Simple Machines for Students

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Learning Resources Simple Machines, 63/Set (LER2442) image 1
Item: 874092
Model: LER2442

Simple machines set lets students construct and examine simple machines to develop a deeper understanding of how they make work easier. Set includes enough pieces to build a lever, pulley, inclined plane, wheel and axle, and wedge at the same time. Included weights help children explore effort, force, load, motion and distance for a more expansive way to learn. Labeled pieces assemble easily and separate for convenient storage. Included activity guide helps encourage a fun learning experience. Set is designed for children ages 8 and up..Contains enough pieces to build a lever, pulley, inclined plane, wheel and axle, and wedge—all at the same time.Inspire future engineers, scientists, and inventors by exploring effort, force, load, motion, and distance with simple machines.Develop a deeper understanding of how machines work while flexing mental muscles needed for STEM careers.Includes 4 weights (two 5 g and two 10 g) and 8 rubber bands so students can modify machines to explore effort, force, load, motion and distance and activity guide with definitions of physical science terms.Borders are plastic-coated and fade-resistant; 36' long and 3" tall.First, attach the border strips to your bulletin board and then, snip the 4 decorative corners apart and attach them to each corner of your display for a finished look.Material: Plastic.63 pieces..Ages 8+.These fun colorful borders come complete with 4 decorative corners to give displays a finishing touch

Price is  $45.39
Unit of measure 63/Set
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Learning Resources Learning Essentials STEM Simple Machines Activity Set (LER2824) image 1
Item: 2140180
Model: LER2824

Keep it simple with real STEM learning! Discover amazing engineering wonders through scientific exploration with colorful, engaging tools and hands-on activities and experiments. Introduce and explore all 6 simple machines as you make amazing discoveries, design solutions for real-world problems, and conduct your own investigations. Includes a lever board, wedge, pulley with rope and hook, cart with 4 removable wheels, Archimedes screw, 4 barrel weights, and 10 double-sided Activity Cards to build early engineering and problem solving skills. Comprehensive Activity Guide with reproducible materials is also included. Largest piece (cart) measures 5"L x 3½"W..Simple Machines Activity Set.Assorted, mixed materials.Cart measure s 5”(L)x 3.5”(W).Ages 5+, Grades K+.Includes: lever board, wedge, pulley with rope and hook, cart with removable wheels, Archimedes screw, 4 barrel weights, 10 double-sided Activity Cards, and a comprehensive Activity Guide.Skill: critical thinking, cause and effect, problem solving.A great resources for integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) into your classroom

Price is  $26.89
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Learning Resources STEM Explorers Machine Maker Set (LER9462) image 1
Item: 24567628
Model: LER9462

The learning adventure from Learning Resources STEM Explorers! As they explore this machine maker set's challenge guide, kids will design, construct, and test twisting, turning machines that demonstrate essential STEM principles. Set of 55 pieces includes gears, pulleys, and belt drives. Works with all Gears! Gears! Gears! sets..Machine maker set is a great learning adventure for young explorers.Recommended for kids ages five and up.Allows to design, construct, and test twisting, turning machines that demonstrate essential STEM principles.Package contents: 55 pieces of gears, pulleys, and belt drives

Price is  $28.29
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Learning Resources Gears! Gears! Gears! Machines In Motion (LER9227) image 1
Item: 24316602
Model: LER9227

Kids test their engineering and design skills with this open-ended building set themed around vehicles and machines. Special parts including wrecking ball, propeller, and treads open up numerous creative design possibilities.Kids test their engineering and design skills with this open-ended building set themed around vehicles and machines.Special parts including wrecking ball, propeller, and treads open up numerous creative design possibilities.Turning and spinning gears add a layer of action and interactivity to completed creations.Interchangeable parts work with all of Learning Resources’ other Gears! Gears! Gears! sets.Ages 5+

Price is  $41.79
Unit of measure 116/Set
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Teacher Created Resources STEM Starters Set, Hydraulics, Pack of 2 (TCR20881-2) image 1
Item: 24568724
Model: TCR20881-2

This activity kit challenges students to create a hydraulic-powered device. The essential pieces: plastic syringes and vinyl tubing, plus an 8-page parent/teacher guide are provided; it's up to the young scientists to determine how best to utilize their hydraulic system. Using the engineering design process students will create, evaluate, and redesign their simple machine until their objective is met. Each set includes 18 pieces, enough materials to begin 6 hydraulic devices. Sold as a pack of 2 complete sets..STEM Starters provide students with essential tools to complete hands-on projects.Suggested age: 8+ years.When combined with everyday items, these materials can be used to design and execute a Hydraulics project using creative exploration and the engineering design process..Bundle contains: 2 Sets (Each set: 18 total pieces, enough for 6 hydraulic devices).Plastic syringes and vinyl tubing.Fast, easy and hands on.An instant random multiplication problem generator

