Home Schooling Resources...

Model railroads fun to watch.  Everyone loves to see a freight train creeping through a mountain tunnel and across a bridge.  But trains are also very educational.  There is a lot of stuff involved in getting a freight car from one location to another.  Just about any educational course can be associated with trains.  Of course, everyone knows the important role that the railroads played in settling the west and in forming early America.  But, there are major educational opportunities hidden in those freight trains such as electrical, physics, mechanical, and environmental, to name a few.

Some topics that can be expanded on are:

• Dynamic braking systems  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_brake

• Diesel/Electric propulsion http://science.howstuffworks.com/diesel-locomotive4.htm

• The Steam Engine  http://www.howstuffworks.com/steam.htm

• Rail History http://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/railroad-expansion.htm

• Railroad Inventions http://history.howstuffworks.com/american-history/railroad-expansion6.htm

• Monorail theory  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monorail#Magnetic_levitation

• Railroad Wheels  http://www.spikesys.com/Trains/whel_faq.html

• Railroad Communications  http://www.madere.com/firstnet.html

Goldsboro Area Model Railroad Club, Inc. is open to any home schooling family or group by appointment.  There is no fee or charge for our layout to be operational for your visit!  Contact us to arrange for your visit.