Simple Machines!
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Do you have simple machines around your house? Go on a hunt and try to find examples of simple machines that you and your family use every day to make life easier!
MATERIALS
- Simple Machines Scavenger Hunt handout
- Pen or pencil
Levers and Pulleys!
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Let’s learn about simple machines! In this hands-on lesson, we will explore how levers and pulleys work. We will make our own lever and pulley systems to experiment with them and see how they can be used to make work easier.
MATERIALS
- Tennis ball (or other light weight ball / material)
- Small weight (rock, tennis ball, small toy, block)
- Ruler
- Marker
- Masking tape
- String
- Rolling pin
- Large book
