Links

Links to information, specifically related to one of the themes are listed in the Theme sections. 

• How It's Made is a series of clips on Discovery Channel about how products are produced. The items take less than ten minutes each and are very useful in class. See http://science.discovery.com/tv-schedules/weekly.html for the actual schedule or search on "How it's made" on http://dsc.discovery.com/.
  
  How Stuff Works is a website explaining how lots of machines and other products work. The explanations are not meant for young readers, but it's worth trying.
  http://www.howstuffworks.com.
  
  You Tube op http://www.youtube.com contains very good clips about technology, but you have to search on the site. For example: the key word "Ruby Goldberg machines" leads to many instructive clips showing mechanical principles on http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ruby+goldberg+machines&search_type=&aq=f.
  
  The New Way Things Work is the well-known book by David Macaulay. It's probably in your class library. An interactive CD-ROM of the material in the book has been published, but is sold out. However, Technicles still has a few copies in stock. Teachers can ask for it via the contact form.
  
  Lego NXT examples are available on many sites. Just follow the links or search on "Lego NXT examples":
  http://www.bouwvoorbeelden.nl/home_eng.htm
  http://www.roborealm.com/help/Lego_NXT.php   
  Also on YouTube are clips about NXT projects: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA1DMef4cwI