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Simple Machines - Kid Pix Lesson Plan

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Simple Machines - Kid Pix

Third graders recognize simple machines in their environment. They create a picture of his/her simple machine in Kid Pix Studio. Once students have completed their picture have them save it to their desktop or disk. Next they create a short narrative.

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simple machines

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Grade

3rd

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English

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Project-Based Learning

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