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Simple Machines/ PowerPoint/Comic Life
Grade Level:
3
Subject:
Technology/Science
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Goal Summary:
Students will understand that simple machines use force and motion to function.
Students will use digital tools to create an illustration.
Students will use the Internet to search for images safely.
Students will use an online reading program to practice reading skills.
Students will work together to create a design for a simple machine
Standards Met:
Essential Questions:
I can use the Internet to research safely.
I can use digital tools to create an illustration.
I can collaborate with my peers to design a simple machine.
I can use an online reading program to practice my reading skills.
I can copy and paste images into a document from the Internet.
Understandings:
Students should understand that simple machines don't require electricity. Students should understand that simple machines can be combined to create compound or complex machines.
Content Goals:
Students will identify various simple machines, their use and the forces of motion needed to make them function.
Skill Goals:
Students will be able to use the Internet to research safely. (http://infotopia.info)
Students will be able to use the shapes button in PowerPoint to create an illustration of a simple machine.
Students will be able to use text box button to create a text box, and utilize the keyboard to write a paragraph describing the simple machine they illustrated.
Students will be able to work together to design a simple machine that can be used in the classroom or school.
Students will be able to copy and paste legal images from the Internet.
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