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| Design
and Technology at The College of New Jersey |
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Center for Design and
Inquiry-Based Learning |
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Children Designing
& Engineering (CD&E) - grades K-5 integrated curriculum |
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National Coordinating
Center for the PTC's Pro/DESKTOP Design and Technology in Schools
Program coordinating the training, instructional materials creation
and the development of the Regional Training Centers in North America |
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Department of Technological
Studies |
| Reference |
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The Encyclopedia Britannica
(includes dictionary, encyclopedia and current news) |
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National Geographic |
| General
Internet Tools |
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Finding Information
on the Internet - A tutorial from the librarians at the University
of California, Berkley. A how to use search engines, complete with
printable handouts. |
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Google, a really good,
new search engine. |
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Translate
an entire web site or just a few words into another language with
Altavista's Babelfish. |
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Learn how Internet web
cookies work from a consumer protection site. |
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Learn how to manage,
read and delete cookies from Cookie Central a commercial site. |
| Design |
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Directory of Graphic Design Schools
and Colleges. Search our network of schools and request free information. |
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The American Institute
of Graphic Artists (AIGA) |
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Center for Design Royal
Melbourne Institute of Technology |
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Consortium on Green Design
and Manufacturing University of California, Berkeley |
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The Cooper-Hewitt Design
Museum (Smithsonian Institution) |
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The Design Council (United
Kingdom) |
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Design Professions Index
- looking for professions that use designers? |
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The Design Museum - London |
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Design Research Center
University of Derby |
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The Ecological Design
Institute |
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Engineering Design Research
Center Carnegie Mellon University |
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Green Design Initiative
Carnegie Mellon University |
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Grounds for Sculpture
- the meetingplace of art, design and technology |
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International Conference
on Design and Technology Educational Research and Curricular Development
(IDATER 2000) |
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Metropolis Magazine -
looks at contemporary life through the various design disciplines
(architecture, interior design, product design, graphic design, crafts,
planning, and preservation) |
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Multidisciplinary Forum
for Integrated Design Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
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PTC, the makers of the
design program, Pro/DESKTOP
"PTC is committed to being
the industry leader for design and technology in education at all
levels - and our technology is uniquely positioned to positively influence
the direction of education." |
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A Pro/DESKTOP design
site in the UK. |
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ProDesktop.net
is a site dedicated to to the user of Parametric Technology's Conceptual
Designer Pro/Desktop. Pro/Desktop is an easy to use 3-D Computer Aided
Design Solid Modeler. Not affiliated with PTC. |
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"Design &Technology on the
Web" is a site designed for students in all the disciplines of
D&T and is ever growing - At the moment it is about 350+ pages
covering everything from Inventors and Designers to Exam Board criteria
to help with coursework as well as help with general project topics
and homework.
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| Technology |
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Posted by our collegues
in New Zealand, over 250 reviewed web sites dealing with technology
education. http://teachers.work.co.nz |
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The Association for Career
and Technical Educaation [formerly AVA (American Vocational Association)] |
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The AT&T Learning
Network a resource for teachers and students from AT&T. |
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Barnstable School a technology
education site in Essex, UK including activities. |
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Center for Renewable
Energy and Sustainable Technology |
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Classroom of the Future
from NASA and Wheeling Jesuit College |
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DATA (The
Design and Technology Association, UK) |
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Electronics Explained
by Dr. Michael Brimicombe |
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Connections Audio/Video
magazine and the Entech 2002 conference |
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Food Technology (UK) |
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All about Foucault Pendelums
(California Academy of Sciences) |
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The Franklin Institute,
Philadelphia, PA |
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Global Network for Environmental
Technology (GNET) |
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History of Technology
site at Cornell University |
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How Stuff Works by Marshall
Brain |
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INTAD - Industrial Technology and
Design Teachers'
Association of Queensland |
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International Bridge
Building Competition |
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ITEA (International Technology
Education Association) |
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Junior Engineering Technical
Society (JETS) - a society for high school students interested in
technology, math, science and engineering. Chapters in 50 states. |
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K'NEX Education - free
offer for bridge building (you pay shipping.) |
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Science and Technology
Education in Primary Schools (STEPS) Australia |
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Technology for All Americans
(National Technology Education Standards.) |
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Technology Education
Federation of Australia (TEFA) |
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Technology Student Association
- has over 200,000 elementary, middle, and high school students in
4,500 schools/chapters spanning 47 states. |
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Technological Studies
at The College of New Jersey |
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What's Up in Technology?
A teacher's curriculum guide created by Thirteen-WNET, sponsored by
Toyota USA Foundation. It includes a 1/2 hour video, teacher's pages
and student activity pages. |
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UK Technology Education
Pages |
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United States - Asia
Environmental Partnership |
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Flying Pig Mechanisms - this site
offers paper model kits to purchase and make. It also has a great
selection of sample mechanism animations. |
| Math |
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Eisenhower Consortium
for Mathematics and Science Education (Mid-Atlantic Region) |
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National Council of Teachers
of Mathematics |
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Translations of twenty
math problems from the Japanese Middle-School Math Placement Test. |
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MathCounts (National
Competition for 7th & 8th Grades) |
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Mathematrix: a web site
devoted to exploring mathematical recreations - the more entertaning
(and generally lesser known) areas of mathematics. This site can be
enjoyed by anyone, from individuals with little or no math background
to professors of the subject. |
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MathPro Online is a database
of thousands of challenging problems from contests and problem columns
around the globe. It is located and maintained by the University of
Missouri-Rolla. |
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The Math League builds
student (grades 4-12) interest and confidence in mathematics through
solving worthwhile problems. |
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Platonic Realms, an Interactive
Mathematics Encyclopedia. |
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Word Problems for Kids:
contains word problems for grades 5-12. Maintained by St. Francis
Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
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"Math
on the Web: A Status Report" is a paper that Design Science
publishes every six months to inform the math, science, and education
community on what is going on in the Math on the Web world. |
| Science |
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Science and
our Food Supply (NSTA and the FDA) |
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The California Academy
of Science |
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The Center for Improved
Engineering and Science Education (Stevens Institute of Technology) |
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The Classroom FeederWatch
is a backyard birdwatch site based out of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
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The Science Learning
Network |
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ScienceMaster is a site
for science teachers and science students |
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National Science Teachers
Association |
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San Francisco's Exploratorium
- the Science of Baseball |
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Science and Technology
Education in Primary Schools (STEPS) Australia |
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Science NetLinks is a
comprehensive “homepage” for K-12 science educators |
| Government |
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Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) Resources for Parents and Teachers |
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U.S. Department of Energy
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The Great Moonbuggy Race
sponsored by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, U.S. Space &
Rocket Center, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
and the Alabama Aerospace Teachers' Association |
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The National Institute
of Standards and Technology |
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U.S. Department of Education |
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U.S. Naval Observatory
(atomic clock, and other timekeeping information) |
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