Price is  $29.99
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Teacher Created Resources Hydraulics STEM Starter Kit (TCR2088101) image 1
Item: 24478109
Model: TCR2088101

This activity kit challenges students to create a hydraulic-powered device. The essential pieces, plastic syringes, and vinyl tubing are provided; it's up to the young scientists to determine how best to utilize their hydraulic system. Using the engineering design process students will create, evaluate, and redesign their simple machine until their objective is met. By approaching a problem or a challenge with this though process, children are able to make educated guesses, problem solve, and learn without the fear of making mistakes..STEM Starter Kit.Paper, Wood, Plastic, Vinyl.Includes enough materials to begin 6 hydraulic devices, 18 pieces total.Recommended Age: 8-14 years.Perfect for individuals or small groups.STEM Starter provide students with essential tools to complete hands-on projects

Price is  $36.09
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Learning Resources Learning Essentials STEM Force & Motion Activity Set (LER2822) image 1
Item: 2140183
Model: LER2822

Explore how things go by conducting investigations, solving problems, and practicing early engineering. Ten double-sided Activity Cards cover all aspects of STEM, plus key concepts of gravity, inertia, friction, push/pull, and more..Force & Motion Activity Set.Assorted, mixed materials.Ages 5+, Grades K+.Includes: 2 cars, 2 double-sided tracks, 4 weighted blocks, pendulum ball, ladder with 2 removable bars, and a comprehensive Activity Guide.Skills: Critical thinking, coding, problem solving.Key concepts: gravity, inertia, friction, push/pull.Ladder measures 9.25"H; tracks measure 12"L.A great resources for integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) into your classroom

Price is  $32.29
Unit of measure 21/Set
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E-Blox Circuit Blox Single Student Set, Lights 'N Motion Geared Motor, 25 Pieces/Set (EBLCB1375SS) image 1
Item: 24605885
Model: EBLCB1375SS

This set is ideal for in-class, home schooling or teaching through e-learning of STEM. The colorful building blocks contain electronic components such as a battery module, a geared motor module, a gear module and LED modules. Includes online animated curriculum only available with E-Blox Student Sets. Lessons cover Building Fundamentals, Electricity & Circuits, Motors, Gears & Light..Build whatever creative structures come to your imagination...the possibilities are limitless!.Ages 5 and up.Learn about voltage, current and how circuits with motors, gears and LEDs work..Contains 25 parts including 4 colorful LED modules and 16 flashing & color changing LED modules..Requires 3 "AA" batteries.Material: ABS.Directly compatible with other brick building construction sets

Price is  $52.29
Unit of measure 25/Set
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Learning Resources STEM Explorers Motioneering (LER9308) image 1
Item: 24643384
Model: LER9308

Build your own catapult, trebuchet, and windmill, then make ’em move! Learn early STEM skills from engineering and design to force, motion, and more physics fun, then tweak your machines to solve the tricky STEM challenges!.BUILD, test, and tweak your own STEM machines!.LEARN critical thinking, engineering and other kindergarten STEM essentials!.3 MACHINE DESIGNS—build a catapult, trebuchet, and windmill!.8 STEM CHALLENGES included!.GIVE THE GIFT OF LEARNING: Whether you’re shopping for holidays, birthdays, or just because, toys from Learning Resources help you discover new learning fun every time you give a gift! Ideal gift for Halloween, Christmas, Stocking Stuffers, Easter or even for Homeschool.

Price is  $19.49
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Learning Resources STEM Explorers Motioneering, Multicolor (LER9308) image 1
Item: 24491969
Model: LER9308

Explore the physics fun found in these moving machines. Kids can build their own catapult, trebuchet, and windmill, then make 'em move when they explore STEM Explorers Motioneering from Learning Resources. This STEM building set comes with all the pieces kids need to build, test, and tweak their moving STEM creations. As they build, they'll learn about kindergarten STEM skills: from engineering and design to force, motion, and more. Kids will also use their newfound critical thinking skills to tweak their machines and solve the set's tricky STEM challenges. After they master the set's progressive STEM challenges, kids can even build their own. STEM Explorers Motioneering includes 56 building pieces and an activity guide with eight STEM challenges. This fun learning tool is ready for homeschool or kindergarten classroom use..Kids ages five and up can build their own catapult, trebuchet, and windmill, then make them move when they explore this moving machine set.Comes multicolored.Dimensions: 10"H x 9"W x 4.5"D.Build, test, and tweak your own STEM machines.Learn critical thinking, engineering, and other kindergarten STEM essentials.Features three machine designs for building catapult, trebuchet, or windmill.Ready for homeschool or kindergarten classroom use.Set contains 56 building pieces and an activity guide with eight STEM challenges.Warning: choking hazard (small parts); not for children under three years

