Quality Education in the Benedictine Tradition
Dr. Richard G. WatsonSciencewisePhone: 724-771-4149 Fax: 724-805-2024
richard.watson@email.stvincent.edu
General Info
Bill Nye the Science Guy – Buoyancy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U1YVZMifMM
What is a Systemhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWWgchSaYQU
How to Make a Catapult for Kids http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=n53t4DeDHVQ&feature=endscreen
Controlled Experiment (Example with Details)http://go.hrw.com/resources/go_sc/ssp/HK2SSX01.PDF
Images of Buoyancyhttp://go.hrw.com/resources/go_sc/ssp/HK2SSX01.PDF
Definitions of types of variables http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_variables.shtml
Cause and Effect, what happens if you change something? pdf file http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/SciF_Project_Guide_Variables.pdf
Flight of Inspiration - history and science of flight, and to gain an understanding of forces, lift, weight, and drag http://www.fi.edu/flights/teacher/index.html
What is a Pendulum? - Defines and gives the history http://www.calacademy.org/products/pendulum/page1.htm
Flight - variety of resources http://42explore.com/flight.htm
Teacher Info
Teaching science process skills http://www.scienceinschool.org/2006/issue1/play
Variables - FOSS http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/Variables/index.html Virtual Pendulum http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/pendulum/
Clay Boats - lesson plan http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/4359.html