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Applied Science -Technology (6B) Pre Lab

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discuss how simple machines overcome friction. In this simple machine activity, 6th graders review the parts of a plane and how they make up for gravity and friction. They roll different objects down an inclined board...
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Breezy Energy

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders view photos of machines that measure wind energy and chart what they observe in the pictures and the questions they have about the pictures.  In this wind energy lesson, 3rd graders make a pinwheel.  Students show...
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Just a Little Bit of Effort: Exploring Levers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students 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.
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Orville and Wilbur Wong and the Fantastic Flying Machines

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Upper elementary and middle schoolers examine the role of Chinese immigrants in America. They investigate literature, history and cultures of Chinese-Americans. This ambitious plan takes two weeks to complete, and it brings in elements...
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Qualitative Examples of Conservation of Mechanical Energy

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Instructions 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,...
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Plate, punch card, and instructions for Herman Hollerith's Electric Sorting and Tabulating Machine

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read an article and participate in a class discussion.  In this technology and engineering instructional activity students conduct an online search for images and terms.
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Simple Machines, Odd Machine

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore six simple machines and locate them operating in a compound machine. The simple machines are identified at a variety of stations set up in the classroom and continued by identifying the machines in their homes.
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Simple Machines

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discover that simple machines reduce the effort required in a task.  In this simple machines lesson students see demonstrations of simple machines. 
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Finding Simple Machines in Farm Machinery

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify simple machines and how they must work together to form a piece of equipment used in agriculture. They create a diagram of a piece of farm equipment and write about two of the simple machines they drew.
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Machines: Useful But Dangerous

For Teachers 1st
First graders study, observe, and use a simple machine. They study necessary safety and review posted safety rules related to using a machine and identify strategies for reporting any accidents or injuries.
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Simple Machines

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study how simple machines can help us alter forces and discuss the term mechanical advantage. They then identify dysfunctional simple machines and discuss in groups how the dysfunctions will decrease the effectiveness of each.
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Heat from Machines

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders continue their examination of the heat energy from machines. In groups, they make predictions on which machines might produce a measureable amount of heat. They take the temperatures of the various machines and record them...
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Simple Machine Test

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars complete several worksheets about machines.  In this machine lesson students complete several handouts that describe the different machines  and how pulleys work. 
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Simple Machine Invention

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students access the Internet and research simple machines. They locate five different web sites within a simple machines web quest and then create their own simple machine invention using the resources found on the Internet.
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Simple Machines

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students demonstrate an understanding of how simple machines work. They show how various forces affect movement and advantages of them. They also design a compund machine. Students decide which level of questions they want to do and...
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Simple Machines make work easier.

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how simple machine work can make work easier.  In this machines lesson students complete an activity that shows them what makes up a machine, and how to measure displacement and velocity. 
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Simple Machines

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars define the term simple machine, identify and appreciate their use.  In this simple machines lesson students complete an activity and share their ideas. 
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Simple Machines

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore simple machines. They identify tools and machines that are used in everyday life. Students examine the purpose and uses of everyday tools. They create a tool or machine that can be used to solve a problem.
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Simple Machines

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students design objects in the Museum of Modern Art's collection of simple machines. For this simple machines lesson, students explore the machine age in the MoMA's design collection. Students identify simple machines and the elements in...
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Optical Illusion Machine

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore optical illusions. Using Legos, they construct and motorize a machine that has an axle that's geared up and geared down, complete a worksheet, and answer discussion questions.
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Simple Machines Cryptogram

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this simple machines worksheet, students unscramble the words that represent simple machines. Students unscramble 9 words and come up with a secret message in the end.
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Density In A Wave Machine

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore density. In this science lesson plan, students gain an understanding of the concept of density, especially as it relates to liquid. Students demonstrate that a less dense liquid will float on a denser liquid and that...
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Speed Machines

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students solve each of the word problems on speed machines using the formula given and rounding their answers to the nearest tenth. Students also fill in the boxes and use a calculator to determine how long it...
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The Power of Ten: Building a Magnitude Model

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Add visual representation to teaching place value with a magnitude model. Using adding machine tape, pupils build a linear place value strip from 1 to 100.

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