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See How Bolts Are Made!

May 3rd, 2013

Hi!  It’s Friday, May 3, 2013 and time for a Virtual Field Trip at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:

Portland Bolt & Manufacturing Company

Age Range: 9 and up (approximately, with parental supervision)

At this website you can watch a five-minute video on how bolts are manufactured.

You may know that the building of a new San Francisco Bay Bridge, the world’s largest single-tower, self-anchored suspension span, is underway. You may have also heard that one third of the 96 bolts (threaded steel rods that are 3 inches in diameter and 17-24 feet long) broke after workers placed them in March 2012. The bolts were used to connect the bridge at the pier to help control swaying and seismic uplift during an earthquake.

Metallurgy experts suspect that galvanizing the steel bolts trapped hydrogen atoms beneath the zinc coating causing the bolts to become brittle. 

Interestingly, the company featured on today’s website, declined to submit a bid on manufacturing the Bay Bridge bolts because of the riskiness of the galvanizing requirement. (Galvanizing this kind of bolt is prohibited in the Caltrans bridge design manual – but engineers opted to do it anyway! They haven’t explained why.)

When you get to the website, you can read about the history of the Portland Bolt & Manufacturing Company. Scroll down to the end of the page to find the video, “How It’s Made: Portland Bolt.” Then click on the arrow to watch the video that includes:

  • Shearing
  • Heading
  • Chamfering
  • Threading
  • Hot-Dip Galvanizing
  • Caustic Soda Bath
  • Sulfuric Acid Bath
  • Flux Bath
  • Cooling
  • Shipping

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Virtual Tour of WWII Submarine!

April 26th, 2013

Hi!  It’s Friday, April 26, 2013 and time for a Virtual Field Trip at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:

USS Pampanito Virtual Tour

Age Range: 8 and up (approximately, with parental supervision)

At this website, the San Francisco Maritime Museum provides a free virtual tour of the USS Pampanito, a WW II submarine. The sub was built in 1943 as part of the U.S. Navy fleet of submarines that were instrumental in the Allied victory in the Pacific during World War II. 

This online tour provides a glimpse of what life was like for the sailors aboard the vessel. You can even visit some compartments that are not safely accessible on the “live” tours (the sub is docked at San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf) because of the vertical ladders and confined space.

When you get to the website read the introduction and follow the instructions to take a virtual tour of the sub including the:

  • Main Deck Aft
  • Torpedo Room
  • Motor Room
  • Forward Engine Room
  • Crew’s Mess and Galley
  • Radio Room
  • Control Room
  • Pump Room

As you click on each section of the sub, a new page opens with an illustration that pinpoints the location on the sub. Below it is an actual photograph and text that explains its purpose.

 

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Virtual Field Trip to Baseball Glove Factory!

April 19th, 2013

Hi!  It’s Friday, April 19, 2013 and time for a Virtual Field Trip at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:

ESPN: How It’s Made – Mizuno Baseball Glove Factory

Age Range: 7 and up (approximately, with parental supervision)

ESPN provides a terrific slide show presentation on how Mizuno baseball gloves are made.

When you get to the site wait for the program to fully download. Then, place your cursor on the first image on the menu bar at the bottom of the screen. Click on the image and it will appear full-size on the screen. 

Place your cursor over the menu image to see a pop-up window with an explanation of the photograph you are viewing onscreen. Proceed through each image on the menu bar to see all of the stages of making a baseball glove including:

  • Leather Selection
  • Molding and Cutting
  • Assembly
  • Stamping
  • Sewing
  • Shaping
  • Lacing
  • Smoothing
  • Packaging

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Virtual Field Trip to Rainforest!

April 12th, 2013

Hi!  It’s Friday, April 12, 2013 and time for a Virtual Field Trip at ClickSchooling!  

Recommended Website:

Rainforest: Virtual Tour 

Age Range:  6 and up  (with parental supervision)  

This website, sponsored by Michigan State University, presents a virtual tour of a tropical rainforest in Nicaragua and the biodiversity within it. 

