Tech Ed Web Sites
Aerodynamics and Flight
Aerodynamics sites for paper airplane research
http://www.geocities.com/paperplane_quest/
Building kites
htt
p://www.2020site.org/kite/
Paper Kites
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~jastaple/kites/projects/sled/sled.html
Newspaper Kite
http://www.clem
.freeserve.co.uk/
Introduction to Airplane Design
http://www.seeds2learn.com/airIndex.html
Dynamics of Flight
http://www.uee
t.nasa.gov/StudentSite/dynamicsofflight.html
Science Fun With Airplanes
http://www.ag.ohio
-
state.edu/~flight/
First Amateur rocket launch
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/csxt_rocket_040512.html
Wright Brothers Flight and Simulation (NASA)
http://wright.nasa.gov/
National Air And Space Museum
h
ttp://www.nasm.si.edu/
The future of Air Travel
http://www.gaservingamerica.org/Future_of_GA.htm
U. S. Centennial of Flight Commission (history of flight, essays on impact of flight)
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/index.html
Virtual tour of the Cameron Balloon Factory
http://bized.ac.uk/virtual/cb/
Construct a gliding aircraft
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/glide/index.html
Rockets Away
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A fun approach to exploring the science of rocketry
http://www.ag.ohio
-
state.edu/~rockets/
Rocket Modeler interactive program
http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/rktsim.html
Foilsim
-
educational software designe
d at the NASA Lewis Research Center to instruct
students in the basics of aerodynamics. (excellent!)
http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/Foilsim.htm
Beginner's Guide to Aerodynamics
http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K
-
12/airplane/bga.html
Kites and integrated lessons
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/les
son/lesson056.shtml
Aerodynamics in bicycles
http://www.princeton.edu/~asmits/Bicycle_web/bicycle_aero.html
Wind Tunnel Experiments
http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/WWW/K
-
12/windtunnel.html
Interactive Look at a Jet Engine
(http://wings.avkids.com/Tours/Engine/)
Kite Store
http://www.intothewind.com/
Online Interactive Lessons on Aviation and Aerodynamics (good stuff)
http://www.planemath.com/activities/pmactivitiesall.html
Extensive Aviat
ion Sites
http://www.erau.edu/libraries/virtual/Aviation/
Extensive Aerospace Sites
http://www.erau.edu/libraries/virtual/Aer
ospace/
Principles of Aeronautics Resources for Teachers and Kids
(http://wings.avkids.com/)
NASA Aerospace Team Online
-
brings you into flight simulators and wind tunnels to
see NASA employees doing aerodynam
ic design research
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/aero/
World Wide Web Ballooning Pages
http://www.euronet.nl/users/jdewilde/index.html
Whitewing
s
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High performance paper gliders
http://www.whitewings.com/
Lessons that deal with the physics laws of flight
http://www.wnet.org/wnet
school/origlessons/upup/index.html
Paper Airplanes
http://www.paperairplanes.co.uk/
FAA Aviation Education
http://www.faa.gov/education/index.cfm
.
Flights of Imagination
-
Wright Brothers and the first transatlantic flight, plus resources
http://www.fi.edu/flights/index.html
STARBASE Minnesota
-
Organization designed to motivate students in te
chnology,
math, and science through aerospace education
http://www.starbasemn.org/
NOVA Hot Cars: Lift and Drag
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh
/nova/hotscience/fastcars/index.html
Traveling faster than sound
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/barrier/
Agriculture
Food timeline
http://www.foodtimeline.
org/
Evolution of Crop Plants
http://agronomy.ucdavis.edu/gepts/pb143/pb143.htm
Antique farming machinery
http://www
.history.rochester.edu/appleton/a/agmac
-
m.html
Technology in Agriculture
http://www.pakissan.com/english/index.htm
History of American Agriculture
http://teach1.cses.vt.edu/Hist3124/index3124.html
Biotechnologically enhanced crops
-
benefits (click on publications for free materials)
http://www.whybiotech.com/index.asp
Agriculture
beyond 2000 video
http://www.ageducate.org/resources/video_2000.html
_2000.html
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
http://www.ofbf.org/ofbweb/ofbwebengine.nsf/$LookupPageID/KLOS
-
5E4PCU/?OpenDocument
Facts on Ohio Farmi
ng
http://www.agclassroom.org/kids/stats/ohio.pdf
Ohio Bureau of Farming Learning Resources
h
ttp://www.ofbf.org/ofbweb/ofbwebengine.nsf/$LookupPageID/KLOS
-
5E4PCU/?OpenDocument
Agriculture and Children
http://www.campsilos.org/mod4/teachers/r_index.shtml
Agriculture Education Re
sources
http://ageducate.org/resources/
Animals
Virtual Grasshopper
http://www.ent.iastate.edu/ref/anatomy/ihop/
Virtual dissections of several
animals
http://biology.miningco.com/cs/dissections/
Cut
-
outs for animals in different habitats
-
just print, color, and insert into your diorama!
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/
Animal crafts out of common materials
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/animals/
Find animals that live in your zip code area
http://www.enature.com/
Architecture and Construction
Construction Skills for grades K
–
12 (UK)
http://www.constructionawards.co.uk/index.php?mode
=
Brid
ge building links
http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/Stu/ppoggio/
Native American Tipi
–
math calculations
http://www.hhs.helena.k12.mt.us/ILA
P/Tepees%20ILAP.htm
LEGO Digital Designer
http://www.lego.com/eng/factory/design/
Architecture web index
http://www.zeroland.co.nz/index0.html
A
History of Architecture
http://www.zeroland.co.nz/architecture_history.html
Architect3D online
http://www.architec
tstudio3d.org/AS3d/design_studio3d.html
LEOCad 3D modeling software
http://leocad.org/
Pictures of various structures
http:/
/www.dtonline.org/structures/index.html?_Action=search&_Where=AllValidated
Online create a city site
http://www.citycreator.com/build.city?city=3
kids building and learning about the community
-
good lessons
http://www.cubekc.org/catwab.html
K’nex construction projects
http://www.balmoralsoftware.com/knex/knex.htm
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Construc
tion careers
http://www.constructmyfuture.com/
Architecture Week Magazine
http://www.architectureweek.com/today.html
The History of the Toilet
http://www.plumbingsupply.com/toilethistoryindia.html
National Building Museum
http://www.building
-
america.org/
Bridges
http://eduscapes.com/42explore/bridge.htm
Toothpick (and other) bridges
http://archive.ala.org/ICONN/KCFAQ/bridges.html
Talks about building model
bridges from toothpicks, spaghetti, balsa.
How to get started.
http://www.abcdpittsburgh.org/kids/kids.htm
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http://www.edfac.usyd.edu.au/staff/fletcher/Files/Bridge_truss_project.html
http://ABCDpittsburgh.org/links2.html#usaa
One of many sales sites for hobby rail
roaders, these specialize in historical detail
http://www.bridgewerks.com/Pages/bridges.html
http://www.caboosehobbies.com/
Timeline/history of arc
hitecture (styles, periods of time)
http://library.thinkquest.org/26491/stylescat.php3?browser=3
American Institute of Architects, Columbus Chapter (includes design project for
HS
students)
http://www.aiacolumbus.org/index.php
Designing a skyscraper
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/reach/
About Architec
ture
http://architecture.about.com/
Building a Dream Home with 3
-
D Geometric Shapes
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MathGeometryDream
Home25.htm
Building with Geometric Shapes
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/MathArtGeometricArchitectureDeveloping46.htm
Bridges: Grades 6
-
8
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/bridges
Structures Around the World: Activities for Elementary Schools
http://www.explor
atorium.edu/structures/index.html
The Skyscraper Page
http://www.skyscraperpage.com/
Take a tour of architecture and other resources on structure
http://www.fi.edu/structures/structures.html
Great Buildings and Architects
http://www.greatbuildings.com/
Interactive Bridge Building site
http://library.thinkquest.org/11686/index.html
Building Big
-
PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/
On line roller coaster simulation
http://www.Funderstanding.com/k12/coaster/
Roller Coasters (3 sites)
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Physics/Mechanics/Amusement_Park_Ride_Physics/
http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/resources/
http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/
Future City Competitions
http://www.futurecity.org/
Construction Design Briefs for the Elementary Grades
http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/kirkwood/resources/construct.htm
Building with Balsa
http://www.zimsweb.com/balsa
History of European Architecture
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/contents_europe.html
E
mpire State Building (2 sites)
http://www.columbia.edu/imaging/html/marc/empire/empire
-
marc.html
http://www.esbnyc.com/
Frank Lloyd
Wright
-
PBS
http://www.pbs.org/flw/
Geodesic Dome Teaching activities (2 sites)
http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/kirkwood/zzGeodex.htm
http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/geo_gumdrops.html
Gothic Cathedrals (sidebar)
http://newyorkcarver.com/
Camping Shelter desi
gn brief
http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/kirkwood/Hiking%20E4.htm
History of skyscrapers
-
History Channel
http://www.historychannel.c
om/
Engineering an Empire (Russian Engineering)
–
Discovery Channel
http://www.history.com/
K'Nex (2 sites)
http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/ki
rkwood/Knex/Knxndx.htm
LEGO (2 sites)
http://www.weirdrichard.com/activity.htm
http://www.legomindstorms.com/fll/
Pop Ups or Paper Engineerin
g (3 sites)
http://www.flying
-
pig.co.uk/
http://www.makersgallery.com/joanirvine/index.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/montanar/p
-
ex.htm
Paper engineering
–
origami examples
–
Dutch desig
ner
http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/Stu/ppoggio/
Paper Architecture
http://members.aol.com/kselena/OA/oamainpg.html
Origami sites for students
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/origami.htm
Covered Bridges in Kentucky
http://www.uky.edu/KentuckyAtlas/CoveredBridges/
Marble Ra
mps activity
http://www.col
-
ed.org/cur/sci/sci174.txt
Various bridge model sites
http://mvhs1.mbhs.edu/mvhsproj/bridge_mode
l/bridges2.html
Bridge resources
http://mvhs1.mbhs.edu/mvhsproj/bridge_model/bridges2.html
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
-
PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sunken/wonders/
The Pyramids
-
PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/
SodaConstructor (interactive construction site)
