I can remember our DD's asking "how does this work" and we used to refer them to first the encyclopedia (remember those) or in their young teens, to the internet. I came across this site that seems to be a good place to start.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/ (//%22http://www.howstuffworks.com/%22)
I have not done any searches to know the accuracy.
so one of the first things I see is, How counterfeiting works...see how the pros do it!! I'm not sure if I'd turn your kids on to this site or not.. :J Very cool site though, thanks!!
Cool site.. We're at the stage now where it's more like ME asking the KID how things work...LOL.. ;)
This is great. Back when my kids were young, in the late 60's early 70's, we actually had an encyclopedia for children called How stuff Works, and it was put out by Child Craft a division of World Book. It was great, back then there were no tech secrets, but lots of stuff on how candy canes got stripes, where ice cream came from, what made your car go, etc. How things change when you aren't looking.
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Written books ? also known as encyclopedias? I thrilled digging into them ! I love them, at one time we had three different version at home ! Now all we have is the CD versions ! IBM's and encarta thingie magicie !
I wonder what our kids will refer their kids to ?
I've been going to that site for years. They explain how almost everything works from diesel locomotives to atomic bombs.
I too have been known about this site for at least a couple of years now. It's pretty interesting really!