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Listed below are various websites which can give you much background information on design & technology. Some of them are great fun too!

ANTIQUETOYS
Visit this address to find examples of antique toys with wheels that you could use to support the work of Small Task 1 of "How fast should your buggy be?":
www.antiquetoy.com/donveta/

BANDS
There are more uses for rubber bands than simply making the drive belt for "How fast should your buggy be?". Look at this site to find out a wide range of uses for speciality designed rubber bands. Can you see where you could use some of the bands on this site in this unit?
www.cec.com.my/welcome.htm

CABARET
Visit this address and click on artists to find examples of automata produced by different artists Useful for "How will your beast open its mouth?" To see a wonderful example of a crank in action click on Virtual Exhibition, Find the work of Carlo Zapata, click on the catalogue and then look at the Father and baby toy in full motion. You can see a growing set of examples of moving mechanisms at this address; just click on education and then on the Geneva Wheel and the Crank.
www.cabaret.co.uk/start.htm

Duracell
Visit this site to find out lots more about batteries. The FAQ section will make fascinating reading for able children. Useful for "How fast should your buggy be?" and "What sort of light will work for you?"
www.duracell.com

FLASHLIGHT
Visit the Flashlight Museum - a site has fascinating examples of flashlights from the late 1800's and the first part of the 20th Century. Exploring this site would be an excellent extension activity for some children. Useful for "What sort of light will work for you?"
www.geocities.com/~stuarts1031/flashlight.html

GALLERY
Visit this address to find over 20 other automata sites:
www.craftgallery.co.uk/links/pages/Automata/

HAWCOCK
You can look at this website to find out about a company that produces pop-up books and advertising material. There is an email contact should you or your class wish to find out more.
www.hawcockbooks.co.uk/index.shtml

How stuff works
How stuff works is a huge and fascinating resource: look inside a combination lock, see animated gears and much, much more. To find out how a three-way switch works add "/three-way.htm" to this address:
www.howstuffworks.com

LEGOTECHNIC
Visit this site to find out about the possibilities of using Lego for designing and making buggies for "How fast should your buggy be?". The starter kits look particularly useful.
www.lego.com/eng/offroaders/extras.asp

Nursery
Visit this website to find over 500 nursery rhymes with a subject index, and alphabet index and a search engine. Useful for "Will this story surprise you?"
www.collingsm.freeserve.co.uk

Racing Images
Visit this site to find images showing vehicle bodywork decoration for "How fast should your buggy be?" You can use it to produce a range of examples for your class.
racingimages.net/vehicles.html

Rapid Electronics
Visit the Rapid Electronics website to find out about all the different sorts of LEDs and switches that you can buy. Useful for "How should your puppets tell their story?" and "How fast should your buggy be?"
www.rapideducation.co.uk

SNOWFARM
Carol Barton is one of several modern artists who are developing pop-up books for adults. You can see examples of her work at this website.
www.snowfarm.org/carolbarton/

TARQUIN
If wire and wood are all getting too much, visit this site to find a book about paper automata:
www.tarquin-books.demon.co.uk

TOYS
There is a brief but fascinating history of toys at this site; useful for "How fast should your buggy be?"
www.moah.org/exhibits/archives/toys.html

TRNMAG
To see how computer technology is being used with traditional pop-up books, select "Parents Directory " and click on the Archive section at the foot of the page and enter "pop-up" in the search box to read the article 'Pop-up books meld real with virtual'
www.trnmag.com/Stories/

UIUC-POPUP
This website provides some interesting examples of pop-up books produced for children.
www.library.uiuc.edu/rbx/popup.html

UNICEF
Visit this site and be inspired by the way Unicef use puppets to achieve social change. Useful for "How should your puppets tell their story?"
www.unicef.org/puppets/

VEHICLESMASTER
This site gives literally hundred of images of different sorts of vehicles. You can use it to produce an image board for your class for "How fast should your buggy be?
www.photovault.com/Link/Vehicles/VEHICLESMASTER.html

VIRGINIA
This website provides some interesting examples very contemporary pop-up books. You can share the images with your class.
www.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/popup/contemp.html