Grade 4 Machines and their Mechanisms - 2022 Updated!

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Grade 4 Science Unit

Ontario curriculum based science unit with a nature twist! Each science unit includes pdf instructions and all relevant handouts and digital resources (where applicable).

Oh no! Your learners have been stranded on an almost deserted island! Fortunately, they have also discovered a container of pulleys and gears. Can they survive by figuring out how pulley and gear systems work to save their food from the local animals, get energy by tapping a tree, and how to signal for help? Engage your students with these five investigation activities covering the Ontario curriculum expectations and big ideas.

This unit includes sections on: Stranded on an Almost Deserted Island!; Exploring Pulleys and Gears; Pulley Systems & Gear Systems; Save the Food; Syrup for Energy; Signalling for Help; and an Extended Learning.

Interested in all 4 units? Purchase the complete grade from the store and get a discount.

This Science Unit has been updated based on the 2022 Ontario Curriculum

Grade 4 Science Unit

Ontario curriculum based science unit with a nature twist! Each science unit includes pdf instructions and all relevant handouts and digital resources (where applicable).

Oh no! Your learners have been stranded on an almost deserted island! Fortunately, they have also discovered a container of pulleys and gears. Can they survive by figuring out how pulley and gear systems work to save their food from the local animals, get energy by tapping a tree, and how to signal for help? Engage your students with these five investigation activities covering the Ontario curriculum expectations and big ideas.

This unit includes sections on: Stranded on an Almost Deserted Island!; Exploring Pulleys and Gears; Pulley Systems & Gear Systems; Save the Food; Syrup for Energy; Signalling for Help; and an Extended Learning.

Interested in all 4 units? Purchase the complete grade from the store and get a discount.

This Science Unit has been updated based on the 2022 Ontario Curriculum

Required materials

Gr 4 machines: Pulleys (optimally 2-3 per learner), Gears and platforms for anchoring gears (can be made of corrugated cardboard), String, preferable single strand or non-fraying, Scissors, Axles for gears, Cardboard, Containers, Small notebooks - 1 per group of 6, Bucket or container for each group of 6, Found materials for construction, such as popsicle sticks, scrap paper, skewer, tape