Weblinks for REAL Science Odyssey: Physics Level 1
https://www.physicsclassroom.com
https://science4fun.info/physics/
https://www.ducksters.com/science/physics/
https://www.thoughtco.com/steps-of-the-scientific-method-p2-606045
Video about the Scientific Method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMGRe824kak
Your weight on other worlds: https://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/
TedED video about Archimedes and the crown: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/mark-salata-how-taking-a-bath-led-to-archimedes-principle
Video about Density- Why does oil float on water?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSXTBnnx4OA
http://www.physics4kids.com/files/motion_laws.html
https://www.thoughtco.com/what-are-newtons-laws-of-motion-608324
Neil deGrasse Tyson talking about Issac Newton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=danYFxGnFxQ
Short video biography of Issac Newton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6lRdH1EzIo
Crash Course History of Science about Newton (might be more interesting for slightly older students): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UKGPOwR-iw&t=1s
https://www.dkfindout.com/us/science/forces-and-motion/friction/
Science Max- Friction video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-jb04sERNo
What is Friction in Physics? Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7NPD9W0kro
"Hero of Alexandria" Look into the inventions on this page. Hero invented the first vending machine, steam engine, and hydraulic water fountain-- 2000 years ago! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Alexandria
Simple Machines: https://www.thoughtco.com/six-kinds-of-simple-machines-2699235
Examples of simple machines: https://examples.yourdictionary.com/simple-machine-examples-from-around-the-house.html
Bill Nye The Science Guy- Simple Machines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5iD75C1wyg
TED Ed - How Heavy is Air? https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-heavy-is-air-dan-quinn
The physics of playing guitar from TED Ed: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-physics-of-playing-guitar-oscar-fernando-perez
A very fun video from Mark Robersons about sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFEB0chiuJA&list=PLgeXOVaJo_gkxfQYLohTWXpNejKwRsS5U&index=10
Links coming soon!
This is the site of the Gravity Light-- a clever device which uses gravity and the principles of electromagnetism to power lamps in areas without electrical power: https://deciwatt.global
Unit 1: What is Physics? (And General Physics)
What’s Physics All About, by Kate Davies
Junk Drawer Physics: 50 Awesome Experiments That Don’t Cost a Thing, by Bobby Mercer
A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawkings (for adults)
Mr Tomkins in Paperback, by George Gamow (for adults--an older, classic book explaining post-Einstein physics to lay people)
Unit 2: What Matters
Audio recording: Jim Weiss: Galileo and the Stargazers (includes the story of “Archimedes & the Crown”)
The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System, by Joanna Cole
Archimedes and the Door of Science, by Jeanne Bendick
Unit 3: Newton's Laws and Unit 4: Friction
Car Science, by Richard Hammond
Isaac Newton and Physics for Kids: His Life and Ideas with 21 Activities, by Carrie Logan Hollihan
Forces Make Things Move, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Unit 5: Work: Plane & Simple Machines
The New Way Things Work, by David Macaulay & Neil Ardley
The Best of Rube Goldberg, by Ruben Lucius Goldberg
Unit 6: The Invisible World of Air
The Flying Machine Book: Build and Launch 35 Rockets, Gliders, Helicopters, Boomerangs, and More, by Bobby Mercer
The World Record Paper Airplane Book, by Ken Blackburn
Flight! Make It Work!, by Andrew Haslam
Unit 7: Sound and Waves
Rubber Band Banjos and a Java Jive Bass: Projects and Activities on the Science of Music & Sound, by Alex Sabbeth
Unit 8: Magnetism and Unit 9: Electricity
Electricity! Make it Work!, by Andrew Haslam
Batteries, Bulbs, and Wires, by David Glover (covers similar material as this text, but in a bit more detail)
Awesome Experiments in Electricity and Magnetism, by Michael DiSpezio
Hands-on: Snap Circuits toys and kits are easy ways for kids to build electronic devices as complex as radio receivers
Unit 10: New Worlds to Explore
Albert Einstein and Relativity for Kids, by Jerome Pohlen
For older students & parents who are really intrigued by these ideas, I suggest reading any of Michio Kaku’s books