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Internet Field Trip: Designing and Testing Race Cars

Internet Links

Public Broadcasting Service
Rockets on Wheels: Build Your Own Online Race Car!

Build a race car online by clicking on the features that you think will make your car a winner.
http://www.pbs.org/tal/racecars/build.html

NOVA OnLine: Hot Science: lift and drag
See which design creates the greatest amount of drag on race cars.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/hotscience/fastcars/index.html

Pinewood Derby SuperSite
Learn everything there is to know about building a better Pinewood Derby race car.
http://www.inetworld.net/bosworth/

Internet Field Trip: Air Resistance and Space Travel

Internet Links

StarChild: A Learning Center for Young Astronomers
Discover all kinds of neat stuff about space travel.
http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/space_level1/space.html

NASA: NASA Is My Playground — Space Travel
At this site, you can meet astronauts, visit the Space Academy, and display your space art.
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/index.html

Internet Field Trip: Laws of Motion and Amusement Park Rides

Internet Links

Annenberg/CPB Exhibits: Amusement Park Physics
Explore the forces behind the fun of an amusement park.
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/index.html

ThinkQuest: The Physics of Amusement Parks: Park Opening
Take a field trip and discover the physics of amusement park rides.
http://library.thinkquest.org/2745/data/openpark.htm

Funderstanding Roller Coaster
Design your own thrilling roller coaster ride.
http://www.Funderstanding.com/k12/coaster/

Internet Field Trip: Easter Island

Internet Links

NOVA Online: Secrets of Easter Island
Discover how scientists investigated the ancient methods used to move and erect giant stone statues on Easter Island.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/easter/

Mysterious Places: Easter Island
Discover the latest information and research about Easter Island's history.
http://www.mysteriousplaces.com/Easter_Island/index.html

Easter Island Home Page
Explore the mystery of Easter Island. Discover what remains of the early inhabitants' culture and what can be learned from its legacy.
http://www.netaxs.com/~trance/rapanui.html

Mungo Park: Giants of Easter Island
Take an interactive tour of the giant statues of Easter Island.
http://www.mungopark.com/container.asp?issue=199801&sec=features&page=media_trip/contents.asp

Internet Field Trip: Forces of Flight and How Airplanes Fly

Internet Links

Franklin Museum: Forces of Flight
Explore the science of flight and the balanced forces that control aircraft.
http://sln.fi.edu/flights/own2/forces.html

How Stuff Works: How Airplanes Work
Explore the theory of flight and learn about the different parts of an airplane.
http://howstuffworks.com/airplane.htm

NASA Learning Technologies/University of California, Davis
K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook: Principles of Aeronautics, Beginner Text

Explore the mythology, history, and basics of flight.
http://wings.ucdavis.edu/Book/beginner.html

Ohio State University: Science Fun with Airplanes
Learn about the science of flight.
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~flight/

University of Miami, Ohio — Dragonfly: Flight
Discover how objects that are heavier than air can fly.
http://miavx1.muohio.edu/~dragonfly/flight/index.htmlx



K-8 Principios de la Aeronáutica. Texto par Principiantes
Explore la mitología, la historia, y los fundamentos de vuelo.
http://wings.ucdavis.edu/Libro/beginner.html


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