Simple Machines (Starting with Science)
by Deborah Hodge Author
(From Amazon): Thirteen experiments about the six simple machines -- the lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge and screw -- teach kids about basic science. Full-color photographs and step-by-step instructions clearly explain each activity, so that kids can make the most of the machines with minimal help from adults. Part of the Starting with Science series, Simple Machines encourages children to have fun as they learn basic science and fills a need for primary-level science resources.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9781550743999
- Print Status
- In Print
- Lessons
- 12
- Pages
- 32
- Suggested Grades
- Early Years - 4th
- Publisher
- Kids Can Press
- Copyright
- 1998
Lessons
- 1 Table trick (lever) p.4, and Balancing act (lever) p.6
- 2 Wacky wheels (wheel and axle) p.8
- 3 Candy collector (wheel and axle) p.10
- 4 Bubble race (wheel and axle â gears) p.12
- 5 Going up! (fixed pulley) p.14
- 6 Pulling power (moveable pulley) p.16
- 7 Egg drop (inclined plane) p.18
- 8 Penny lift (inclined plane) p.20
- 9 Screwy water (screw) p.22
- 10 Twirling toy (screw) p.24
- 11 Funny face (wedge) p.26
- 12 Mystery machine (complex machine â wedge and wheel & axle) p.28
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