redsnapper Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Can anyone give me some ideas for teaching simple machines? Dd11 and ds9. Fun ideas for sure, but also guide books or lesson plan sites. Cannot afford the Lego Simple Machine stuff... :-( Thanks bunches! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Kiddos Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 (edited) I have used some things from this website: http://www.design-your-homeschool.com/easy-science-experiments-machines.html Here is some free Lego ideas too since you were interested in that! http://www.examiner.com/article/five-fabulous-ways-to-use-legos-for-learning And here is a link for your littlest to get in on the action and build her own simple machine with levers: http://spaghettiboxkids.com/blog/easy-to-make-catapult-simple-soup-can-design/# Edited July 5, 2012 by Mommyof3boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songsparrow Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 I have planned a 4-week unit (eight 70 min lessons) on Simple Machines for my dd11 next year. I'm using the lesson plans and activities from the Simple Machines unit at TeachEngineering.org for 6 of the lessons - they're excellent. I'm also adding a lesson on Leonardo da Vinci's machines, possibly with the book Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself (Build It Yourself series) by Maxine Anderson (I'm waiting for it from the library to check it out.). This will fit with our study of the Renaissance. And I'm adding a lesson on Perpetual Motion Machines. Some resources: * History of Perpetual Motion Machines * Mythbusters Season 3 Episode 11 – "Ming Dynasty Astronaut" includes the testing several perpetual motion machines (Amazon streaming free for Prime) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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