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Observing Motion

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore movement and motion. In this motion lesson, 1st graders how objects can move as well as how the Earth is in constant motion and the force of gravity. Students complete a coloring sheet.
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Simple Machines

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners discover that simple machines reduce the effort required in a task.  In this simple machines lesson plan students see demonstrations of simple machines. 
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Simple Machine Test

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students complete several worksheets about machines.  In this machine instructional activity students complete several handouts that describe the different machines  and how pulleys work. 
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Rolling Spheres on Inclined Planes

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students determine the distance of a sphere rolling down an incline.  In this physics lesson students participate in a lab that demonstrates how inclined planes make work easier. 
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Simple Machines make work easier.

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine how simple machine work can make work easier.  In this machines instructional activity students complete an activity that shows them what makes up a machine, and how to measure displacement and velocity. 
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Machines at Home

For Students 5th - 8th
In this simple machines instructional activity, students examine methods to reduce friction in simple machines and note 5 of them on the lines provided.
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Machines 'R' Us

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Pupils increase their vocabulary and knowledge base while learning about different types of machines. In this machine lesson, students glue pictures of the machines they like onto paper and share their collages with classmates.
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Match the Machine

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students identify simple machines found in different environments. In this matching lesson, students match the machine with the place it belongs.
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Great Inventions

For Students Pre-K - Higher Ed
In this creative thinking worksheet, students identify and list nine of the best and most important inventions ever created. Then they list nine of the not so good inventions. Finally, students list three of their personal favorites.
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Ignition Systems

For Students 9th - 12th
For this technology worksheet, high schoolers find the words in the puzzle and then this could be extended to finding the definitions in relation to ignition systems.
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The Little Orange Rooster

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders brainstorm a list of heat sources they are aware of. After listening to a story, they identify the different types of machines mentioned and sort them based on whether they run on gasoline or electricity. To end the...
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Heat from Machines

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders continue their examination of the heat energy from machines. In groups, they make predictions on which machines might produce a measureable amount of heat. They take the temperatures of the various machines and record them...
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Simple Machines

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore simple machines. They identify tools and machines that are used in everyday life. Students examine the purpose and uses of everyday tools. They create a tool or machine that can be used to solve a problem.
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Simple Machines

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students investigate how to make simple jobs even easier. They must find the types of machines that can be made in order to do this. Students define six different simple machines and their uses.
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Technological Developments

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss household tasks, and identify differences between how things are done now, and how they were done when their parents and grandparents were little. Students then predict how tasks will change in future, and visit...
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Simple Machines

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Pupils demonstrate an understanding of how simple machines work. They show how various forces affect movement and advantages of them. They also design a compund machine. Students decide which level of questions they want to do and...
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Machines

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students complete a variety of activities and they explore machines and the way they work. They read about a time machine and then draw a picture of what they think the time machine looks like. They invent their own machine.
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Supersonic Spies

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students analyze a simple machine and use "reverse engineering" to create an exact replica. They interpret incomplete information to build a simple wheel-and-axle machine. Students discuss how building a machine activity correlates to...
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Machines Use Energy

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe and discuss examples of friction. They discuss what experimentally increases and decreases friction. They then predict which surface will produce the most friction and verify the prediction.
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Protecting Agriculture's Tools

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students brainstorm which tools farmers can control and why. They discuss how to conserve water, air and soil. They discuss the role of farmers and how they feed the world.
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Ingenious Inventions

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete a variety of activities as they study the various tools and machines that have been invented throughout history that have made life easier and tasks less difficult for modern man.
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Simple Machines, Odd Machine

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students construct a device to 'launch' a marshmallow at the teacher and then discuss various forms of levers. They work in teams to design catapults and identify different kinds of levers.
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Problem Solving

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students listen to a story about a cat and dog fighting all the time. They must develop and explain a machine that stops the cat and dog from fighting. Then they have a discussion about machines and inventions.
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Invention Convention

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders recognize the work of Leonardo da Vinci. They invent a new machine for the 21st century and make a model of the invention.