Simple Machines

♦ INCLINED PLANE
♦ LEVER
♦ PULLEY
♦ SCREW
♦ WEDGE
♦ WHEEL AND AXLE
♦ GEAR

This resource was created to complement the Ontario Curriculum Grade 2 Science and Technology strand;

UNDERSTANDING STRUCTURES AND MECHANISMS; MOVEMENT

- Most expectations for this strand are covered and are stated at the top of the page to help guide your lessons.

☼ Learning Goals and Success Criteria posters are included to support this resource; 3 Learning Goals, each with 2-3 Success Criteria. Colour-coded for easy organization.

☼ Interactive Notebook Activity • Differentiated ☼

• Choose between 3 different options for an interactive notebook activity for each simple machine. The task increases in difficulty allowing for differentiation.

• Option 1: Pre-organized pages (1 per simple machine). Add to science notebooks and identify each object. Word Bank is included to help with this task.

• Option 2: Cut and glue the examples onto each flap of the interactive notebook page. Identify each object under the flap and tell why it's used.

• Option 3: Cut and glue the correct examples onto each flap of the interactive notebook page. Identify each object under the flap and tell why it's useful.

☼ Summary Page ☼

• All simple machines (names and picture) on the same page for quick and easy review!

☼ Posters ☼

• Black & White full page posters (1 per simple machine) with an example and a short description.

• These can be added to student notebooks as you introduce each simple machine.

• These also look great photocopied onto different colours of bright paper for your science center or bulletin board!

☼ My Bicycle ☼

• Discover all the simple machines that make up your bike! 2 options; pre-organized for notebooks and interactive (cut and glue the labels onto the page)

☼ Simple Machines in Daily Life ☼

• Consider the advantages of having simple machines in our daily lives. 16 real-life situations (4 pages) where students will identify the simple machine(s) used, how it is used, and the advantage(s) to having it. Students will consider the following;

- Moving a refrigerator up a flight of stairs (inclined plane, pulley)
- Travelling a far distance (wheel and axle)
- Construction zone (wedge, lever, wheel and axle, inclined plane, gear, pulley)
- Building a treehouse (screw, lever)
- Playing a keyboard / piano (lever)
- Cutting a pizza (wheel and axle)
- Riding a skateboard (lever, wheel and axle)
- Using a see-saw (lever)
- Going down a slide (inclined plane)
- Blender, toaster / kitchen appliances (gear, lever)
- Airplane (screw, wheel and axle, gear)
- Wheelchair (wheel and axle, inclined plane)
- Roller coaster (inclined plane, gear)
- School bus (wheel and axle, lever, gear)
- Cutting a ham / roast (wedge)
- Skateboard park / ramp (inclined plane)

☼ Culminating Activity • Project ☼

• Student handout stating the culminating activity; to design, build, and test a mechanism that includes one or more simple machines.

• Guiding questions are included to help students focus their project and help with their presentation.

• Rubric is included

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