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Inside AT&T Labs: Brain Spin http://www.att.com/technology/forstudents/brainspin/
Features games and information relating to the telephone, fiber optics, and other technology related things.
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Let's Find Out Encyclopedia http://www.letsfindout.com/
The online research tool and homework helper from Knowledge Adventure. Covering a wide range of topics especially suited for school projects, it's fun, easy to use, and free.
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Design Your Own Robot http://www.tcm.org/html/galleries/robots/design/robot.html
A fun shockwave activity from the Computer Museum.
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Bomb Squad http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/robots/
Take a trip into the world of robots. Learn how they are being used to find and defuse bombs, and more.
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Robot Zoo http://www.sgi.com/robotzoo/
Imagine yourself in a world where nature engineers animals as robots.
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Tech Wizards http://www.hompro.com/techkids/
Information about robotics in space, featuring NASA's Robot of the Week.
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Technology At Home http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tech/#
This PBS site lets you explore the development of common household technologies as they developed over the past century. Requires Shockwave.
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Sony Wonder Technology http://sonywondertechlab.sony.com/
Find out what's going on at this lab in New York City. Learn about their audio, imaging, and robotics exhibits.
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St. Louis Science Center http://www.slsc.org/
Gives you an understanding of ecology and the environment, humanity, technology, and the space sciences and how each interrelates. Includes fun games and activities.
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Online Computing Dictionary http://www.instantweb.com/~foldoc/contents.html
Get definitons and explanations for all things related to computers.
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US Kids Compute http://www.uskidscompute.com/
A cool site providing computer literacy tips, information, and four Dr. Seuss Challenge activities to help children become more computer literate. Written in Dr. Seuss type language.
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3D Visual Dictionary http://207.136.90.76/dictionary/
Find out about dingbats, bits, bytes, and more.
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Scooter Computer and Mr. Chips http://genxtvland.simplenet.com/SchoolHouseRock/
You can find lots of catchy tunes here to help you learn about grammar, America, mathematics, science, and computers. You'll need RealAudio.
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Jack S. Kilby http://www.invent.org/book/book-text/62.html
A short biography from the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
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Blocks: A Digital Building Toy http://www.blockcorner.com/content.html
This fun Shockwave program lets you create blocks and move them around using a simple programming language.
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Toon Talk http://www.toontalk.com/
Learn how to build video games and all sorts of computer programs.
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Announcing Logo Programming for Kids http://www.kidsandcomputers.com/index.cfm
This website overviews one Dad's experience using MicroWorlds Project Builder to teach his kids programming.
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UCS: The Ultimate Computer Source http://library.thinkquest.org/25018/
Learn about programming, computer history, bugs, future technology, and lots more from this awesome ThinkQuest site.
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Click http://www.kids-online.net/learn/c_n_l.html
N-Learn - What's inside a computer? Choose your level and find out, from Kids Online.
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Computer Literacy http://www.adita.com/literacy.htm
Understand computers inside and out: basic operations, what makes a good computer, hardware and software.
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Girl Geeks? The Female Side of Computing http://www.girlgeeks.com/
Explore the roles of women in computing in the past, present, and future. Includes video clips that need Quicktime or Real Media.
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Tales of Encrypted http://library.thinkquest.org/28005/flashed/
This ThinkQuest site will teach you all about the science and history of encoding (or disguising) information. Test yourself to see if you can decode some secret messages.
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Computer Museum History Center http://www.computerhistory.org/
Explore the history of computing at this Mountain View, California museum. Search through a timeline of five decades of computer history, see current online exhibits, or read up on their latest news.
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Triumph of the Nerds http://www.pbs.org/nerds/
This companion website to the PBS special gives a nice history of the computer plus facts about some historical "nerds" and types of computers.
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History of Computers http://humlink.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~dalberto/comweb.htm
Learn all about the history of the computer.
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Biography of Bill Gates http://fbox.vt.edu:10021/S/sguntina/Guntinas3/Bgates.html
Offers information and a photo of this computer scientist.
