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Worksheet
Curated OER

Gears 2

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this gears worksheet, students use a ruler and gears to conduct an experiment. Students follow 11 sets of directions,write a conclusion, and graph their results.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Gears 1

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this gears worksheet, students put together and label gears and see how many turns it takes to go in a given directions. Students then fill in a chart with their results.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Science: The Bicycle as a System

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore how the different parts of a bicycle relate to each other and identify the subsystems. They discover how bicycles work and investigate their history. In groups, students research each of the subsystems and present...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Household Tools

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore parts of a system. In this simple machines lesson, students discover that simple machines are composed of two or more systems. Students examine household tools and assess the parts of the system.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Bicycle as a System

For Students 8th - 10th
In this bicycle as a system worksheet, students are assigned a subsystem of a bicycle, such as the wheel, the brakes and steering, or the frame. Each group of students identifies the parts, the function, the input, and the output of the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Simple Machines

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate simple machines. In this simple machines lesson, students study how simple machines work. Students determine the function of various simple machines.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Master Driver

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students learn how rotational sensors measure distance, how mathematics can be used for real-world purposes, and about potential sources of error due to gearing when using rotation sensor readings for distance calculations.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Nano Differential Gears

For Students 9th - 10th
View a hypothetical model of gears created be intermolecular interactions.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Hypothetical Nanoscale Machine

For Students 9th - 10th
Observe the intermolecular interactions of a hypothetical multi-gear nanoscale machine.