This unit supports what the kids have already read or learned about simple machines and gives them the opportunity to try out different things for themselves. It also makes heavy use of language arts and math skills and provides an opportunity to reinforce teamwork skills. Work and Machines Machines Third grade students start to develop a sense of how technology fits into their everyday life and how the technology we have today came to be. As humans adapted their environment to make life easier, they were able to discover several things that made the necessary work for survival easier. They started to see how such things as wheels simplified their work, that an axle added to wheels worked even better and so began the advent of technology.
Emphasis is placed on the purpose of simple machines.
Students will be able to apply what they learn to their every day life. For Questions and Comments, contact Jim Cornish , Grade Five Teacher, Gander Academy, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. This page was last updated August 15, 1998.