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Tools and Machines for Work: Saving your Energy

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students consider how tools and machines can make work easier. They examine specific tools for making work easier.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Simple Machines Internet Research

For Teachers K - 5th
Students identify six types of simple machines, then use the Internet for research.
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Bank On it! Inventions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, students complete a cloze activity about inventions. They read an article about Isaac Merritt Singer, who invented the sewing machine. The article includes 9 blanks to fill in.
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Applied Science - Technology (KA) Pre Lab

For Teachers K
Students explore tools. In this tool lesson, students see how tools and machines were invented to help people work easier. They see different types of simple machines such as wheel and axle, lever, and wedge. 
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Inventor's Workshop

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the six simple machines that are the basis for all mechanical devices. For this physics lesson, students choose one simple machine to research and then find a complex machine it is apart of. Students examine Leonardo...
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Curated OER

SeaWorld Word Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this SeaWorld word puzzle, students search for words related to SeaWorld in San Antonio, Texas. They identify types of shark and whales, as well as specific locations in the park. A list of 24 words is available with the puzzle. ...
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Curated OER

4-H Line & Design Activity Page

For Students 7th - 10th
What a great activity for learners. This 4-H activity sheet has students organize their bedroom, and make clothing, focusing on line and design.
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Curated OER

Inventor's Challenge Review

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science learning exercise, students match each invention or device to its inventor listed on the right. There are 32 inventors listed and some may be used twice. Then they order the items in each group from oldest to newest and...
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Virginia Department of Education

Cell Parts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What do a bird, an egg, a rabbit, and a toad all have in common? This fun-filled resource explains the similarities and differences between cells and how all cells are similar, yet all are different. Learners begin by depicting a...
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Seine for Bugs

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students make their own seine net to catch fish in the water. In this seine let lesson plan, students follow directions to make the net and then use it in the water.
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Curated OER

Investigation 7 - Rubbing Objects Together

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate rubbing two objects together to produce heat.
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Hunkins Experiments

The Secret Life of Machines

For Students 9th - 10th
An entertaining site that communicates ideas through cartoon drawings. Discover how simple machines and gadgets operate, such as fax machines and washing machines.

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