This project teaches children about simple machines, including wheels, axles, inclined planes, pulleys and levers, exploring how they helped ancient builders to lift and move heavy loads.
| Memorable experience | Identifying simple machines |
|---|---|
| Innovate challenge | Designing simple machines |
| D&T | Simple and compound machines |
| Book | Waterstones | Amazon | Author | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machines (Visual Explorers) | Waterstones | Amazon | Lyn Coutts | 9781912188024 |
| How Machines Work | Waterstones | Allan Sanders | 9781848772120 | |
| Working with Machines (Kid Engineer) | Waterstones | Amazon | Sonya Newland | 9781526312945 |
| You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Simple Machines! | Waterstones | Amazon | Anne Rooney | 9781912537082 |
| Simple Machines! (Explore Your World) | Amazon | Anita Yasuda | 9781619308176 |