Simply Research

Today all the kids began researching Simple Machines. We started with a video by Bill Nye the Science Guy. After watching, the kids compiled a list of what they learned from the video. Then they broke into pairs to research information in books, through YouTube, and on the internet.

Before wrapping up for the evening, all the kids shared the information they had gathered. It seems clear that perhaps we will need to spend a little more time next week on research because there is more information they wanted to get to. Next week will also start the planning process for the performance. The team will need to think of a problem to be solved with a Complex Machine (combining two or more Simple Machines).

Throughout the week, if a team member sees a Simple Machine, s/he should take a picture or video of it and send it to the Team Manager. Then we can share them all next meeting.

Here are the digital resources the students used during the meeting:

YouTube Playlist
Websites
Notes the kids took (feel free to add to them if you do more research)