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- 1st - 12th
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Students define and give examples of "work" and "machine." students identify simple machines (inclined plane, screw, lever, wheel and axle, wedge, and pulley). They classify simple and compound machines . Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students explore simple machines and how these devices make work easier. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students investigate how simple machines make work easier. They attempt to open a nut and lift a water jug without using their hands to explain how simple machines make work easier. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students participate in activities to examine how simple machines help build things. They identify the six types of simple machines. They discover how simple machines where use historically to build pyramids and how they are still used in building skyscrapers today. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students investigate six types of simple machines. They identify the six types of simple machines, watch a PowerPoint presentation, calculate the design for a pyramid and create a scaled drawing of a pyramid on graph paper, and evaluate and select a construction site. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students engage in a lesson that explores the concept of simple machines. They view a powerpoint media presentation and then are introduced to adult volunteers for the lesson. Each volunteer is at a station with a simple machine and demonstrates its use. Full Review »
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- 8th - 9th
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Students participate in a culminating activity for a unit on Energy and Simple Machines. They are challenged to incorporate simple machines in to a complex mechanical system. While designing and testing their machine they will also examine motions and forces as well as a transfer of energy hands-on. Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students view an illustration of a Rube Goldberg machine. In groups, they identify the parts of the machine and design a system to carry seeds to a high perched feeder in a tree. They work together to design and build their simple machine and draw a picture of it. They present their idea to the class. Full Review »
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- 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 »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate simple machines. They calculate the work done by simple machines and compare the force or direction of force applied. They calculate mechanical advantage and efficiency of simple machines and identify compound machines. They complete acdtivities to demonstrate their understanding. Full Review »
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