http://sodaplay.com/constructor/index.htm
On
-
Line High Rise Archive
http://www.xs4all.nl/~hnetten/index.html
West Point Bridge Designer download
http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/
Audio and acoustics
Science of sound
http://www.surfnetkids.com/sound.htm
History of recorded sound
http://www.bill78.btinternet.co.uk/history/hist0.htm
Acoustic and Vibration Animations
http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/demos.html
Sound site
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sound/nocss/top.html
Sound waves
http://www.school
-
for
-
champions.com/science/sound.htm
Light and s
ound waves
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/waves/wavesTOC.html
Faster than sound (sound barrier)
http://www.pbs.org/wg
bh/nova/barrier/
Wave Motion
http://www.explorescience.com/activities/activity_list.cfm?categoryID=3
Making musical instruments
http://www.pullmankids.com/articles/musical.html
Monitoring marine mammals with acoustics
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/acoustics/whales/bioac
oustics.html
Interactive web site about sound
http://library.thinkquest.org/19537/
Realplayer sites
http://realguide.real.com/
Careers
Skills and Compe
tencies Needed to Survive in Today's Workplace (SCANS)
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as7scans.htm
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/a
ssment/as7scans.htm
Exploring Careers (Minnesota)
http://www.iseek.org/sv/10000.jsp
Career Voyages
-
best jobs
http://www.careervoyages.gov/
Technology in You
r Future
http://www.gettech.org/default2.asp
Careers in Technology
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/tech/
Career InfoNet
http://www.acinet.org/acinet/
Decision
-
making after high school
http://www.myfuture.com/
Vocational Education resources
http://www.ed.gov/f
ree/s
-
voced.html
Student guide to jobs, resumes, vocational interests
http://library.thinkquest.org/11720/
Vocational Technical Education Resources
http://dragon.ep.usm.edu/~yuen/votech.htm
Dream Job Lesson Plans
http://www.education
-
world.com/a_lesson/TM/WS_dreamjob.shtml
Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://www.bls.gov/oco/
Jobs for kids by interest
http://stats.bls.gov/k12/html/edu_over.htm
Mapping your future
htt
p://mapping
-
your
-
future.org/
Calculating the cost of living on your own activity
http://www.thirteen.org/wnetschool/origlessons/lifecost/
Communication
Remote sensing online adv
entures (elementary)
http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/amelia
http://imagers/gsfc.nasa.gov/amelia/teachersguide/index.html
http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/echohome.html
Media Clearinghouse
–
Critical Thinking About Media Messages
http://medialit.med.sc.edu/
The Satellite Site, build your
own satellite
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/satellite/
How Radar Works (What's In a Box?)
http://
spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/srtm_action1.shtml
Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or
eBooks.
http://www.gutenberg.net/cdproject/download.ht
ml
The History of Electronic Communication
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/onceandfutureweb/home.html
Web Tools Module
-
communication and information
-
web
-
based design brief on
modern communicat
ion
http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/class/est320/webtech/index.htm
Graphic Arts information
http://teched.vt.edu/gcc/
Communication Design Briefs
for elementary students
http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/kirkwood/resources/communication.html
History of the World Wide Web
http://www.w3.org/History.html
Create your own newspaper
http://crayon.net/
Telecommunications
http://www.mse.cornell.edu/courses/engri111//
telecom.htm
The Evolution of Communication
http://library.thinkquest.org/26451/frames.html
Satellites
http://www.surfnetkids.com/s
atellite.htm
Computers
Co
-
next: integrate computers into curriculum
http://www.co
-
nect.com/
Imperata Computer Network Control software
http://www.div
ace.com/home.nsf/pages/imperata
Computers and Technology sites
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/science.html
From Now On
–
Educational Technology for Engaged Learners
http://www.fno.org/
Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education
http://www.aace.org/
ISTE teacher resources
http://www.iste.org/inhouse/resources/asmt/msiste/index.cfm?Section=NETS_OTA&CFI
D=4242786&CFTOKEN=72956235
ISTE lesson plans
http://www.iste.org/Template.cfm?Section=Lesson_Plans&Template=/TaggedPage/Tagg
edPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=23&ContentID=3359&CFID=4242786&CFTOKEN=7295
6235
The History Ch
annel: Computer History Timeline
http://www.pafko.com/history//h_intro.html
The Cultural Impact of Computer Technology
http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1999/7/99.07.07.x.html
Computer history museum
http://www.computerhistory.org/
History of computing science
http://lecture.eingang.org/toc.html
Privacy and security on the Internet
http://www.privacyresources.org/
How to navigate through web sites
http://
www.fi.edu/primer/setup.html
The Intel Museum
http://www.intel.com/museum/index.htm
International Telecomputing Consortium
http://www.itc.org/
Interactive journey
on how computers work
http://www.intel.com/education/journey/INDEX.HTM
Delaware, Ohio
Growth of Delaware County
http://www
-
agecon.ag.ohio
-
state.edu/programs/exurbs/Counties/DELAWARE.htm
History of Delaware Ohio
http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Delaware/delindex.ht
Facts about Ohio
http://www.50states.com/ohio.htm
Ghost towns of Delaware (OH) County
http://www.forgottenoh.com/GhostTowns/delawareco.html
Design
Design in
the Classroom (includes lessons and a great movie about design!)
http://ditc.missouri.edu/index.html
Kids Design Network
http://www.dupagechildr
ensmuseum.org/kdn2/
Design It! Curriculum materials from Center of Science Education (commercial)
http://cse.edc.org/curriculum/designit/
Intel Design Packet
-
Lesson Plans
http://www.intel.com/education/Design/index.htm
Core77: Design magazine and resources
http://www.core77.com/
Kids design the future
http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/kiddesign/design_process.shtml
Design and Technology Association, Britain
http://web.data.org.uk/data/index.php
What is design and the design proc
ess?
http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/DANotes/design/home.html
Design companies directory
http://www.dexigner.com/directory/
Children as design
partners
http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/kiddesign/design_process.shtml
Hot Wheels: How Concept Cars Work
http://e
xpress.howstuffworks.com/express
-
concept
-
car.htm
Bad Human Factor Designs
http://www.baddesigns.com/index.shtml
University of Washington Universal Design
http://www.washington.edu/doit/Faculty/Strategies/Universal/
The Center for Universal Design
http://www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/
ProDESKTOP resources
INTAD resources for ProDESKTOP
http://www.intad.asn.au/prod/default.asp
http://ptcprojectlink.ptc.com/
Industrial Design Society of America
http://w
ww.idsa.org/
Rhino software
http://www.rhino3d.com/
What is Design Technology (From Industrial Technology and Design Teachers' Assoc)
http://www.intad
.asn.au/juniortech/default.asp
Earth Science
Underground Adventure on
-
line exhibit on soil at the Field Museum, Chicago (excellent)
http://www.fmnh.org/ua/default.htm
On line questions and answers ab
out soil
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/undergroundadventure/kidzone/index.shtml
Savage Earth (Changes to the Land)
http://www.thirteen.org/savageearth/index.html
Geologic Time Chart and the Fossil Record
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fosrec/
University of California, Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/index.html
Water pollution sources (interactive picture)
http://www.cleanwaterhonolulu.com/water.html
Soil science for high
school students
http://soil.gsfc.nasa.gov/
NASA Earth Observatory
–
simulated NASA experiments about Earth
http://Earthobservatory.nasa.gov
Rainforest curriculum
http://passporttoknowledge.com/students.html
Earth’s magnetosphere and the Aurora Borealis
http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry
Geology
www.usgs.gov
Geologic information
http://education.usgs.gov/common/primary.htm
Interactive sites for K
-
12 from the US Geological Survey
http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb
Rock collecting for kids
www.rocksforkids.com
Google Earth
http://earth.google.com
Exploring Earth interact
ive website
www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/navigation/home.cfm
Sea
-
viewing Wide Field
-
of
-
view Sensor
http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html
Map sites
http://terraserver.microsoft.com
http://earth.google.com
www.mapquest.c
om
www.globexplorer.com
http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov
Earthquake proof structure activity
NSF Earth and Environment Classroom Resources
http://www.nsf.gov/news/classroom/earth
-
environ.jsp
The Oceans
http://www.mos.org/oceans/index.html
EarthSim: Interactive 3D Earth Science
http://www.earthsim.tv/index.php?page=whatson
History of Agriculture in America
http://www.agclassroom.org/gan/timeline/index.htm
Model an Earthquake
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/research/deformation/modeling/eqmodel.html
Make your own Seismograph
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/lessons/indiv/davis/hs/Seismograph.html
Our changing world
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids/learning
Internet resources on tsunamis
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia
-
pacific/4136289.stm
The 1995 Hyogoken
-
Nanbu Earthquake
http://www.seismo.unr.edu./ftp/pub/updates
/louie/kobe/kobe.html
Electronics
American Society of Electrical Engineering K12 resources
http://www.engineeringk12.org/default.cfm
Gibson Electronics
http://www.gibsonteched.com/main.html
Vintage Electronics
http://www.vcomp.co.uk/one_tube_1935/one_tube_1935.htm
Uses for electronics
http://www.howstuffworks.com/category.htm?cat=Elec
MadLab Electonics Kits
http://www.madlab.org/index.html
Timeline of Electronics
http://www.greatachievements.org/greatachievements/ga_5_3.html
History of electronics
http://www.ee.umd.edu/~taylor/Electrons.htm
Marconi Web Site
http://www.marconicalling.com/front.htm
Create your own crystal radio science fair projects
http://www.midnightscience.com/sciencefair.html
Build a si
mple electric motor
http://members.tripod.com/simplemotor/
Simple electric motor links
http://members.tripod.com/simplemotor/links.htm
Electronics information page
http://www.dtonline.org/apps/infopage/app.exe?3&1&1&0&1&0
Magnets and electronics
http://education.jlab.org/beamsactivity/6thgrade/magnetsandelectromagnets/stu01.l.html
