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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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- 5th
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Students, by reading, analyzing, and evaluating the wolf's use of simple machines in "The 3 Pigs and the Scientific Wolf" by Mary Fetzer, design and justify their own machine to help the wolf catch those pigs. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students explore six simple machines, then create their own machines. They have their picture taken with their simple machine, then put into a PowerPoint Presentation. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 4th
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Students explore levers, screws, pulleys, wheels and axles, wedges and ramps as simple machines. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th
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Students apply their understanding of simple machines to create a working model of a machine to solve a problem or answer a question. They incorporate the scientific method in their work and give a demonstration of their project. Full Review »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students explore the ins and outs of simple machines. They discover the various roles of simple machines, who uses them, where they can be found and how they actually work. Students create a compound machine using simple machines. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students explore simple machines. Using specified Internet sites, students gather information on types of machines. They define vocabulary words and locate examples of different types of simple machines. Students invent a new machine. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 5th
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Students describe simple machines and predict how they help us in our everyday lives by examining actual examples. They use pictures to identify examples of simple machines and state their purpose. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 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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