600-699 Technology & Applied Sciences

How Everyday Things Are Made: This is a fun and interactive site.  Turn up the sound. “If you’ve ever wondered how things are made – products like candy, cars, airplanes, or bottles – or if you’ve been interested in manufacturing processes, like forging, casting, or injection molding, then you’ve come to the right place.”

How Stuff Works: This site will tell you how just about anything works including a section on how things in the future will work.

LiveScience.com: This site focuses on the innovative and intriguing in science and technology.  It covers news, views and scientific inquiry with articles by respected science journalists and contributors.

Museum of Science and Industry: Take a virtual tour of the U-505 submarine, learn about genetics at a chick hatchery, or visit a coal mine.  Click on the exhibits tab to view a listing of special exhibits at this Chicago museum.

Science News for Kids: Find interesting science articles as well as suggestions for hands-on activities, books, articles, Web resources, and other useful materials.

Sodaplay: This unique site combines art and engineering at this home of creative play.  Check it out!

Famous Inventors A to Z: Use this easy A to Z list to find biographical information on each inventor. Just select the first letter of the inventor's last name.

Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century: Explore the list of the top 20 achievements and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world.

Innovative Lives: The Lemelson Foundation's mission is to document, interpret, and disseminate information about invention and innovation and to encourage inventive creativity in young people.

Invention Dimension: Find information on inventors and inventions at this site.

Inventors and Innovations: The Smithsonian invention site on models and inventors.

Inventors & Inventions: Find dozens of links to inventors, inventions, wacky inventions, and patents.

Inventors Hall of Fame: Search for inventions or inventors at this site plus view a time line and additional links.

United States Patent and Trademark Office Kids' Pages: This site is filled with games and puzzles for younger students to explore while learning about inventors and inventions.

Discovery Health: This site contains a wealth of health information.

For Kids and Teens: “Articles games and book reviews for children and adolescents interested in understanding mental health issues.”

Health for Kids: This site offers an extensive subject index, an experiments page, a common symptoms guide, and many other links.

Health Sites for Children and Families: A portal to over 100 health sites can be found here.

Healthfinder: A government portal to sites dealing with health news, medical journals, databases and information for teens and children.

KidsHealth: This site is sponsored by the Nemours Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to children’s health.

Medicine Through Time: Diseases and their treatment are discussed through major periods of history: Prehistory & Ancient World; The Middle Ages; The Renaissance; The Industrial Revolution; and The Modern World.

The On-line Medical Dictionary: A database of medical terms and their meanings listed alphabetically or available through a search window.

TeenHealth FX: This health site gives a variety of information to teens seeking answers on health concerns. Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown, NJ sponsors this site.

Bones and Skeletal System: This site contains the names of the bones in the skeletal system along with a glossary.

Brain Facts: This site contains copious amounts of facts and figures on your brain, the neurons it’s comprised of, and its all important blood supply.

The Heart—An Online Exploration: Visit The Franklin Institute’s online heart exploration. Follow the blood flow through vessels, learn the structure of the heart, and learn how to keep a healthy heart.

Human Body Adventure: Take a tour through the inner workings of the human body and learn about all the systems.  Interactive quizzes and trivia are included.

Interactive Body: Drag and drop body parts and then connect it to the right impulse center in the brain or spinal cord to reveal how the human body nervous system operates.

Interactive Skeleton: Drag and drop the ulna, ligaments, phalanges, scapulas, and cartilage to the correct place on the human skeleton to score high and show you know your bones!

Mr. Bones: This human skeleton assembly activity allows you to take apart a skeleton and then put him back together again while learning about the human skeletal system.

The Big Picture Book of Viruses: "The Big Picture Book of Viruses is intended to serve as both a catalog of virus pictures on the Internet and as an educational resource to those seeking more information about viruses."

Common Cold:  “This site provides a comprehensive, updated and referenced source of information on the common cold.”

For Kids and Teens: Mental health is covered here including information on ADD, phobias, dealing with bullies, and other topics of interest to kids and teens.

The History of Diabetes: This site gives you facts about diabetes, symptoms of the disease, and the history of diabetes going back to Ancient Egypt.

The Aviation History Online Museum: Find airplanes from the past with the histories, images and manufacturing specs found at this site. There is a collection of biographies of famous airmen.

Brief History of Rockets: Trace the development of the rocket, from Chinese fire-arrows to Nazi scientist Wernher von Braun's devastating V-2 rockets to the U.S. space program.

Discover Engineering.org: Find out more about the world of engineers at this site.

EIA Kid's Page: The Energy Information Administration has developed this site and includes information on energy, fun facts, a quiz, and more.

The First Motorcycle?: Discover the history of motorcycles and how they descended from bicycles.

Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20^th Century: “Explore our list of the top 20 achievements, and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world.”

How Cars Work: This interactive site allows students to explore the anatomy of a car and learn how it all comes together to make it work.

KidsAstronomy.com: Discover all types of information dealing with space including exploration, travel, the solar system, outer space and deep space.

NASA Multimedia Gallery: "Experience NASA through our great selection of images, video, and interactive features."

National Air & Space Museum: Explore Planet Earth and all the other planets including a fun assortment of science-based activities from the world's most visited museum.

National Aviation Hall of Fame: Biographies and portraits of  individuals enshrined in recognition of achievement in the development of aviation are found in this Hall of Fame.

Pedaling History Museum: Discover the history of the bicycle at this online museum, which includes links to other sites.

The Wright Brothers: This interactive exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution offers film footage, historical artifacts, and information on the story of the first flight.

Care for Animals: This site sponsored by the American Veterinary Medical Association provides information about pets, training, and includes animated information for young children.

Dog Printouts: Print out simple outlines of many dogs and learn information about them as well.

Cats: Plans for Perfection: This National Geographic site brings us the beautiful blueprints behind the cat.

The Food Timeline: "Ever wonder what the Vikings ate when they set off to explore the new world? How Dolly Madison made her ice cream? What the pioneers cooked along the Oregon Trail? Who invented the potato chip…and why? Food is the fun part of social studies!" The extensive timeline of food and food products is only the start here.

The History of Pizza: Learn about the history of pizza, how to cook it, and then design your own pizzeria with a creative pizza menu.

MyPyramid.gov: A guide to daily food choices is explained at this site sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture.

Nutrition 101: This site offers the basics about nutrition, digestion and the importance of healthy eating.

Recipe Source:  Find a database of more than 170 recipes geared to kids who want to cook.  You can also browse for other recipes by regions of the world or by type.

Science of Cooking: “Explore recipes, activities, and Webcasts that will enhance your understanding of the science behind food and cooking.”