Get answers to frequently asked questions about trains. For example, what is a steam train and what parts of a train make it move?

Get a glimpse into the history of Canada's railways and explore how the locomotive influenced transportation in the country. See some of the important advancements in locomotive technology in Canada from 1900 to 1960.

Dinosaur Train sparks children's interest in life science and natural history. As they explore a variety of animals, children develop the inquiry skills and knowledge needed to help them think, talk and act like paleontologists. Choose...

A collection of ideas for teaching students about the nature of light. They learn about the history behind theories of light and the contributions of different scientists. Includes lots of experiments to build their understanding of the...

Technical journal's articles discuss issues in training and nutrition, with such topics as altitude training and psychological activity.

Major Resource Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of Career Resource Center materials available to students in a particular major....

Educators searching for resources to help teach STEM material to students with disabilities will find a plethora of publications, videos, training materials and other sources provided by the University of Washington "DO-IT" program.

This is the official website of the State of Georgia. Content includes government information, tourist information, statistical facts, local city and county information, and much more.

Using the latest research from implementation science, the training module illustrates how using effective implementation strategies are critical for successful RTI outcomes and provides guidance for districts and schools. Module (1)...

How fast can you lay the tracks to pick up all the dinosaurs? Help Mr. Conductor stay on schedule by building track from station to station for the Dinosaur Train and the Rocket Train! Pick up passengers along the way and learn about all...

A simulation of a well-known special relativity experiment of Einstein's, involving a train and a tunnel. Velocity and tunnel length can be altered to observe the effects.

Help the dinosaur eat the leaf! It's the Claw Stars vs. the Prehistoric Predators in this balancing game. Click on the correct dinosaurs to add them to the rope until the weight of your team equals the weight of the other team.

Learn how to gain access to MEDLINE, the National Library of Medicine database of citations and abstracts in the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, health care systems, and preclinical sciences.

This field trip designed for HS science teachers with little or no formal training in geosciences, acquaints participants with the glacial geologic record of a small topographic basin in western Montana. The trip focuses on the landforms...

An old photo showing a train stuck in a huge snow blizzard. A man stands on one of the back carriages as the train remains stuck in the deep snow.

A great resource from the Office of Science Education which provides a curriculum for teaching about the musculoskeletal system, the skin system and how they interact. This curriculum emphasizes choices teens can make to ensure good...

Exhibit documents the history and achievements of three key constituents of Tuskegee University: Booker T. Washington, who founded the university; the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American flying squadron who trained there during...

This comprehensive site provides biographies of Canadian astronauts and describes their training process, missions and history. It also explores what it is like to live in space. There is even information about how to invite an astronaut...

This online story tells of how African Americans overcame enormous obstacles to break into aviation. Besides tracing the story there are primary sources, classroom activities, and teaching resources are included.

HOU trains teachers in how to use astronomy tools and its curriculum materials for science education. HOU is now part of GHOU, or Global Hands-On Universe, and is linked to astronomy scientists in countries all over the world. A world...

Resource offers online career videos in 16 industry areas to learn about the type of work performed in a variety of jobs in each industry area.

NASA report on Apollo 1 where Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Roger Chaffee, and Ed White II were killed in a fire inside the Command Module of the Apollo spacecraft. Links to other Web sites with more information are included.

This photo shows the entrance of an old train tunnel. Named the Sodani tunnel, it was part of the Kintetsu Osaka line in Japan.

At the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, astronauts use a special exercise device to measure the effect of weightlessness on the human body during long space flights.