The Division of Historical Scientific Instruments recommends the following for young people interested in the history of science and scientific instruments.
Games and Simulations at Nobelprize.org
http://nobelprize.org/educational/
Science Games, Kids Domain
http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/science.html
Cool Science for Curious Kids
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/index.html
Dr. Karl
http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/
How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Making the Modern World
http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/
Nye Labs
www.billnye.com
The Science Club
http://scienceclub.org/
Science News for Kids
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/
The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/
Why Is It So?
Online scientific demonstrations!
http://www.abc.net.au/science/features/whyisitso/
Connecticut Children’s Museum
http://www.childrensbuilding.org/
Eli Whitney Museum
http://www.eliwhitney.org/
Peabody Museum of Natural History
http://www.peabody.yale.edu
Boston Children’s Museum
http://www.bostonkids.org/index.html
Children’s Museum of Manhattan
http://www.cmom.org/
Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Museum of Science
http://www.mos.org/
National Children’s Museum, Washington, DC
http://www.ncm.museum/