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MACHINES
AND INVENTIONS
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Invention
at Play
http://www.inventionatplay.org/index.html
(Scout Report selection)
Playtime isn't wasted time, as this Web site
shows. Visitors learn about the role toys and
play have had in invention, and can try their
hand at games that teach problem solving, visual
thinking, and other skills.
Developed by the Lemelson Center at the Smithsonian's
National Museum of American History in partnership
with the Science Museum of Minnesota. (
This
site uses Flash
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Kids
Design Network (KDN)
http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/kdn
(MUSE Award)
This is the place to find out about life as
an engineer. There's an engineering challenge
for each of several disciplines, in which kids
get to build a gadget, draw a design, compare
with other kids, and talk to a real engineer
about their invention. By the DuPage Children's
Museum. (
This site uses
Flash
.)
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Leonardo
Da Vinci
http://www.museoscienza.org/english/leonardo/
(Museums and the Web Award)
Here's your chance to have a look inside Leonardo's
famous notebooks, and to see his inventions
as 3-D computer simulations.There's also a history
of the famous artist and inventor's life, and
loads of other Leonardo-related resources. In
English, French, and Italian. (
This
site uses Quicktime VR
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Animated
Engines
http://www.keveney.com/Engines.html
(Scientific American Sci/Tech
Award)
The easiest way to understand how an engine
works is to see it in action. This site provides
simple but elegant animations of just about
every engine imaginable. The brief accompanying
descriptions add just enough additional information
to make this a great teaching resource.
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Sightseer’s
Guide to Engineering
http://www.engineeringsights.org/
(New Scientist Weblinks selection)
What better way to make engineering real than
to go look at real engineered stuff? Visitors
can use this online guide to plan sightseeing
tours to dams, bridges, and buildings that will
help kids understand the mark engineers leave
on our world.
Searchable by state, engineering discipline,
or type of site. (
This site
uses Flash
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