Recommended Websites - for science content knowledge

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Curious George video clip – Balls & Ramps: http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/video/video_pop.html?clip=interstitials/106A&title=Balls%20and%20Ramps%20I&ar=16:9&filetype=wmv&bandwidth=_hi 

United Streaming Videos Teachers may find correlating blackline masters at http://www.unitedstreaming.com/.  Accounts are free.  Rolling (04:57)    Surface (01:09)

Game: use the ramps to get the ball in the bucket [for students]
http://www.dopamyne.net/j-216.html

Pushes and pulls: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/pushes_pulls.shtml

Forces and movement: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/forces_movement.shtml

Friction: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/friction.shtml

Facilitating Inquiry Investigations for Balls & Ramps: http://www.exploratorium.edu/ifi/resources/classroom/connect/bresnick.html

Why do balls bounce?
http://www.exploratorium.edu/sports/ball_bounces/ballbounces1.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/sports/ball_bounces/ballbounces2.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/sports/ball_bounces/ballbounces3.html
http://www.exploratorium.edu/sports/ball_bounces/index.html

What's inside a baseball? http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/bats-new/nonlinear-ball.html

What's inside a bowling ball? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_ball
http://www.bowl.com/articleView.aspx?i=12811&f=21

Origin of the golf ball: http://www.kidzworld.com/article/445-the-origin-of-the-golf-ball

Relative bounciness of various balls: http://www.exploratorium.edu/baseball/bouncing_balls.html