http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html 

Click the links below to the ‘Inventor’s workshop’ to conduct activities. 

The Elements of Machines

http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html

Now that you have seen the various elements of machines, you can try to figure out which ones are used in some common devices by going to the Gadget Anatomy page.

http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/GadgetAnatomy.html

 Assignment: Sketching Gadget Anatomy

http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/SketchGadgetAnatomy.html 

Technical Writing Classroom

http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/ 

Guidelines / Examples of Technical Writing

#1 Introduction:  Selecting the Format

http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/workbooks/intro.html#format

#2 Slides that Discuss Technical Writing

http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/other/visuals.html 

#3 Slides that Discuss Technical Writing

http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/handbook/visuals.html 

#4 Slides that Teach Technical Documents

http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/other/illustration.html 

#5 Posters

http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/posters.html 

#6 Presentation Slides

http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/slides.html 

#7 Illustrating Documents

http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/slides.html 

#8 Writing checklists

http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/handbook/checklist.html 

Included in this checklist are links to the "Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students" (WG) and page numbers for readings in >The Craft of Scientific Writing (CSW).