Technology Education Assignments
Click Here to visit Mr. Manser's Tech Ed page.
Remember to consult science journals and magazines for up-to-date scientific information - use the InfoTrac Dabases to find magazine articles
How
Stuff Works - find out how things work.
How Things Work - descriptions
of how things work.
A
Century of Invention - search by year, inventor, or invention.
Great Idea Finder -
information on how some inventions came to be developed.
National Inventors
Hall of Fame - search by invention, or name of inventor
Popular
Science - innovations of the future - autos, home, medicine, recreation,
aviation etc.
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- search the database for inventions from 1790 -
Local Town Government
- Ashburnham and
Westminster
Town
of Ashburnham
Town
of Westminster
Forest
Fire Control in Massachusetts
Forest Fire
Control Directory - map
Styrofoam - melting point
Fiber Optics
Fiber Optic Cable
Introduction to Fiber
Optics
Biometrics - definition and forms of biometrics
Fingerprinting - Basics of DNA Fingerprinting
Intro
to Robots
Robotics
- from the Chabot Space &
Science Center
Robotics
Exhibition
Robotics
History and workings of robotics
Artificial
Intelligence
Artificial
Intelligence
AI Overview
World Records
Guinness
World Records - Online version of the book
Consumer Issues
Consumer
Digest Online - info on appliances, household goods etc.
Technocopia
...a consumer-oriented site dealing with questions and new gadgets in the area
of technology.
Housing
and Interior Design - appliances, tools, house design,
environmental design, "green" products, building repairs and
renovations.
Consumer
Product Safety Commission - recalls, product safety information
Distance Learning /
Education
Distance
Learning - What is distance learning? What will schools be like in the
future?
Education -
Reinventing Schools- the technology is now.
Biographies
Lives, the
Biography Resource - biographies arranged by name, and occupation
Gander Academy Weather
Themes
Meteorological Conversions -
temperature (celsius-fahrenheit), wind chill etc.
Winter
Storm Weather - Blizzards, Nor'easters, history of snow storms and more.
The Old Farmer's
Almanac - great for weather lore, recipes, gardening tips
and more.
Dan's Wild Wild Weather Page - a
great site for weather info. Check out the A-Z Weather Index for a listing
by topics.
Information Please -
weather information
Weather and Climate web
sites
All about Snow and winter weather
- thematic unit
Salt and salt content in oceans
Why
is the ocean salty? - the salt content in oceans.
Salt in the Oceans
and in Humans
Environmental Issues
Nearctica - the
plants, insects, animals and physical environment of North America.
Ecosystems
-Environmental Protection Agency Student Center
Environmental Organizations Web
Directory
Environmental Sites-
air, water, forests, climate, food, biodiversity, waste, & energy.
National Groundwater Association
NASA
History Timeline
NASA Solar System
Exploration Timeline
Space
Travel and effects on the human body- NASA FAQs
Space Flight - Questions
& answers
NASA SpaceLink
Hot Air Balloons - Gander Academy's
Flight Themes
Ford's Theatre and Washington, D.C.
- Sites and Information
Restoration
of Ford's Theatre - National Parks Service site
Ford's Theatre Seating Cart
and Floor Plan
Ford's
Theatre
National Zoo Home Page - Animals, Plants,
etc.
Tourist map -click on the map for links
to sites
Washington DC Fun and
Recreation Page
Museums in Washington,
D.C.
Bridges .
Bridges
Webography
Fun and Learning about
Bridges
Basic
Bridge Types
Architecture
Architecture
Sites - includes Mount Vernon and the architecture of Washington, D.C
Rockefeller
Center, New York
9/11
-Why the Towers Fell - the collapse; outfitting firefighters; the structure
of metal,
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