 
Links
Discover Engineering
http://www.discoverengineering.org/
A monster site with all kinds of games and comics and
informative bits about how oil is made into plastic,
what environmental engineers are doing to protect the
ocean, how jet planes are designed to fly straight up—and
tons of other engineering-related fun facts. You can
also find practical information about the profession
in general.
A Sightseer's Guide to Engineering
http://www.engineeringsights.org/
Brought to you by the National Society of Professional
Engineers and Engineers Week, this interactive map takes
you on a trip around the U.S.—and details the
ways engineering has helped build it. Click on New York
and learn about the challenge of building the Empire
State Building, or the manufacturing of kazoos at the
Original American Kazoo Company in Eden, NY. Click on
Montana and learn about the building of the road that
connects two sides of the Glacier National Park across
the Continental Divide. Each state is crammed with fun
facts and info.
Engineer Girl
http://www.engineergirl.org/nae/cwe/egmain.nsf/?OpenDatabase
This bubbly site, developed with input from an all-girl
advisory board from the U.S. and Canada, is part of
the NAE's Celebration of Women in Engineering project.
Its mission? To call national attention to the opportunity
that engineering represents, especially to young women.
Here you'll learn all kinds of practical information
about the profession, specialties, and college programs—and
find engineering-related games and puzzles.
Kids and Community
http://www.planning.org/KidsAndCommunity/index.htm
Though geared towards kids, this APA site offers a quick
rundown of city planning as a career, a few profiles
of city planners and how they got to be where they are.
Plus, some fun little games and factoids about cities.
 
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