Activity
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Linear Function Machine

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interactive "machine" allows you to see first hand how a function works. Enter several input values, receive the output values, and determine the algebraic function.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Splash, Pop, Fizz: Rube Goldberg Machines

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Refreshed with an understanding of the six simple machines; screw, wedge, pully, incline plane, wheel and axle, and lever, student groups receive materials and an allotted amount of time to act as mechanical engineers to design and...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Function Machine

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
During this activity, eighth grade students will interpret the perimeter of a train of triangles, squares, trapezoids, or hexagons as a function (for each input, there will be exactly one output). Students will represent their data in a...
Lesson Plan
Google

Google for Education: Machine Testing

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students test the functionality of a mysterious new machine whose operations are described to the class, but cannot be opened up for further investigation. Students come up with a testing strategy for this machine, test it according to...
Interactive
Museum of Science

Museum of Science (Boston): Leonardo's Mysterious Machines

For Students 3rd - 8th
A game that showcases the inventive genius of Leonardo da Vinci, who made drawings of helicopters, planes, and tanks long before these machines ever became modern-era realities. Have fun learning about Leonardo's many ideas while you...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Structure and Function of Globular Proteins

For Students 9th - 10th
The structure of a machine's parts in relation to one another and the proper functioning of the machine itself, applies not just to the machines is, but also to the ones at work inside our bodies. These molecular machines, called...
Activity
Museum of Science

The Museum of Science: Gadget Anatomy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Museum of Science presents some compound machines and asks students to identify which simple machines they are composed of. Students provide their answer and receive immediate feedback.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Inspecting and Machining a Disc Brake Rotor

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The proper inspection machining or refinishing of disc brake rotors ensures quality brake repairs with little to no opportunity for returns for customer complaints. This lesson will teach inspection, measuring and machining techniques...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Inspecting and Machining a Disc Brake Rotor

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The proper inspection machining or refinishing of disc brake rotors ensures quality brake repairs with little to no opportunity for returns for customer complaints. This instructional activity will teach inspection, measuring and...
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Mind and Machines

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Focusing a study on the philosophy of mind, examine this thorough collection of resources to enhance discussions.
Lesson Plan
Museum of Science

The Museum of Science: Sketch Gadget Anatomy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Museum of Science provides this site that shows the activity in which students sketch all the elements of a compound machine describing each component's function. Also includes an extension activity for homework.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Relation Machine

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A downloadable activity that allows students to practice solving equations by using the "relation machine." Solve for y and determine if the relation is a function for the x value.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Automotive Brake Service

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The proper inspection machining or refinishing of brake drums ensures quality brake repairs with little to no opportunity for returns for customer complaints. This lesson will teach inspection, measuring and machining techniques and...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Breathe In, Breathe Out

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students are introduced to the respiratory system, the lungs and air. They learn about how the lungs and diaphragm work, how air pollution affects lungs and respiratory functions, some widespread respiratory problems, and how engineers...

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