Simple & Complex Machines Word Search and Activities

 Today I have a free Simple and Complex Machines Word Search Puzzle for you to use with your students. The word search puzzle includes 16 words. The words are written horizontal and vertical.

Simple & Complex Machines Word Search

The included words are AXLE, COGS, COMPLEX, COMPOUND, FULCRUM, GEARS, INCLINED PLANE, LEVER, MACHINES, PULLEY, ROD, SCREW, SIMPLE, WEDGE, WHEEL, and WORK.

Word search puzzles are a wonderful way to introduce or review vocabulary with students.

This free worksheet is Print and Go (perfect for busy  parents, teachers, tutors, etc.).

Simple & Complex Machines Puzzle

This free worksheet is posted at my website on the science page (https://www.LearningWorkroom.com).

Just click HERE to go directly to my website to get your FREE copy!

If you would like more fun SIMPLE AND COMPLEX MACHINES information, resources, and activities, there are many on this blog. Here are links to a few of the blog posts on this site about MACHINES.

Simple & Complex Machines Introduction

https://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2011/05/simple-and-complex-machines.html

Simple & Complex Machines Venn Diagram

https://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2011/05/simple-and-compound-machines-venn.html

Field Trip to Identify Simple Machines

https://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2011/05/field-trip-to-identify-simple-machines.html

6 Types of Simple Machines 

https://learningideasgradesk-8.blogspot.com/2014/01/6-types-of-simple-machines-with.html

Complex Machine

Have fun with science!

Complex/Compound Machines

A COMPLEX/COMPOUND MACHINE is made from 2 or more *simple machines.

(*Simple Machines: wheel, lever, pulley, inclined plane, screw, wedge) 
(*See previous 15 posts on simple machines.)

Examples: 

A scissors is made up of 2 levers and 2 wedges.

A drill is made up of a wheel, a screw, and a wedge.

    

                                                                             

Activities

• Have the students visit Edheads, a wonderful interactive website.

          Click Here: Edheads Compound Machines

• Have students brainstorm and list other compound machines in their science notebooks plus make a class chart of complex machines.

• Read books about compound machines.

 

• Have students walk around the home/school/neighborhood to identify and observe compound machines. Have them bring a notebook or camera.

• Have students look in magazines, catalogs, or online for pictures of complex machines.  Then create a poster or slide show of complex/compound machines.

Sears Catalog

Home Depot Catalog

• Have students sketch and label complex machines and then label the simple machines that make up each complex machine. 

Scissors diagram

• Take a field trip to a hardware store, tool department of a department store, or home improvement warehouse to observe complex machines. Take a notebook or camera then make an album or slide show to share with others. 

• Have students invent their own compound machine. (This could be an imaginary machine with a sketch/illustration or a real working compound machine.)

Have fun learning about complex machines!

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