Nasco Forces, Motion, and Simple Machines Demonstration Kit
Grades 4-8.
For your STEM curriculum.
By Carl Pfeiffer.
Contains enough materials for one work station or a classroom demonstration. This SciQuest® has been designed to incorporate a wide range of interesting hands-on investigations to enhance your existing science curriculum. Aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards, this kit covers the fundamental science concepts of forces, motion, and simple machines. Investigations include force couples involving action and reactions,
sliding and rolling friction, centrifugal and centripetal forces, velocity, simple periodic motion, periodic motion of a pendulum, uniform linear motion, accelerated motion, efficiency of machines, ideal and actual mechanical advantage, pulley systems, the pulley as a modified lever, the inclined plane, and the use of levers to multiply force and speed and change direction. Teacher’s guide included.