Dive into simple machines! They may be ‘simple’, but these machines really keep our world moving! Students will use teamwork and innovation to manipulate forces and solve a not-so-simple challenge.

Grades: 4–6

Time: 45 minutes

Capacity: 30 persons

Cost:

In-Person: $100

Curricular Connections:

Science 5: Properties and Changes of Materials
- MC5.1: Investigate the characteristics and physical properties of materials in solid, liquid, and gaseous states of matter.

Science 5: Forces and Simple Machines
- FM5.2: Investigate the characteristics of simple machines, including levers, wheels and axles, pulleys, inclined planes, screws, and wedges, for moving and lifting loads.
Science 6: Principles of Flight
- FL6.2: Investigate how the forces of thrust, drag, lift, and gravity act on living things and constructed devices that fly through the air.