Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: First Class Levers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Through observation and inquiry, students are given various objects to investigate how levers work and why they might be useful.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Forearm as an Example of a Third Class Lever

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a five-question quiz related to the passage "The Forearm as an Example of a Third-class Lever."
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Levers:relationship of Force of Effort & Resistance Fulcrum Placement

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate the relationship between the two forces and the location of the fulcrum in a first class lever. Students work in cooperative groups of approximately three to make observations that they can then generate a formula...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Simple Machine: Levers

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what a lever is, its history, how it works, the formula for calculating its mechanical advantage, classes of levers, and uses of levers.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Simple Machines: Levers: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the three types of levers and show how to calculate the mechanical advantage of each. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Simple Machines: Levers."
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Other

Manhattan Beach Unified School District: Levers and Other Simple Machines

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about levers and make the connection between these simple machines and the human body.
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Integrated Publishing

Integrated Publishing: Levers

For Students 9th - 10th
A quite lengthy chapter on the simple machine the lever. Includes uses, classes, mechanical advantage, formulae, etc. A full discussion, with good illustrations.
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Other

Hognosesam: Levers

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a brief description of the three classes of levers.
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The Franklin Institute

Spotlighting Simple Machines

For Students 3rd - 8th
Simple machines such as inclined planes in wedges and screws are explained.