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"About Fantasy of Flight - Kermit Weeks "Since the dawn of time, man has been fascinated by flight." "That fascination is a physical reflection of what we all long to return to." "We all fly in our dreams and when we awake, we long for that inner freedom." "I hope the fantasy of flight will help light that spark within, to continue you on your journey." ..Kermit Weeks"

Just slide the bar at the bottom left or right. Very cool! Be sure to go BOTH ways on the sliding scale at the bottom. Click on any graphics and it will give facts. and it will define it. This is amazing.

Topics include personal safety, shopping safety and ethical use of the Internet. To learn more, youth ages 12 and younger

NetSmartz teaches Internet safety skills through engaging multimedia activities and offline interaction with Club professionals in three age-appropriate modules: Clicky's Web World (for ages 6 to 7); NetSmartz Rules (for ages 8 to 12); and I-360 (for ages 13 to 18).

"low-cost, "hands-on" engineering projects for use in middle schools math, science and technology classes. The announcement attracted over 60 entries from teachers, engineers, and concerned educational and professional groups. A panel of middle school teachers and engineers helped to plan the project and evaluated the entries. The resulting 'IDEAS' projects have been adapted from those entries."

"Nikolaus Otto wasn't the first to design an internal combustion engine, but his improved design made the engine practical and popular. Learn more about Otto's auto-related Stuff of Genius in this episode."

"Click an engine to see how it works. Four stroke Four stroke Diesel Diesel Two stroke Two stroke Wankel Wankel Atkinson Atkinson Gnome Rotary"

"In this INDEX the numerals refer to the engravings and the numbered paragraphs. Each page contains all the descriptive matter appertaining to the illustrations

"fascinating devices that don't work. It houses diverse examples of the perverse genius of inventors who refused to let their thinking be intimidated by the laws of nature, remaining optimistic in the face of repeated failures. Watch and be amazed as we bring to life eccentric and even intricate perpetual motion machines that have remained steadfastly unmoving since their inception."

Henry Ford enters the Detroit Driving Club race in 1901

"A mysterious photograph of a bright, crumpled object on Mars taken by the Curiosity rover has caused controversy, after some dubbed it a "Martian flower". The shiny, white object was pictured embedded in a rock, in an image taken by the Mars Hand Lens."

"The Bell P-59 Airacomet was the first jet fighter to be put into production in the United States. Sixty-six were built. Six Airacomets survive. YP-59A 42-108777 is being restored to airworthy condition at Chino. "

"E is for EXPLORE is a one stop resource for teachers and parents. We develop unique learning activities, and search the internet and compile additional great ideas from other sources. Our index helps you find what you need quickly and easily. Where we have posted ideas from other sources we provide easy links to those websites. Please visit those as well to see what else they have to offer. All E is for Explore activities conform to state common core curriculum standards. Showing posts with label engineering."

"Welcome to the largest LEGO® set the world has ever seen. We hope you have lots of fun building with LEGO bricks in Chrome. Build is a place to imagine, create and explore. Please play by the house rules, so that we keep Build great for everyone. "

"Learn about simple and compound machines while you explore the House and Tool Shed! "

"A machine is a tool used to make work easier. Simple machines are simple tools used to make work easier. Compound machines have two or more simple machines working together to make work easier. "

"Simple Machines Create simple machines to trade distance for force in this challenge game! "

"Best known for his "inventions", Rube's early years as an engineer informed his most acclaimed work. A Rube Goldberg contraption - an elaborate set of arms, wheels, gears, handles, cups and rods, put in motion by balls, canary cages, pails, boots, bathtubs, paddles and live animals - takes a simple task and makes it extraordinarily complicated. He had solutions for How To Get The Cotton Out Of An Aspirin Bottle, imagined a Self-Operating Napkin, and created a Simple Alarm Clock - to name just a few of his hilariously depicted drawings. "

Great site with all things physics