Generator, interactive model
http://home.a
-
city.de/wa
lter.fendt/physengl/generatorengl.htm
Quaker Oats Radio
http://www.midnightscience.com/project.html
Kids sites on electricity
http://www
.surfnetkids.com/electric.htm
Radio Transmission activity (online)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/radio/
Elementary Sites
Engineering is Elementary
–
Engineering curriculum from Boston’s Mu
seum of Science
http://www.mos.org/doc/1545
Pre K
–
12 Engineering activities based on Massachusetts standards
http://www.prek
-
12engineering.org/
National Scie
nce Foundation Engineering Classroom Resources
http://www.nsf.gov/news/classroom/engineering.jsp
eTSA elementary activities
http://www.tsaweb.org/files/05
-
06puborderform.pdf
Children Engineering Educators
http://www.childrensengineering.com/
Virginia Department of Education, Children's Engineering, A Teacher Resource Guide
f
or Design and Technology in Grades K
-
5
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/CTE/te/K
-
5/Engineering/
Children’s Engineering Council, Virginia Department of Ed
http://vtea.org/ESTE/
Discover Engineering Through Reading
http://www.eweek.org/2002/Library/reading.shtml
ITEA’s Technology Education for Children Council (TECC)
http://www.ncat.edu/%7Echildres/tecchome.html
Kids Design Network
http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/servlet/kdn.Challe
nges
CityEngineering (City College of New York)
http://citytechnology.ccny.cuny.edu/Educators.html
Technology education for the elementary grades (James Kirkwood, Ball State U)
http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/kirkwood/index.html
Article on Project
-
based learning by Terry Thode
http://www.edutopia.org/
php/article.php?id=Art_290&key=037
Children Design and Engineering
http://www.childrendesigning.org/home.html
Learning by Design, Middle School, Georgia Institute of Technology
http://www
-
static.cc.gatech.edu/projects/lbd/home.html
Design in the Classroom, Georgia Institute of Technology
http://ditc.missouri.edu/gettingStarted/i
ndex.html
Design and Technology Lessons for Elementary
http://www.naaidt.org.uk/resources/projects/index.html?All=3
Elementary Tech Ed course
–
Kirkwood
http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/kirkwood/Syllabi/364/syllabus.html
Great Web Sites for Kids
http://www.ala.org/parentspage/gre
atsites/science.html
Dinosaurs (2 sites)
http://www.surfnetkids.com/dino.htm
Elementary tech ed activities (3 sites)
http://www.cs.bs
u.edu/homepages/kirkwood/index.html
http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/kirkwood/resources.htm
Mars Madness
http://tqjunio
r.thinkquest.org/5579/splash.htm
Energy
AEP appliance calculator
https://www.aepohio.com/CustomerService/HelpfulInformation/Saving
Energy/energyCal
culator/applianceCSP.asp
Solar Energy (New Zealand)
http://staff.ace.ac.nz/Centres/Technology/kohia2002/kohia/adminpages/energylinks.html
Energy Hogs (includes teacher’s guide)
http://www.energyhog.org/adult/educators.htm
Ohio Windmaps
http://www.windexplorer.com/Ohio/ohio.h
tm
Ohio Clean Power Estimator
http://www.clean
-
power.com/ohio/
Ohio Renewable Energy Web Site
http://www.odod.state.oh.us/cdd/oee/renewables
.htm
_
Running a Gasoline Engine on Hydrogen
http://www.spiritofmaat.com/archive/watercar/h20car2.htm
Running your Car on Water Video
http://www.spiritofmaat.com/archive/feb2/watercar.htm
Fuel from water
http://www.fuellesspower.com/water2.htm
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association Education links
http://www.nesea.org/education/
Energy lessons and resources
http://www.eia.doe.gov/bookshelf/eer/kiddietoc.html
Solar Energy Resources
http://solarcooking.org/
U. S. Department of Energy
-
Photovoltaics (Solar Power)
http://www.eere.energy.gov/
Energy Guide
http://www.energy
guide.com/
Online Fuel Cell Information Center
http://www.fuelcells.org/
The Wind, Our Fierce Friend (with resources)
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/ene
rgy/wind.html
Center for Renewable Energy (CREST)
http://www.crest.org/
ABC's of Nuclear Energy
http://www.lbl.gov/abc/
Building the best windmill
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/energy/buildwindmill.html
Bioenergy information network
http://bioenergy.ornl.gov/
California energy educational resources
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/
Energy resources for elementary students
http://www.energynet.net/resource/
elementary_level_resources.html
From Windmills to Whirligigs
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/vollis/index/frontvollis.html
General Motors Alternative Fuels
http://www.gm.com/automotive/innovations/altfuel/
Investigating Wind Energy
http://sln.fi.edu//tfi/units/energy/windguide.html
Mousetrap cars de
sign brief
http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/kirkwood/resources/trans/Alternate%20trans.htm
Renewable energy basics
http://www.nrel.gov/learning/
Solar Cooker (2 sites)
http://www.wnet.org/wnetschool/origlessons/solar/index.html
The Old Windbag
-
wind lessons for children
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/energy/oldwind.html
Alternative Energy Information Center
http://www.wagonmaker.com/solar.html
History of Electric Vehicles
http://sloan.stanford.edu/EVonline/welcome.htm
Wind powered design activities
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/units/energy/design.html
Yah
oo sites for energy
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Energy/Renewable/
Engineering
Women in Engineering Program and Advocates Network
http://www.wepan.org/
Celebration of Women in Engineering
http://www.nae.edu/nae/cwe/cwemain.nsf
Engineering lessons
www.engineeringk12.org
IEEE (
Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers)
virtual museum on electricity
http://www.ieee
-
virtual
-
museum.org/
Engineering resources, K
-
12 (UK)
htt
p://www.curriculumonline.gov.uk/Subjects/Eng/Subject.htm
PBS Engineering sites for Middle School
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/science_tech/middle
-
engineering.html
PB
S engineering Sites for grades 3
–
5
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/science_tech/35
-
engineering.html
PBS engineering Sites for High School
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/science_tech/high
-
engineering.html
Intel’s Design and Discovery Curriculum on Teaching Design
http://www97.intel.com/discover/DesignDiscovery/DD_Overview/default.aspx
TryEngineering.org lesson plans for ages 8
–
18
http://www.tryengineering.org/lesson.php
NSF Engineering Classroom
Resources
http://www.nsf.gov/news/classroom/engineering.jsp
2006 ASEE workshop PowerPoints on Engineering
http://www.engineeringk12.org/k12workshop2006/program
-
proceedings.htm
American Society for Engineering Education
http://www.engineeringk12.org/
Engineer’s Week, events and activities
http://www.eweek.org/
National Engineers Week online activities archive
http://www.eweek.org/site/DiscoverE/activities/classroom_archive.shtml
Hands
-
on a
ctivities for engineering
http://www.eweek.org/site/DiscoverE/activities/archive.shtml
Discover engineering.org
www.discoverengi
neering.org
Society of Women Engineers
–
Engineering Expo
http://www.niar.twsu.edu/swe/ictcareerga.html
Society of Women Engineers
–
K
-
12 resources
http://www.swe.org/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=115&ssSource
NodeId=89
Engineering Education Newsletter
www.engineeringedu.com
Junior E
ngineering Technical Society
http://www.jets.org/
TeachEngineering teacher resources K
-
12
http://www.teachengineering.com/
Engineering Education Service Center
http://www.engineeringedu.com/
Pre
-
engineering Times archive (different engineering job profiles)
http://www.jets.org/publications/petimes.cfm
Free graph pape
r printout
http://www.pdfpad.com/graphpaper/
Graph paper printout
–
pdf
http://www.incompetech.com/beta/plainGraphPaper/
IEEE Pre
-
university
education lesson plans
http://www.ieee.org/web/education/preuniversity/tispt/lessons.html
Teach engineering websites for k12
http://teachengineering.com/index.php
Engineering is Elementary
http://www.mos.org/doc/1558
Engineering is Elementary lessons
http://www.mos.org/doc/1545
TeachEng
ineering resources for K
-
12
http://www.teachengineering.com/curriculum.php
E For Engineering
http://www.e4engineering.com/
Future Scientists and E
ngineers of America Club
http://www.fsea.org/
History of Chemical Engineering
http://www.pafko.com/history//h_intro.html
History of Civil Engineering
http://www.asce.org/history/hp_main.html
A sightseers guide to engineering
http://www.engineeringsights.org/
Ohio Society for Professional Engineers
http://www.ohioengineer.com/programs/Kids_Programs.htm
Zoom into Engineering
http://pbskids.org/zoom/too/engineering/
National
Academy of Engineering
http://www.nae.edu/nae/techlithome.nsf
Discover Engineering online
http://www.discoverengineering.org/ew
eek/cool_stuff.htm
Site for High School Students interested in Engineering and Engineering Technology
careers
http://www.asee.org/precollege/
Future Scientists and Engineers of America
http://www.fsea.org/
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century
http://www.greatachievements.org/
Society of Women Engineers Activities
http://www.swe.org/iac/LP/index.html
Kids resources on Engineering
http://www.surfnetkids.com/engineer.htm
Engineering Successes and Failures
http://www.englib.cornell.edu/ice/lists/historytechnology/successfail.html
Civil and Coastal Engineering
http://www.ce.ufl.edu/index.html
Circular Archi
tecture (DomeSpace)
http://www.domespace.com/vinter/
Book: Block Building for Children : Making Buildings of the World With the Ultimate
Construction Toy, by Les Walker, Lester R. Walker, Witold Rybczynski
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/
-
/books/0879516097/customer
-
reviews/ref=pm_dp_ln_b_7/107
-
0712895
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1483723
Book: The Art of Construction : Projects and Principles for Beginning Engineers and
Architects by Saralinda Hooker
http://www.amazon.com/exe
c/obidos/ASIN/1556520808/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_b_2/107
-
0712895
-
1483723
Buildings that withstand earthquakes, research and design
http://www.wnet.org/wnetschool/origlessons/keepst
anding/index.html
Environment
Green Design
http://www.ce.cmu.edu/GreenDesign/
Environmental Quality websites (different organizations)
http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7
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135
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3307_3580
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105013
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,00.html
Bucket buddies
–
comparing aquatic life around the world
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/b
ucketproj/index.html
Square of life
–
compare animals and plants from your school to others worldwide
