Simple Machines Reading Passage and Activities printable + digital

Teaching simple machines? This fun resource teaches students about simple machines and provides simple machine examples. Students learn not only to list the machines but to understand the force-distance tradeoff that is crucial to understanding mechanical advantage.

What's included:

• Reading comprehension packet—11 pages, fully illustrated and written in funny, kid-friendly language
• All 6 simple machines are clearly explained with definitions and examples
• Vocabulary defined in kid-friendly terms
• Self-checking vocabulary worksheet (correct answers reveal answer to the riddle)
• Reading comprehension questions—10 questions with a variety of higher-order thinking levels
• 4 bell-ringer writing prompts
• All answer keys
• Google Slides™ digital link to all student pages which can be assigned in Google Classroom™

This is a really good value!

 This product directly helps with teaching:

• input forces and output forces
• the force-distance tradeoff in simple machines
• mechanical energy, Conservation of Energy, force and motion concepts
• six simple machines: lever, inclined plane, pulley, wheel & axle, wedge and screw
• fulcrum, thread, mechanical advantage, block and tackle, fixed pulley, movable pulley, and compound machines

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