Web Sites
http://www.brainpop.com/
BrainPOP--multi-media site with animated and
narrated educational online movies--robots
http://www.bookadventure.com/
Book
Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8.
Children create their own book lists from over 6,000 recommended titles, take
multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read offline, and earn points and
prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by the Sylvan
Learning Foundation and is a non-profit organization.
http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/
Center for Earthquake
Research
http://home.wanadoo.nl/niels.blaauw/WaveRider/
Way cool site--playing in the wake;
In this simulation, you control the angle of your kayak to the wakes and your
speed. What is the ideal position? Have fun exploring!
http://virtualskies.arc.nasa.gov/
http://www.open2.net/scienceshack/
Gotta question?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/robots/techlab/
Build a robot
http://www.nabt.org/sup/publications/nlca/nlca.htm
Neuroscience Laboratory and Classroom
Activities
Volcano World
NONFICTION READING FOR
STUDENTS
(Books recommended by the Full Option Science System for
enrichment reading.)
NOW DO YOU LIFT A LION?
By Robert E. Wells. Albert Whitman and Company, IL, 1996. Grades 5-6 and lower-level readers. An entertaining picture book that introduces pulleys, levers, slope, and wheels and axles along with the concepts of friction and advantage.
BACK AND FORTH-THE WAY THINGS MOVE SERIES
By Lola M. Schaefer. Pebble Books, Capstone Press, Mankato, MN, 2000. Grades 1-2. Simple text and photographs provide examples of back-and-forth movement
LEARN ABOUT MACHINES
By Chris Oxlade. Lorenz Books,
A great jumping off point for student projects. Includes examples of ancient and modem uses of levers, pulleys, and other simple machines.
BALANCE AND MOTION
By Lisa Trumbauer. Newbridge Communications, Inc., New York, 1997. Grades 1-2. Simple text and photographs examine how gravity and other forces affect balance and motion.
MACHINES
By David Glover. World Book (Make It Work),
Chicago, 1997, Grades 5--6. Project book full of wonderful ideas for the
application of simple machines, balance, and forces.
FORCES AROUND US
By
Sally Hewitt. Children's Press (It's Science Series), Chicago, 1997. Grades 2-3.
Describes many forces at work. Suggests easy investigations and provides clear
explanations.
THE NEW WAY THINGS WORK
By David Macaulay. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1998. Grades 5-6. Essential resource for every classroom! Text, stories, and illustrations explain how (nearly) everything in the world works. Simple machines are described in the first chapters. Other chapters address electricity, waves, harnessing elements, digital information, and the invention of machines.
MAKE IT BALANCE
By David Evans. Dorling Kindersley, New York, 1992. Grades 1-2.
Guides young students to explore their own balance and suggests simple balance tricks for them to perform, like balancing pillows on their heads and balls on their feet.
THE SCIENCE BOOK OF MACHINES
By Neil Ardley. Harcourt Brace and Company, New York, 1992. Grades 5-6. Students' projects using levers, pulleys, screws, wedges, and wheels and axles.
ON
THE MOVE-SCIENCE STARTERS
By Wendy Madgwick. Raintree Steck-Vaughn, Austin, 1999. Grades 1-2. Provides instructions for a variety of activities, which introduce some basic principles of physics.
MACHINES: MIND-BOGGLING EXPERIMENTS YOU CAN TURN INTO SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTS
By
Janice VanCleave. John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1993. Grades 5-6. Fascinating
projects using homemade levers, pulleys, and other simple machines.
WHEELS
By
Annie Cobb. Illustrated by Davy Jones. Random House (Early Step-into-Reading
book),
New York, 1996. Grades Preschool-K. Few words accompany colorful illustrations
showing where wheels are found everyday.
SIMPLE MACHINES SERIES
By David Glover. Rigby Interactive Library, Crystal Lake, IL, 1997. Grades 5-6. Titles in this series include Levers, Pulleys and Gears, Ramps and Wedges, Springs, Screws, and Wheels and Cranes. Each book includes illustrations, explanations, photos, everyday applications of each simple machine, a glossary, and suggestions for further reading.