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Student Challenges. Please visit these sites and complete the activities to learn more about simple machines.

//**Simple Machines game**// - http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/ - click on the 'Click here to start' button Don't forget to visit the house first to learn about simple machines and then the barn to learn about compound machines.

http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html - Learn about Leonardo's amazing inventions and how he used simple machines.

http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/LeosMysteriousMachinery.html - see if you can work out what each of Leonard's mysterious machines were.

[|simple machines lessons] click on the button that says simple machines learning site. Then click on each of the simple machines shown and have a go at doing one or two of the experiments. We will try some things out at school and discuss our findings. Don't forget to have a go at the [|quiz] at the bottom of the page

Unit Resources - Students don't need to visit all of these but may do so if they are interested.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/dirtrep/simple/index.htm

http://www.dynamicscience.com.au/tester/solutions/hydraulicus/gears.htm

http://www.professorbeaker.com/simple.html

http://www.suelebeau.com/gears.htm

http://42explore.com/smplmac.htm

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/Summer_Training/KaeAvenueES/SIMPLE_MACHINES.html

http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=15769&external=http:www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/resrcs/lessons/299machine.pdf&original=http:www.proteacher.com/110064.shtml&title=Putting%20the

http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=9889&external=http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/gr3uhesc.html&original=http://www.proteacher.com/110064.shtml&title=Simple%20Machines

http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=2007&external=http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/SketchGadgetAnatomy.html&original=http://www.proteacher.com/110064.shtml&title=Sketching%20Gadget%20Anatomy

http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=13121&external=http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/activity/physics/mech-1.html&original=http://www.proteacher.com/110064.shtml&title=The%20Incredible%20Lever

http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=13122&external=http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/activity/physics/mech-2.html&original=http://www.proteacher.com/110064.shtml&title=The%20Pulley

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/simmach.html THIS IS A GOOD ONE!

http://canadaonline.about.com/od/simplemachines/Simple_Machines_Lesson_Plans_K8.htm - another goodie!

http://www.fi.edu/pieces/knox/automaton/lpsimplemachines.htm

http://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/science/science_lessons/scienceles1/finalhome.htm

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceMD6SimpleMachinesFullUnit46.htm

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/invention-leonardoslegacy/

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://sciencezine.net/Science/Physics/Machines/lever.gif&imgrefurl=http://sciencezine.net/Science/Physics/Machines/&usg=__3AlRXN3wYAZ7heFDp2UKKuLpQJw=&h=197&w=363&sz=3&hl=en&start=5&sig2=0HjUselZo9hU4BB_zi0Mkw&tbnid=wh81J8qTXe1hRM:&tbnh=66&tbnw=121&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsimple%2Bmachines%2Blever%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den&ei=w-IgSp2xI5ngsgOkg7SQBA

http://web.dps.k12.va.us/ParkAve/simpws1.gif

http://machines4me.googlepages.com/simplemachines

http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/SimpleMachines/machines003.htm

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/k-12/Summer_Training/KaeAvenueES/SIMPLE_MACHINES.html

http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=4532&external=http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsWorkshop.html&original=http://www.proteacher.com/110064.shtml&title=Inventors%20Workshop:%20%20Exploring%20Leonardo

http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=4127&external=http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/machines/#exper&original=http://www.proteacher.com/110064.shtml&title=Marvelous%20Machines

http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=11616&external=http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/cur/simp-mach/&original=http://www.proteacher.com/110064.shtml&title=Moving%20Along%20with%20Simple%20Machines