Teacher Resources
Mc Laughlin, Charles W.
Physical Science
. Glencoe/McGraw-Hill. 1999. Teacher wraparound edition includes fully integrated technology plus activities and mini projects covering all areas of Physical Science. Designed for grades 5 - 8.
Bain, Amy J.
Physical Sciences.
Teacher Ideas Press, Englewood CO. 2001. Offers curriculum resources and activities that are interdisciplinary. Includes bibliographic references and indexes.
Padilla, Michael J, Ioannis Miaoulis,and Martha Cyr.
Prentice Hall Science Explorer.
Prentice Hall, Needham, MA. 2002.
Rillero, Peter and Jeanette Allison
Creative Childhood Experiences in Mathematics and Science:
Projects, activity series and centers of early childhood. This is a practical handbook of activities projects and learning center for promoting active exploration of familiar environments Includes lesson plans and strategies for engaging students in math and science.
Peacock, Graham. Thomson Learning, New York, 1994.
Forces
. A book of physical science activities.
Gardner, Robert. Enslow Publishers, Springfield NJ, 2000
530.078 Gi762sp
. Presents science projects and experiments related to sports; covering such topics as speed, Newton's Laws, force and motion, gravity, friction and collisions.
Student Resources
Schessinger Media,
All About Force and Gravity
VHS. Wynnewood, PA. 2002. Focuses on the idea that force can be either balanced or unbalanced. This program makes such concepts as friction and magnetism accessible to children through fun, and real life demonstrations.
Laithwaite, Eric R.
The Power Behind Movement.
London, New York: F. Watts, 1986. Examines the various kinds of forces that make movement possible and discusses their application to everyday life. Includes gravity, friction, inertia and more
White, Jack R.
The Hidden World of Forces.
New York: Dodd, Mead. 1987. Discusses some of the forces at work in the universe such as electromagnetism, gravitation surface tension and friction; includes illustrative experiments.
Ruchlis, Hyman, Drawings by Alice Hirsh.
Orbit: a picture story of force and motion
. New York, Harper, 1958. Discusses with illustrative examples the principles of Newton's Laws of Motion and Law of Gravitation.
Lefkowitz, R. J. Illustrated by June Goldborough.
Push! Pull! Stop! Go!
New York, Parents' Magazine Press, 1975. A book about forces and motion. A discussion of gravitational, centrifugal and magnetic forces; what they are and do and how they are applied.
Chase, Sara B.
Moving to Win: The Physics of Sports
, New York, Messner, 1977. Explains basic laws of motion as they apply to sports and the body movement of athletes.
Web Sites
www. einsteins-emporium.com. This site has a section on physics which includes force and motion, inertia, acceleration, gravity, fun stuff and science kits. This site is invaluable for finding resource materials, information and science kits.
www.discovery.com. This site offers a kinds of information relating to science students can build virtual roller coasters, travel in space with Discovery Kids, complete cross word puzzles and so much more. Teachers can find lesson plans, create crossword puzzles, get topics for Science Fair Projects, find products to purchase and so much more. This site is also in Spanish.
www. edugraphics.net. Offers a great selection of posters and pictures - Discover science, technology and more. A must site to visit.
www. askERIC. This site offers lesson plans, teacher guides, resource information many links and information on any subject you can imagine that related to science.
www.nsdl.org - This site has links to science, math, technology, engineering and much more. A must view site!
www.teachersource.com - A PBS site. Contains ideas and directions for how to build almost anything. Contains over 4,000 lesson plans and activities.
www.ericse.org/bookstore. This site contains information on science math and environmental education. Data base can be searched using keyword, title or author.