Simple Machines
This set of 7 charts depicts each of the 6 types of simple machine - lever, pulley, inclined plane, screw, wedge, wheel and axle. The title page shows pictures of each of the simple machines. The following pages feature a description of each machine along with exacmples of each.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to identify how forces can be exerted by one object on another through direct contact or from a distance.
Curriculum alignment
ST2-1WS-S
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Questions, plans and conducts scientific investigations, collects and summarises data and communicates using scientific representations
ST2-2DP-T
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Selects and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
ST2-8PW-ST
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Describes the characteristics and effects of common forms of energy, such as light and heat
ST2-9PW-ST
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Describes how contact and non-contact forces affect an object’s motion
ST2-10ES-S
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Investigates regular changes caused by interactions between the Earth and the Sun, and changes to the Earth’s surface
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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