USING NEW electronic technologies in education continues to provide the structural support needed in order to bring meaning to core subject areas. Integrating these new technologies into the classroom and allowing students to explore them can provide young people with a roadmap to the future. But what about technology education itself? As teachers introduce design and problem-solving activities, students learn the range of possibilities that can flourish in the field of engineering. The following websites give just a glimpse of the kind of hands-on teaching that uses technology to teach about technology. http://quest.arc.nasa.gov NASA Quest is a website that sponsors a teachers' guide that provides accurate information about rocket technology. This website offers activities in math, science, and technology, including an in-depth glossary and links to other NASA resources. For fall 2006, NASA Quest is featuring a Lunar Research Station Design Challenge that asks students in grades 5 through 8 to design and build a model Earth-based research station to support "living adaptively and working efficiently" on the Moon. http://library.thinkquest.org/C002942/home.shtml This site was created in 2000 as an entry in Oracle's ThinkQuest. It represents the efforts of a pair of students from Bulgaria and their coach and showcases the most significant inventions in history. Your students can now research inventions of the past and trace their progress into the present. Some of the most interesting information concerns the site's creators. But their work isn't perfect, and the students are aware of that fact and solicit feedback from users. www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig The Public Broadcasting Service provides an interactive learning laboratory for technology education students. This resource provides a hands-on environment where students are given the opportunity to take part in the construction of virtual bridges, skyscrapers, domes, and other structures. http://edheads.org/index.htm Edheads is sponsored by the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation. The goal of the site is to provide a simple approach to understanding difficult concepts, and the lessons offered coincide with national and state standards of learning. Edheads offers hands-on experience that enables educators to integrate technology into the classroom. And hip surgery has never been so much fun. www.iteaconnect.org Serving as the largest technology education association, ITEA provides a bottomless glass of technology resources. …