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- 3rd - 4th
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Students test with a partner on the definitions of each simple machine and see if they can name which simple machine it is. An example is one student asks another "This simple machine is an inclined plane wrapped around a pole?" Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students discuss the six simple machines and take home their Simple Machines Journal and write down all the items that are in their home that is a type of LEVER. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students investigate the history and uses of six simple machines through use of both the Internet and classroom activities. They identify key inventors involved in identification of simple machines and how more complex machines can be created. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine what simple machines are, how they work, and how they have changed our lives. They conduct research on inventors and inventions, demonstrate simple machines using body parts, and create a class book about inventors. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students name and recognize six types of simple machines. They use their research to design an amusement park ride that features different types of simple machines. Students create a brochure about their ride and how it works. Simple machines used in the construction of their ride are identified and presented to the class. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students are shown a constructed machine and they asked what it is and what it does? They are questioned on type of simple machine constructed. Students are questioned on various parts of machine. They work in groups to design and construct one of the simple machines. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students brainstorm the concept of a machine. They make lists of the characteristics that all machines share. The teacher uses questioning in order to get students to think more deeply about the subject. They create a lab to demonstrate the concept of a simple machine. The assessment is based upon a formal lab report. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students brainstorm ways of using an inclined plane or lever and demonstrate using materials such as a board, fulcrum, etc. They divide into two groups and figure out to lift a crate using materials for a simple machine. Once they understand how to use one machine, they move onto the other. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students work together in groups to introduce themselves to the six types of simple machines. They are to record what the machine does, its mechanical advantage and identify real world situations in which they are used. They present their findings to the class to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 4th - 9th
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Students join together science and art to create diagrams of simple machines. They assess the importance of a wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, lever and screw into a drawing in art. Each student then joins this lesson with a sequential writing and reading assignment. Full Review »
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