Resistant Materials

Listed below are various websites which can give you much background information on design & technology. Some of them are great fun too!

Archimedes
You and your class can find out how Archimedes, a famous ancient Greek mathematician, used the measurement of volume by displacement of water to detect a fraud involving a golden crown. Look at this site. Useful for "How will you store your favourite things?"
www.mcs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/Crown/CrownIntro.html

BAMBOO 1
If you or your class are interested in using bamboo to make musical instruments then these sites will provide you with inspiration. Useful for "What music would you like to make?"
www.myanmars.net/arts/instruments.htm

BAMBOO 2
If you or your class are interested in using bamboo to make musical instruments then these sites will provide you with inspiration. Useful for "What music would you like to make?"
wayanay.com/instruments.html

BAMBOO 3
If you or your class are interested in using bamboo to make musical instruments then these sites will provide you with inspiration. Useful for "What music would you like to make?"
usuarios.arnet.com.ar/bambu/EIndex.htm

Boxes
This website provides a wide range of commercially produced, simple but well decorated boxes. The boxes themselves are made from wood but the different styles of decoration would work well on card. Useful for "How will you store your favourite things?"
www.worldofboxes.com/

Boxes 2
This website provides lots of examples of card boxes (to be used for gifts) decorated in different and attractive ways. Useful for "How will you store your favourite things?"
www.bayleysboxes.com

CABARET
Visit this address and click on artists to find examples of automata produced by different artists Useful for "How will your beast open its mouth?" To see a wonderful example of a crank in action click on Virtual Exhibition, Find the work of Carlo Zapata, click on the catalogue and then look at the Father and baby toy in full motion. You can see a growing set of examples of moving mechanisms at this address; just click on education and then on the Geneva Wheel and the Crank.
www.cabaret.co.uk/start.htm

CHANCE
Visit this web site to find out about games of chance. (Useful for the "How do you like your toast?".)
33rdwisconsin.civilwarmuseum.com/33articles/games.html

CHILDSTORY
Visit this website to find a selection of nursery rhymes each with a picture and a read aloud facility. Useful for "Will this story surprise you?"
www.childrenstory.com

DECIBELS
Visit this website for a single page of good advice about the dangers of loud sounds. Useful for "What music would you like to make?"
www.dangerousdecibels.org/

Fridge
Visit this website to find hundreds of examples of fridge magnets. You can browse by subject and order.
www.fridgedoor.com/

Fridgedoor
Visit this address to see examples of fridge magnets that come in two layers. These might help some children understand layers.
www.fridgedoor.com/davvendol.html

Geometer
You can find out about Euler's Theorem, which describes the relationship between the edges, faces and vertices of a regular solid on this website. Useful for "How will you store your favourite things?"
www.geometer.org/mathcircles/euler.pdf

HALFMOON
Visit this web site to play the ancient Mayan game of chance Bul, (Useful for the "Does this game stop you from being bored?" units.)
www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/maya/mayatg.html

How stuff works 2
Visit this site to find out about decibels - the unit of loudness. Useful for "What music would you like to make?"
www.howstuffworks.com/question124.htm

Instruments
Visit this site so that you and your class can see and listen to simple musical instruments from around the world. Useful for "What music would you like to make?"
www.eyeneer.com/World/Instruments/index.html

Instruments2
Visit this site so that you and your class can see and listen to modern musical instruments. Useful for "What music would you like to make?"
www.lehigh.edu/zoellner/encyclopedia.html

KeyMus
If you would like to explore the history of keys and locks, visit this website - there are lots of illustrations at the bottom of the page which you can enlarge. Useful for "How will you store your favourite things?"
www.nokey.com/ankeymus.html

Loudness
Visit this site to find out about decibels - the unit of loudness. Useful for "What music would you like to make?"
www.howstuffworks.com/question124.htm

Mathforum
If you are interested in polyhedra then look at this site. Useful for "How will you store your favourite things?"
mathforum.org/alejandre/workshops/unit14.html

Microphone
If any of your class becomes interested in microphones they should look at this site. Useful for "What music would you like to make?" and "What would the scissors say on screen?"
www.howstuffworks.com/question309.htm

PREVIEW
Visit this address to see an alternative approach to producing a layered fridge magnet and click on Flex Image and click on Magnets. To see how fridge magnets fit into the wide range of plastic goods that this business sells. Click on promotion items.
www.preview.com.au/Aboutus/aboutus.htm#anchor1048542

Pencil Pages
The Pencil Pages are full of background information about this very cheap and useful everyday product.
www.pencilpages.com

Puppets
Visit this site to find examples of puppets with interesting characters related to a story line. Useful for "How should your puppets tell their story?"
www.danieloates.com/toys.html

STANLEY
Stanley Tools - their website to see the full range of their products
www.stanleyworks.com/