Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Simple Machines...finally plugging along

Our most recent science unit began with my son wanting to figure out how zip lines worked, so I figured that it would be a good way to tackle simple machines. So we started with pulleys and got through it pretty quickly. Then mommy took a nice spring break before starting to learn the other machines.

And yes, mommy did have to read up and relearn all sorts of great stuff. In fact, that's a hidden bonus to homeschooling--relearning stuff that you forget a long time ago. Did you know that there are 6 simple machines? Or that a zip line is a movable pulley? I didn't until a couple of weeks ago. That information was long filed away in the no longer pertinent file. Now the trick is to see how long we can both retain this stuff :p

K...editing this post to say that i got smart and figured out how to combine the printouts into two files and I found a better way to share files. The first file has the worksheets and the other one has all the answer keys and you can get the links in this post

3 comments:

  1. Great worksheets! I love relearning along the way too! :)

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  2. I can't wait to "really" start homeschooling!!!! Please keep your blog up for at least the next 16 years!?!

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  3. Aww...thanks you guys! And Heather, I'm hoping that by the time you start homeschooling, i might have my act sort of together and be a regular blogger ;)

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