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\nSimple Machines\n

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\nA collection of five lessons and activities introduce young engineers to simple and compound machines. Groups use the engineering design process to design a Rube Goldberg machine to move a circus elephant into a rail car, a pulley system...\n
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\nDesign Squad Event Guide\n

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\nEverything you need to plan an event for young engineers can be found here, including activities, an event checklist, tips for working with youth and volunteers, signage, certificates, and an evaluation form. Kids make a rubber...\n
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\nSTEM Ed Hub: Design Resources\n

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\nEngineering design-based activities make learning science fun. Young engineers design dams, lifeguard chairs, musical instruments, candy bags, and much more. They also use measurement skills to solve the mystery of the missing pin. Each...\n
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\nLevers and Wedges in the Human Body\n

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\nYoung biologists identify parts of the body that serve as wedges (teeth and fingernails), and as levers (jaw, arms, and legs). The hands-on activities described here should be exciting for learners to perform, and should also lead to a...\n
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\nSimple Machines IV - Levers\n

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\nThe principles of levers and simple machines are presented here. An easy-to-make lever is constructed by each group of scientists, and they use it to explore how this simple machine makes heavy things so much easier to lift and move. A...\n
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\nSimple Machines IV - Levers\n

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\nThe lever is an everyday simple machine. Youngsters learn the principles of levers and explore their many uses. Groups of pupils perform a simple lab where they lift objects with a fulcrum while placing the load in a variety of...\n
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\nLevers and Wedges in the Human Body\n

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\nStudents identify the various parts of the body that serve as wedges and levers, identifying the fulcrum for each body lever. They bite into carrots and apples to analyze how their jaws and teeth work, then complete three worksheets that...\n
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\nThe Mighty Mathematics of the Lever\n

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\nExactly what did Archimedes mean when he said, \"Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth\"? Watch this video and find out as it explains the mathematics behind levers, and explores a few fun hypothetical situations...\n
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\nLevers that Lift\n

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\nIntroduce your class to to the remaining three simple machines-- the lever, pulley, and the wheel-and-axle with a plan that includes the three different types of levers in the discussion of levers. The activity continues with the...\n
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\nStudent Exploration: Levers\n

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\nIn this earthquake exploration learning exercise, students complete 2 prior knowledge questions, then use \"Levers Gizmo\" to conduct several activities, completing short answer questions when finished.\n
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\nLevers and Pulleys\n

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\nSeventeen pages of material leave you well-prepared to carry out this lesson on levers and pulleys. Photos and diagrams make the instructions clear; resource links provide additional information. The missing aspects of this teacher's...\n
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\nSimple Machines - Levers\n

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\nFourth graders lift objects with the fulcrum and load in various positions and then experiment with how much force is exerted by the effort and load arms of the lever. They place 5 paper clips in the load and move the fulcrum to match...\n
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\nJust a Little Bit of Effort: Exploring Levers\n

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\nYoung scholars build models of types of levers. In this simple machines lesson, students use dowels and modified wooden rulers to build different types of levers. They compete to create the most efficient lever in the class.\n
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\nWe Have Work to Do!\n

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\nAn excellent lesson awaits your young scientists! In it, learners are invited to explore the world of pulleys, levers, and planes; simple machines that make lifting heavy things much, much easier. They watch video, and engage in hands-on...\n
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\nSimple Machines: Levers\n

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\nStudents discover the fundamentals and daily applications of simple machines. They investigate basic engineering theory through their hands-on demonstrations of levers.\n
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\nThe Way Levers Work\n

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\nFifth graders discover the rules by which the lever slants and balances. They determine that there are a great many tools that employ the lever principle even in their ordinary environments. They consider how to use objects easily...\n
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\nLevers: What Can Leverage Do For Me?\n

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\nStudents determine the identity of the three classes of levers while explaining how each works. They wait a video clip that shows uses for different types of levers and work as a class to write a KWL chart. Finally, they make a model fo...\n
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\nLever as a Simple Machine\n

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\nStudents study the three different types of levers and develop a simple machine. In this levers and simple machines lesson plan, students look at different types of levers, and experiment with a ruler and a marshmallow to determine how...\n
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\nLevers, Pulleys, Incline Planes\n

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\nIn this pulleys, levers and incline planes worksheet, students answer 22 questions about output force, energy loss, and net force on pulleys, levers and incline planes.\n
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\nIs a Pulley a Special Kind of Lever?\n

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\nFifth graders use information from their text to read and discuss pulleys and levers. They examine a top sketch of the arrangement of a fixed pulley. Working in groups, 5th graders perform experiments to test the effect of using a pulley...\n
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\nLevers - Weight Lifters\n

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\nStudents investigate how levers help to lift heavy loads. They view and discuss examples of levers, explore various websites, experiment with the levers brought to the class, and watch the video for the book \"Mike Mulligan and His Steam...\n
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\nSimple Machines: Levers\n

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\nLifting Lever\n

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\nIn this lever learning exercise, students build a lever using cardboard, a yardstick and paper cups with pennies. They vary the distance the effort is from the fulcrum and determine how much effort is needed to lift the load.\n
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\nQualitative Examples of Conservation of Mechanical Energy\n

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