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General Interest Web Sites for K-12
Internet links for education-related resources, products,
information and support
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Career Education
American Design Drafting Association
Exclusively for the professional designer drafter in all
disciplines including manufacturing, utilities, construction,
engineering, government and education. Includes information on
schools, job openings, mean salaries, etc.
Architecture
Links
Related Internet links from Rice University.
BLS Career
Information
Helps younger students find out what careers are available based
on which subjects they like in school.
Career
Development Manual
You have been put in charge of your own career. Managing it will
be a lifelong process. Discover your place in the world where
you will be able to enjoy a high level of wellness. Choose work
that will be compatible with your own unique skills, knowledge,
personality, and interests.
Career
Explorations on the Internet for Elementary Teachers and Students
A catalog of sites for elementary teachers and students developed
by the Tennessee Department of Education.
Career
Explorations on the Internet for Middle School Teachers and Students
A catalog of sites for middle school teachers and students developed
by the Tennessee Department of Education.
Career
Explorations on the Internet for High School Teachers and Students
A catalog of sites for high school teachers and students developed
by the Tennessee Department of Education.
Career Magazine
Contains a searchable job bank, full text articles, links, and
more resources for students and teachers.
Career Trail
An interactive student guide to jobs, resumes and vocational
interests.
Education Associates
A commercial site that provides materials for career education
for grades K-12.
FutureScan
Magazine
An interactive career guide for teenagers. Learn about specific
careers and interact with professionals.
Job
Shadowing Day Handbook
Guide from the Tennessee Department of Education.
Keirsey
Character Sorter
Interesting online test to determine personality types.
Kids
and Careers
A tool to help bring career education into the school curriculum
for grades K-4.
National School-To-Work Learning
Center
Encourages educational and career opportunities for all students.
Teamworks: Skills
for Collaborative Work
Teamworks, the Virtual Team Assistant, is a web site developed
to provide support for group communication processes, and especially
for design teams in engineering and other practical arts and
sciences. Teamworks consists of nine informational modules, each
of which contains background information, instruments for self-assessment,
lessons to develop team work skills, and links to helpful resources.
What Do They Do?
Learn about what people do at work and how they make our world
a better place. Just click on the job that interests you. Designed
for younger children.
Career Oriented Lesson Plans Online
Applied
Lesson Plans
Work related lesson plans for math, science, English, and other
subject areas.
AskEric
Vocational Lesson Plans
Topics include lesson plans on agriculture, business, and technology.
Blue
Web'n Vocational Lesson Plans
Plans on a variety of vocational topics.
Encarta
Vocational Lesson Plans
Ten lesson plans for grades K-12.
Inventors and Inventions: Simple Machines
The
American Experience: Technology
PBS site based on an award-winning series about American
ingenuity and the rewards it has reaped this century; interesting
sections on the telephone, television and subways - check out
the Technology Timeline and Forgotten Inventors segments.
Build It Yourself
A "toy laboratory" for ages 8-14 that offers free monthly
downloadable ideas to promote imaginative ideas; CAREFUL - there
is a free registration followed by the enticement to purchase
building supplies ($150-$300+) in order to have your very own
creation approved and built through this site.
Build
a Bridge
Sponsored by NOVAonline, this site requires participants to study
bridge structures and determine the strengths and weaknesses
of each before playing an interactive game.
Build It and
Bust It
An engineering site in which you will design and test your own
structures online and share what you learn with others; JAVA
enhanced so is needs a 4.0 browser.
Built
in America
Online document achievements in architecture, engineering, and
design in the United States and its territories through a comprehensive
range of building types and engineering technologies.
Edison National
Historic Site
WWW presence of Edison's home, covering everything from Edison's
life and education to actual photos and patent lists - considered
to be one of the most important inventors of our century, this
site is worth consideration if you're looking to examine a definitive
inventor "up close and personal."
Ferrous
Wheel
Online project for Junior High and High School students (April-May
1999); set in an imaginary amusement park, covers physics, geometry,
calculus, general mathematics, art, and language arts as your
students learn and work to create a ferris wheel or roller coaster
for their culminating project.
The
History of Invention
Awesome timeline of very practical inventions that have effected
our lives over the centuries: plywood, swimming pools, vaccinations,
electric guitar, computer mouse, space shuttle, the v-chip and
so much more - note the dates and sequence.
How Stuff Works
Includes sections on engines and motors, things found around
the house, electronics, computers, food, the human body, and
a special "Insider Series."
How
Things Work
Write in your questions on how things work and receive online
explanations; based on the book "How Things Work: the Physics
of
Everyday Life."
Inventing
the Future
Based on the PBS Scientific American Frontiers series, this site
takes the Inventions theme and looks forward: virtual reality,
smart cars, brain music, body talk and privacy and ethical issues
- lots of links to even more topics.....intriguing!
Invention Dimension
MIT based site promoting the spirit of invention, with archives,
links, resources and an Inventor of the Week - excellent design!
Invention
Unit from 3M
Wonderful step-by-step unit helping students plan, develop and
market their own original inventions - very practical approach.
Inventions
National Geographic World presents this online group of "invention
games" which earn you tokens; once you have five tokens
you can work the Action Contraption and win a prize! Wonderful
activity-filled learning!
InventorNet
For High School students on up, a legitimate free site for aspiring
inventors to gather resources and exchange ideas; if your students
are in it for the real-world pay-off, this site is for you.
Inventors
About.com's contribution, replete with current information for
those High School age and older actively creating new items;
nice links
to resources on particular inventions of the past - bulletin
boards and event information, too.
Inventors
and Inventions Theme Page
Links to curricular resources and instructional materials to
aid in incorporating creative thinking into your Science classroom;
presented by CLN - fabulous.
Leonardo Home Page
A well-crafted site on the many facets of da Vinci's genius;
especially good is the Inventor's Workshop which gets into close-ups
on
gadgets and machines as well as classroom activities - not comprehensive,
but high quality.
National Inventors
Hall of Fame
Online presence of the actual Hall, containing "exhibits
and presentations which allow visitors to experience the excitement
of
discovery, creativity, and imagination" - can be viewed
by the name of the invention itself or by the inventor's name
alphabetically or chronologically.
Ronald J. Riley's internet
Pages
Recognized by MIT's Invention Dimension, this scientist offers
a unique perspective on becoming an inventor for kids.
Smithsonian:
Inventors and Inventions
Limited high quality links on the topic of inventing; the table
of links to inventions and inventors offers a succinct look at
some prominent people and machines of the last 150 years.
Transistorized!
Another great PBS presentation showing the creation and impact
of the transistor on our lives. Be sure to check out the interactive
Periodic Puzzle and Wafer Maker activities.
U.S. Patent Office
Kid's Pages
A great site designed to inspire kids to use their imagination
and invent.
Lots of materials here with regards to intellectual property
matters and patents.
Wacky Patent of
the Month
Unusual and amazing contraptions featured every month (this month
it's the Combined Clothes-Brush, Flask, and Drinking-Cup) along
with information on patents and invention links - sponsored by
a law office so there's a uniquely legal point of view.
The Wonka Factory
The gratuitous references to the candies are here, but check
out the Invention Room - Wonka's World of Science, Wonka trivia
and the Inventonator Tunnel (an inventor's game).
The World
of Benjamin Franklin
Presented by the esteemed Franklin Institute, this online exhibit
takes the viewer through a tour of BF's life and accomplishments.
NOTE: This section on Inventors and Inventions adapted from INNOVATIVE TEACHING presented by Walter McKenzie.
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