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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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\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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\nSimple Machines III - Pulleys\n

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\nThe principles behind pulleys, levers, and simple machines are the focus of a science lesson. In it, learners take part in a whole-class activity. There are two groups of pupils who each must lift objects with fixed pulleys and multiple...\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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\nPulleys\n

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\nIn this simple machines worksheet, students learn about pulleys. They then answer the 11 questions on the page. The answers are on the last page of the packet.\n
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\nSimple Machines: Pulleys\n

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\nStudents observe and analyze how pulleys work and how a double pulley can make work easier. In small groups they use a fixed pulley system and a double pulley system and draw a picture of how their pulley system functions. Students...\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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\nPowerful Pulleys\n

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\nStudents explore the building of a pyramid and how pulleys were used to change the direction of applied force. They demonstrate the mechanical advantage of using a pulley and apply it to modern engineering.\n
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\nTE Activity: Pulley'ing Your Own Weight\n

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\nStudents experiment with common objects such as spools, string and soap to determine how pulleys make it easier to move large objects. They look at the difference between fixed and movable pulleys. They examine the many uses engineers...\n
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\nPulleys\n

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\nMiddle schoolers determine how to tell the difference between a simple system and a complex pulley system. Using pulleys, students build simple pulley systems to demonstrate the mechanical advantages of pulleys.\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, Pulleys, Incline Planes\n

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\nIn this pulleys, levers and incline planes worksheet, high schoolers answer 22 questions about output force, energy loss, and net force on pulleys, levers and incline planes.\n
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\nIdler Pulley Lesson\n

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\nStudents interpret drawings and reproduce them in a CAD format.  For this design lesson students complete an assembly drawing of a pulley system.\n
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\nInclined Plane and Pulley\n

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\nStudents describe how inclined plane and pulleys make work easier. In this physics lesson, students calculate work done and mechanical advantage of both simple machines. They collect data from the experiment and construct graphs.\n
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\nQualitative Examples of Conservation of Mechanical Energy\n

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\nInstructions for series of six activites, a reading of scientific literature, and a choice of six assessments await you in this physics resource. Well-written plans guide you in guiding your pupils to experiment with levers, pulleys,...\n
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\nPulley Systems Used at Fort McHenry\n

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\nWhat a great opportunity to integrate science into your lesson on the War of 1812! Discover how pulley systems were used to move 1,000 lb. cannons at the Battle of Fort McHenry, and to raise the flag that would inspire Francis Scott...\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 lesson continues with the...\n
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\nSimple Machines\n

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\nHere is an inventive plan that should get your young scientists excited! In it, groups of pupils test out the work done by six different simple machines. The machines are: the wedge, the lever, the inclined plane, the pulley, the screw,...\n
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\nStudy Jams! Simple Machines\n

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\nHere is a tri-faceted resource that has a slide show, a quiz, and a vocabulary list that you can use to teach simple machines. Six machines are introduced: wheels and axles, planes, levers, pulleys, wedges, and screws. Slides contain...\n
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\nPull(ey)ing The Science Out (Or Pulleys)\n

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\nStudents investigate how the number of pulleys affect the difficulty or ease of pulling an object up. They watch a demonstration that shows the work done by one pulley and two pulleys. After watching the demonstration, the students break...\n
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\nPulleys and Levers\n

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\nFifth graders explore the concept of pulleys and levers. They read and discuss text from the book \"It's Science! Machines We Use,\" and in small groups construct a simple lever and pulley using a Lego Dacta set.\n
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\nWhich pulley system will give us a whale of a good time? Teams compare the theoretical and actual mechanical advantages of different pulley systems. They then form a recommendation for how to move a whale from an aquarium back to the ocean.\n
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\nCan you easily lift more than your own weight? With a pulley system, almost anyone can manage this challenge. Scholars adjust the mechanical advantage (number of pulleys), weight of object being lifted, and the length of rope pulled. The...\n
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\nInvestigating Pulleys\n

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\nStudents investigate pulleys and see how they have a mechanical advantage in lifting heavy loads.  In this pulley activity students make a hypothesis, complete and experiment then complete a worksheet. \n
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