Physics: Principles and ProblemsChapter 10:
Energy, Work, and Simple MachinesWeb Links
| Simple Machine | | This site gives ideas for classroom demonstrations on simple machines.
(
http://www.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/spotlight3.html
) | | | |
| Oh Goody, Even More on Gears | | Richard Wright, a teacher at a learning center in Boise, Idaho, uses LEGOs to demonstrate gears and other science concepts. How do gears make work easier?
(
http://www.weirdrichard.com/gears.htm
) | | | |
| Energy Research | | This web site is for the Office of Energy Research, a division of the U.S. Department of Energy, and contains information on Energy Research in various subjects from biological and environmental issues to nuclear physics. What is our government doing to help conserve energy and find alternative sources?
(
http://www.er.doe.gov
) | | | |
| Inventors | | This page gives a good history of the zipper and Whitcomb Judson's contributions to the product. How have zippers changed since they were invented?
(
http://inventors.tqn.com/library/weekly/aa082497.htm
) | | | |
|  |
|
