Simple Machines
Family Edition
$14.99 USD
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Simple Machines
$14.99 USD
Meet the six simple machines, build a catapult, a cardboard car and a pulley lift, then put them all together in a chain reaction.
Your week
- Day 1: Levers · Make: Lever lab and craft-stick catapult
- Day 2: Ramps and wedges · Make: Ramp races
- Day 3: Wheels and axles · Make: Build a cardboard car
- Day 4: Pulleys and screws · Make: Spool pulley lift and paper screw
- Day 5: Machines working together · Make: Chain reaction machine and family show
Choose your edition
- K–2 Edition ($9.99): the full week with worksheets for kindergarten through 2nd grade
- 3–5 Edition ($9.99): the full week with reading passages and worksheets for 3rd through 5th grade
- Family Edition ($14.99): both worksheet levels, for siblings across K–5
What's inside
- Word-for-word parent guide for every day (SAY, ASK and DO cues)
- Full-color picture pages and illustrated project steps
- Leveled worksheets with answer keys, including ramp-race data and test reports
- 20 printable flashcards and three review games
- Word search, five coloring pages and a mini-reader
- Field trip ideas, a field trip journal, certificate and book list
Most supplies are things you already have: craft sticks, rubber bands, straws, bottle caps, string and a few books.
Printable PDF. One purchase covers every child in your family.