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

How machines work.
http://www.mikids.com/Smachines.htm
http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/
http://42explore.com/smplmac.htm
http://www.howstuffworks.com/hydraulic.htm

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

Traffic and bicycle safety.
http://www.traffic-school-for-kids.com/links.htm
http://bicyclesafe.com/
http://www.safeny.com/Kids/kid-bike.htm
http://www.nysgtsc.state.ny.us/Kids/kidssign.htm

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
http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/

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 transportations for kids.
http://www.primarygames.com/socstudies/transportation/games.htm
http://pbskids.org/barney/children/games/transportation_game.html
http://www.thekidzpage.com/onlinejigsawpuzzles/transportation/index.html

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.funpaperairplanes.com/

Construction equipment; some with coloring pages and activities.
http://www.printfree.com/coloring_pages/machinery.htm
http://www.bigoldiron.com/equipmentphotos.html
http://www.coloring.ws/construction1.htm
http://myconstructionphotos.smugmug.com/

November 2011 UB/112jw