The Challenge of Materials - This site explores materials we find in our everyday lives which make our easier or more difficult depending on your perspective. This site was created in conjunction with the UK Science Museum and has a number of interesting resources.

Engineering Your Future - This site is a guide for high school students and others interested in engineering and engineering technology careers. By exploring these pages, you can learn about the different engineering and engineering technology fields, interesting people who got their start as engineers, what engineers actually do, and how to get (and pay for) an engineering education.
Hydromechanics Directorate, Carderock Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center - A Navy lab responsible for the research, development, testing, and evaluation of ships, submarines and other marine technologies. You might like to go directly to the description of their facilities, or to their multimedia project gallery.
Interactive Automotive Learning - A fantastic site with over a hundred images of the automobile. When you click on any of a thousand selected spots, information about that part of the car is displayed. Requires Java.
NEEDS Courseware Database - NEEDS, the National Engineering Education Delivery System, is a project within the NSF Synthesis Coalition. Its goal is to explore the infrastructure requirements necessary to enhance the educational experience of undergraduate engineers through the use of computers. The database portion of the project is directed toward cataloging and indexing computer based instructional materials. Although this is targeted for undergraduate courses, much of the material will be suitable for high school classes as well.
NSF Synthesis Coalition - The Synthesis Coalition is a union of eight diverse institutions - California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, Cornell University, Hampton University, Iowa State University, Southern University, Stanford University, Tuskegee University, and the University of California at Berkeley - funded by the National Science Foundation to design, implement and assess new approaches to undergraduate engineering education that emphasize synthesis and teamwork. Although this is targeted for undergraduate courses, much of the material will be suitable for high school classes as well.
Evolution Robotics - Evolution Robotics is committed to furthering the field of robotics by developing educational programs for students in grades 9-12.

 

Last updated 6/20/06