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Using the six simple machines, design a contraption to pop a balloon. – Your contraption must use all six simple machines twice. – You must be creative. – You must detail each of the steps involved in your contraption (i.e. “Step 1: A rock is rolled down a ramp…”) – You must include calculations for [...]

Here’s your Homework for tonight (8.1, 8.2 and 8.3): – 12.1 Section Review (p. 419) #1-5 – Simple Machines Quiz on material we reviewed today Let me know if you have any questions!

Here are a few things we’ll be covering for the rest of our (sadly short) time left before you move on to the Upper School: Forces Title: Newton v Einstein Unit Question: Who is right? Newton or Einstein? Area of Interaction: Human Ingenuity Culminating Task: Newton v Einstein Court Case Assessment: Knowledge and Understanding (Criterion [...]

As you know, many of what are considered the greatest buildings in history (the Pyramids, the Colosseum, even the Washington Monument and the Capitol in Washington, D.C.) were built without the help of the massive machines we so often see around construction sites today. Instead, these buildings were constructed using human sweat, power and ingenuity…and [...]