K’nex 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