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Argonne Rube Goldberg Home Page
- A contest is held every year to see which team of students can perform a simple assignment using the weirdest, wackiest, and most complex machine. Come here and find out what they invented. You can also find out how to get your school involved in the fun!
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
- "Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
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Brain Teasers
- If you're looking for some cool puzzles to stretch your brain cells, try this site. Every week you'll find new brain teasers, arranged by grade level. Typical puzzles that require a genuinely different outlook. Stumped? If you need a clue, the solutions are provided.
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Discover Engineering Games
- Build cyber jigsaw puzzles, test yourself on technobabble, or go on a scavenger hunt. Find out what is
cool about engineering--test your skills and have fun at the same time! Who said engineering isn't fun!!
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Dumptown Game
- You can help save Dumptown! It won't be easy, but you can discover how proper management of resources can make a difference in saving this community. There will be lots of help, because this site is run by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Galaxy Games & Activities
- Send a virtual postcard, finish a crossword puzzle, challenge your memory, or play an old-fashioned game of hangman while learning about the galaxy. You can do it all at the Chandra X-Ray Observatory.
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Geographic Learning Site
- The State Department offers you a fun and informational way to learn about the exciting world of current international affairs.
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How to Build an Android
- Have you ever wanted to know how to build and Android robot? Here is a website dedicated to showing others how to build their own Android robots!! It is facinating and fun.
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Manufacturing is Cool--Challenging Competitions
- Check out these challenging and fun competitions for middle school and high school students in robotics, math and science, the Internet, design and manufacture of a product, and precision machining.
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Reconstructors
- Travel into the future to solve medical mysteries of the past. This site has great games to help you solve the mysteries.
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Sports
- Want to find out more about professional sports? Cheerleading? Rock Climbing? Skateboarding? Fun and adventure are at you finger tips!
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Style
- Interested in bad fads? Fashion for today? Make up tips? All this and more in the style section.
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Transportation
- Have fun with transportation. Can you pick the airline that will get you where you're going on time? Know what makes the bus late for school? Which car is the safest? Try your skill at figuring out these transportation questions.
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U.S. Gazetteer
- A quick way to find the county, state, area code, ZIP code, and latitude and longitude of a place in the United States is to check this resource. It is linked to the XEROX PARC Map Viewer, so once you find out that Prague, Arkansas, is in Grant County, ZIP code 05053, latitude 34 17 12 N, longitude 92 16 50 W, you can click on those coordinates to view the map.
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Web 66
- Come take a ride on Route 66, see where the open road takes you.
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Welcome to Percy’s Puzzles!
- OK, these are educational games, but they really will spark your curiosity about electricity and solar, wind, and nuclear power. Don’t miss playing the hilarious tame called Watt’s That? If you run out of energy, take a nap and come back later for more fun.
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