Virginia Standards of Learning

Strand:  Force, Motion, Energy





Grade 3

Simple machine website

Franklin Institute's simple machine page

Site shows examples of simple machines
 
Books To Read Activities Resources
Energy and Machines, Lynn Cohen
Machines and Investigating Science by Creative Teaching Press
Dr. Desoto, William Steig
The Carrot Seed, Ruth Krauss
Lampton Milbrook
Marbles, Roller skates, Door knobs: Simple Machines That Are Really Wheels, Lampton Milbrook
Seeways, Nutcrackers and Brooms that are really Levers, Christopher Lampton, Milbrook
Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel, Virginia Lee Burton
Literature Bases Science Activities - An Integrated Approach, Audrey Brainard and Denise H. Wrubel