The Five Paws-Up Foundation brings you our panel of highly acclaimed judges. They award "Five Paws-Up Prizes" to some of the best sites for kids on the Internet. Look for their critical reviews here on the Apple site in "The Children's Playground." In order to be honored with this esteemed award, all five critics must give a paws-up, making a total of five paws for excellence.

Our experts take on Insect sites this time. "I adore chasing crickets," comments Abigail, "and online I chased a real roach and watched a Doodlebug go in circles."

AND NOW--Itchy Insects

Critic Milo the WonderDog's Choice--Gordon's Entomological Home Page
<http://www.ex.ac.uk/~gjlramel/welcome.html>. "Click on Insect Anatomy and you'll learn all about the body parts of insects. Neat stuff. This Gordon is something. You can find the biggest and the smallest insects there. I wonder what Gordon's dog's favorite insect is? Probably something I've never heard of. My favorite is the butterfly. I had one land right on my nose once."

Critic TubbyDog Terrific's Choice--Amazing Insects Project
<http://www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us/groveland/insect.proj/insects.html> "I liked this site because third graders did lots of it, and I adore 8 and 9 year olds. They are good at scratching ears. I want to hear you sing the insect songs. Sing some to "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" and "Farmer in the Dell." You can probably make some up yourself. Buzzzz, Buzzzz, Buzzzz...."

Critic Dr. Boo's Choice--Electronic Elementary Magazine <http://www.inform.umd.edu:8080/UMS+State/MDK12_Stuff/homepers/emag/> "This isn't exactly an insect site, but you can draw some wonderful insects and send them to be published in this magazine. I love to draw, don't you? I ate a bug once, but it's nicer to draw them."

Critic Abigail the Grouch's Choice--Yuckiest Site of the Web
<http://www.nj.com/yucky/roaches/index.html> "Oh my, don't step on Rodney the Roach when you go here. Rodney will let you know what he does all day and all night. Did you know that Rodney has 2000 lenses in his each eye and has white blood? Do you know that even I, Abigail the great in-shape athlete, can't sneak up on Rodney? Do you know why?"

Critic Sherlock Kitty's Choice--Ant Farm Postcards <http://www.e-cards.com/e-cards1/categories/v-cards/ant-e-cards.html>"Well, if you're using a modem, this site can take a while, but it's worth it. You can send all your friends postcards that have a real (almost) video of an ant farm. I think they might be rather surprised. Oh, and I have another suggestion, but I can only give one Paws-Up each time. So--here's a secret. Go to Yahooligans.com and find Monarch Watch. You CAN find it, I know. Sherlock Kitty is always right."

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