Additional Resources

Bibliography:

Forces:


Ardley, Neil
Force and Strength
Franklin Watts Publishers, 1984

Asselstine, L.
Petursen, Rod
Science Everywhere 4
Harcourt, Brace & Co. 1991

Bosak, Susan V.
Science Is
Scholastic Canada Ltd. 1991

Grimshaw, Caroline
Connections! Machines
World Book Inc. 1997

Jennings, Terry
Cranes, Dump Trucks, Bulldozers and other Building Machines
Kingfisher Books,1992

DeWeese, Bob
Playground Physics: Simple Machines
Evan-Moor Corp.,1994

Rush, Caroline
Simple Science: Wheels and Cogs
Steck-Vaughn Company, 1997

Whittle, Fran.
Simple machines
Raintree Steck-Vaughn. 1998.

Rush, Caroline
Simple Science: Pulleys
Steck-Vaughn Company, 1997

Bone, D
Chiswell, L.
Goodyear, J.
Pulleys and Gears
GTK Press, 1998

Hellman, Hal,
Sweat, Lynn.
The lever and the pulley
Lippincott, 1971.

West, Tracey.
Ostrom, Bob.
Cole, Joanna,
The Magic school bus : Liz on the move
Scholastic, 1999.

Armentrout, Patricia,
The pulley
Rourke Press, 1997.

Weiss, Harvey.
Machines and how they work
Crowell, 1983.

Pine, Tillie S.
Levine, Joseph,
Myers, Bernice.
Simple machines and how we use them
McGraw-Hill, 1965.

Walpole, Brenda.
Chen, Kuo Kang.
Bull, P. (Peter)
Movement
Warwick Press, 1987.

St. Andre, Ralph E.
Simple machines made simple
Teacher Ideas Press, 1993.

Hodge, Deborah.
Boudreau, Ray.
Simple machines
Kids Can Press, 1996.

Ardley, Neil.
Muscles to machines
Glouchester Press, 1990.

Taylor, Barbara,
Get it in gear! : the science of movement
Random House, 1991.

Murphy, Bryan.
Experiment with movement
Scholastic Canada, 1991.

McGrath, Susan
Fun With Physics
National Geographic Society,1986


Structures:

Sandak, Cass R.
Bridges
F. Watts, 1983.
Series: An Easy-read modern wonders book

Fitzpatrick, Julie.
Towers and bridges
Hamilton Publishers, 1986.
SERIES Science spirals

Carter, Polly.
Doty, Roy,
The bridge book
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1992.

Richardson, Joy.
Bridges
F. Watts, 1994.
SERIES Picture science

Oxlade, Chris.
Bridges and tunnels
F. Watts, 1994.
SERIES Technology craft topics

Kaner, Etta.
Cupples, Patricia.
Bridges
Kids Can Press, 1994.

Sturges, Philemon.
Laroche, Giles.
Bridges are to cross
G.P. Putnam's, 1998.

Oxlade, Chris.
Bridges
Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1997.
SERIES Superstructures

Mitgutsch, Ali.
From cement to bridge
Carolrhoda Books, 1981.

Wilkinson, Philip,
Donati, Paolo.
Look inside amazing buildings
Dorling Kindersley, 1993.

Jessop, Joanne.
Salariya, David.
The X-ray picture book of big buildings of the ancient world
F. Watts, 1993.

Jessop, Joanne.
Salariya, David.
The X-ray picture book of big buildings of the modern world
F. Watts, 1993.

Wilkinson, Philip,
Super structures
Firefly Books, 1996.
SERIES Inside guides

Hawkes, Nigel,
Structures and buildings
Gloucester Press, 1994.
SERIES New technology

Weil, Lisl.
The houses we build
Atheneum, 1985.

Bender, Lionel.
Eurotunnel
Gloucester Press, 1990.
SERIES Engineers at work

Richardson, Joy.
Tunnels
F. Watts, 1994.
SERIES Picture science

Kaner, Etta.
Cupples, Patricia.
Towers and tunnels
Kids Can Press, 1995.

Hunter, Ryan Ann.
Miller, Edward,
Dig a tunnel
Holiday House, 1999.

Epstein, Sam,
Epstein, Beryl Williams,
Tunnels
Boston : Little, Brown, 1985.

Sandak, Cass R.
Tunnels
F. Watts, 1984.

