Dewey 600-699
Applied Science & Technology
General Information
How Stuff Works
The Greatest Inventors and Inventions
Zoom Inventions and Inventors
The New Way Things Work -The every popular The Way Things Work in the updated, NEW, version. Students will love pouring over Macaulay's intricate drawings that illustrate, with detail, how these things do indeed work. The New version includes information of digital components including computers, camcorders and air bags. Macaulay's website offers a glimpse of what you can learn from this valuable book.
Inventors and Inventions - This site from M.I.T. celebrates inventions of all kinds and has some fun games.
Medicine
Virtual Surgery -Learn about anatomy. Interactive activities where you can perform your own knee surgery, hip replacement or resurfacing surgeries. Surgeries are done with animation but check out the surgery photos to see real life surgeries. Create your own simple of odd machines to learn how simple and complex machines work.
Kids Health
The Heart: An On-line Exploration
Brain Maps
The Human Brain
Kids Health
The Human Body - eBook
Human Body Adventure
Human Body - Thinkquest
Virtual Body
Your Gross and Cool Body
Emergency & First Aid - HealthWorld Online
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
My (Food) Pyramid -The MyPyramid site offers kids a way to learn about nutrition through a fun interactive game. Kids must create healthy meals and snacks and also include exercise into their day in order to successfully blast off into space. Some knowledge of nutrition could be helpful. The game is a great addition to a nutrition unit for teachers as a way for students to implement what they have learned in class. The Blast Off game is a part of the kid's section of the MyPyramid.gov site which includes helpful information for adults looking to education (or re-educate) themselves about nutrition.
Machines
Amusement Park Physics
New Bay Bridge : Learn about the physics behind making bridges by creating a virtual one. After you select your bridge type (Suspension, Steel Arch, etc), add in safety features, you can test your bridge's safety by seeing how it stacks up against an earthquake. A great, interactive way to see how different bridge designs are affected by an earthquake.
Space Travel
International Space Station
The Apollo Spacecraft
NASA for Kids -How can you go wrong with NASA for Kids? This informative site provides information on the International Space Station as well as US Space Missions. On-line ebooks provide students with information regarding the space program and what it is link to be an astronaut. A link to NASA Space Place , another great space site, is included on the main page.
NASA Space Place
Farming
United States Department of Agriculture : The United States Department of Agriculture has a number of resources about farming and agriculture for children. Links to 4H, Farmers Markets, Gardening, as well as other great resources, this site is a the perfect starting point for anything farm related.
Sci4Kids
The Herbal Encyclopedia
Pet Care
How To Love Your Dog
Animal Hospital
Dr. P's Dog Training
Natural History Museum: Cats!
Animal Land -A comprehensive website for people who enjoy animals. Contains cartoons on how to care for eight common pets. Look through the careers that involve animals. Play some of the fun activities.
Moo Milk -Learn all about the dairy industry from this fun and interactive site. Kids using this site can learn about milk and where it comes from and its uses. An interactive puzzle and trivia questions that challenge your milk knowledge make this a great site for all.
Cooking
All Recipes
Hershey's
Kids Health: Recipes -A list of kid friendly, healthy recipes that kids can make with little or no adult help. Included are recipes for children with specific diseases, such as Celiac Disease, Diabetes, Cystic Fibrosis, Lactose Intolerance as well as Vegetarians. Provides nutritional information for each recipe.
Spatulatta : Cooking 4 Kids Online - Demonstration cooking video podcasts--winner of the 2006 James Beard Foundation award and nominated again. Learn to cook and print the recipes!
How Stuff Works
The Greatest Inventors and Inventions
Zoom Inventions and Inventors
The New Way Things Work -The every popular The Way Things Work in the updated, NEW, version. Students will love pouring over Macaulay's intricate drawings that illustrate, with detail, how these things do indeed work. The New version includes information of digital components including computers, camcorders and air bags. Macaulay's website offers a glimpse of what you can learn from this valuable book.
Inventors and Inventions - This site from M.I.T. celebrates inventions of all kinds and has some fun games.
Medicine
Virtual Surgery -Learn about anatomy. Interactive activities where you can perform your own knee surgery, hip replacement or resurfacing surgeries. Surgeries are done with animation but check out the surgery photos to see real life surgeries. Create your own simple of odd machines to learn how simple and complex machines work.
Kids Health
The Heart: An On-line Exploration
Brain Maps
The Human Brain
Kids Health
The Human Body - eBook
Human Body Adventure
Human Body - Thinkquest
Virtual Body
Your Gross and Cool Body
Emergency & First Aid - HealthWorld Online
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
My (Food) Pyramid -The MyPyramid site offers kids a way to learn about nutrition through a fun interactive game. Kids must create healthy meals and snacks and also include exercise into their day in order to successfully blast off into space. Some knowledge of nutrition could be helpful. The game is a great addition to a nutrition unit for teachers as a way for students to implement what they have learned in class. The Blast Off game is a part of the kid's section of the MyPyramid.gov site which includes helpful information for adults looking to education (or re-educate) themselves about nutrition.
Machines
Amusement Park Physics
New Bay Bridge : Learn about the physics behind making bridges by creating a virtual one. After you select your bridge type (Suspension, Steel Arch, etc), add in safety features, you can test your bridge's safety by seeing how it stacks up against an earthquake. A great, interactive way to see how different bridge designs are affected by an earthquake.
Space Travel
International Space Station
The Apollo Spacecraft
NASA for Kids -How can you go wrong with NASA for Kids? This informative site provides information on the International Space Station as well as US Space Missions. On-line ebooks provide students with information regarding the space program and what it is link to be an astronaut. A link to NASA Space Place , another great space site, is included on the main page.
NASA Space Place
Farming
United States Department of Agriculture : The United States Department of Agriculture has a number of resources about farming and agriculture for children. Links to 4H, Farmers Markets, Gardening, as well as other great resources, this site is a the perfect starting point for anything farm related.
Sci4Kids
The Herbal Encyclopedia
Pet Care
How To Love Your Dog
Animal Hospital
Dr. P's Dog Training
Natural History Museum: Cats!
Animal Land -A comprehensive website for people who enjoy animals. Contains cartoons on how to care for eight common pets. Look through the careers that involve animals. Play some of the fun activities.
Moo Milk -Learn all about the dairy industry from this fun and interactive site. Kids using this site can learn about milk and where it comes from and its uses. An interactive puzzle and trivia questions that challenge your milk knowledge make this a great site for all.
Cooking
All Recipes
Hershey's
Kids Health: Recipes -A list of kid friendly, healthy recipes that kids can make with little or no adult help. Included are recipes for children with specific diseases, such as Celiac Disease, Diabetes, Cystic Fibrosis, Lactose Intolerance as well as Vegetarians. Provides nutritional information for each recipe.
Spatulatta : Cooking 4 Kids Online - Demonstration cooking video podcasts--winner of the 2006 James Beard Foundation award and nominated again. Learn to cook and print the recipes!