Transportation and Invention
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  1. Safety City from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
    School bus, car, bike safety, how to call for emergency help, and more.

  2. Naming the Interstates from Fact Monster
    Read how U.S. interstates came to be and are named.

  3. Barnaby's Day Trip to Paris
    Listen and follow along, taking the Eurostar from London to Paris.

  4. AV Kids
    Click Smart Parts to build a virtual plane and learn about the parts.

  5. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
    Read about Sara and Ricky's first flight and build a paper airplane. Plus other activities.

  6. Transit People
    Online lesson about the history of transportation.

  7. America on the Move - Transportation History videos from American History

  8. Parts of an Airplane
    Move your mouse over the picture to read about the parts. Click the Next Page button to continue.

  9. Wonder of Flight from Boeing

  10. Air Force One from Boeing

  11. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
    See a Quicktime view inside the cockpit of the Concorde.

  12. Pioneer Plane from Plane Math
    Gone With the Winds starring Amelia Earhart. What's a "course, heading, and a track"?

  13. NOVA Faster Than Sound

  14. NASA for Kids

  15. What's New from Did You Know?
    See and read about the Venture Star, The Eurostar and other high speed trains, the Airboard - ultra-cool!- and other modes of transportation.

  16. National Safe Boating Council
    Click the Safety book to see and read water skiing hand signals.

  17. History Mystery
    Read and try to solve the mystery. Transportation and Invention mysteries plus several others.

  18. History of Invention Timeline by CBC4Kids
    Awesome timeline. Scroll to the right along the bottom to see all the choices.Check out how long eye-glasses have been around, and what about toothpaste - Yikes!

  19. Inventive Kids

  20. Headbone Derby - Invention Snatchers
    Recommended for Grades 4-8. You'll need to register. A Teacher's Guide is available.

  21. National Geographic Inventions & the Action Contraption
    Click the monkey to begin. You'll see a dark screen at first. Watch and read.

  22. The Invention Dimension
    Read about the Inventor of the Week (Interesting Archives available). Search for Frances Gabe. Mrs. Cannon thinks her invention is a magnificent idea! Take the Invention Trivia Quiz - you may win a t-shirt!

  23. The Great Idea Finder
    Read facts and myths. Be sure to take a look at the quiz to learn more fun facts.

  24. Invention at Play - Tinker Ball by Lamelson Center
    Tinker Ball in the Invention at Play section. See the Inventors' Stories section to read about famous and not-so-famous inventors.

  25. KDN (Kids' Design Network) No longer funded for new projects.
    Read and work with engineers as you design your own gadget. 

  26. National Inventors Hall of Fame

  27. How Everyday Things Are Made
    Listen. A good introduction tells how to use the site.

Trains, Planes, Automobiles, ... & Ships! from InfoPlease