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/squareproj/
Food Webs
http://www.mos.org/oceans/life/game.html
4empowerment E
-
learning on world issues
http://www.4empowerment.com/en/aboutus/
List of animal adaptations
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=4750
BioKids envrionmental teacher resources
http://www.b
iokids.umich.edu/links/teachers.html
Waterwatch
-
daily stats on Alum Creek
http://water.usgs.gov/cgi
-
bin/dailyMainW?map_type=real&state=oh
Watershed lesson plans for Ohio
http://www.ofbf.org/ofbweb/ofbwebengine.nsf/$LookupPageID/KLOS
-
5JXPD9/?OpenDocument
Great site for pictures of insects for display
http://mcz
-
28168.oeb.harvard.edu/mcztypedb.htm
Very good interactive butterfly site
http://library.thinkquest.org/C002251/cgi
-
bin/default.cgi?mode=file&outputmode=0&path=default.src&language=english&javascri
pt=1&navmenu=1
The Butterfly Page
http://butterflywebsite.com/
Environ
mental Education Links
http://www.nacdnet.org/resources/Links
-
Education.htm
Ohio Trees
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/fore
stry/trees/default.htm
Biomes of the World online interaction site
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/index.htm
American Museum of Natural History Teacher resources
http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/index.html
Satellite Images of Environmental Change Over the World
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/tableof
contents
Olentangy Watershed Alliance
http://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/
Fluid Power
Hydraulic robot arm project, with links
http
://www.ic.sunysb.edu/Stu/ppoggio/hydraulics/hydraulics.html
Fluid power at the forefront (definition, uses, future)
http://www.bfpa.co.uk/elearn/understandfp/index.htm
Fluid power: robo
tic arm
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/fluid/index.html
Fountains
http://www.omsi.edu/explore/physics/ww/
Fluid
Power Education Foundation
http://www.fpef.org/
Pneumatics
http://www.dtonline.org/apps/infopage/app.exe?3&5&1&0&1&0
Hydraulics and hydrostat
ics
http://www.govictory.com/hydrauli.htm
Fluid dynamics links
http://www.princeton.edu/~gasdyn/Fluid_Dyn_Links/links.html
Design an air
-
powered machine
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/p/pneumatic/pneumatic.html
Design a fluid power system
http://www.wnet.org/wnetschool/origlessons/fluid/index.html
Gender Equity in Tech Ed
Institute for Women in Trades, Technology, and Science
http://www.iwitts.com/html/iwitts.html
Women engineering programs
http://www.engineeringedu.com/wie.html
Girls Go Tech
http://www.girlsgotech.org/girls_go_tech.html
Introduce a G
irl to Engineering Day
http://www.eweek.org/site/News/Eweek/girlsdayinfo.shtml
Rural and Urban Images: Voices of Girls in Science, Mathematics, and Technology
http://www.ael.org/nsf/voices/
Women in Engineering at Ohio State University (includes camp for 8th grade girls)
http://wie.eng.ohio
-
state.edu/
National Academy of Engineering
-
lessons
for girls
http://www.engineergirl.org/
Grants
Technology Grant sites
http://www.weirdrichard.com/grant.htm
NEA grants
http://www.nfie.org/grants.htm
EDS Educational Technology Grants
http://www.eds.com/about/community/grants/
Martha Holden Jennings Grants
http://www.mhjf.org/grants/g
-
to
-
e_proposal.pdf
21st Century Community Learning Center grants
http://www.ed.gov/21stcclc/
Grants resources
http://www.geocities.com/world_of_websites/archive/fundraising.html
Health and Biotechnology
Hydroponics for Kids
http://www.growingedge.com/kids/
Basic Hydroponics Systems an
d how they work
http://www.simplyhydro.com/system.htm
Hydroponic Growing System
http://www.hydrostacker.com/
History of Food
http://www.foodtimeline.org/
A History of Biotechnology
http://www.biotechmedia.com/events.html
Biotech Chronicles
http://www.acc
essexcellence.org/AB/BC/
3D animal and plant cells
http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/sci/cecsci/cecsci082.html
Biotech and You! Monthly online magazine
http://www.whybiotech.com/
An Interactive exploration of the heart
http://www.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html
People in Medicine and Health
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/medhealth.html
Probe the brain
-
Interactive
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/brain/
A walk through the gut
-
student made simu
lation
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/AEF/walk.html
Oral health
http://www.mrreach.com/
The human brain and resources (3 sites)
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/4371/?tqskip=1
http://www.dana.org/brainweb/
DNA and genes for kids
http://www.eurekascience.com/ICanDoThat/dna_genes.htm
DNA workshop interactive
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/dna/
Doctor over time interactive
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/doctor/
Family food zone
http://www.familyfoodzone.com/
FDA kids home page
http://www
.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/default.htm
Food for kids
http://www.dtonline.org/apps/infopage/app.exe?3&4&1&0&1&0
Health and fitness for kids
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/kids/btext.shtml
Journal of American Bioethics
http://bioethics.net/
Interactive body exploration
http://library.t
hinkquest.org/10348/
Girl power
http://www.girlpower.gov/girlarea/bodywise/index.htm
Cracking the genetic code interactive
http://w
ww.pbs.org/wnet/innovation/
Interactive skeleton puzzle
http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/shockwave/bones.html
Medical instruments
http://www.mse.cornell.edu/courses/engri111//medical.htm
Health and Technological Advances
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/beyond/beyonddis
covery.nsf/web/homepage?OpenD
ocument
Debate: Should humans be cloned?
http://www.wnet.org/wnetschool/origlessons/clone/cloneov.html
Medicine and health 1900 to present
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/thenandnow/medhealth.html
History and Social Studies
Historical documents important to the American Colonists
http://www.edgate.com/d.pl?url=http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/
Ancient Civilizations sites
http://members.aol.com/donnandlee/
http://www.internet
-
at
-
work.com/hos_mcgrane/china/eg_china_intro.html
http://iam.classics.unc.edu/
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/schoolspages/
http://members.aol.com/WERedu/
/
Significant history of science, particularly chemistry
http://www.chemsoc.org/timeline/index.html
The Greeks
http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/
Roman Technology
http://www.bbc.co.uk
/schools/romans/tech.shtml
Exploring and collecting history online
–
science, technology and industry
http://echo.gmu.edu/index.php
Lewis and Clark Boats and Buoyancy
http://www.ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/1000813/
History of energy
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/history/index.html
Historical Documents
http://historicaltextarchive.com/
Links to history and social studies for teachers
http://historicaltextarchive.com/
The Future (various topics)
http://www.globalchange.com/main.htm
Looking to the future in technology
http://www.futurefacing.com/
The future of technology, interesting file by topics
http://www.btplc.com/Innovation/Innovation/index.htm
Technology in 1900
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kids/tech1900/
Science and Technology Timeline
http://explorer.scrtec.org/explorer/explorer
-
db/rsrc/783750933
-
447DED81.2.PDF
Middle Ages Math
http://142.3.219.38/RR/database/RR.09.96/gareau1.html
Technology timeline
http://in
ventors.about.com/od/timelines/Timelines_of_Invention_and_Technology.htm
History of time
http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html
Medieval technology page
http://scholar.chem.nyu.edu/tekpages/Subjects.html
Virtural Tour of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World
http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/9
705/seven.wonders/
Roman technology handbook
http://www.unc.edu/courses/rometech/public/content/art_handbook.html
The history of mankind's science
http://library.thinkquest.org/26533/start.html
Industrial Revolution and Colonial America
Industrial Revolution
http://members.aol.com/TeacherN
et/Industrial.html
Colonial Kids (WebQuest on children's life in 1700')
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/
Colonial America links for middle school
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/thematicunits/colonial.htm
Colonial America Resources K
-
12
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/colonial.htm#K
Inventions
and Inventors
The Edison Papers
http://edison.rutgers.edu/index.htm
Inventing a new kind of pencil
http://www.noogenesis.com/in
venting/pencil/pencil_page.html
Bubble Wrap Competition
http://nmoe.org/bubblewrap/index.html
Ohio Inventors’ Index
http://staff.l
ib.muohio.edu/~shocker/ohist/index.html
Ohio Inventor game and biographies
http://www.oplin.org/famousohioans/inventors/puzzler.html#person1
The Great Idea Finder about
Inventions and Inventors
http://www.ideafinder.com/home.htm
Lemelson MIT Page on Inventions for Kids
http://web.mit.edu/invent/invent
-
main.html
Online Inventor Scavenger Hunt (elementary and middle school activities)
http://www.education
-
world.com/a_lesson/lesson120.shtml
U. S. Patent Office, Kids Pages
http://www.uspto.gov/go/kids/
Kids Inventor Resources
http://www.inventored.org/k
-
12/
Enchanted Learning inventors and Inventions (elementary)
http://www.enchantedlearni
ng.com/inventors/
Black Inventors
http://www.ncat.edu/~childres/blackinventors.html
Lemelson
-
MIT High School Invention Apprenticeship Award
ht
tp://web.mit.edu/invent
How stuff works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Invent America
http://www.inventamerica.com/
Women inventors of the 20th century
http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/ilives/womeninventors.htmlLeonardo home
page
Exploring Leonardo
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeoHomePage.html
History of the telephone
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/telephone/index.html
National Medal of Technology
http://www.thetech.org/nmot/
A science odyssey on invention
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/
Inventions (about.com)
http://inventors.about.com/science/inventors/index.htm?rnk=c1&terms=invention
Invention Convention
http://inventionconvention.com/
Inventions and Inventors for K
-
12
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/inventors.htm
Inventors and invention lessons
http://eduscapes.com/42explore/invent.htm
African
-
Americ
an Inventors
http://www.si.edu/anacostia/mccoy.htm
Smithsonian Institutes Inventive Americans Lessons
http://www.npg.si.edu/edu/b
rush/guide/unit2/index.html
National Inventors Hall of Fame
http://www.invent.org/
National Inventors Hall of Fame Search Engine
http://www.invent.
