Simple Machines Science Reading Passages | Paper and Digital

Learn everything there is to know about simple machines through these reading passages that require no more prepping than simply printing the pages or posting a link. These passages were written to replace the need for textbooks whether you are teaching in person or online.

This resource is part of our Simple Machines Unit, but we have better resources for Alberta teachers listed below.

This time-saving resource includes:

• reading passages about Forces, Wheels and Rollers, Wheels and Axles, Gears, Wedges and Inclined Planes, Pulleys, Levers, Screws, Drive Systems, Simple Machine Devices
• topics aligned to learning outcomes so you can use them throughout your simples machines unit.
• an approximate Grade Four reading level.
• simple suggestions to use the science reading passages in your classroom.
• loose text next to the slides that can be read by your assistive technology tools. You will need to open the resource PDF to find the digital link.
  

This resource supports science concepts from these provinces and territories:

• Saskatchewan: FM5.1 Analyze the effects of...mechanical forces... Grade 4
• British Columbia and Yukon Territory: Simple Machines and their Forces Grade 5
• Northwest Territories: Pulleys and Gears Grade 4
• Manitoba: Forces and Simple Machines Grade 5
• any upper elementary or middle school science unit about simple machines

Do you teach science in Alberta? We have science units for you!

• Learn how we're adjusting resources to align with the new science curriculum in Alberta.
• Grade 3 Full Year of Lessons and Activities
• Grade 4 Full Year of Lessons and Activities
• Grade 5 Full Year of Lessons and Activities
• Grade 6 Full Year of Lessons and Activities

Do you teach science in another region? 

• Waste in Our World Unit
• Light and Shadow Unit
• Plant Growth Unit
• Simple Machines Unit
• Weather Unit
• Wetland Ecosystems Unit
• Electricity and Magnetism Unit
• Chemistry Unit
• Astronomy Unit
• Human Body Systems

Ninja Note: To access the digital version, download the PDF and use the link in that file.

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