PREPARATIONS CHECK LIST____ Permission Slips ____ Chaperones ____
Group Students ____ Order Buses ____
Make Up Chaperone’s Packet ____
Make Up Student’s Packet ____
Meet With Chaperones ____
Meet With Students ____ Boxes For Lunches |
Before Going To The Franklin Institute ·
The children will be able to identify the lever,
the pulley, and the inclined plane ·
The children will be able to calculate the
amount of work done by each simple machine by applying the rule Work =
force x distance ·
The children will know that work is done when something is
moved ·
The children will know that work is measured in
joules ·
The children will know how to use a spring scale
to measure force and that it is measured in newtons |
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At The Franklin Institute ·
Each group will be assigned an hour at Exhibit
1, which will be either the ·
Then the group will be assigned 45 min. at
Exhibit 2, ·
which will be the
other one from the above list. ·
Each child will pretend to be an alien visiting
the Franklin Institute in search of the perfect machine to bring back to
their planet to help their people do their work Back At SchoolEach group will make a Power Point Presentation of the machine they have chosen for their planet. |