The Future (pbs)
http://pbskids.org/wayback/future/
This site looks to the future from the perspective of the 1950s.
The site looks at consumer plastics, which took off in the '50s. A plastics engineer explains what life was like before plastics, what plastics might do in the future, and how plastics can be recycled.
Site visitors can create virtual plastic products online in the Multi-Functional Plastics Production Lab or try some do-it-yourself experiments at home, like making slime.
Kids can also compare job possibilities in 1950, today, and beyond. After taking a short quiz, they are presented with a fun range of possible types of occupations they might find interesting.
And finally, kids can see predictions for the future made in 1950 -- and make their own!
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