Simple Machines

Pre-K, Kinder, 1st and 2nd grades all learned about Simple Machines.  We studied what each simple machine was; we looked around the school to find them; we learned hand signals to describe them; we watched BrainPop videos about them; and then we built them out of our Simple Machine Lego kits!  These kits are pre-robotics kits that use the basics of simple machines to also teach how to build from directions working machines.  This will help them when they enter 2nd and 3rd grade and begin building robots with the Lego WeDo kits.  Here are some pictures of the process.