Price is  $27.09
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Learning Essentials STEM Classroom Bundle (LER2834) image 1
Item: 2140158
Model: LER2834

STEM activity sets help students experience STEM through hands-on activities and experiments while challenging them to think critically, solve problems effectively, and acquire the skills needed to enter STEM-related fields of science, technology, engineering and math..Classroom Bundle- Force & Motion Activity, Simple Machines, Magnets! And Sink or Float.Ages 5 +, Grades K+.15.0" X 12.7".The perfect introduction to building key Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math skills..Hands on and colorful magnets, machines, and floating toys.The perfect introduction to building key Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math skills.Comprehensive activity guide with reproducible materials.Skill: critical thinking, cause and effect, problem solving.A great resources for integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) into your classroom

Price is  $104.79
Unit of measure 95/Set
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Learning Resources Crashapult Stem Challenge (LER9287) image 1
Item: 24316609
Model: LER9287

Set of 15 pieces includes 2-piece catapult, 2-piece target hoop, 2 launch balls, 2-piece target funnel, 1 goal cup, set of decorative stickers, and set of 5 challenge cards. Kid-powered catapult: no batteries, springs, or rubber bands! Encourages trial and error approach to problem solving through game-like challenges. Early introduction to concepts such as angles, trajectories, and distances. Hoop target, when constructed, stands approx. 12” tall..STEM-themed activity set teaches kids concepts of angles, trajectories, and other physics fundamentals during fun build-it-yourself challenges.Kids send balls flying through the air and toward targets with the help of the included catapult.Challenges with multiple difficulty levels help kids develop critical thinking and engineering skills through trial and error.Kid-powered catapult requires no batteries, springs, or rubber bands.For ages 5+

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Learning Resources Pendulonium Stem Challenge (LER9288) image 1
Item: 24316611
Model: LER9288

Set of 17 pieces includes 3-piece pendulum, 6 cones, 2 launch balls, 1 windmill, 2 goal cups, set of decorative stickers, and set of challenge cards. Kid-powered pendulum launcher: no batteries, springs, or rubber bands! You control the force. Encourages trial and error approach to problem solving through game-like challenges. Early introduction to concepts such as force and momentum. Pendulum stands approx. 7¾” tall..Introduce kids to concepts of force and momentum with the STEM-centered challenges of this fun hands-on activity set.Kids launch balls towards goal cups with the help of a three-piece adjustable pendulum.Scalable challenges reward kids for devising their own solutions and tweaking their approaches through trial and error.Kid-powered pendulum boosts hand-eye coordination without the need for batteries, springs, or rubber bands.Perfect for ages 5 and up

Price is  $25.59
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About Simple Machines for Students

Simple machines for students are essential educational tools designed to introduce fundamental engineering and physics concepts. These hands-on learning resources help students understand the mechanics behind everyday machines, fostering curiosity and critical thinking skills.

By engaging with simple machines, students can explore principles such as force, motion, and energy transfer in a fun and interactive way. These educational sets are perfect for classrooms, after-school programs, or home learning environments, making science accessible and enjoyable.

When selecting simple machines for students, consider sets that include a variety of machine types, such as levers, pulleys, gears, and inclined planes. Look for kits that encourage collaborative learning and problem-solving, allowing students to work together to build and experiment with different designs.

Additionally, choose resources that come with comprehensive guides or activity suggestions to enhance the learning experience. These features not only support curriculum objectives but also inspire creativity and innovation among young learners, making science and engineering concepts tangible and relatable.

What are simple machines?

  • Simple machines are basic mechanical devices that change the direction or magnitude of a force. They include levers, pulleys, inclined planes, screws, wedges, and wheels and axles, which are foundational to understanding more complex machinery.

Why are simple machines important for students?

  • Simple machines are crucial for students as they provide a hands-on approach to learning about physics and engineering principles. They help develop problem-solving skills and encourage critical thinking, making abstract concepts more concrete and understandable.

How can simple machines be used in the classroom?

  • Simple machines can be used in the classroom through interactive activities and experiments that allow students to build and manipulate models. These activities promote teamwork and enhance engagement, making learning more effective and enjoyable.

What features should I look for in simple machine sets?

  • Look for simple machine sets that include a variety of machine types and components, as well as clear instructions for building and experimenting. Sets that promote collaborative learning and come with activity guides can enhance the educational experience.

Can simple machines be used for STEM education?

  • Yes, simple machines are an integral part of STEM education, as they introduce students to engineering and scientific concepts. They encourage hands-on learning and experimentation, which are key components of effective STEM curricula.

What age group is suitable for simple machine activities?

  • Simple machine activities are suitable for a wide range of age groups, typically starting from early elementary students to middle school learners. The complexity of the activities can be adjusted to match the developmental level of the students.