Wheels, Levers and Inclined Planes Lessons and Activities | Paper and Digital

Students will learn about wheels, levers and inclined planes through various investigations and experiments. Students will get to build, test and learn about how these simple machines reduce the effort needed. Best of all, you don't have to plan anything because we did it for you!

This engaging resource includes:

• detailed investigations and exploring inclined planes, levers and wheels (and axles).
• brief information about screws, wedges and pulleys.
• building inclined planes, levers and devices that use wheels (and axles).
• exploring different types of levers (though students do not formally classify them).
• exploring different tools used by Indigenous People including the ulu, travois, red river cart, kakivak, bird dart, hide scrapers, arrowheads and many more.
• identifying different simple machines.
• four complete teacher lesson plans including possible modifications for differentiation.
• student pages and templates.
• answer keys and suggested answers.
• opportunities to extend learning.
• ideas for how to use this resource in the classroom, online, or a mix.
• a digital version of all the student pages that use Google Slides. You must download the PDF file and use the access link in the file to get your digital copy. 
• an alignment guide for Alberta Outcomes.

These lessons align with:

• Alberta Science Curriculum © 2022 Grade 3 (new outcomes)
  

These lessons support:

• introducing simple machines, however, this resource focuses on wheels, levers and inclined planes.

Ninja Note: This resource is specific to the Alberta curriculum. If you are looking for general lessons about simple machines, this resource is a better match.

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