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{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links}   Before I had my boys I was a 4th/5th grade teacher and one of my favorite units to teach was Simple Machines. There were so many incredible hands-on learning opportunities with this unit that I just couldn’t fit it all in. One project I always… Simple Machine Crafts Preschool, Pulley Activities For Preschool, Preschool Catapult, How Things Work Machines, Simple Machines Activities For Preschool, Simple Machines For Preschool, Simple Machines Creative Curriculum, Creative Curriculum Simple Machine Study, Preschool Engineering Activities

{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} Before I had my boys I was a 4th/5th grade teacher and one of my favorite units to teach was Simple Machines. There were so many incredible hands-on learning opportunities with this unit that I just couldn’t fit it all in. One project I always…

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Simple Machines Unit, Simple Machines Activities, Simple Machine Projects, Natural Playground Ideas, Inclined Plane, Colorful Classroom, Simple Machine, 1st Grade Science, Playground Ideas

As soon as I start preparing and planning for my simple machines unit, I know the year is coming to a close. Well… we have about two more months. Which sounds like a lifetime. Testing always sneaks up on us, but then there is three weeks of kids going crazy and antsy in the classroom! […]

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Simple Machines Stem Activities, Transportation Stem Activities, Kindergarten Engineering Activities, Maker Space Ideas Elementary, Simple Machines Activities, Wheel And Axle, Simple Machine Projects, Steam Ideas, Stem Classes

My students LOVE, LOVE, LOVE STEAM projects! This week we learned about the Wheel and Axle Simple Machine. A wheel and axle is a simple machine that has a “wheel” and a smaller axle that uses the two parts to rotate together to transfer force from one part to the other.

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Wagon Wheel Pasta Gear Train - Hands on STEM activity for Kids | Meredith Anderson - Momgineer Wagon Wheel Pasta, Simple Machines Unit, Simple Machines Activities, Simple Machine Projects, Pulleys And Gears, Train Wagon, Stem Activity For Kids, Gear Train, Steam Ideas

Exploring Gears with PASTA! I dyed some pasta one night to use for some crafts. One of the kinds I had was mini wagon wheels, and when I brought them inside from drying in the garage overnight, my brain was chanting "gears!" so I grabbed some toothpicks and cardboard boxes and made a wagon wheel gear train. I had to share it with the kids (and you too)! Materials needed for gear pasta: wagon wheel pasta (dye if desired) toothpicks cardboard box Get started on this gear STEM activity Pick out…

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