PBS
Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Kinetic Sculpture
Try your hand at designing and building an 18-inch tower that can support a tennis ball while a fan blows on it.
Marilyn J. Brackney
Imagination Factory: Create a Butterfly Mobile
This site provides information on Alexander Calder, the inventor of the kinetic sculpture known as the mobile, as well as detailed instructions on how to create your own butterfly mobile. Included are "Tips and Tricks" to making "a more...
Science Museum of Minnesota
Science Museum of Minnesota: From Windmills to Whirligigs
This folk artist uses the power of the wind to animate his whimsical kinetic sculptures. Check out his decorated yard and try some of the activities inspired by his creations.
ArtLex
Art Lex: Movement
This site from Artlex is a fantastic description of how movement is used in the creation of art. There are links to works of art in sculpture, painting and photography as well as focused interpretations of how different types of movement...
Other
Tim Prentice: Kinetic Sculpture
This artist relies on the wind to move, twist, and turn his sculptures. Fun designs you will want to check out!
Other
Kinetic Art Links
If you're willing to do some serious searching, this is the jackpot site for kinetic art! There are links here for hundreds of artists and museums dedicated to moving art sculptures.
Other
Andy Plant: Mechanical Sculptures
This UK artist has a phenomenal collection of kinetic (moving) sculptures. Animations are provided so that you can watch his work in action!
Other
Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race
If you live on the East coast, this is a must-see, once-a-year event! Man powered pieces of art take to the streets and seas of Baltimore every spring in a race of the fittest. Fun pictures to view. They may inspire you to create your...
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: Listing of Kinetic Sculpture Artists
ArtCyclopedia's list of kinetic sculpture artists from the twentieth century. There are links to the sculptors' bio and works.
Other
Kinetica
A museum dedicated to different types of kinetic or moving art. You can see images and read descriptions of kinetic art, robotics, video art, and sound art. Unfortunately there are only images and not videos of the art in motion.
Other
Ties Magazine: Marble Mania
This lesson idea is great for the middle school student. The challenge is to construct a marble maze or marble coaster where success is based upon the slow continuous motion of the marble.
Other
Cabaret Mechanical Theatre
These wooden, puppet-like machines operate on simple engineering: a turn crank. Watch them in action and see them in a full 360 degree view.
Other
The Art of Carlos Zapata
The simple mechanics of these moving wooden puppets are old-fashioned, yet still appealing to today's audience.