Selected Resources
NCDS Library
Print Reference Resources
REF/500.20/ENC/v.12 Encyclopedia of Earth and Physical Sciences. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1998.
REF/603/ENG Englebert, Phillis. Technology in Action: Science Applied to Everyday Life. Detroit: UXL, 1999. Print.
REF/609/INV Inventions & Inventors.Danbury, CT: Grolier Educational, 2000. Print.
REF/530/KNI Knight, Judson. Science of Everyday Things. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2002. Print.
REF/507.8/NEL Nelson, M Rae. Experiment Central. Detroit, MI: Gale, 2010. Print.
REF/973/PAT Patrick, Bethanne. An Uncommon History of Common Things. Washington, DC: National Geographic, 2009. Print.
REF/530/PHY Physics Matters! Danbury, CT: Grolier Educational, 2001. Print.
Non-Fiction Sources
530/BAL Balmer, Alden. Mouse Trap Cars: the Secrets to Success. Round Rock, TX: Doc Fizzix Publishing, 1998. Print.
530.078/ FRI Friedhoffer, Bob. Physics Lab in a Housewares Store. New York: Franklin Watts, 1996. Print.
621. 9/FRI Friedhoffer, Bob. Physics Lab in a Hardware Store. New York: Franklin Watts, 1996. Print.
507/GAR Gardner, Robert. Science Projects About the Physics of Toys and Games. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2000. Print.
621.8/GIF Gifford, Clive. How the Future Began: Machines. New York: Kingfisher, 1999. Print.
621.8/GOO Good, Keith. Gear Up! Marvelous Machine Projects. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications, 1999. Print.
623.4/GUR Gurstelle, William. The Art of the Catapult. Chicago: Chicago Press Review, 2004. Print.
530.078/HAL Halls, Kelly Milner. Science Fair Projects: Forces and Motion. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2007. Print.
507.8/HAN Hann, Judith. How Science Works. New York: Reader's Digest, 1991. Print.
500/KER Kerrod, Robin and Dr. Sharon Ann Holgate. The Way Science Works. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2002. Print.
600/LAN Langone, John. How Things Work.Washington, DC: National Geographic. 1999. Print.
624/LEV Levy, Matthys and Richard Panchyk. Engineering in the City. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2000. Print.
530/LYO Lyon, Sue. Experiments in Physics. New York: Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 1993. Print.
530/LYO Lyon, Sue. Projects in Physics. New York: Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 1993. Print.
600/MAC Macaulay, David. The Way Things Work. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988. Print.
973/PAT Patrick, Bethanne. An Uncommon History of Common Things. Washington, D.C. 2009. Print.
624.1/SAL Savadori, Mario. The Art of Construction. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1990. Print.
688.7/SOB Sobey, Ed and Woody Sobey. The Way Toys Work. Chicago: Chicago Press Review, 2008. Print.
624/SUL Sullivan, George. Built to Last. New York: Scholastic, 2005. Print.
530/VAN VanCleave, Janice. A+ Projects in Physics. New Jersey: Wiley, 2003. Print.
796.01/WHY Vizard, Frank. Why a Curveball Curves. New York: Sterling, 2008. Print.
507.8/WIE Wiese, Jim. Rocket Science.New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1995. Print.
609/WIL Williams, Trevor, I. A History of Invention. New York: Facts on File, 1987. Print.
741.5/WOL Wolfe, Maynard Frank. Rube Goldberg. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.Print.
Databases
Britannica
Grolier Encyclopedia
World Book Online
Science Online
Science in Context
Useful Selected Web Sites
How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Smith College History of Science-Museum of Ancient Inventions
http://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/hsclist.htm
Rube Goldberg
http://www.rube-goldberg.com
PBS Kids ZOOMsci
http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/
Science Fair Projects-Simple Machines
http://www.juliantrubin.com/fairprojects/physics/machines.html