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Directions for Making an Inclined Plane

For Students 4th - 5th
In this simple machines activity, students follow the 5 directions and create a model of an inclined plane. Materials needed are a pencil, paper and tape.
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First Class Lever Lab

For Students 8th - 10th
In this first class lever activity, students investigate the mechanical advantage of this simple machine. Students change the effort arm and the resistance arm and calculate the resistance force, effort force and the mechanical...
Organizer
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Simple Machines

For Students 7th - 10th
In this simple machines worksheet, students review the different types of simple machines and examples of each machine. This worksheet, has 1 graphic organizer and 6 short answer questions.
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Simple Machines: Reading Comprehension

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this comprehension worksheet, students read a short selection about "simple machines" and answer 4 short answer questions based on the selection.
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Simple Machines or Are They?

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this science learning exercise, students examine and discuss ten examples of simple machines to understand how they work and then color them.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art

Physics at the Art Museum: Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy, and Work

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Connect science, math, and art for a true interdisciplinary lesson! Learners explore simple machines in art. Through analysis with a physics app, they identify positions of kinetic and potential energy and make conclusions about work.
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Simply Machines

For Students 7th - 11th
In this machines worksheet, students draw a "Rube Goldberg" style machine which uses 3 different types of simple machines to complete one task.
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CPO Science

Physics Skill and Practice Worksheets

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Stop wasting energy searching for physics resources, this comprehensive collection of worksheets has you covered. Starting with introductions to the scientific method, dimensional analysis, and graphing data, these skills practice...
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Gearing Up--Learning About Gears

For Students 5th
In this learning about gears worksheet, 5th graders read and discuss a 1 page article on gears, fill in 7 blanks to complete 5 facts about gears and make a set of gears from a template provided in the worksheet.
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Work and Efficiency

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this doing work worksheet, students calculate how a ramp can increase the efficiency of the work done by decreasing the force necessary to complete the task. This worksheet has 9 problems to solve.
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Inclined Plane 1

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this scientific investigation worksheet, learners follow the provided procedures to create an inclined plane paper model and then respond to 1 short answer question.
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University of Florida

Clothing Capers: Creativity

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
No matter the age of your sewing pupils, they will enjoy these activities and projects that develop basic sewing machine use, following patterns, and finally creating a fun project of their own. 
Interactive
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Verb Tense Exercise 6

For Students 5th - 10th
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students answer 15 fill in the blank questions regarding simple past and present perfect verbs. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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US Energy Information Administration

Primary Activity: Energy and Machines

For Students 2nd - 5th
Conservation kids take this printable home, draw a picture of their bedrooms, then cut out and paste pictures into the drawing to show what energy-using appliances are present. This assignment is a very practical way to wrap up a unit on...
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Physics Internet Scavenger Hunt

For Students 8th - 10th
In this physics worksheet, students visit the site http://sciencespot.net and complete a scavenger hunt for a variety of physics topics.
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How Does a Lever Work?

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this lever worksheet, students read and do the 8 detailed steps in an investigation about levers. Students answer 2 essay questions and record their data on a chart.
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Teach Engineering

Force on a Current Carrying Wire

For Teachers 10th - 12th
What do electrical currents have to do with an MRI? Using a simple wire setup and a magnet, class members explore forces used in an MRI by investigating the magnetic force acting on a wire carrying a current. 
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Tools and Equipment (Part 1)

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Looking for the best inclined plane for the job? Groups calculate the theoretical mechanical advantage for four different inclined planes. They determine the actual mechanical advantage by measuring the amount of force needed for the...
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IPC Physics Vocabulary Review

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this physics review learning exercise, students review vocabulary words associated with speed, acceleration, Newton's Laws and simple machines, work and energy, magnetism, electricity, and harmonic motion and light. This learning...
Interactive
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Pronunciation: The Sounds /s/, /z/ or, /iz/? Consonant Clusters with "s"

For Students 6th - 12th
Instruct your class on how to pronounce /s/ sounds with this resource. Learners fill in the final /s/ sound into blanks, listen to plural sounds, learn about the rules of the target sound, write sentences, and work with consonant...
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Word Usage: Past Simple Tense

For Students 4th - 5th
In this word usage:  past simple tense activity, students interactively select the correct word to complete the sentences in a paragraph, with immediate online feedback and score.
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Past Simple Tense

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this verb tense activity, students complete a crossword puzzle of past tense verbs, complete sentences, use pictures to write where people were in past situations and put verbs in present or past simple tense.
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IPC Physics Final Review

For Students 9th - 12th
In this physics review activity, high schoolers compare experimental variable, simple machines, and Newton's Laws. Students calculate kinetic energy, work, power, speed, and velocity. High schoolers review conduction, convection, and...
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Science-- "Moving the World?"- Learning About Levers

For Students 4th - 5th
In this levers worksheet, students read a one page information text about the three classes of levers. Students then analyze 10 pictures of simple machines and circle the fulcrum point. Students classify each machine according to the...

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