In this simple machines worksheet, students read about the pyramids and the simple machines used to build them. They answer three critical thinking questions about the building of the pyramids.

High schoolers study kinetic energy and how it works.  For this investigative lesson students divide into groups and attempt to break a board with their hand. 

Students explore kinetic energy.  For this energy lesson students complete an activity and explain what happened. 

Middle schoolers discover the difference between kinetic and potential energy in an experiment using toy cars and tracks. In small groups, they set up the experiment to determine the distance milk cartons will travel when hit by toy car....

For this simple machines worksheet, students review the different types of simple machines and examples of each machine. This worksheet, has 1 graphic organizer and 6 short answer questions.

Explore how different objects move down ramps in this Curious George activity. Students will make predictions about how objects will roll down different heights of ramps.

This activity is based on the common experiment of running a marble down a ramp to do work on a cup. Students will be able to see the relationship between mass and energy of the marble and the ramp height.

Students roll miniature cars down a ramp and measure their speed and acceleration every 10 cm. Students can vary the type of car, height of ramp or the ramp material. Student change one of these variables to investigate how the car's...

After creating three different ramps with various heights, young scholars will release toy cars from the tops of each ramp. Based on the elementary age level, students will collect data and analyze it.