Science - Gr. 4 Online Interactives
| | | Waste & Our World | | | Wheels and Levers | | | Building Devices & Vehicles | | | Light and Shadows | | | Plant Growth and Changes | | |
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 | Robot Factory - Build a robot that will do household chores and then test it in the simulator.  http://www.wonderville.ca/v1/activities/robot_factory/index.html | ||
| Edheads Simple Machines - Click on the house to identify all the simple machines that we use in our everyday lives. http://edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/frame_loader.htm | ||
| The Compound Machine - Learn how forces and simple machines can work together to create a compound machine.
http://edheads.org/activities/odd_machine/frame_loader.htm | ||
| Leonardo's Mysterious Machinery - Click on one of the eight red buttons to view one of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mysterious Machines. Click on the one option that you think describes the Mysterious Machine best!
http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeosMysteriousMachinery.html | ||
| Deaf Planet.com - Visit this site for lots of fun, games and adventures. You can even put together your own science experiments to learn more about gravity, pollen, vibration, leverage, and much, much more! http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=100 | ||
| Park Puzzler - "Join Engineering Savi as she explores Puzzle Park for gears, levels and wheels for carnival rides" (site). Put the Fun House, Merry-Go-Round, and Roller Coaster puzzles together to find out what simple machines are in your favorite rides. http://www.tvokids.com/framesets/play.html?game=151 | ||
| Spinning Mill Animation - Terrific flash animation from the BBC clearly demonstrates the forces of energy and mechanics to achieve work. Excellent resource. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/animations/spinning_mill/index.shtml | ||
| Winding Gear Animation - This great animation from the BBC clearly demonstrates the physics of gears and pulleys in action to achieving work. Mouse overs identify key components and an interactive quiz feature supports skill development and retention. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/launch_ani_winding_gear.shtml | ||
| The Lever Quiz - Take a quiz to find out how much you know about this simple machine, the lever. http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/8th/machines/sciber/levrquiz/qlever | ||
| Wonderville.ca: Medieval Levers - This Wonderville interactive helps you learn all about the medieval lever.
http://www.wonderville.ca/v1/activities/levers/levers.html | ||
| Levers and Pulleys (Fossweb) - This interactive activity teaches you about levers and pulleys by having you try to put a clown on stage through the use of levers and pulleys. http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/LeversandPulleys/index.html | ||
