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Legos: Simple machines

Page history last edited by Marla Williams 13 years, 4 months ago

January 2010 Documents 

 

Build your own catapult.doc - these are instructions to build a catapult at home.  A quick and fun project - 10 minutes in length!

Levers and Pulleys Activity.doc

 

Heavy Lifting.doc

 

Catapult Activity.doc

 

Lego Activity Station.doc 

 

simple machines -post.doc

 

2009 Documents

 

Hands On Experiments for Simple Machines.pdf

 

Catapult Kit, Edmund Scientific ($24.95), Steve Spangler ($29.95)--better one is available from Thames & Cosmos.

 

Balancing Man, Steve Spangler ($12.95)--KRI: This is ok--hard for my 5 year old to do the balancing; might work better with older, and patient, children.

 

Pulley Discovery Kit,  Steve Spangler ($18.95)-purchased by a parent-KRI: I found this difficult to use and it only had minimal directions. I recommend that you keep looking for alternate kits.

 

SuperStructs Wacky Machines,  Steve Spangler ($59.95)--KRI: This is like TinkerToys, but made with plastic and including gears. Lots of fun, but maybe not better than TinkerToys.

 

 

Learning Resources: Mulitple kits for creating simple machines, price range from $35-$75.00

 

Super Balls, $5.95--KRI: I got this one at the Boy Scout shop (also available at Target)--really works: 'machine' is a polymer-demonstates potential and kinetic energy. (KRI); see Kit Testing for Physics for a 'review'.

 

 

 

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