The 3rd grade Force & Motion (Simple Machines) and Human Body units demonstrated similar principles. Experimenting with pulleys, gears, levers, screws, wheels and inclined planes helped us understand the mechanics of the human body.
These Muybridge animations are descriptive & elegant.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Eadweard_Muybridge_animations
wikimedia.org/Zoopraxography_Athlete%2C_Running_Long_Jump_Animated_13.gif
Click HERE for INTERACTIVE
from kidshealth.org
Click HERE for INTERACTIVE
from childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk
http://msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/as/technology/2/ast2_1d.html
Lever video: http://www.neok12.com/video/Simple-Machines/zX7d4d664c41666974425163.htm
Pulley video: http://mocomi.com/pulley/
Click HERE for CBS News VIDEO Feature
on Maillardet’s Automaton.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/12/26/science/mechanical-memory.html
We assembled flip books and…
paper automatons.
Click HERE for MODEL
Perhaps most fascinating was experimenting with how dependent we are upon our opposable thumbs and assembling models of joint systems.
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