How machines work.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/hydraulic.htm
http://www.mikids.com/Smachines.htm
http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/

This site teaches K-5th grade more about the Federal Highway Administration.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/education/k-5home.htm

Follow Vince and Larry, crash-test dummies from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, as they teach you about safety.
http://www.nhtsa.gov/KidsPage/archive/index.html
http://www.education-world.com/awards/past/r0299-18.shtml

The Federal Highway Administration has this page on women's history in transportation.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/wit/index.htm

Transportation sites for kids.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~slacey/transport.htm

ThinkQuest Junior presents the history of aviation and aviators from 1000BC to the present.
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3785/contents.html

Some fun sites in aviation for kids.
http://www.faa.gov/education_research/education/student_resources/kids_corner/
http://www.kidskonnect.com/content/view/352/27/

Paper airplanes.
http://jdcard.com/engl3007/airplane.htm
http://www.josephpalmer.com/planes/Airplane.shtml
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/paper/airplanes.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/paper/airplanes2.html
http://www.geocities.com/chouhung/saber.html

Construction equipment with coloring pages and activities.
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/transportation/construction/index.htm
http://www.printfree.com/coloring_pages/machinery.htm
http://www.coloring-pages-book-for-kids-boys.com/free-construction-coloring-pages.html

Simple machines from the Franklin Institute Online.
http://sln.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/

September 2008