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- Artie the Airplane - Learn about planes with online games, activities, and printable coloring sheets.
www.artietheairplane.com/kidhome.html
- BFA Junior Balloonist Page - A program designed for young balloon enthusiasts aged 7-17 to provide recognition and education in the sport of ballooning. Learn about the program and sign up here.
www.bfa-jr-balloonist.com/index.htm
- Divided Highways - A PBS documentary about the Interstate Highways and their impact on American life.
www.pbs.org/weta/dividedhighways
- Experimental Aviation Association Young Eagles - Designed to educate, motivate, and help young people discover the possibilities of flight. Includes photo gallery and details on how to join.
www.eaa.org/youthactivities.html
- FAA Kids Corner - Includes activities such as coloring books, word puzzles, and experiments about the history and future of airplanes.
www.faa.gov/education/resource/kidcornr.htm
- Fast Attacks and Boomers - Discover how nuclear powered submarines were built, operated and used during the Cold War.
americanhistory.si.edu/subs/index.html
- Flight - Interactive site that explains the basics of flight with sections on airplanes, helicopters, and hot air balloons.
www.sprocketworks.com/topics/default.asp?topic=4
- Flights of Inspiration - Tells the story of the Wright brothers and the first non-stop transatlantic flight. Links to other sites on airplane history provided.
sln.fi.edu/flights/index.html
- In Transit - Follow one man's journey photographing and interviewing people on the buses of San Francisco.
www.geocities.com/~intransit1
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) - U.S. administration responsible for reducing deaths, injuries and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes.
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/index.html
- Navigating the Globe and Beyond - Traces the developments of transportation in the past century and the progress made in all aspects of travel: land, air, sea and even space.
library.thinkquest.org/C001547/index2.htm
- New York Transit Museum - Information on events and tours at this museum that revolves around New York City transportation.
www.mta.nyc.ny.us/museum
- Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways - Information about mass transit, the history and what the future holds.
www-path.eecs.berkeley.edu/Default.htm
- Ships - Teaches the basic parts and types of ships through online games and an interactive timeline of boat history.
www.sprocketworks.com/topics/default.asp?topic=8
- So You Want To Make A Car - Take an online tour of an automobile factory to learn how cars are built then create a virtual auto plant of your own.
www.ipl.org/autou
- Tex and Dot's Kid's Page - Facts about Texas and its transportation, safety tips. Includes puzzles and activities.
www.dot.state.tx.us/kidsonly/TexAndDotPg/kidspage.html
- The IRT: First Stations - Information about New York City's first subway stations. Includes photos.
www-tech.mit.edu/Subway/Archives/Project.html
- TransitPeople's Transportation Lessons - Tells the history of how people went from one place to another and lists current modes of public transit. Includes online pop quizzes at the end of each section.
www.transitpeople.org/lesson/trancovr.shtml
- Transport Japan - Information about Japanese Transport history, and vehicles that travel by land, sky, and sea. Includes a game and quiz.
www.transport-pf.or.jp/english/index.html
- Transportation and Public Transit - Includes history, information on trains, some of the problems caused by cars, and different modes of public transit. Includes online quizzes.
www.transitpeople.org/lesson/trancovr.htm
- Transportation Timeline - Timeline of historic events and dates in transportation technology.
www.gsu.edu/other/timeline/trans.html
- Transportation Wonderland - All about buses, trains, boats, and trucks from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
education.dot.gov/k5/gamk5.htm
- Young TransNet - Offers youth a toolkit and action menus to help carry out their own transport projects.
www.youngtransnet.org.uk
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