Work, Tools, and Simple Machines
Reading and Materials List
Required Books
- none
Materials
Common Materials
- scissors
- inclined plane (kit)
- wood block (kit)
- dynamometer (kit)
- ruler (kit)
- toy car (kit)
- journal
- glue
- clay (kit)
- materials will vary depending on your child's presentation
- construction paper (kit)
- stopwatch or smartphone
- books or old magazines
- washers (kit)
- pipe cleaners (kit)
- tape
- round labels (kit)
- calculator
- crow bar or hammer
- dull knife
- glue or glue stick
- screw
- old magazines or catalogs* (2.5 - optional)
- washer sets from Lesson 1
- magazines
- large rock
- eye screw (kit)
- door wedge (kit)
- clear tape (kit)
- crayons, markers, or colored pencils
- blank paper
- plastic knife (kit)
- wood triangle (kit)
- paper towel
- pipe cleaner (kit)
- screwdrivers
- sharpened pencil (kit)
- spool (kit)
- string (kit)
- nails (kit)
- wire (kit)
- bar of soap (kit)
- 2 heavy cans or 2 bags of frozen vegetables
- hammer
- Hershey's Kiss
- hand mixer
- fork
- 3 mixing bowls
- 3 pints of heavy whipping cream
- wire whisk
- pennies
- poster board
- markers or colored pencils
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
Final Project
* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used