State of California
Department of General Services
Real Estate Services Division
707 Third Street, Suite 6-100
West Sacramento, CA
95605
(916) 376-1800
fax (916) 376-1780
Welcome to the Real Estate Services Division Kids Korner!
Here is our collection of links to some great building and construction related Web sites for kids, young builders, and the young at heart. We add new links whenever we are lucky enough to find them. You can help us expand our Kids Korner by submitting web site suggestions for us to consider.
We hope you enjoy your visit and encourage you to visit time and time again and use these links as your window to kids' sites all over the world. Explore, learn and have lots of fun!
Here in Real Estate Services Division, we do a lot of different work activities that are related to real estate and building construction. Have you ever watched something like a building being built? I bet you have. Well, here's your chance to build something by yourself. Our friend, Bob, the Builder, has many jobs to complete and he needs your help! Be sure to check out all the other activities you can do with our friend, Bob!
Have you checked out the official kids' portal, kids.gov, of the U.S. Government? It links to over 1,200 web pages from government agencies, schools, and educational organizations, all geared to the learning level and interest of kids. Kids.gov is organized into three audiences: Grades K-5, Grades 6-8, and Educators. Each audience tab is divided into educational subjects like Arts, Math, and History. Within each subject, the websites are grouped as either government sites (Federal, state, military) or other resources (commercial, non-profit, educational). The sites listed under the other resources category are maintained by other public and private organizations.
ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION
Many hands-on activities for elementary-age children and interesting facts about famous construction projects, such as Seattle's Space Needle, can be explored through this link. b4ubuild.com
Bridges, domes, skyscrapers, dams, and tunnels take center stage on BUILDING BIG, a PUblic Broadcast System five-part miniseries on megastructures, hosted by renowned author-illustrator David Macaulay. BUILDING BIG explores the history behind some of the world's greatest feats of engineering and the ingenuity of the engineers, architects, and builders who designed and built them.
There are many different kinds and ways to use construction equipment. How does a hydraulic excavator work? What are bulldozers good for? You will become an expert on construction equipment after visiting this section. You can learn about construction equipment with photos and videos! Shovels, dump trucks, bulldozers, wheel loaders, and more... You should definitely check them out! Kikki's Workshop
When you're learning about something new, it's nice to have more than one resource to explore. This web site provides at least "four to explore" resources for each topic. On each page you'll find information, definitions, links and other resources.
Explore and learn about the interesting and varied careers in the construction industry. ConstructMyFuture.com
Kids! Parents! Teachers! Explore construction careers and fun construction activities/class projects through a number of online and local resources from the Renton (WA) Technical College. Renton Construction Center of Excellence (PDF)
The Occupational Outlook Handbook from the U.S. Department of Labor, is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. The Handbook is revised every two years.
KIDS' WEBSITE RATINGS
The Ratings Guy finds the best quality kids' web sites through its unique and objective review methodology. Experienced researchers comb the Web for the best topic-specific information sites with the mission of recognizing only the most trusted and high quality information resources. The Ratings Guy aims to promote and reward those Web sites that provide consumers with great resources. Its focus is on Quality, Trust and Experience. Its belief is that better sites should be recognized for their differentiated efforts, rewarded with more consumer traffic and benchmarked as industry leaders.
We hope you enjoy your visit and encourage you to visit time and time again and use these links as your window to kids' sites all over the world. Explore, learn and have lots of fun!
Here in Real Estate Services Division, we do a lot of different work activities that are related to real estate and building construction. Have you ever watched something like a building being built? I bet you have. Well, here's your chance to build something by yourself. Our friend, 
Have you checked out the official kids' portal, 
Many hands-on activities for elementary-age children and interesting facts about famous construction projects, such as Seattle's Space Needle, can be explored through this link.
Bridges, domes, skyscrapers, dams, and tunnels take center stage on BUILDING BIG, a PUblic Broadcast System five-part miniseries on megastructures, hosted by renowned author-illustrator David Macaulay. 
There are many different kinds and ways to use construction equipment. How does a hydraulic excavator work? What are bulldozers good for? You will become an expert on construction equipment after visiting this section. You can learn about construction equipment with photos and videos! Shovels, dump trucks, bulldozers, wheel loaders, and more... You should definitely check them out!
When you're learning about something new, it's nice to have more than one resource to explore. This web site provides at least "four to explore" resources for each topic. On each page you'll find information, definitions, links and other resources.
Explore and learn about the interesting and varied careers in the construction industry.
Kids! Parents! Teachers! Explore construction careers and fun construction activities/class projects through a number of online and local resources from the Renton (WA) Technical College.
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