Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Elijah Mc Coy
According to this article, Elijah McCoy (1844-1929 CE) is one of the most prolific inventors in American history. Read about his parents who escaped slavery by traveling on the Underground Railroad and about his invention, the automatic...
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Lang Media: Spanish in Argentina
Get up close and personal with the language and culture of Argentina. Multimedia presentation includes video clips with Spanish transcripts and English translations. A valuable resource for anyone considering a trip to Buenos Aires!
Nations Online Project
Nations Online: Argentina
Presents a virtual travel guide and country profile of Argentina, background overview, and numerous links to comprehensive information on the country's culture, history, geography, economy, environment, population, news, government, and...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Animals for Kids: Animal Migrations
Kids learn about Animal Migrations. How animals travel for miles across the land, air, and sea for the changing seasons.
National Academy of Engineering
Greatest Achievements: Airplane
This page provides an overview of the history behind one of the greatest engineering innovations of all time:the airplane. There is also a timeline showing its development.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: How Does Color Affect Heating by Absorption of Light?
Light is an example of an electromagnetic wave. Electromagnetic waves can travel through the vacuum of interstellar space. They do not depend on an external medium-unlike a mechanical wave such as a sound wave which must travel through...
PBS
Pbs: Nova: Illuminating Photosynthesis
To understand the process of photosynthesis, follow the hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen atoms as they travel between the air, the plant, and the soil.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: String Telephones
Students investigate how sound travels through string and air. First, they analyze the sound waves with a paper cup attached to a string. Then, they combine the string and cup with a partner to model a string telephone. Finally, they are...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Sounds Like Music
Music can loosely be defined as organized sound. The instructional activity objectives, understanding sound is a form of energy, understanding pitch, understanding sound traveling through a medium, and being able to separate music from...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Blow and Go Parachute
Students make a skydiver and parachute contraption to demonstrate how drag caused by air resistance slows the descent of skydivers as they travel back to Earth. Gravity pulls the skydiver toward the Earth, while the air trapped by the...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Forces: Balloon Car Activity
In this activity, teams of learners build a car out of common materials which is then propelled by the release of air out of a balloon and must travel a minimum distance. The activity is then extended to a competition to build the car...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Balloon Cars Revisited: Alternative Fuel Gases
In this activity, students use the common balloon cars they created which use air propelled out of a balloon as a fuel source to investigate how different gases (fuels) effect the travel distance of the balloon cars.
NOAA
Noaa: Southern Region Weather: Global Circulations
"Global Circulations explain how air and storm systems travel over the Earth's surface. The global circulation would be simple (and the weather boring) if the Earth did not rotate, the rotation was not tilted relative to the sun, and had...
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Museum of Flight
The Museum of Flight collects and exhibits historically significant artifacts of air and space travel.
Other
John Glenn: Astronaut/senator
A concise biography which describes the highlights of the life of John Glenn. Two photos are included in this site.
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute: The Science of Sound
This Franklin Institute webpage provides an introduction to understanding sound waves based on 5th grade science lessons.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Cape Verde: Economy
Although Cape Verde has limited natural resources, read about the great strides it has made in developing a functional economy. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
InterKnowledge Corp.
Geographica.com: Adventure in Argentina
This site from Geographica.com contains information on a variety of parks in Argentina. A description of each follows the name of the park.
PBS
Who Made America?: Innovators: George Westinghouse, Jr.
One-page profile of influential innovator, George Westinghouse, Jr., whose vision and ideas helped to increase the safety of the railroad system in America. His experimentation with electricity also had a huge impact on the power...
State Library of North Carolina
N Cpedia: Transportation Improvements in the 1920s
When World War I ended in 1918 and the troops came home, folks felt optimistic about the future and eager to get on with their lives. This optimism led to an extraordinary decade that brought major changes in the way citizens traveled by...
Other
Review Game Zone: Heroic Ants Main Idea and Details
An online learning game where students choose the correct supporting detail and then see how far they can get an ant to travel through the air. Answer more questions to get more tries for the farthest distance.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: West Yorkshire, 1908
A detailed travel map of West Yorkshire, England from 1908, showing North Riding and West Riding districts. The map shows first class and secondary roads, railways, cities, towns, and terrain features of the area. This map uses...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Yorkshire Coast, 1908
A detailed travel map of the Yorkshire coast, England from 1908, showing North Riding and East Riding districts. The map shows first class and secondary roads, railways, cities, towns, coastal and terrain features of the area. This map...
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