History of Science Website Links

Discovered A Broken Link?

Have you found a broken link? Please report it so we can find a replacement.  Thank you very much for helping up keep this resource up to date.

Report A Broken Link

Below are the relevant website links for our History of Science course for grades 4-7th! If desired check out this great page on the history of the wheel which was passed along to us by students Emily and Melissa. A special thank-you to them for sharing their interest in science and invention with us! Keep discovering! 

Check out the page here: https://intellaparts.com/blog/forklift-how-to-articles-guides-maintain-upgrade-a-forklift/history-of-the-wheel/.

Page V: Resources

http://sciencebobstore.com/bacteria-growing-kit-science-fair-size/ 

https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/store/bacteria-growing-kit.html 

Updated: http://www.telescopenerd.com/telescope-kits.htm

https://www.homesciencetools.com/product/microscope-slide-making-kit/ 

Lesson 2 

https://quatr.us/greeks/pythagoras-greek-mathematics.htm 

Lesson 4 

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/ApMech_p039/mechanical-engineering/build-archimedes-screw-pump#background 

Page 7: Ancient Maps 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_world_maps 

Lesson 16

https://explorable.com/heron-of-alexandria 

Page 10: Mirror Writing 

https://www.mos.org/leonardo/ 

Lesson 20 

https://www.themaven.net/kidsactivities/kidsactivities/15-easy-catapults-to-make-with-kids-VbhGnG8D8ES4ARAl6-nL0A/

http://www.instructables.com/id/how-to-make-a-mini-trebuchet-catapult/

http://stormthecastle.com/trebuchet/office-supply-trebuchet.htm

Lesson 26 

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html 

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/ 

Lesson 27

https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Solar-System-Mobile 

Lesson 29 

http://galileo.rice.edu/lib/student_work/astronomy95/telescope_design.html 

https://www.space.com/24114-how-to-build-a-telescope-science-fair-projects.html 

Page 17: Modern Scientists

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvay_Conference 

Lesson 34 

https://sciencebob.com/build-a-tabletop-hovercraft-2/ 

https://www.questacon.edu.au/outreach/programs/science-circus/videos/cd-hovercraft 

Lesson 42 

http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/science/ 

Lesson 47 

https://jennermuseum.com/ 

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/when_was_the_battery_invented

Lesson 80

http://alittlelearningfortwo.blogspot.com/2011/05/balloon-powered-boat.html