Simple Machines

Spontaneous Problem: Write as many idioms as you can think of.
Boundary Breaker: What does a scientist do?

Today we read one of my favorite books, Ada Twist: Scientist by Andrea Beaty and competed in a Kahoot on the Scientific Method for a review of last week.  Our exploration focus was on simple machines.  We were able to use a student paced Simple Machines Nearpod to brush up on our understanding, take some good notes, and play several online quizzes and activities reinforcing the concepts.  Your student can continue to explore at home with this game and this vocabulary review.

Students then used their creativity and knowledge of simple machines to draw the internal workings and come up with the purpose of our imaginary contraption.

We had fun practicing the Habit of Mind, Thinking Flexibly with the Hidden Squares Challenge puzzle and Persisting with the Penny Balance Challenge.

We finished by introducing the Inventions and Inventors project that students will have the opportunity to work on over our upcoming break.  We also reviewed our archaeology content and expectations for the upcoming field study.