EE Simple Machines
EE Simple Machines
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Supply List, Standards, & Supplemental booklist
Supply List, Standards, & Supplemental booklist
- DOWNLOAD THE SUPPLY LIST to see what's included and what you'll need to gather from home.
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- DOWNLOAD THE SUPPLEMENTAL BOOKLIST to see what books are recommended to extend the unit study.
Discover the wonders of mechanics with the Simple Machines unit study!
This engaging kit is filled with hands-on activities and essential tools to introduce learners to the six types of simple machines: levers, wheels and axles, pulleys, inclined planes, wedges, and screws.
In this unit study, we will dive into early physics using hands-on, project-based learning. In each lesson, children will engage in building and creating as they explore the six types of simple machines. Each lesson includes a focused project, allowing them to experiment with concepts like levers, pulleys, and inclined planes in real, tangible ways.
Kids will explore how these machines make work easier and see how they’re used in the everyday life. Each activity brings STEM concepts to life in a fun and accessible way, making this the perfect unit for budding engineers and curious thinkers.
This type of project-based learning encourages problem-solving, critical thinking, and creativity, helping learners apply what they’ve discovered in meaningful ways. The culmination of this unit is a design challenge asking kids to combine their new knowledge of simple machines to create compound machine of their own.
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What's inside each kit?
What's inside each kit?
Inside Each Kit:
- illustrated book
- full-color teaching guide with eight lessons and 20+ activities
- printed activity pages
- digital access to activity pages
- supplemental book list
- list of the standards covered
- QR code with videos
- most of the supplies needed to complete the unit study
Learning Tips
Learning Tips
We’ve divided the learning experiences into eight sections, and we recommend doing the activities in the order suggested as some build upon the next. However, you don’t need to complete all the lesson activities at once if that’s too much for your schedule. Just pause and pick up where you left off next time. Doing these activities two days a week will take four weeks to complete the unit. The activities in this kit were designed for K to 4th graders. But we know kids are at all different levels and interests, so feel free to skip or add-to an activity if it isn’t right for your child(ren). That’s what Schoolhouse Discoveries are all about - having fun learning and finding ways that best fit your needs.
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