Videos:

Voyage of the Mimi, Episode 13: A sailor and a scientist—15 minutes or so on electromagnetism—great!!

Schoolhouse Rocks—Energy, Electricity

BillNye ?

321 Classroom Contact—more power to you

Mr. Wizard ?

Magic Schoolbus ?

Books:

Electric Circuits teacher’s Guide NSRC 0-89278-661-2

My First Batteries and Magnets Book by Jack Challoner DK 1-56458-133-0

The Usborne-Linked Library of Science:

Light, Sound, & Electricity Usborne 0-7945-0080-3

Energy, Forces, & Motion Usborne 0-7945-0084-6

Materials Usborne 0-79450085-4

Eyewitness Visual Dictionaries:

The Visual dictionary of Chemistry DK 0-7894-0444-3

The Visual dictionary of Physics DK 0-7894-0239-4

The Usborne Book of Batteries and Magnets by Borton and Cave Usborne 0-7460-2083-X

The KnowHow Book of batteries & Magnets by Amery and Littler Usborne 0-86020-008-6

Janice VanCleave’s Electricity Wiley 0-471-31010-7

Wires and Watts by Irwin Math Alladin Books 0-689-71298-7

The Usborne Young Scientist: Electricity by Philip Chapman Usborne 0-86020-0787

Hands-On Physical Science Activities for grades K – 8 by Marvin Tolman Parker Pub 0-13-230178-4

Fascinating Science Projects: Electricity and Magnetism by Bobbi Searle Copper Beach Books 0-7613-1630-2

Web Sites:

http://www.proteacher.com/

http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/ this is a great one: The “Atoms Family”

http://www.brainpop.com/ need software to show movies