org/hall_of_fame/1_1_search.asp
Kid Cafe Guide for Young Inventors
http://kids.patentcafe.com/
US Patent and Trade Office for Kids
http://www.uspto.gov/go/kids/
National Inventors Day
http://members.aol.com/acalendar/February/11th.html
Students as designers
http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/invent
/
Invention Creativity, Innovation and Problem Solving
http://www.quantumbooks.com/Creativity.html
Great Idea Finder
-
web sites on inventions and innovations
http://www.ideafinder.com/site/contents.htm
Lasers and Fiber Optics
Lasers and Fiber Optics Resources
http://www.princeton.edu/~milesgrp/links.html
The laser a
nd fiber optic revolution
http://www.beyonddiscovery.org/content/view.page.asp?I=2306
Lasers
http://www.thete
ch.org/exhibits_events/online/lasers/
Materials and manufacturing
Explore Materials Engineering
http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/WofMatE/
Lean Flow Manufacturing
http://www.mfgeng.com/leandes.htm
Wikipedia on Manufacturing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing#Manufacturing_systems
History of the American Textile industry
http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/whole_cloth/
Manufacturing processes (Alliance for Innovative Manufacturing)
http://ma
nufacturing.stanford.edu
Cool Things Being Made Weekly Videos (National Association of Manufacturers)
http://blog.nam.org/archives/coolstuffbeingmadecom_weekend_video/
Manuf
acturing of pencils
http://www.pencilfacts.com/broadband.html
VW phaeton plant in Dresden Germany
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothrea
d?id=1837641
History of materials technology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_materials_technology
Manufacturing videos online
http://www.careervoyages.com/advmanufacturing
-
videos.cfm
History of American Industry
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/riseind/rise
of.html
Non
-
Living Things
http://www.zephyrus.co.uk/materials1.html
100 Things Made of Bamboo
http://www.bambus.de/infos/1000/indexx.php
Plastic Museum (other materials too)
http://www.plastiquarian.com/ind3.htm
Kids interactive site on wood
http://woodmagic.forprod.vt.edu/kids/
Paper
making cookbook
http://lifesciences.asu.edu/paperproject/pmathome/PP_cookbook.pdf
Paper fun
http://life
sciences.asu.edu/paperproject/paperfun.html
The future of manufacturing
http://www.ennex.com/publish/199407
-
MB
-
FreedomCreate.asp
Nanotechnology Overview
http://www.zyvex.com/nano/
Virtual tour of the Cameron Balloon Factory
http://bized.ac.uk/virtual/cb/
Manufacturing technology sites
http://legacy.ncsu.edu/classes/ted430/intro.htm
Exploring the material world
http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/module_index.html
Online manufacturing
http://www.dtonline.org/areas/7/1/index.htm
DuPont home page
http://www.dupont.com/
Educational resources for fabrics
http://www.fabriclink.co
m/
Strange matter
http://www.strangematterexhibit.com/whatis.html
Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State
http://www.lci.kent.edu/
Making recycled pa
per
http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/kirkwood/resources/man/Papermak.htm
Manufacturing is cool
http://www.manufacturingiscool.com/cgi
-
bin/mfgcoolhtml.pl?/home.html&
Materials by design
http://www.mse.cornell.edu/courses/engri111//index.htm
Slippery Substances for el
ementary students
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/funexperiments/quickndirty/eric/slip.html
Mathematics
Everyday math resources (5 sites)
http://www.education
-
world.com/a_curr/curr148.shtml
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/index.html
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Mathematics/Applied_Math/APM0006.html
http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/math/rea
lworld/index.html
Ruler Random Worksheet Generator
http://themathworksheetsite.com/read_tape.html
Interactive math magazine
http://pass.maths.org/
Math
Resources (Technical Symbols, Metric
-
English Conversions, Solid Geometry
Calculations)
http://www.americantech.org/eresources/resources.cfm
Sci Tech Eng Math initiatives by professional
community
http://www.howardcc.edu/Seek
-
16/intro.htm
Gizmos:
ExploreLearning offers a catalog of modular, interactive simulations in math
and science for teachers and students in grades 6
-
12
http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspResourceCatalog
Polyhedra Geometric Nets
http://www.k
orthalsaltes.com/index.html
Math and Aeronautics
http://www.planemath.com/
The Technology, Science, Math Integration Project
http://teched.vt.edu/html/Res
TSMintg.html
Mechanics and Physics
How Things Work
-
Physics
http://howthingswork.virginia.edu/
Popular Mechanics for Kids
http://www.pm4kids.com/0_0_1.ht
m
Popular Mechanics
http://www.popularmechanics.com/
Moving monsters and moving storybooks
http://www.teachingandlearn
ingresources.co.uk/learningdesigntech.shtml
Linkages and levers
http://www.enged.com.au/students/mecsys/mecsys18.html
The Physics Web
http://physic
sweb.org/
Lewis and Clark Boats and Buoyancy
http://www.ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/1000813/
Buoyancy resources
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001459.shtml
History of buoyancy
http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/go/explorit/science/bytes/float.html
History of Aristotle
http://www.engineering.usu.edu/jrestate/workshops/buoyancy/buoyancy.php
Pop
-
ups
http:/
/citytechnology.ccny.cuny.edu/kidspage/pages/popups/popups.html
Roller coaster contest
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/rollercoaster/
Wild ride
-
interdiscipl
inary roller coaster lesson for middle school
http://www.intel.com/education/projects/wildride/index.htm
Gears program, much like Erector set
http://www.gearseds.com/files/gearsbrochure.pdf
Mousetrap Powered Cars
http://www.docfizzix.com/
Antique farming machinery
http://www.history.rochester.edu/appleton/a/agmac
-
m.html
The forgotten technology
-
moving large stones without hoists or pulleys
http://www.theforgottentechnology.com/Index.htm
Studen
ts learn about mechanical control by studying toyss (design brief0
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/toys/index.html
Levers of the Body
http://www.horizonshelpr.org/science/levers/intro.html
Pop Ups or Paper Engineering (3 sites)
http://www.flying
-
pig.co.uk/
http://www.makersgallery.com/joanirvine/index.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/explore/
h
ttp://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rulib/spcol/montanar/p
-
ex.htm
Automata (Mechanisms)
http://www.modernautomatamuseum.com/
(use www.altavista.com to find site, then use the translator to put it in Engl
ish)
Cabaret Mechanical Theater
http://www.cabaret.co.uk/
Barking Dog Automata
http://barkingdogsautomata.homestead.com/home.html
Sidewalk Ba
nner Automata
http://sidestreetbannerworks.com/automata/automata.html
Chomick and Meder Figurine Art and Automata
http://www.chomickmeder
.com/
Other Automata sites
http://www.flying
-
pig.co.uk/Pages/links.htm
Simple machines: teachers' corner
http:
//www.theteacherscorner.net/thematicunits/simplemachines.htm
Catapult lessons
http://www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/bank/5.htm
Interactive Steam Engine
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/monitor/engine2.html
elementary machines site
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/gr3uhesc.html
Machine terminology
http://www.dtonline.org/apps/infopage/app.exe?3&6&1&0&1&0
The elements of machines
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/Inv
entorsToolbox.html
Work is simple with machines
http://www.ed.uri.edu/SMART96/ELEMSC/SMARTmachines/machine.html
Physics resources
http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/mod_tech/node1.html
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/
Rockets on wheels
ttp://www.pbs.org/tal/race
cars/index.html
Franklin Institute simple machines
http://www.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/spotlight3.html
Toys with mechanical control
http://www.wnet.org/wnetschool/origlessons/toys/index.html
Miscellaneous
Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/home.htm
Module Maker
-
Helping Students Use Research Effectively
http://questioning.org/module/module.html
Free children's drawing software, and others
http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/markov/kids/index.html
How Stuff Works Express for Middle Schoolers
http://express.howstuffworks.com/
Federal Citizen Information Center
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
The project approa
ch in early and middle childhood
http://www.project
-
approach.com/
Discover magazine
http://www.discover.com/
Museums and Institutes
National Air And Space Muse
um
http://www.nasm.si.edu/
American Museum of Natural History Teacher resources
http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/index.html
Museum of Science
, Boston
http://www.mos.org/index.html
Science Museum of Minnesota
http://www.smm.org/
Online USA museum information
http://www.museumca.org/usa/index.html
The Inventure Place
-
Inventors' Hall of Fame
http://www.invent.org/
Association for Career and Technical Education
http://www.ac
teonline.org/
Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
The Franklin Institute Online
-
Great resources for teachers of science on a variety of
topics (2 sites listed)
http://www.fi.edu/learning.html
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/activity/act
-
summ.html
The Tech Museum of Technology
http://www.thetech.org/
The Lem
elson Center of Innovation
http://www.si.edu/harcourt/nmah/lemel/Start.htm
Navigation and GPS
GIS and Geographic Inquiry
http://www.eschoolnews.com/resources/reports/gis/index.cfm
GPS resources
http://www.tnris.org/K
-
12/index.htm
ESRI lessons
http://gis.esri.com/industries/education/arclessons/arclessons.cfm
Navigation and GPS: timeline, uses, future
http://www.gaservingamerica.org/Future_of_GA.htm
Complete overview of
GPS
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/gps/gps_f.html
The Global Positioning System: The Role of Atomic Clocks
http://www4.nas.edu/beyond/beyonddiscovery.nsf/web/gps?OpenDocument
Location: Position on the Earth's Surface
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Geography/l
ocation.html
Interactive Satellite site
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/satellite/
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/longitude/
Packaging
graph paper pdf
http://www.incompetech.com/beta/plainGraphPaper/
Packaging curriculum
http://www.iflweb.co.uk/incp/pages/pv.asp?p=incp45&v=0&fsize=0
Packaging: What a Waste (good and bad points of packaging, grades 4
-
6)
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/schools/Curriculum/CTL/Sampler2000/Packaging.pdf
Food Labels in the Classroom (grades 4
-
12)
http://www.askeric.org/Virtual/
Lessons/Health/Consumer_Health/COH0001.html
Writing a letter to company to complain of packaging techniques used in their product
