Grade 3 Links- Physical Science - Simple Machines

Grade 3 Links- Physical Science - Simple Machines
Overarching Question: How do simple machines transfer energy?

Energy can be transformed from one form to another.
	Inventors Toolbox http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InventorsToolbox.html

There are six simple machines; lever, wedge, inclined plane, pulley, wheel and axle, screw.
	Franklin Institute Online http://sln.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight3/spotlight3.html
	Simple Machines Learning Site http://www.coe.uh.edu/archive/science/science_lessons/scienceles1/finalhome.htm
	Research/Informational Sites on Simple Machines http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/simmach.html
	Levers http://www.brainpop.com/technology/seeall/
	Canada Science and Technology Museum http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/english/schoolzone/Info_Simple_Machines.cfm
	Wheel & Axle http://www.brainpop.com/landing/?refer=/technology/simplemachines/wheelandaxle
	Understanding Simple Machines http://www.fi.edu/pieces/knox/automaton/simple.htm
	The Six Simple Machines http://www.mikids.com/Smachines.htm

Simple machines make work easier.
	Kosmoi - Simple Machines http://encyclozine.com/Science/Physics/Machines/
	Structures and Mechanisms http://camillasenior3.homestead.com/mechanicalefficiency.html
	Simple Machines in Nature http://www.sfscience.com/english/grade_3/unit_B/chap_2/act_3/1.htm

There are both simple and complex machines.
	Simple and Complex Machines http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/index.htm
	Machines http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/8th/machines/sciber/intro.htm
	The Museum of Unworkable Devices http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/museum/unwork.htm


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