Science+&+Technology

ANIMALS & ANIMAL LIFE
[|Animal Planet] [|ASPCA's Animaland] Careers, animal care, and general information. [|Dinosaur Eggs] [|Dinosaurs!] [|Discover Chimpanzees] [|Endangered Species] [|Going Bug-gy!] [|Grolier Animals] Click "Amazing Animals" [|Monarchs and Migration] [|National Wildlife Federation KidZone] [|Roach World] [|Sounds of the World's Animals] Learn how to make animal noises in different languages. [|Staten Island Zo] [|Wendell's Yucky Bug World] [|When Crocodiles Ruled (60 Million Years Ago)] [|Wildlife Conservation Society] Includes the **Bronx Zoo, New York Aquarium, Central Park Zoo, Queens Zoo, and Prospect Park Zoo.** [|Worm World]



**EARTH SCIENCE **
[|Avalanche!] [|Can We Predict Volcanic Eruptions?] [|Chem4Kids] [|Earthquake!] [|FEMA for Kids Homepage] [|Hurricane!] [|Lightning!] [|Ocean Life] [|Periodic Table of Elements] [|Tornado!] [|Volcano World] [|Volcanoes Online] [|Ways of Knowing Trail] Take an environmental adventure through the Ituri Forest in central Africa. [|Weather (USA Today)] [|Weather Watch] [|Web Weather for Kids] Weather games, facts and experiments. [|Wind: The Science of Wind Energy]



HEALTH
[|Healthy Teeth] [|Kid's Health] [|Smoking Stinks!] [|The Surgeon General's Report for Kids about Smoking]



INVENTIONS & TECHNOLOGY
 [|18th Century Inventions: A Timeline] The spinning jenny, steam engine, submarine, and flush toilet are just a few inventions of the 18th century. [|19th Century Inventions: A Timeline] The saftey pin, typewriter, and sewing machine were invented this century! [|20th Century Inventions: A Timeline] Crayons, airplanes and tea bags were invented in this century! [|Building Big] Explore construction with David Macaulay. [|Celebrating 100 Years of Flight] On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright flew a man powered aircraft for the first time. It wasn’t the first time man flew, and it certainly was not the last. Take off on a discovery of man’s attempts to fly. Presented by Scholastic. [|Invention Dimension] Read about the "inventor of the week" at this MIT site. [|Inventors Museum] The "google" of invention sites - read more about women inventors, African-American inventors, colonial inventors and more. [|National Inventors Hall of Fame] The National Inventors Hall of Fame celebrates the creative and entrepreneurial spirit of great inventors. [|Robotics - sensing-thinking-acting] Learn everything that goes on behind the design and operation of robots, in this wonderful online exhibit. [|The Top Ten African American Inventors] Throughout history, African Americans have invented some important and fun devices. Read about ten examples of men and women and see what they invented. Presented by Scholastic. [|Women Inventors] Read biographies of famous female inventors, like Mary Anderson who invented the windshield wiper!


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SCIENCE MUSEUMS ** [|American Museum of Natural History] [|Children's Museum of Indianapolis Fun On-line Page] Design your own space station. [|Exploratorium Science Snacks] [|Franklin Institute Science Museum] [|IEEE Spectrum evaluates Science and Technology Museums] [|Liberty Science Center] [|National Air and Space Museum] [|New York Hall of Science]



**SPACE & SPACE TRAVEL **
[|Aviation through the Ages] [|Below the Belt: Asteroid Close Calls] [|Challenging the Space Frontier] [|Discovery Channel: Space Guide] [|Life on Mars: Explore Planet Mars] [|Mars Pathfinder] [|Moon Shadow: Solar Eclipse] [|NASA Image eXchange] [|NASA Kids] [|NASA Space Place] [|National Geographic: Exploring Space] [|Nine Planets: A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System] [|Other Worlds: The Search for Extrasolar Planets] [|Project Galileo: Bringing Jupiter to Earth] [|Space Weather: What's Happening in Space Today] [|Star Child:A Learning Center for Young Astronomers] [|View of the Earth from a Satellite] [|Views of the Solar System]