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These computer games meet girls' preferences and are available for free on the Web:

Grades 3 & up. This addictive site allows users to design and build 3-D block models. Users can e-mail their creations to friends or post them to the site.

Grades 1 & up. A large collection of interactive jigsaw puzzles. Users can select the scene, the number of pieces and the shape of the pieces.

Grades 1 & up. These silly games, such as Mr. VegHead (an online version of Mr. Potato Head) and Pick my Nose (similar to Mr. Potato Head, but it allows users to decorate a nose instead of a potato), are good for a few laughs with a friend.

Grades 2 & up. An animated version of a centuries-old game played in Africa and Asia, for one or two players.

Grades 5 & up. An online brainteaser that the user solves by moving balls around the screen with the mouse.

Grades 3 & up. An online version of the classic Chinese the game. Addictive!

Grades 1 & up. Users can select from a large number of pictures to unscramble, or even submit pictures of themselves to be made into a puzzle and posted on the site.

Grades 3 & up. With sections for younger kids and for teens, this site offers a wealth of interactive math games.

Grades 4 & up. Part story, part game, this PBS Science Odyssey activity shows how a doctor working in 1900, a doctor working in 1950, and a doctor working in 1998 would diagnose and treat three different medical ailments.

Grades 4 & up. The user builds an animated creature out of lines and then plays with its gravity and mass. An excellent introduction to some of the basic principles of engineering, and it's fun.