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Overview:
In this lesson, students learn about work as defined by physical science and see that work is made easier through the use of simple machines. Already encountering simple machines everyday, students will be alerted to their widespread uses in everyday life. This lesson serves as the starting point for the Simple Machines Unit.
Subject:
Engineering, Physics
Level:
Middle School, High School
Grades:
Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9
Material Type:
Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
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Provider:
TeachEngineering
Provider Set:
TeachEngineering
Date Added:
09/18/2014
License:
Educational Use Permitted
Language:
English
Media Format:
Graphics/Photos, Text/HTML

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Lucas Barker
on Oct 29, 05:57am Evaluation

Quality of Assessments: Limited (1)

I like the idea of the assessment with the different engineering fields, but it does not seem to relate to the simple machines very much.

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