Bibliography:

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.

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 Commercial pulleys and gears of various sizes 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 Margarine/yogurt containers Old gear bicycles Small dowels Empty thread spools Pulley wheels (old clotheslines, hardware stores, old toys or household items) Gear wheels (hardware stores, old toys or household items) 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
Audience: Junior
Series: Simple Machines Series

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