 

Equipment:

The following list of equipment would be useful to have available to supplement the activities, experiments and projects developed within this unit or which may be encountered within the Internet resources:

  • Meter sticks/measuring tapes/rulers
  • Samples of various wedges
  • Sample of various screws
  • Samples of inclined planes
  • Samples of wheel and axle devices
  • Samples of three classes of levers
  • Samples of small and large pulleys
  • Household gadgets - hand drill, salad spinner, old blinds, corkscrew, can opener, egg beater
  • Broken watches, clocks, toys, radios, VCR's, electronic games
  • Magazines (hardware magazines)
  • Different size hooks
  • Example of a pulley system
  • Example of a gear system
  • Margarine/yogurt containers
  • Small dowels
  • Empty thread spools
  • Sandpaper
  • Bricks
  • Board of varying lengths for ramps
  • Spring scales
  • Marbles
  • Small toy cars
  • Video on construction machines
  • Photos of construction sites showing machines at work
  • Photos of machines found around our kitchen
  • Elastics
  • Paper clips
  • Straws
  • Rope
  • Toothpicks
  • Bamboo skewers
  • Marbles
  • Plastiscine

    Video Resources:

    Title: Simple Machines
    Physical: Color; Sound
    Length: 72 minutes
    Distributor: Magic Lantern
    Producer: Magic Lantern
    Audience: Junior
    Series: Magic Lantern Core Collection

    Title: Force and Work : Energy in Action
    Physical: Color; Sound
    Produced: 1996
    Length: 25 minutes
    Distributor: KINE
    Producer: Great Pacific Media
    Audience: Senior
    Series: Physics Essentials

    Title: Lever, Wheel and Axle, Pulley
    Physical: Color; Sound
    Produced: 1991
    Length: 9 minutes
    Distributor: MCIM
    Producer: United Learning
    Audience: Primary - Junior
    Series: Discovering Simple Machines

    Title: Lever, wheel and axle, pulley
    Physical: Color; Sound
    Produced: 1991
    Length: 11 minutes
    Distributor: McIntyre Media Limited
    Producer: United Learning
    Audience: Junior - Intermediate
    Series: Work, energy, and the simple machine

    Title: Physical Science 2
    Physical: Color; Sound
    Produced: 1994
    Length: 40 minutes
    Distributor: Magic Lantern
    Producer: Disney Educational
    Audience: Junior - Intermediate
    Series: Bill Nye : The Science Guy

    Title: Science Essentials : Simple Machines and Motion
    Physical: Color; Sound
    Produced: 1990
    Length: 32 minutes
    Distributor: Marlin Motion Pictures
    Producer: Encyclopedia Britannica
    Audience: Junior
    Series: Science Essentials

    Title: Compound machines
    Physical: Color; Sound
    Produced: 1991
    Length: 12 minutes
    Distributor: McIntyre Media Limited
    Producer: United Learning
    Audience: Junior - Intermediate
    Series: Work, energy, and the simple machine

    Title: Force and Friction
    Physical: Color; Sound
    Produced: 1986
    Length: 20 minutes
    Distributor: Marlin Motion Pictures
    Producer: Yorkshire Television Production
    Audience: Junior - Intermediate
    Series: Scientific Eye

    Title: Friction ; Simple machines
    Physical: Color; Sound
    Produced: 1993
    Length: 50 minutes
    Distributor: Magic Lantern
    Producer: Disney Educational
    Audience: Junior - Intermediate
    Series: Bill Nye : The Science Guy

    Title: Work and Energy
    Physical: Color; Sound
    Produced: 1991
    Length: 7 minutes
    Distributor: MCIM
    Producer: United Learning
    Audience: Primary - Junior
    Series: Discovering Simple Machines

    Title: Working Together
    Physical: Color; Sound
    Length: 12 minutes
    Produced: 1984
    Distributor: Magic Lantern
    Producer: Cornet Film and Video
    Audience: Junior
    Series: Simple Machines Series

    Title: Using Simple Machines
    Physical: Color; Sound
    Length: 14 minutes
    Distributor: Magic Lantern
    Producer: Disney Education Productions
    Audience: Primary - Junior
    Series: Magic Lantern Core Collection

    Title: Pulleys (2nd edition)
    Physical: Color; Sound
    Length: 12 minutes
    Produced: 1984
    Producer: Cornet Film and Video
    Distributor: Magic Lantern Films
    Audience: Junior
    Series: Simple Machines Series

    Title: Balance/Structure
    Physical: Color; Sound
    Length: 50 minutes
    Produced: 1995
    Producer: Disney Educational Productions
    Distributor: Magic Lantern Films
    Audience: Junior - Intermediate
    Series: Bill Nye the Science Guy

    Title: Force and Work
    Physical: Color; Sound
    Length: 10 minutes
    Produced: 1994
    Producer: Coronet Film and Video
    Distributor: Magic Lantern Films
    Audience: Primary -Junior
    Series: Work and Energy for Beginners

    Title: Friction/Simple Machines
    Physical: Color; Sound
    Length: 50 minutes
    Produced: 1995
    Producer: Disney Educational Productions
    Distributor: Magic Lantern Films
    Audience: Junior - Intermediate
    Series: Bill Nye the Science Guy

    Title: Levers (2nd Edition)
    Physical: Color; Sound
    Length: 12 minutes
    Produced: 1984
    Producer: Coronet Film and Video
    Distributor: Magic Lantern Films
    Audience: Junior
    Series: Simple Machines Series

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