Museum of Science
Museum of Science and Industry: Online Science: Build a Lever
Step-by-step illustrated instructions for an experiment investigating how a lever works. An explanation of the science involved is given at the end.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Graham Greene
This site provides biographical information about Graham Greene, and includes commentaries on some of his works.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Evelyn Waugh
This is a detailed biography of Waugh that focuses on how his experiences influenced his work. It includes quotes and a bibliography.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Force and Motion: Simple Machines
A slideshow and a short quiz on simple machines and how they reduce the amount of work or effort needed to complete a task.
Franco Cavazzi
Roman empire.net: The Working Day
This page details the average day of the Romans, including imports, industry, and trades.
Other
University of Alabama: Virginia Woolf Seminar
This University of Alabama site offers a wealth of material on Woolf. In addition to the customary biography, links take you to comments and analyses of several of her novels, an essay on "Men and Women" written by Woolf, and an essay on...
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania: Sing Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book
This site, produced by "A Celebration of Women" from the University of Pennsylvania, provides the full text of Christina Rossetti's Nursery Rhyme Book with 120 illustrations.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Power: Lesson 2
This lesson will explain the concept of power, and show that it can be calculated using work and time. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Power."
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Work
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online lesson students will learn to calculate work and explain how it relates to the overarching idea of energy.
Marxists Internet Archive
Works of Marx and Engels: Marx's Doctoral Dissertation
An interesting, early work of Marx. It is helpful to see how some of his major thoughts and even his writing style, developed from, or against, this early work. Not for beginners, but interesting with some background.
Other
How to smile.org: Building Pulleys
An activity where learners use pulley systems to pick up a paint can and move an eraser from the ground to the top of a desk. After completing this activity, students will understand how pulley systems can help us do work.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Power, Work and the Waterwheel
Waterwheels are devices that generate power and do work. Students construct a waterwheel using two-liter bottles, dowel rods and index cards, and calculate the power created and work done by them.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Work and Power: Waterwheel
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...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Puttin' It All Together
On the topic of energy related to motion, this summary lesson is intended to tie together the concepts of work, power, collisions, momentum and drag. A hands-on activity demonstrates this idea and reinforces students' math skills in...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Advantage of Machines
In this lesson, students learn about work as defined by physical science and see that work is made easier through the use of simple machines. Already encountering simple machines everyday, students will be alerted to their widespread...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Rube Goldberg and the Meaning of Machines
Simple and compound machines are designed to make work easier. When we encounter a machine that does not fit this understanding, the so-called machine seems absurd. In this lesson, the cartoons of Rube Goldberg are introduced and engage...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Pyramid Building: How to Use a Wedge
Students learn how simple machines, including wedges, were used in building both ancient pyramids and present-day skyscrapers. In a hands-on activity, students test a variety of wedges on different materials (wax, soap, clay, foam)....
Physics4kids
Physics4 kids.com: All Work and No Play
The concept of work is addressed in this brief explanation. The transfer of energy is also explained along with the method for measuring work. The resource provides an online quiz to check for understanding.
Paul Dawkins
Paul's Online Notes: Calculus I: Applications of Integrals
The tutorial investigates applications of integrals. Topics discussed are average function value, area between two curves, volumes of solids of revolution, and work. Class notes, definitions, and examples with detailed solutions are...
Paul Dawkins
Paul's Online Notes: Calculus I: Proof of Various Integral Properties
The tutorial examines proofs of several properties of integrals. Topics discussed are the fundamental theorem of calculus, extreme value theorem, work, and mean value theorem. Class notes, proofs, and examples with detailed solutions are...
University of Pennsylvania
Project Guttenberg: Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
Project Guttenberg offers the following downloadable full texts:*Burns, Robert, 1759-1796: The Letters of Robert Burns, ed. by J. Logie Robertson (Gutenberg text)*Burns, Robert, 1759-1796: The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns*Burns,...
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library: Works of Robert Browning
This site provides links to five of Robert Browning's most famous works including "Dramatic Lyrics," "Dramatic Romances," "An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry," "The Pied Piper of Hamelin," and "The Ring and the Book."
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library: The Works of Matthew Arnold
The Digital Library provides links to three pieces of work done by Matthew Arnold: "Culture and Anarchy," "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time," and "The Next Bottom Line: Making Sustainable Development Tangible."
University of Pennsylvania
Digital Library: Works of Samuel Butler
The Digital Library provides links to the texts of eight of Samuel Butler's works.