Text of four poems by Thomas Moore: "A Ballad: The Lake of the Dismal Swamp," "Lalla Rookh," "Oft, in the Stilly Night," and "The Time I've Lost in." Site by University of Toronto.

Two primary source readings on the effects of the Industrial Revolution on families in England and Germany plus some good background information on the Industrial Revolution itself.

Students use inclined planes as they recreate the difficult task of raising a monolith of rock to build a pyramid. They compare the push and pull of different-sized blocks up an inclined plane, determine the angle of inclination, and learn the changes that happen when the angle is increased or decreased.

Here's an interactive problem solver allowing you to type in a multi-digit number and get answers to what place value each number represents.

Abby Brown, KIDS Clubhouse Adventures co-host, loves to help kids have fun while learning! In this segment, Abby teaches kids how tools can help with a variety of jobs, and that it's important to have the right tool for the job! [2:03]

In this open-ended design activity, students use everyday materials milk cartons, water bottles, pencils, straws, candy to build small-scale transportation devices. They incorporate the use two simple machines a wheel and axle, and a lever into their designs. Student pairs choose their materials and engineer solutions suitable to convey pyramid-building materials (small blocks of clay). They race their carts/trucks, measuring distance, time and weight; and then calculate speed.

This pathway explores the fundamental concept of energy, and how energy can be transferred between objects. Different types of energy are defined, and the law of conservation of energy is explained. Simple machines are explained as a way of making energy transfer between objects easier. Problems are provided to check understanding.

Investigating a waterwheel illustrates to students the physical properties of energy. They learn that the concept of work, force acting over a distance, differs from power, which is defined as force acting over a distance over some period of time. Students create a model waterwheel and use it to calculate the amount of power produced and work done.

In the construction industry, being able to make calculations like adding and subtracting is an important part of many jobs.

When you write for work, it is important to consider who your audience is and what they need to know.

Listing of works of the English renaissance poet John Skelton (1460-1529) with links to actual text.

Clickable list to the full texts of selected poems by Sir Thomas Wyatt, including his songs, sonnets, odes, epigrams, and satires.

The Digital Library provides links to the texts of 11 of Thomas Carlyle's works.