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If you want to keep your kids' minds sharp this summer, two bookstore chains might help.

In Barnes & Noble's program, kids in first through sixth grades complete a downloadable journal by reading and writing about eight books. Return the journal to a store and the child can select a free book from a grade-appropriate list.

Borders offers a similar program. Children 12 and under read 8 books, list them on a form, and then return the form to the store where they will get a coupon to buy some selected items for $4.99.

And, if you're not sure what your child should be reading, check out the state of California's reading list for Kindergarten through 12th graders. The list is sorted by reading level as based on the California English-Language Arts Standards Test.

You weren't ever bored in your science class lectures were you? Good, then you'll love these sites that let scientists share their research, teach about the scientific process and discourage fraud. Put on your lab coat: Journal of Visualized Experiments; SciVee; LabAction; and DnaTube.
Here's some background from The Associated Press: Haim Weizman is a chemist by trade and an Internet moviemaker on the side. In his first video, a telegenic narrator in a lab coat swirls a flask as electronic music plays in the background. Created by four science and film students at the University of California, San Diego, the video shows a typical recrystallization experiment straight out of Chemistry 101.
The six-minute epic complete with bloopers got 1,205 views on YouTube, but the number increased fourfold when the video was posted to SciVee, one of a number of online video-sharing startups designed to let scientists broadcast themselves toiling in the laboratory or delivering lectures.
“Anyone in an organic chemistry class anywhere can now perform this experiment by watching the video. There are so many details that it’s hard to describe in a lab manual,” said Weizman, a lecturer at UC San Diego. He went on to produce five more lab-training videos.