(grades 3
-
8)
http://www.teachervision.com/tv/p
rintables/0876281390_287.pdf
Attractive food packaging and the nutritional value of its content (grades K
-
1)
http://www.healthteacher.com/lessonguides/nutrition/k
-
1/nut4elk1/index.asp
Attractive food packaging and the nutritional value of its content (grades 2
-
3)
http://www.healthteacher.com/lessonguides/nutrition/2
-
3/nut9e
l23/index.asp
Packaging: use it or lose it
http://www.geocities.com/ecosig_2000/packaging.html
Making recycled paper
http://pbisotopes.ess.sunysb.edu/esp/589_98/leibowitz/Lesson_Plan.htm
So Many Cookies...So Much Packaging (good for math)
http://www.csun.edu/~vceed002/BFI/less
ons/packaging.html
Paper Engineering
Paper Toys ready to print and fold
http://papertoys.com/
Robotics
Hydraulic robot arm project with links
http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/Stu/ppoggio/hydraulics/hydraulics.html
Syringe Robots
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/itech/amsitech/activities/syrrob/syrrob1.htm
http://gpss.wrdsb.edu.on.ca/academics/tech/student/designwork/robots/12%20work%20r
obot.htm
Cye the first personal robot
http://www.personalrobots.com/
First fully automated domestic assistant
http://www.irobotnow.com/index.php
FIRST Lego League
http://www.firstlegol
eague.org/
Bucknell's Robot Resources
http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~robotics/res_frame.html
Fluid power: robotic arm
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/fluid/index.html
Android World
http://www.androidworld.com/
Kranendonk Robotics, home of automated production systems (Holland)
http://www.kranendonk.nl/
Robotics sites
http://www.texoma.com/ghs/robotics.html
Robotics Internet Resources
http://www
-
robo
tics.cs.umass.edu/Robots/UBot
NASA Telerobotics site
-
cool robot of the week
http://ranier.hq.nasa.gov/telerobotics_page/coolrobots.html
Technology Education site
-
Robots
http://www.technologyindex.com/
LEGO Mindstorms
http://mindstorms.lego.com/
LEGO Robolab lessons based on programmable robots made from LEGOs
http://130.64.87.22/robolabatceeo/k12/cgi
-
bin/activity_index.cgi
MIT legged robots
http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/leglab/ro
bots/robots.html
NOVA: Robots
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/robots/
Microrobots at MIT
http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/ants/
Robot lesson plans gr
ades 6
-
8
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/robbie/index.html
Robix robots for education
http://www.robix.com/
Robot
Science and Technology magazine
http://www.robotmag.com/
KISS Institute for practical robots
http://www.kipr.org/
RobotKits Direct
http://www.robotikitsdirect.com/
Kids sites for robots
http://www.surfnetkids.com/robots.htm
MIT Humanoid Robots
http://
www.ai.mit.edu/projects/humanoid
-
robotics
-
group/
The Tech Museum robots site
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/robotics/
Roamer Robots from Valiant Technology
http://www.valiant
-
technology.com/ideas1.htm
Xavier the Robot
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~xavier/
Science, General
PBS science and technology resources
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/recommended/rec_links_science.shtm
Science lessons by Thirteen Ed
http
://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/index_sci.html
Science materials for middle school students
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/eventscience/
Science Netlinks
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/index.cfm
Applied Science: Our Technological World lesson plans (K
-
6)
http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/k
-
6/as/index.html
Cool science web sites
http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/amateur/coolsci.html
Science Toys you make at home
http://school.discovery.com/networks/junkyardwars/library.html
Science Education Partnerships (science projects)
http://www.seps.org/oracle/oracle.archive
Science, Technology, and How
Things Work
http://www.academic
-
genealogy.com/science.htm
Ohio Contributions to Science and Technology by County
http://www.ohios
ci.org/OHIOSCIENCE200APPENDIX.htm
Ohio Science and Technology
http://www.ohiosci.org/OHIOSCIENCE200.htm
Science Daily
http://www.sciencedaily.com/
Mr. R
eeko's Mad Scientist Lab
http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/
Science, Technology, and Society links
http://www.ncsu.edu/chass/mds/stslinks
.html
Charles Edison Fund
-
good simple but engaging science activities
http://www.charlesedisonfund.org/thefund.html
Science Serve: advancing the understanding and appreciation of science
http://www.sciserv.org/
Ask a Scientist
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/
the WHYY Science Initiative: Teacher Science Websites
http://www.sciencestuff.org/
Elementary Science Lesson Plans
http://www.proteacher.com/110000.shtml
Water Science for Schools
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/
edu/
NASA SCI files (TV series on M/S/T)
http://scifiles.larc.nasa.gov/educators/index.html
Innovations in Science and Technology Education (INSciTE)
http://www.hightechkids.org/
National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov/
The Why Files
-
issues of science, health, environment and technology from a unique
perspective
http://whyfiles.org/teach/index.php
Science News
http://www.sciencenews.org/
Sci Tech Eng Math initiatives by professional community
http
://www.howardcc.edu/Seek
-
16/intro.htm
Education Development Center k
-
12 Science curriculum
http://cse.edc.org/work/k12dissem/materials.asp
Hands
-
on Activities from the Exploratorium, San Fran
cisco
http://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/handson.html
Science Toys You Make at Home
http://scitoys.com/
National Academy of Engineers Teaching Resources
http://www.nae.edu/nae/techlithome.nsf/weblinks/CTON
-
557RLU?OpenDocument
K
-
6 junior engineering lessons
http://www.engineering.usu.edu/jrestate/lessons/descriptions.html
National Science Foundation Classroom Resources
http://www.nsf.gov/news/classroom/index.jsp
Gizmos:
ExploreLe
arning offers a catalog of modular, interactive simulations in math
and science for teachers and students in grades 6
-
12
http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?me
thod=cResource.dspResourceCatalog
WISE
–
Web
-
based Inquiry Science Environment
http://wise.berkeley.edu/welcome.php
The Technology, Science, Math Integration Project
http://teched.vt.edu/html/ResTSMintg.html
Space
NASA resources for educators
http://education.nasa.gov/home/index.html
NASA info on living in space
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
NASA kids club
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreduc
ators/k4/features/F_NASA_Kids_Club_Launch.ht
ml
Viewing the International Space Station
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/index.html
Galaxies
http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/galaxy_worldbook.html
Virtual Mars Mission
http://prime.jsc.nasa.gov/ROV/
Hubble telescope
http://hubblesite.org/sci.d.tech/
NASA Space Place
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/
Mars Rover 2004 homepage (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ma
rs/
National Air And Space Museum
http://www.nasm.si.edu/
NASA Explorer Schools project
http://explorerschools.nasa.gov/portal/site/nes/
Astrophotogra
pher's home page, Dayton, Ohio
http://www.galacticimages.com/
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (includes other NASA links)
http://www.msfc.nasa.gov/
Constellati
on stories by alphabet
http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky/constellations.html#o
An Inquirer's Guide to the Universe
http://www.fi.edu/pla
nets/
NASA aeronautics and space resources for educators
http://education.nasa.gov/home/index.html
Space Education Web Sites (Yahoo)
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Space/Education/K_12/
Overview of the Solar System
http://www.seds.org/billa/tnp/overview.html
Build a solar system
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/solar_system/
Destination Mars: Transportation brief
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs
/destinationmars/index.html
Educational Space Simulation Project
http://chico.rice.edu//armadillo/Simulations/simserver.html
The Hubble Space Telescope
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/hubble/
The Satellite Site
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/hubble/
The Intern
ational Space Station
http://www.discovery.com/stories/science/iss/overview.html
http://www.shuttlepresskit.com/ISS
_OVR/index.htm
Life Beyond Earth (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/lifebeyondearth/
Materials by Design
-
Spacecraft
http://www.mse.cornell
.edu/courses/engri111//space.htm
Multmedia tour of the solar system
http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/;jsessionid=00C9B465E92DA8E9FFB4B3AC083
EA63F
Mysteries of deep space (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/deepspace/
NASA human spaceflight
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/
Space Station PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/station/
Terror in Space PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/mir/
Design a house and vehicle for a planet
http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/kirkwood/resources/trans/New_Planet.htm
Space Day 2001
http://www.spaceday.org/index.html
Orono, Maine Middle School Sp
ace Shuttle Simulator
http://riceinfo.rice.edu/armadillo/Simulations/horizon.htm
Stephen Hawing explains mysteries in space
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/hawking/strange/html/stuff.html
Kids sites on astronomy and space
http://www.surfnetkids.com/space.htm
Kids sites on satellites
http://www.surfnetkids.com/space.htm
Kids sites on space mysteries
http://www.surfnetkids.com/spacemysteries.htm
How we affect the environment and it affects us (techn
ological innovations)
http://www.howstuffworks.com/category.htm?cat=Envir
Searching for extraterrestrial intelligence
http://www.seti.org/game/
Teaching Resources
Virtual Field Trips (including making your own)
http://www.field
-
trips.org/trips.htm#teacher
http://www.uen.org/tours/
http://www.efieldtrips.org/Schedules/searchResults.cfm?searchType=all
http://homepage.mac.com/cohora/ext/int
ernethunts.html
Classroom Clipart
http://www.proteacher.com/cgi
-
bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=16147&external=http://classroomclipart.com/cgi
-
bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Animals&original=http://www.proteacher.com/110006.s
html&title=Animal%20Clip%20Art
http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/
Webquests
http://www.webquest.org/
ThinkQuest Library
http://thinkquest.org/library/
A TON of miscell
aneous websites
http://mtn.merit.edu/technology.html
Time for Kids (Time magazine articles for kids with searchable archives)
