Thanks to all who shared titles for materials on simple machines. This
group works wonders!
The following are the suggestions I received which I passed on to my
curriculum office.
For those who requested a list of 6th grade titles that our curriculum
people found, I am sorry, but they did not keep a list. But I bet this
wonderful group could give you some suggestions!
1. Mechanisms and other systems
Print materialDate: 2002 Grade(s): K - 6 Cost: $17.00 ENC#: 025695
This resource, developed for elementary school teachers as part of the
STUFF THAT WORKS series, introduces and explores fundamental themes of
systems, inputs and outputs, and cause and effect. This book is one of a
five-volume series that helps teachers plan and implement classroom
activities and units designed around technology.
2. Machines make it move
Print materialDate: 2003 Grade(s): 3 - 8 Cost: $44.95 ENC#: 030966
This book describes the six types of simple machines and the mechanical
advantages they provide. The book is part of the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
READING EXPEDITIONS: PHYSICAL SCIENCES series, which uses readers to
assist students in the exploration of fundamental principles in physical
sciences.
3. Physical sciences: curriculum resources and activities for school
librarians and teachers
Print materialDate: 2001 Grade(s): K - 8 Cost: $35.00 ENC#: 020698
This resource, for K-8 school librarians and teachers, is part of a
three-volume set that provides multilevel integrated and thematic science
units. This book focuses on the subject of physical science.
4. Inclined planes
Print materialDate: 2001 Grade(s): K - 3 Cost: $13.95 ENC#: 025480
This 24-page book, part of the UNDERSTANDING SIMPLE MACHINES series for
grades K-3, provides an explanation of the various kinds of inclined
planes found in daily life. Each book in the series uses color
photographs, diagrams, and text to describe a separate simple machine.
5. Wedges
Print materialDate: 2001 Grade(s): K - 3 Cost: $13.95 ENC#: 025280
This 24-page book, part of the UNDERSTANDING SIMPLE MACHINES series for
grades K-3, provides an explanation of the various kinds of wedges found
in daily life. Each book in the series uses color photographs, diagrams,
and text to describe a separate simple machine.
6. Pulleys
Print materialDate: 2001 Grade(s): K - 3 Cost: $13.95 ENC#: 025278
This 24-page book, part of the UNDERSTANDING SIMPLE MACHINES series for
grades K-3, provides an explanation of the various kinds of pulleys found
in daily life. Each book in the series uses color photographs, diagrams,
and text to describe a separate simple machine.
7. Levers
Print materialDate: 2001 Grade(s): K - 3 Cost: $13.95 ENC#: 025277
This 24-page book, part of the UNDERSTANDING SIMPLE MACHINES series for
grades K-3, provides an explanation of the various kinds of levers found
in daily life. Each book in the series uses color photographs, diagrams,
and text to describe a separate simple machine.
8. Wheels and axles
Print materialDate: 2001 Grade(s): K - 3 Cost: $13.95 ENC#: 025281
This 24-page book, part of the UNDERSTANDING SIMPLE MACHINES series for
grades K-3, provides an explanation of the various kinds of wheels and
axles found in daily life. Each book in the series uses color photographs,
diagrams, and text to describe a separate simple machine.
9. Screws
Print materialDate: 2001 Grade(s): K - 3 Cost: $13.95 ENC#: 025279
This 24-page book, part of the UNDERSTANDING SIMPLE MACHINES series for
grades K-3, provides an explanation of the various kinds of screws found
in daily life. Each book in the series uses color photographs, diagrams,
and text to describe a separate simple machine.
Ger Up! : Marvelous Machine Projects by Keith Good. LC: 99-36678, ISBN:
0822535661 Minneapolis: Lerner, c1999.
Machines by Chris Oxlade. ISBN: 0754806529 New York: Anness Books, c2001.
Experiments with Simple Machines by Salvatore Tocci
I bought a nice set from Power Kids Press, (or was it Marshall Cavendish)?
We have the same rep for both companies and I am at home so I can't check.
The set includes a book on each type of simple machine, about 3rd grade
level.
We like _How do you lift a lion?_ by Robert Wells, and the Looking At
Simple Machines series by Helen Frost (Capstone Press) _What are
pulleys?_, _What are inclined planes?_ etc.
Here are two series that I have at my library that my third graders use:
Simple Devices (series) by Patricia Armentrout Rourke Press
Simple Machines(series) Rigby Education
Two possible series: the first is very simple, the second is more
> detailed. Don't know if they are in print.
>
> Early Reader Science series (includes the titles Wheels and Axels,
> Inclined Planes, Pulleys, Levers) by Michael Dahl, Bridgestone Books,
> an imprint of Capstone.c. 1996
>
> Simple Machines series (titles include Wheels and Cranks,Ramps and
> Wedges, Pulleys and Gears, Springs, Screws, Levers) by David Glover,
> Rigby Interactive Library, an imprint of Rigby Education c. 1997
Diana Francis
Media Specialist
Fairfield West Elementary
4700 River Road
Fairfield, OH 45014
francis_d@fairfield-city.k12.oh.us
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