Store
Atheist Parents
Atheist Parenting (supportive message board)
Atheist Parenting Board (ParentSoup)
Freethinking Families: A Guide to Secular Parenting Resources on the Internet (an excellent source of links, and articles)
Raising Humanist Children
Freethought Families Project
PARENTS FOR EXCELLENCE IN DISTRICT SCHOOLS: Keeping America's Public Schools Safe And Secular

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