Technology & computer science
Function Machines: Parameters, Arguments and Return Values
Students trace short Python-style functions on paper, match key vocabulary, and write two small functions of their own.
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Simple Machines by the Numbers: Levers, Ramps and Pulleys
Students identify the six simple machines and calculate ideal mechanical advantage, effort force, work and efficiency for levers, ramps, pulleys and wheel-and-axle examples.
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Simple Machines: Match, Sort and Calculate
Students match everyday objects to the six simple machines, sort common tools, and calculate mechanical advantage and work for a ramp and a lever.