Lesson 17 of 30 · Simple Machines
Experiment⭐ 30 XP🛠️ Engineer ShopDown It Falls!
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Simple Machines.
🎯 Your mission
Set it up. Test it. Be amazed.
⚡ The twist
Constraints make you more creative, not less.
Mind = Blown
🛠️ The first computer bug was a literal moth stuck inside a machine in 1947.
Make a hypothesis first
Before you test: how many tries until it works?
What You'll Learn
You can build a tower with blocks, but if you push it, it falls because of gravity!
Key Words
Tap a word to see its definition.
Materials Needed
- blocks
Safety First
- Have an adult check your set-up before you start, and tidy everything away afterwards.
Steps
Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?
Build a tower with blocks. How tall can you make it before it falls?
Draw a picture of what you see.
Share what you learned with someone!
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What makes a ball roll?
Where you see this in real life
Your phone, your bike, your shoes — all designed with this idea.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Build something — anything — out of stuff in your recycling bin.
For the dinner table
“What's something around the house you'd redesign — and how?”
Next Smart Experiment
We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.
Share this experiment
Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.
Ready?
Down It Falls!
Set it up. Test it. Be amazed.
Full screen — no distractions
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