African American Biography Puzzle

Objective 2: the student will document their source correctly.

Simple Machines

Resources

Print:
Nonfiction area - 621.8
"Machines in Action" series 621.8 ROY
"The Wheel" 521.8 LOC
"Machines We Use" 621.8 HEW
"The Science Book of Machines" 621.07 ARD

Online:
RISD Online Resources:
     "Primary Search" terms: simple machines
Rube Goldberg:
http://www.rube-goldberg.com/html/gallery.htm
Friction Pages:
http://www.proteacher.com/110064.shtml
Types of Levers: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/physics/machines/Levers.shtml

For Teachers:
Widget Workshop, CD 500 WID
Machine Shop AIMS Activities, PROF 621.81 MAC

Extreme Details

Day 1: We will do variations of these activities from this web page: Proteacher: Marvelous Machines - Friction 1, Friction 2, Overcoming Friction 1 & Overcoming Friction 2. We will match work, force, friction, lubricant, and machine with their definitions using sentence strips.

Day 2: A Searchasaurus search  will identify 6 simple machines and give examples. Students will use this data page to record the information. We will then use this Power Point to review the 6 types of machines.  If there is time today, we will look at the three types of levers and examples of each using the website: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/physics/machines/Levers.shtml
 

Day 3: We are going to play with the machines today! First we will look at the Power Point again to review the simple machines. Then we will look at the examples of the three types of levers here: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/physics/machines/Levers.shtml
Once we have done a quick review we will then break into smaller groups and go through the room trying out the different machines. If we have time we will look at a Rube Goldberg drawing before we leave using this web page: http://www.rube-goldberg.com/html/gallery.htm.

Day 4: After another quick review of the simple machines and what they do, we will look closely at a few Rube Goldberg drawings. Each student will be given their own copy of the drawing and I will project the drawing up on the wall so we can all see it together. The drawings come from the Rube Goldberg site: http://www.rube-goldberg.com/html/gallery.htm. We will circle and label all the simple machines we see in the drawings and discuss the purpose of the machine. We will then discuss our final project: creating our own Rube Goldberg machines.
Students may work with a partner or alone to create and draw a machine to turn on the lights. The machine must contain at least 4 simple machines. 

Day 5 & 6: It's all about the machines! We are creating and drawing our machines. The finished creations will be displayed in the hallway.