Introduction to Plates, Axles, and Gears

Planning an elementary science unit has never been simpler! These twelve lessons guide young scientists through an exploration of simple machines and their many uses in the real world before asking them to apply their learning in the...

It's time to slow your roll! Can your class create a track that allows a marble to roll as slowly as possible? Teams of science scholars collaborate to design, build, and test their tubes while learning about gravity and friction.

Teach young engineers that all machines, no matter how complicated or complex, are made up of just six simple devices with this hands-on physical science lesson. Using the included templates, students first create paper models of...

Students investigate commercial fishing by exploring the technical methods.  In this environmental instructional activity, students identify the fish that are most commonly consumed by humans and trace their path from ocean to plate. ...

Students examine axles and wheels using LEGO materials. They investigate the uses of axles, gears, and wheels.

Students examine engineering by utilyzing legos.

Students listen to Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and work collaboratively to create a chair for a small stuffed animal that will allow it to sit upright and withstand a short drop out of Legos. Students write about the engineering...

Young scholars build Lego cars which have two different types of tire surfaces. They roll them down ramps that have both rough and smooth surfaces to determine how friction affects the car as it rolls.

Students identify foods typically eaten in the international country Icelandic. They recognize that there are differences in living, custom, and tradition amongst cultures, and food is a big example of this. In the end, students sample a...