http://www.timeforkids.com/
Educa
tional Websites Links
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/EducationalResources.html
TimeSaver Lesson Plans
-
all categories
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/technology.htm
l
Library Spot Reference Site (online library references)
http://www.libraryspot.com/
Educational Hotlists
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/hotlists.html
LessonPlanner
-
lessons on every subject
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/index.html
ProTeacher Resources
http://www.proteacher.com/
TeacherVision lesson plans
http://www.teachervision.com/lesson
-
plans/lesson
-
5818.html
Lesson Plans Page
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/index.html
Michigan teacher websites
http://mtn.merit.edu/
Teacher corner lesson ideas
h
ttp://www.theteacherscorner.net/index.htm
UK search engine on curriculum resources, any subject
http://www.eduscan.info/
Gateway to 21
st
Century Skills Teaching Resources
h
ttp://www.thegateway.org/
Busy Educator teaching resources
http://www.ebookdestination.com/estore/search
Ball State University electronic field trips
http://www.bsu.edu/eft/home/00front.htm
Cosmeo teaching resources
http://www.cosmeo.com/
TSA competition activities
http://www.tsaweb.org/f
iles/05
-
06puborderform.pdf
Teacher Desktop reference guide for grades k
-
12
http://www.ohedtools.com/index.htm
Teacher.net
http://teachers.net/
Differentiating Instruct
ion techniques
http://www.ascd.org/cms/objectlib/ascdframeset/index.cfm?publication=http://www.ascd.
org/ed_topics/cu2000
win_willis.html
TEAMS teaching resources for all grades and subjects
http://teams.lacoe.edu/teachers/index.asp
National Geographic Magazine online
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0312/index.html
Making gizmos (odd things to make)
http://www.makegizmos.com/
How to make colors with chemistry
http://www.chemsoc.org/pdf/LearnNet/rsc/nk
-
pigment.
How Everyday Things are Made
http://www.epl.ca/EPLPathfinder.cfm?id=HOWEVERYD2
Teacher's Resource site
http://www.glavac.com/
Chemistry in Our Lives
http://www.chemforlife.org/
American Museum of Natural History Teacher resources
http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/index.html
The Imagination Factory (Kids and Art from recycled materials)
http://www.kid
-
at
-
art.com/
Blue Web'n teaching resources
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn
Teaching resources from the federal government
http://www.ed.gov/free/
This To That
-
what adhesives to use to for different materials and situations
http://www.thistothat.com/
Technology Education Resources Page (references as to why we need to teach tech ed)
http://techedlab.com/tech
-
ed.html
Teachers First resources
http://www.teachersfirst.com/
Tech ed website of a school (videos)
http://gets.gc.k12.va.us/schools/page/rwest/
Technology Lesson Plans Library K
-
12
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/tech.html
Book: Exploring the Designed World
-
Todd
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0787901784/internationalt0b/002
-
6453437
-
1917660
Whelmers
-
science activities for the most indifferent student
http://www.mcrel.org/whelmers/index.asp
?
Popular Science
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/
The Tech ed Lab resource
-
great resources
http://www.techedlab.com/k12.html
Educational web adventures
http://www.eduweb.com/
Thousands of teaching materials for K
-
12 math and science
http://www.enc.org/resources/
Virtual Encyclopedia
http://www.refdesk.com/myency.html
Gallery of tech ed module enhancements
http://teched.vt.edu/ElectronicPortfolios/ReedP.ep/HTML/gallery.html
Telecollaborative Teaching techniques
http://www.2learn.ca/Projects/Together/thow.html
Tesselations with Cla
risWorks
http://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/mainframegallery.html
Kathy Shrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.
discovery.com/schrockguide/
The Hot List (science teacher resources)
http://www.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/hotlists.html
Science plans and resources
http://www.surfnetkids.com/directory/Science/
Stock Market Simulation Game online
http://library.thinkquest.org/3088/
Students through secondary school join global projects
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/
Spotlights of sites for science students and teachers
http://www.fi.edu/qa96/spotindex.html
PBS Teacher Source
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
NOVA Teaching Resource
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/hslibrary.html
K
-
12 inquiry
-
based teaching units that focus on Internet resou
rces
http://www.onlineclass.com/
This site is for the specific purpose of preparing Middle School students for OPEN
-
ENDED problem solving on standardized tests (Philadelphia)
http://www.fi.edu/school/math2/index.html
Sites found by TIES magazine
http://www.tcnj.edu/~ties/links.html
Discovery lesson plans
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/index.html
Ask ERIC lesson plans
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml#Search
Best online collabora
tive learning
http://www.gsn.org/
Technology
Science, Technology and Learning
http://www.enged.com.au/students/home.html
Design and Technology Ideas (Great Br
itain)
http://www.naaidt.org.uk/resources/projects/index.html?All=3
Freebies for Technology Education
http://wvte
ched.k12.wv.us/resources/freebies.php
PBS science and technology resources
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/recommended/rec_links_science.shtm
Warren East Tech Ed (Middle
School)
http://www.warren.k12.ky.us/Schools/WEMS/TECHNO~1.HTM
Tech Ed Lessons for
Middle School
http://www.wn
et.org/wnetschool/origlessons/technology.html
Technology lessons
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/itech/amsitech/activities/ACT1.HTML
Technology Lessons by Thirteen Ed
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/index_tech.html
Technically Speaking: Why
Americans Need to be Technologically Literate (National Academy of Engineering)
http://www.nae.edu/nae/techlithome.nsf
http://www.iit.edu/~smile/index.html
Ohio Contributions to Science and Technology by County
http://www.ohiosci.org/OHIOSCIENCE200APPENDIX.htm
Ohio Science and Technology
http://www.ohiosci.org/OHIOSCIENCE200.htm
Science, Technology, and How Things Work
http://www.academic
-
genealogy.com/science.htm
Pennsylvania Technology with activities linked to standards
http://www.bc.k12.pa.us/science_techn
ology/Technology/
Technology Student.com
http://www.technologystudent.com/
Resources for Teachers from Pitsco
http://www.pitsco.com/Resources/res
frame.htm
the Harrow Group Technology Report
http://www.theharrowgroup.com/articles/20031124/20031124.htm
Science, Technology, and Society links
http://www.ncsu.edu/chass/mds/stslinks.html
Olentangy Tech Ed
http://www.olentangy.k12.oh.us/teacherweb/rathje/index.htm
TechLearning magazine
http://www.techlearning.com/index.html
ITEA’s HITS and KITS of classroom technology resources
https://www.iteaconnect.org/HitsKitsOnlineForm
.html
Technology for kids
http://kidscience.about.com/kids/kidscience/msub14.htm
Akira Toki Middle School Tech Ed, Madison, Wisconsin
http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/toki/teched/teched.htm
Grandville High School Tech Ed
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/6973/
International Technology Education Associati
on
http://www.iteaconnect.org/
Journal of Technology Education
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/
Wisconsin Tech Ed Newsletter
http://www.wtea
-
wis.org/newsletter.html
Toshiba's Exploravision Contest on the Future of Technology
http://www.exploravision.org/
Technology tidbits of the week
http://www.alteich.com/tidbits/subindx.htm
National Technology Achievement Award
http://www.technology.org/
Georgia Tech resources
http://www.gitea.org/Web%20Sites.htm
Teach
-
nology teacher resources
http://www.teach
-
nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/
TechDirections
http://www.techdirections.com/
TECC site (elelmentary tech ed organization)
http://www.ncat.edu/~childres/tecchome.html
TIES Magazine online
http://www.tiesmagazine.org/
http://www.tiesmagazine.org/archives.html
Tech Ed Resources from the National Academy of Engineering
http://www.nae.edu/nae/techlithome.nsf/weblinks/CTON
-
557RLU?OpenDocument
The Tech Ed Lab Tech Ed resources
http://www.techedlab.com/tech
-
ed.html
The College of New Je
rsey Tech Ed resources
http://www.tcnj.edu/~teched/index.html
Innovations in Science and Technology Education (INSciTE)
http://www.hightechkids.org/
Tec
hKids site
http://www.techedlab.com/k12.html
Tech Teens site
http://www.techedlab.com/techteens/
Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS)
http://www.jets.org/
Yahoo: How things work
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/science_and_nature/machines/how_things_work/
Technology, culture
, and nature
http://eserver.org/cyber/mainfram.html
The Ohio State University Tech Ed web site
http://ed1.eng.ohio
-
state.edu/
Technology and Invention
Magazine
http://www.americanheritage.com/inventionandtechnology/
Journal of Technological Studies
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/e
journals/JTS/
Technology Review Magazine
http://www.techreview.com/magazine/jul01/mag_toc.asp
Technological Studies at the College of New Jersey
http://www.tcnj.edu/~teched/index.html
Helix: Australian Science and Technology magazine for kids
http://www.publish.csiro.au/helix/cf/home/index.cfm?sid=0
Scienc
e, technology and engineering for students
http://www.enged.com.au/students/home.html
Nuffield Design and Technology lessons for stages 1 and 2
http://ww
w.primarydandt.org/
S.T.E.P. Design and Engineering Help on Classroom Projects
http://www.sln.org.uk/d&t/datafile/
Design and Technology research papers from IDATER
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/cd/docs_dandt/idater/searchbrowse.html
Sci Tech Eng Math initiatives by professional community
http://www.howard
cc.edu/Seek
-
16/intro.htm
ProBase: ISU tech curriculum for 11 and 112 grades
http://www.probase.ilstu.edu/
National Center for Technological Literacy
http://www.mos.or
g/doc/1505
Opening the Gateway
–
technology/engineering programs for K
-
12
http://www.mos.org/doc/1956
CATTS for Ohio
http://www
.iteaconnect.org/EbD/CATTSresources/CATTSresourcesOH01.htm
What’s up in Technology video
–
Thirteen Ed
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/tech/
Brain Pop Technology activities
http://www.brainpop.com/technology/seeall/
High school design and technology resources (UK)
http://www.design
-
technology.org/TVS.htm
Search for Design and Technology
resources, K
-
12 (UK)
http://www.curriculumonline.gov.uk/Subjects/DT/Subject.htm
Design and Technology online (British)
http:
//www.dtonline.org/apps/menu/app?1&0
Numerous information sheets and exercises to enhance the study, understanding and
teaching of DESIGN and TECHNOLOGY.
