cable car – pulled along a fixed track by a moving steel cable. The power to move the cable was…
crayons
crayon – a stick of colored wax, charcoal, chalk or other material used for writing or drawing. There are also…
CPALMS
CPALMS is an online toolbox of information, vetted resources, and interactive tools that helps educators effectively implement teaching standards. It…
burglar alarm
Do It Challenges for you to work on… Burglar Alarm – Stop, thief! Nobody will go unnoticed with this clever…
bounce into polymer science
Learn about the exciting applications of polymers – the secret ingredient to most toys – and make your own bouncy…
Boeing 314 Flying Boat
Boeing 314 Flying Boat – Pan American Airways long-range aircraft. In February1936, Pan Am asked aircraft manufacturers for competitive bids…
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
Commemorative Air Force Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) – civilian female pilots, employed to fly military aircraft under the direction…
bronze age
Diffusion of metallurgy in Europe and Asia Minor. The darkest areas are the oldest. Bronze Age – a period characterized…
brain imaging technology
Meet the people in brain imaging technology Katrin Amunts (video 3:54) is helping to map one of biology’s greatest conundrums:…
bobsled
Do It Challenges for you to work on… Design and build a bobsled to compete in the Olympics or race…
board games
History The First Board Game (5000 BC) – Most people don’t realize board games are actually pre-historic, meaning we had…
brass musical instruments
biomaterial
Biomaterials – any matter, surface, or construct that interacts with biological systems. Biomaterials science encompasses elements of medicine, biology, chemistry,…
bionic arm
A bionic arm combines robotics, biotechnology, and electronics to recreate the functions of the human arm. Advances in bionics can…
biplane
Biplane – a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first aircraft to fly, the…
engineering 4 kids 