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Multiply your strength
- Grade 4
- Science and Technology
- Understanding Structures and Mechanisms
Description
In this activity, students explain the increase in force in machines that use gears and pulleys. They design a diagram of how to transport a piano from the truck to a stage in the school. They use algorithmic thinking to describe the route taken by the machines to transport a piano.
Learning goals
- I use contact and distance forces to move objects.
- I write code to give specific instructions.
Vocabulary
- simple machine
- lever
- groove
- algorithmic reasoning
- fulcrum
- pivot
- inclined plane
- screw
- wheel
- axle
- gear wheel
- pulley
- hoist
- force
- distance
- load
- diagram
- movements
