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| The children experimented with foam insulation pipe cut in half. The result was a marble run - hill machine- that could be changed in many ways. They could bend it up and down, and from side to side. They could even make the marbles do a loop-the-loop and seemingly defy the laws of gravity! |
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| The nails and hammers provided experience with two different kinds of simple machines: The nail is a wedge machine and the claw of the hammer acts as a lever. |
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| First Graders experimenting with levers and fulcrums on a "full body" scale. We chose to turn the studio into a hands- on experiential environment for the first graders who were learning about simple machines. |
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