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STEAM - Build an Amazing Machine!
Lesson5 of 8 in this unit
Cool+PrimaryYear 3 - 4EnglishMathematicsScienceTechnologyDesign and TechnologiesEnvironmentalSustainabilityEconomicDesign ThinkingSystems Thinking
Lesson Summary
This is a STEAM lesson, which adds the Arts to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
In this lesson, students will develop their understanding of forces by exploring push, pull, gravity and friction. They will then apply their understandings to create a complex system that performs a simple task, inspired by the works of Rube Goldberg. Students will identify the various forces at work within their systems and the origin of those forces.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- apply knowledge of forces to create a Rube Goldberg-inspired machine.
Success criteria
Students can:
- explain what a force is
- explain what motion is
- explain whether a movement has been caused by a push or pull
- identify when gravity is the force creating a movement
- identify the origin of forces in their Rube Goldberg-inspired design.
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