1. A special partnership between the Georgia Department of Education and the Educational Technology Training Centers in support of the 8 th Grade Physical Science Frameworks. Module 1 Science of Toys

2. Georgia Performance Standards Framework for Physical Science - Grade 8 Unit: Science with Toys Inquiry Task Tools as Toys Subject Area: Physical Science Grade: 8

3. Standards (Content and Characteristics) S8P3. Students will investigate relationship between force, mass, and the motion of objects. c.Demonstrate the effect of simple machines on work. S8CS1. Students will explore the importance of curiosity, honesty, openness, and skepticism in science and will exhibit these traits in their own efforts to understand how the world works. a.Understand the importance of – and keep – honest, clear, and accurate records in science. b.Understand that hypotheses can be valuable even if they turn out not to be completely accurate.

4. Enduring Understanding: Simple machines are all around us, and they reduce the effort to do work. Essential Question: Where do we find simple machines and how do they make life easier?

5. Wheel & Axle Screw Wedge Inclined Plane Pulley Lever There are six simple machines we learned about in class. Please match the simple machine with its picture.

8. Activity 1: Divide and Conquer  Split the class into the following groups: plane, pulley, lever, wedge, screw, wheel and axle.  Students will be given a collection of simple tools that are around the house and classroom.  Each group will collect the all the items that represent their machine.  The leader of each group will give a presentation answering the following questions:  Why they chose the particular items to put in their group?  How is this item a simple machine?  The class will then create a wall chart classifying the items.

9. Activity 2: Toy Design  Students will design or improve a toy using at least three different simple machines.  Students will then write a proposal to the toy company highlighting their toy.  The proposal will address:  The addition of a simple machine  How it changed and affected the energy of the toy

10. Activity 3: Let's Take a Walkabout!  Students will take digital pictures to document the number of simple machines in and around the school.  The pictures will be compiled into a simple machines PowerPoint slideshow.  The students will tally the number of different types of machines and create a graph using the Create-A-Graph website http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx

11. Activity 4: Video Journal  Students will watch a video related to simple machines.  Their journal entry should include the following information:  What type of machine the item models.  How that item models that machine.  How the item/machine helps or improves life.  If the item is a new version, how it is better than previous versions.

13. A.Wedge B.Screw C.Inclined Plane D.Lever

14. A.Screw B.Wheel and Axle C.Wedge D.Pulley

15. A.Pulley B.Wheel and axle C.Screw D.Wedge

16. A.Inclined Plane B.Pulley C.Wedge D.Screw

17. A.Lever B.Wheel and Axle C.Screw D.Pulley

18. A.Wedge B.Inclined Plane C.Lever D.Screw