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K’nex simple Machines. By: Ellise Hansen and Abby Guinn. Goals. 1. Build 14 K'nex simple machines (two of each). 2. Video tape and test our simple machines. 3. Learn the key terms. What is K’nex. Construction toy system. Explore the seven simple machines.
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K’nex simple Machines By: Ellise Hansen and Abby Guinn
Goals • 1. Build 14 K'nex simple machines (two of each). • 2. Video tape and test our simple machines. • 3. Learn the key terms.
What is K’nex • Construction toy system. • Explore the seven simple machines. • Follow instructions to create a Lego like object.
Materials • Camera • K’nex pieces and instructions • Tape (optional) • Paper (optional)
Simple Machines • Wedge • Inclined Plane • Screw • Lever • Wheel and Axle • Pulley • Gears
Vocabulary • Fulcrum • Load • Work • Effort
What We Learned? • Spinning Top • Spinning Top Video • Ferris Wheel • Ferris Wheel Video • Wheelbarrow • Wheelbarrow Video • Catapult • Catapult Video
What We Learned? • Roller Coaster Ramps • Roller Coaster Ramps Video • Moving Truck • Moving Truck Video • Axe • Axe Video • Chisel • Lawn Mower • Lawn Mower Video
What We Learned • Hand Drill • Hand Drill Video • Archidemis Screw • Archidemis Screw Video • Clothesline • Clothesline Video • Flagpole • Flagpole Video • Eggbeater • Eggbeater Video
Always look at the parts needed! What We Learned • Follow instructions • The main parts used in the kit • Color of the instructions • Take apart after done There is a difference.
Did We Achieve Our Goals? • Yes, we did • 14 simple machines, 2 of each • Videos and pictures of all • Basic simple machine vocab learned
What Helped Us? • Learning Launcher • K’nex Instructions
Difficulty • Easy once figured out • Roller Coaster seems like a good challenge • Frustration gets hard
Advice • Be patient • Follow instructions • Build carefully • Check blue bins
Standards We Achieved • Standards we acheived
Bibliography • Learning Launcher • http://grow.gardenmediagroup.com/blog/bid/296193/PR-Case-Study-Defining-Goals-and-Objectives • http://inhabitat.com/us-space-rocket-centre-employees-build-world%E2%80%99s-largest-k%E2%80%99nex-sculpture/knex-pieces/ • http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.cfm?curOrg=ACL&curKey2=kids • http://www.westfield.ma.edu/personalpages/draker/edcom/final/FA07/sectionb/hands/Simplemachines.html • http://bobgroves.com/5-steps-to-help-achieve-your-goals/ • http://atimannetteoton.com/2013/09/20/the-artists-and-designers-cover-up-fronting-stuck-hiding-and-running-away/ • http://archive.ncsa.illinois.edu/Cyberia/Cosmos/CosmolBiblio.html • http://feminspire.com/relationship-advice-the-l-word-and-a-wandering-mind/ • http://jamiethedentist.com/dental-extractions/difficulty • http://camillasenior.homestead.com/Review_Simple_Machines.pdf • http://courses.washington.edu/engr100/Section_Wei/rube_goldberg/Simple%20machine.pdf