4 M3A - Simple Machines: Force and Motion

All About Simple Machines (2004)

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Understanding the world around us can be a real adventure! That's the message in this 11-part series for children in grades K-4. Kids travel along as our young host explores the world of physical science and how it can be seen, touched and understood in everyday life.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:23
All About Simple Machines

Destruct 3

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One player builds a block tower in the center of the board, then the other players attempt to destroy the stack using either a ramp, catapult, or pendulum. The destruction method each player uses is determined by a die roll.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Science
Play Time: 
15 min.
Destruct 3

108 Stitches: The Physics in Baseball (2004)

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Shows the various physical forces at play in the pitch, the hit, the flight of the ball and the run around the bases. DVD includes 4 programs: 1. The Pitch takes a look at gravity, air drag, and the Magnus force. 2.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:28
108 Stitches: The Physics in Baseball

All About Motion & Balance (2000, 2004)

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Understanding the world around us can be a real adventure! That's the message in this 11-part series for children in grades K-4. Kids travel along as our young host explores the world of physical science and how it can be seen, touched and understood in everyday life.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:23
All About Motion & Balance

Simple Machines (1998)

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When a group of children attempt to move their play fort, they realize that six simple machines make the work much easier by changing either force or distance. They learn to identify real-world examples of simple machines including the lever, pulley, wedge, wheel and axle, inclined plane, and screw.

Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:16
Simple Machines

Laws of Motion (1999)

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Isaac Newton himself shows students how gravity, friction, and inertia are related to mass, force, and momentum. Exciting graphics and re-creations allow students to see how Newton's laws of motion relate to real life. Experiments with roller blades, baseballs, and other common objects encourage students to make science exploration recreational.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Length: 
00:17
Laws of Motion

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