For hands-on activities about force, work, wheels, pulleys, and inclined planes that connect science with real life, choose Simple Machines.
This book, designed with good science and easy teaching in mind, covers these concepts: work is done when a force is used to move something over a distance, some jobs take more work that other jobs, machines make work easier, machines may have few, many, or no moving parts, the lever is a simple machine, the wheel and axle is a simple machine, the pulley is a simple machine, the inclined plane is a simple machine, the screw is a simple machine, the wedge is a simple machine.
Activities help children practice skills in: observation, analysis, communication, making comparisons, prediction, critical thinking, and recording.
Areas of study address major themes such as: change, structure, function, cycles, diversity, and cause and t speeds through different materials sound can be controlled by changing the length of, or directing, sound waves, light, heat, and sound can move and change matter.
Activities help children practice skills in: observation, analysis, communication, making comparisons, prediction, critical thinking, and recording.
Areas of study address major themes such as: change, diversity, and cause and effect.
Samples of the hands-on learning experiences: investigate to prove that light travels in a straight line, test objects to determine if they are opaque, translucent, or transparent, conduct two investigations at a shadow center, make a thermometer, construct tests to determine how to keep a liquid hot, make super listener earphones and use them to conduct four investigations on sound, investigate and list materials that are good and poor conductors of sound, experiment to prove that light, heat, and sound can move or change matter.
Contains many reproducible, ready-to-go resources, such as record sheets, logbook forms, mini books, and picture cards.
Illustrated throughout with fun, helpful line art.
All 80 pages perforated for easy removal.
Price:
$12.99