When you get to the site, just follow the instructions to click your way through the slide show and read simple text to learn about:  

  • The people who live in the rainforest
  • Trees, unusual flowers, fascinating plant seeds
  • Toucans, Howler Monkeys, Trap-jaw Ants, Poison Dart Frogs, Bats, Peanut-head Bugs, and Crocodiles  

You’ll also learn about deforestation and preservation of the rainforest.   

When you are through with this tour, continue the journey by clicking this link: https://www.msu.edu/user/urquhart/tour/active.html  

A new page opens with a picture of the same rainforest.  oll your cursor over the picture to see images that pop out of the picture. Click on the images to read more in-depth explanations.

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Virtual Tour of the Goodyear Blimp!

April 5th, 2013

Hi!  It’s Friday, April 5, 2013 and time for a Virtual Field Trip at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:

The Goodyear Blimp: Virtual Tour  

Age Range: 9 and up (younger children may enjoy aspects of this interactive virtual tour with parental guidance)  

Most of you have seen photographs of the Goodyear Blimp flying over the crowd at a major sporting event. Since 1925 it has been the giant airborn icon of the world’s largest tire and rubber company. Did you ever wonder what it would be like to get a close-up view of the Goodyear Blimp?  At this website you can take an interactive virtual tour of the Goodyear Blimp, and then learn Blimp Basics including its history and technology.

When you get to the site, you’ll land on the virtual tour page. It will launch automatically, but you can also control what you want to explore with a click of your mouse.

When the tour is over, be sure to visit the Blimp Basics page, where you’ll discover:

*Anatomy – Explore the science and technology that comprise all of the components that make up the blimp.

*Building A Blimp – Take a photographic tour of the manufacturing process from blueprint to blimp.

*Controls – See the control panels that guide the ship through the skies.

*Electronic Sign – Explore a timeline of the electronic technology utilized to flash promotional messages from the ship. 

*Flight Scenario – From launch to landing discover the science behind a dirigible flight.

*TV Camera – The Blimp is known for providing a “view from above” at sporting events. Find out how they do it.  

Use the menu on the left side of the page to explore the amazing history of the blimp. The FAQs will answer your questions about the military use of blimps, what happened to the most famous airship of all – the Hindenburg, and more.

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Free Egg-Science Activities!

March 26th, 2013

Hi!  It’s Tuesday, March 26, 2013 and time for Science at ClickSchooling!

Spring Festivals are here! Eggs are everywhere in omelets to Easter baskets! Here are some fun ways to use eggs to learn science…

Recommended Websites:

See Below

Age Range: Varies (with parental supervision)

Discovery Education: The Good Egg Project

ClickScholar Fran recommended this website that offers free, downloadable egg-themed, lesson plans on agriculture and nutrition for grades K-5. Don’t miss the Farm-To-Table Virtual Field Trip – just click on the “View Archive” button to start the virtual tour.

Science Junction: Egg-Cellent Adventures

An egg is a very big cell. This website offers a couple of Life Science experiments to help you discover:

  • The Biochemistry of the Egg Shell
  • Diffusion and Osmosis in Animal Cells
  • The Flying Pizza Pan Egg Drop!

Steve Spangler Science: Amazing Egg Experiments   

You’ll find several fun experiments using eggs here – including ‘Squeeze an Egg Without Breaking It!”  When you get to this site, you’ll land on a page that requests you sign up to receive the free newsletter.  If you don’t want the newsletter, look for the “X” in the bottom right corner of the page – click on it to close the sign-up page and access the experiments.

Spinning Hard Boiled Egg Water Sprinkler

Science Frontiers website explains how to make hard boiled eggs act like water sprinklers — has something to do with gravity and centrifugal force.

Turn a Hard Eggshell Soft!

This eggs-citing experiment uses a little vinegar and a hard-boiled egg to get some amazing results.

Egg Experiments

A stay-at-home mom offers a Pinterest page of Egg Experiments (linking to a variety of websites) that she and her kids have tried or checked out. Good stuff.  :)

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