Elementary Education Resources: Science--Physics
List of Contents (click on topic name for more links)
General Physics Resources
Al Nous' NASA Educator Resource Center
Beginner's Guide to Model Rockets
Bubbles--Ron Hipschman's superb resource about this wondrous phenomenon
Calculators for a wide range of math, science and technology applications
Contemporary Physics Education Project (CPEP)
Cyber Telephone Museum
Fizzics Frizzle--comprehensive guide to understanding the world of physics.
Introduction to Physics and Math
McREL (Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning) Science Lesson Plans and Activities
Neuroscience for Kids
Physics department at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
Physics Lecture Demonstrations--with problems and puzzles, too, along with a rationale for using demonstrations to explain physics concepts
Simple Machines--learn all about simple machines and how they work
Teacher Resource of the California Space and Science Center
The Mathematics of the Rainbow
The Southpole
The Space Science Group at Northwestern State University, LA--Science Out of This Word & Camp Discovery (Middle School resources)
Water Where You Live--Site provides quick and easy access to information on the quality of local and statewide water in the 50 states
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Astronomy
Answers to astronomical riddles--from Laura Whitlock of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
Astronomy Workshop--from Doug Hamilton at UMD
Black Sun eclipse website
Hubble Space telescope--public pictures and related information
KidsAstronomy.com--dynamic Astronomy website, lots of fun activities for kids (including an ask an expert section where children can send their questions to real astronomers), as well as resources for teachers
NASA Instructional Materials for Space Science--a boatload of activities you can do, from scale models of the solar system to spacecraft you can cut out of paper and build
Teacher Resource of the California Space and Science Center
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Flight
Beginner's Guide to Model Rockets
Joseph Palmer's Paper Airplanes!
Kites and Kite Flying
Kites, Kids and Education do the Mix
NASA general
NASA Project Movie Gallery
Sabertooth: A Paper Airplane
Teacher Resource of the California Space and Science Center
The Best Paper Airplanes
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Inventors
Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers
Alexander Graham Bell: The Inventor
American Experience: More about Bell
Cyber Telephone Museum
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Robotics
Build the LEGObug--at MIT
Get a Grip on Robotics!
Learn Robotics--in an On-line Learning Environment
Robotics competitions
Simple Machines--learn all about simple machines and how they work
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