http://www.technologystudent.com/index.htm
Technology lessons
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/itech/amsitech/activities/ACT1.HTML
International Society
for technology in education
http://www.iste.org/template.cfm
TIES magazine for design and technology education (online only)
http://www.tiesmagazine.org/
TechDirections magazine for technology education and careers
http://www.techdirections.com/
LINKS design and problem solving activities, College of New Jersey
http://www.tcnj.edu/~links/
Kelvin Tech Ed and science supply house
http://www.kelvin.com/
The Technology, Science, Math Integration Project
http://teched.vt.edu/html/ResTSMintg.html
Transportation
Maglev resources
http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/Stu/ppoggio/maglev/page5.html
Pre
-
school transportation activities
http://www.first
-
school.ws/theme/transportation.htm
Elementary transportation sites
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/transport.html
Hot Wheels: How Concept Cars Work
http://e
xpress.howstuffworks.com/express
-
concept
-
car.htm
Lewis and Clark Boats and Buoyancy
http://www.ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/exhibits/1000813/
EV World (electronic vehicles)
http://evworld.com/index.cfm
History of Electronic Vehicles
http://sloan.stanford.edu/EVonline/welcome.htm
Rocky Mountain Institute: HyperCars
http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid386.php
Automotive learning online
http://www.innerauto.com/default.htm
Human powered hydrofoil
http://lancet.mit.edu/decavitator/
Transportation design briefs for elementary grades
http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/kirkwood/resources/trans
portation.html
mousetrap powered vehicles
http://docfizzix.com/
Inside a jet engine
http://wings.avkids.com/Tours/Engine/
The science of cycling
http://www.exploratorium.edu/cycling/index.html
GM and alternative fuels
http://www.gm.com/automotive/innovations/altfuel/
Solar powere
d scooters
http://www.mse.cornell.edu/courses/engri111//scooter.htm
Third grade design brief on motorless transportation
http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/kirkwood/resources/trans/Pumpkin%20E3.htm
Mousetrap car design brief
http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepag
es/kirkwood/resources/trans/Alternate%20trans.htm
Soapbox car out of recycled material
http://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/kirkwood/Soapbox.htm
National Transportation Library
http://ntl.bts.gov/
Transportation history museums and libraries
http://www.sae.org/misc/links.htm
Transportation sites (mostly businesses)
http://www.rockets.org/links/db.html
The Financial Side of buying a car for students
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/pbl/ubuystudent/index.html
So you want t
o build a car
-
a look at the automotive industry for students
http://www.ipl.org/autou/
Electric and solar cars
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity
/Factory/1723/
Fast cars
-
NOVA online
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fastcars/
Planet vehicle design brief
htt
p://www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/kirkwood/resources/trans/New_Planet.htm
Visual
Visual kids club
http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/lessons/main.html
interactive light site
http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/
Project Learning Activities in Multimedia
http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/PBLGuide/Activities/Activities.html
High School Video Production Course
http://www.camas.wednet.edu/chs/tech/video/chs_video.htm
Find a picture of any topic on the web
http://ditto.co
m/
300,000 graphic arts icons for web sites
http://www.free
-
graphics.com/
Searchable Index of internet graphics
http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm
How a ca
mera works
http://www.azuswebworks.com/photography/index.html
The Digital Camera page
http://www.dcresource.com/
Kids and Digital Photography
http://www.surfnetkids.com/digitalphoto.htm
American Photography: a Century of Images (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/americanphotograp
hy/
Photo gallery by 7 great photographers
http://www.artsmia.org/get
-
the
-
picture/
The technology of photographic imaging (history)
http:/
/www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/cameras/index.htm
Land Escapes
-
photo exhibit
http://gcc.bradley.edu/exhibit/98/home.html
Images from Kodak available for downloading
http://www.kodak.com/digitalImages/samples/imageIntro.shtml
Kodak Lesson Plans
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/ed
ucation/lessonPlans/indices/art.shtml
Digital Photography resources
http://www.resourcehelp.com/qserphoto.htm
Kids sites on photography
http:
//www.surfnetkids.com/photo.htm
American Museum of Photography
http://www.photographymuseum.com/
Photography sites directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Visual_Arts/Photography/Museums_and_Galleries/
Articles on video editing
http://www.videonics.com/articles/
Weather
Weatherbug Achieve interactive weather lessons
http://www.weatherbugachieve.com/
Weather
www.kidsgardening.com/growingideas/projects/aug03/pg1.html
Weather tools
http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/weathertools.html
Urbanization effects on climate
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/e
nvironment/urban_effects.html
Weather and math activities
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/concepts/weather.shtm
Making an elementary grade weather station
http://www.miamisci.org/hurricane/weatherstation.html
U.S. Geostationary satellite pictures
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/
El Nino
http://www.fi.edu/weather/nino/nino.html
Weather information and activities for students
http://www.fi.edu/weather/index.html
Glacier/Weather lesson plans
http://www.sd5.k12.mt.us/glaciereft/gwlesson.htm
Investigating climate activity, math and social studies integration
http://www.u
ps.edu/community/tofu/lev1f/intframe.htm
Kidsweb: Weather resources
http://www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb/Sciences/weather.html
NASA Atmospheric Sciences Data Center
http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/
NOAA central library sites for teachers and students
http://www.lib.noaa.gov/docs/education.html
Meteorology online guide
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/home.rxml
Tornado safety
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/askjack/watorsaf
.htm
Demonstration of how various forms of precipitation form
http://www.sd5.k12.mt.us/glaciereft/precip38.htm
Basic Cloud formations
http://vortex.plymouth.edu/clouds.html
Stormy weather art project
http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room/sparkers/stormy/storm.html
Acid Rain
-
EPA
http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/
Kids sites for weather
http://www.surfnetkids.com/weather.htm
Lightning
http://wvlightning.com/
Tornado
resources
http://www.tornadoproject.com/index.html
Weather forecast for your specific location
http://www.weather.com/weather/local/43015
What forces affect our weather
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/weather/
Weather and related weather plans
http://www.uen.o
rg/utahlink/weather/teacher_links2.html
Weather instruments and scales
http://www.sd5.k12.mt.us/glaciereft/weather.htm
Weather rhymes and verses
http://www.sd5.k12.mt.us/glaciereft/wlore.htm
The Weather clasroom
-
Weather.com
http://www.weather.com/education/index.html
Weather maps, all topics
http://www.weather.com/maps/
Wind and Sea internet sites
http://www.lib.noaa.gov/docs/windandsea2.html
How meteorologists make predictions based on data activity
http://www.wnet.org/wnetschool/origlessons/weather/index.html
WeatherWatch 2010 CD
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/h
ome.rxml
Wind socks activity
http://www.sd5.k12.mt.us/glaciereft/windk
-
8.htm
Weather related lesson plans
http://www
.uen.org/utahlink/weather/teacher_links2.html
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