Simple Machines: The Screw We started this week by learning about a special type of simple machine, an inclined plane wrapped around something! It was a screw. All of us recognised screws as a tool, we were surprised to see that bottle caps, light bulbs and jar lids also had screws! Screws are very good at holding things together. We used our fine motor skills to use a screwdriver to twist a screw into wood. Simple Machines: The Pulley We also learned about the pulley, the last simple machine from our Simple Machines book. Pulley's are very useful at lifting heavy things, and the more pulleys, the easier it gets! Ms Bustamante gave us a problem to solve, she wants us to move animals in 3 different ways using simple machines. As the first way, we all made a pulley out of recycled materials. Is it a simple or complex machine? There was still some confusion about what simple machines really are. We can name the 6 simple machines, and identify how they're useful. But in our heads, machines are robots and cars! We learned that machines like robots and cars are actually complex machines. They have many different parts to make them work, and often run on electricity or fuel. We found simple and complex machines from around the classroom and sorted them into their respective groups.
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AuthorWe are a class of 4-6 year olds at an international school in Singapore! We learn by playing, inquiring and having fun. Our teacher is Ms Bustamante, and this is our learning journey! Archives
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