The Boyhood of Great Inventors
Posted in Middle School, Public Domain, Reading, Science, Technology, Upper Elementary on December 6, 2011
Do you know who Josiah Wedgwood was? Not only was he the grandfather of Charles Darwin, he is famous in his own right. He was responsible for the industrialization of the pottery business. But his fame to many is reserved for his marketing techniques. He invented modern marketing such as buy one get one free, Read More »
A Power Primer- The Internal Combustion Engine
Posted in High School, Hobbies and Crafts, Life Skills, Middle School, Public Domain, Science on December 2, 2011
I miss the great books that were put out in ages past that packed so much information and illustration into fun books for kids. This book, Power Primer, was produced by General Motors Corporation as an introduction to the internal combustion engine. Not only is this book a course in automobile engines, it also details Read More »
Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements
Posted in College Prep, High School, Hobbies and Crafts, Public Domain, Science on November 18, 2011
I found this gem while browsing for cool mechanical clip-art. This book is chock-full of awesome illustrations of everything used in hydraulics, steam engines, pneumatics, and all kinds of other machines. Each numbered illustration is accompanied by descriptive text on the opposite page. Even the motions of the machines are shown! This would be a great Read More »
Physics For Free
Posted in College Prep, Creative Commons, High School, Science on November 16, 2011
The website Physics for Free is a very plain looking place. It contains three free books written by Frank Firk, former Chairman of the Department of Physics at Yale. The great thing about these pdf downloads is that they are expressly copyright-free. The three books build off one another and are perfect for advanced high schoolers and Read More »
How Plants Travel Notebooking Pack
Posted in Free Use, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Nature Studies, Plants, Upper Elementary on November 14, 2011
As a companion resource to the wonderful living book Little Wanderers, I have created a notebooking pack that includes individual pages for each of the main plants in the book. This pack is enormous, a whopping 57 pages! Study the way that seeds travel and have fun recording your progress. Along with the notebooking pages Read More »
