Simple+Machines


 * Our inquiry topic for Term 3 is Simple Machines. **

**In the first week of Term 3, we brainstormed everything we knew about machines. This is what we came up with. The largest words were given most frequently. I wonder if it will change by the end of the term??** This image was created using http://www.wordle.net  **We have been busy and learning heaps about simple machines. In class we have been completing experiments using simple machines. This is what we have learned so far:** Now... what do we want to know about machines? Here is a list of questions that the students identified. It is now our task to try to find answers to these questions.

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In class we have each made a robot with moving arms. Here is what we learned:

**Some of us have made Power Points to show what we have learned. Check out what we have learned about Simple Machines: **

Our Simple Machines Inquiry topic has now come to an end. We have created another brainstorm using wordle.net. This is what we now know. What a difference from the wordle we created at the beginning of the term! 